Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Welcome to the February 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Erik writes: “ Among the strategies already in place or currently under consideration to help encourage vaccination of employees is the essential role of leadership in pro-vaccine messaging. Development.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Eileen explains: “ For anyone in a leadership position, the ability to craft solid ground in white water times becomes paramount. Shelley Row of Insightful Leadership shared Staying Engaged with Virtual Teams.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 8, 2021

T HE potential for innovation exists within our organizations. How do you make innovation as natural as eating and sleeping? And that doesn’t begin by copying the relics of highly innovative companies. Their definition of innovation is “ something different that creates value.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

Welcome to the April Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership contributed Seven Subconscious Habits That Sabotage Your Ability to Listen – And Lead. Development. Linda Fisher Thornton of Leading in Context provided 16 Answers to What is Good Leadership?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

At present, it’s hard to tackle any issue pertaining to leadership or management without addressing Covid-19, which is impacting on marketplaces and workplaces across the globe. Make no mistake; Covid-19 has the potential to change virtually all aspects of society, particularly in terms of the structure of the labor market and developed economies across the globe. But what’s the relationship between leadership and innovation and why exactly should you care?

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MARCH 5, 2019

Welcome to the March Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. Shelley Row of Insightful Leadership shared Who’s Here? ’ This is not leadership; it’s a lack of leadership – and micromanaging too.” Development. How do you develop the culture?”

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Welcome to the March Leadership Development Carnival! Rebecca Elvy of Rebecca Elvy provided The Critical Leadership Skill Most Leaders Don’t Have. Strong communication skills are paramount to successful leadership. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Successful Leaders Are Great Communicators: How to Connect with Your Employees. Development. Jon Mertz of Thin Difference submitted The True Test of Leadership Development: Hiring or Promoting?

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. Six powerful new technologies, all reaching maturity simultaneously in the early 2020s, will each act like a new color in the palette of creators, designers, and innovators. Creativity & Innovation

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2019

Welcome to the July Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Sean writes: “Great teammates and leaders know that the quality of our life, and our leadership, is determined by the quality of the questions we ask! Ronni Hendel of Insight Out Leadership shared The Doing and Being of Difficult Conversations.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival! Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership provided The Big Power of Small Wins. Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Leaders Start an Innovation Revolution in Your Company. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Five Communication Hurdles to Leadership Effectiveness and Influence. Learn how to develop your core messages with these 6 steps.” Development.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That requires better strategic thinking, creativity and innovation, and greater agility and responsiveness. I believe, as a consequence, that we need more significant and different investment in leadership development, especially where we need transformational change. If leadership begins with the individual, then let’s start there. We need to redefine which leadership capabilities matter most. We need to re-think leadership development methods.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Jeff writes: “Relationship building and expertise are both needed to gain influence in leadership roles. Eileen reveals those stills and provides tips on how to develop them. Development.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Leadership Development Carnival! Development. Leadership. Marcella Bremer of Leadership and Change Magazine provided Possibility-oriented Questions. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: Best. Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Catalyst Leadership for Creative Innovation. Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership provided Have You Ever Felt Like a Fraud? Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Welcome to the July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival! This month brings a treat of 22 leadership posts to savor and share. Topics range from moral character to leadership lessons from World War II to stepping out of comfort zones. Art Petty of the Management Excellence Blog by Art Petty shares Leadership Caffeine: Becoming Agile and Adaptable is THE Leadership Issue. Jeff Harmon of Brilliance Within Coaching shares Empty Your Leadership Cup.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2020

Innovation is within each of us. If we are going to be an innovator, we need to have a healthy relationship with change. Change is an opportunity to innovate. People at all levels of an organization see things differently and can add value to an organization through innovation.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Chip Bell shared The Secret Sauce of Leadership Communications. Jesse explains: “According to Warren Bennis, ‘Just about everything written today about leadership and organizations comes from Mary Parker Follett’s writings and lectures.’

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, leadership, productivity, team building, and more. We hope you’ll enjoy their contribution, 5 Leadership Blind Spots That Perpetuate Disengagement & Indifference. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Leadership at the Symphony.

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APRIL 3, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. David Grossman of The Grossman Group shared Leadership: 6 Clues It’s Time to Adopt a Strategic Messaging Platform. Development. Full Monty Leadership shows you the way.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Welcome to the October 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Development. Leadership. Tanveer Naseer of Tanveer Naseer provided 4 Critical Leadership Traits That Drive Success And Growth. Tanveer summarizes, “Learn about 4 critical leadership traits you need to have in order to motivate employees to help drive organizational success and growth.” Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided a guest post by Dave Crenshaw.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Development. New Leadership. Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Three Habits that Zap your Productivity at Work. Cy writes, “Cy reveals a new line of thinking that is counterintuitive to conventional leadership wisdom, and one that is tested with clients to generate better results. Development. Leadership and Storytelling. New Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. The Lead Change Group would like to thank the Remote Leadership Institute (RLI) for sponsoring the Lead Change Group (including this carnival) for November 2016.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Jim Taggert of Changing Winds provided Leading for Success: How to Create a Culture of Innovation by Following 10 Leadership Behaviours. Development.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2018

Welcome to the July Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Paul states: “ The old ‘chain of command’ leadership style is outmoded. Development. Learning to self-observe is a powerful leadership practice.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

The Lead Change Group is grateful to Jane Perdue of Braithwaite Innovation Group for hosting the July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival. Getting diverse perspectives will usually generate more innovative solutions. The Lead Change Group will be hosting the August 2015 Leadership Development Carnival so stay tuned for our announcement in the coming weeks. Leadership Development Braithwaite Innovation Group Jane Perdue Leadership development carnival

