Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

When leaders have meaningful conversations with their employees, ask open questions, truly listen to them, and nip any toxicity (such as gossiping) in the bud, they are well on their way to fostering trust and building relationships. This will be instilled in their team if they are stressed, angry, or distracted.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2023 curated just for you. This book also provides a roadmap for leaders seeking to create community as they meet the coming challenges with dignity and grace. The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 15, 2020

Can you make sense of this: Organizations worldwide spend $356 billion a year on leadership development efforts , yet 75% of organizations rate their leadership programs as being not very effective? Some startling leadership statistics: 75% of employees report their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

He dropped out of business school and threw away the rule book. Through trial and error and a whole lot of perseverance, he opened the first Texas Roadhouse in 1993. Stress should not manage you, and friends, family, business, and health should not pay the ultimate price. His story is told in Made from Scratch.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For our December edition, we took a page out of last December’s Carnival of HR post and asked about books you have read which have made a difference in your leadership journey. But the books on this list were worth the effort. Let’s Get Started.

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Career Advancement

JULY 19, 2021

Recently, I shared insights on the most in-demand skills for the future that the leaders of tomorrow’s workforce need to develop. Several key competencies will aid in the development of all of those skills: The ability to think outside of the box, maintaining a healthy curiosity about how to best respond to change.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. You could read Professor Pfeffer’s books and become depressed, but I’m not. Connection, on the other hand, is a superpower that makes people smarter, happier, more productive, more resilient to cope with stress and healthier.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

We follow the acronyms, rules, and checklists we’ve learned from the innumerable books we’ve read, classes and symposiums we’ve attended, and mentors whose wisdom we’ve sought. Perhaps it’s because as managers, we face a horde of challenges. Mid-level directors and managers don’t fare well either. One size doesn’t fit all.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

His goal is to “teach you how to be both the boss everyone wants to work for and the high achiever every CEO wants to hire—all without drama, stress, or endless hours in the office.”. Close Your Open