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The Lead Change Group is grateful to Chris Edmonds of The Purposeful Culture Group for hosting the September 2015 Leadership Development Carnival. In addition to two posts touching on the timely topic of the corporate culture at Amazon, such as this one and this one , there are several ideas among the 29 contributions which stand out: On Innovation: Innovative leaders do not delegate creativity and innovation; they lead it.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Welcome to the July 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Dan Rockwell of Leadership Freak wrote recently about assets that help leaders extend their influence. Before highlighting each of the assets, Dan wrote, “Leadership isn’t about status, position, salary, or title. Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Leadership Manifesto – Why You Need One and How to Get Started.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the October 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Read over these outstanding leadership posts this month and I think you’ll agree each one is a home run! Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership submitted 10 Ways to Keep Cool and Composed. Dan writes, “When a leader lets their emotions get the better of them they can quickly develop a reputation as volatile, moody, defensive, or having a lack of leadership presence.

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JUNE 1, 2015

Welcome to the June 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Along with this sun-drenched opportunity to take a breath, we also are sending along links from 20 leaders to warm up your thoughts on leadership. Some of this month’s posts deal with perpetual leadership topics, such as trust. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership submitted 11 Ways For Leaders To Encourage Innovation From Their Employees.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: The Right Culture Matters. David shares a better way to meet your leadership challenges.” Use these 3 questions to provide ethical leadership through the gray zone.” Linda Fisher Thornton of Leading in Context submitted Ethical Leadership is a Fear-Free Zone.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. A crisis where there has never been more talk about innovation – there’s no end to the books, blogs, LinkedIn-groups and Instagram-feeds dedicated to the same – yet we still struggle to solve some of the basic problems in society. This doesn’t mean innovation is dead.

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MAY 8, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Art summarizes, “ Integrative thinking is the process of using the tension from two conflicting approaches to a problem in pursuit of a new and innovative outcome. Development.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. of Germane Consulting submitted 5 Ways Women Redefine Leadership. She shares: “Women have improved and redefined leadership in a number of important ways, which men have also adopted. Bruce says, “Appreciation is a powerful leadership tool. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership submitted How To Give Feedback. Leadership Development Leadership development carnival

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FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For those of you who watched the Super Bowl this weekend, did you gain any leadership takeaways? It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! This month, participants were given a choice of submitting a recent post or tackling the question of coping with external leadership challenges (for example, budget allocations or opposition from community entities).

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

E VERYONE WANTS to be an innovator. Every organization wants to be innovative; it doesn’t matter if it’s a church, a for-profit or non-profit business, or a government agency. To not be innovative is to risk being left behind. But how many of us are truly innovative? What have we done that could be called really innovative in the last year? To be innovative requires a risk tolerance that most people just don’t have. Creativity & Innovation

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When cultural change abounds, the irony I frequently observe is organisations engage in less leadership development, rather than more. High on leadership, low on resources. Her situation demands better strategic thinking, more creativity and innovation, and greater agility and responsiveness. However, I remain unconvinced about how effectively organisations are investing in leadership development to meet today’s challenges.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

This Leadership Development Carnival is the first of 2015 and the first since the Lead Change Group has taken the reins from Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership. Since the first Leadership Development Carnival in July 2008 , our community has grown, evolved, and thrived. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership shared New Year’s Development Goals For Leaders. Susan Mazza of Random Acts Of Leadership sent A Year Of Kindness, A Call To Lead.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 1, 2014

I am honored to host the December installment of the Leadership Development Carnival, a collection of helpful leadership advice from top bloggers. This month’s carnival doesn’t adhere to any particular theme, but rather features content on a variety of leadership topics and issues. Leadership Skills. Many of this month’s featured posts focus on specific leadership skills we all need to develop. Do you understand the two faces of leadership?

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share our leadership experts’ favorite posts from 2018 on the topics of communication, creativity/inspiration, development, engagement, productivity, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Why Managers Don’t Listen (Poor Listener Syndrome): and the Cures! ” Read Dan’s post for 50 development ideas. Development.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided 10 Ways to Kill Off Your Star Employees. Dan recaps, “Unfortunately, organizations don’t always do a good job when it comes to nurturing, developing, rewarding, and retaining their high potential employees. Jesse Lyn Stoner of the Seapoint Center shared A Definition of Leadership for These Pressing Times.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

In the years leading up to 2018, I have spent my time bringing innovation to the financial services space. As such it is all about innovation. And now, from a distance, my optimism regarding the sector’s ability to innovate and capture opportunities has not changed. Let’s study a bit about Innovation. Innovation comes in four basic formats. It is however a fundamental prerequisite for an innovative ecosystem. The post Is Innovation manageable?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Although mid-summer is a time when many of us slow down (as we should), this compilation of excellent cutting-edge leadership thinking will help motivate you to hit the ground running when your vacation or other summer relaxation period ends. Art Petty of About Money Management and Leadership provided Reinventing the Organization and Leadership for a Digital Era.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There’s increasing pressure on organizations to be more competitive, and leaders need to have the right skills to influence employees’ innovative behavior. G OOD LEADERSHIP is an important element in the success of any organization. Besides helping them better handle workplace-related challenges, leaders evoke innovation and creativity and inspire them to reach their full potential. Creativity & Innovation

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Welcome to the January 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Art Petty of Art Petty Group sent Leadership Caffeine: It’s Time to Become Better Informed Leadership Consumers. I applaud the efforts, but I decry much of the advice—it lacks the critical connection to reality that we need to get leadership right in an era rightly characterized by overload, ambiguity and conflict.” Tweak your leadership team’s purpose to serve employees first.

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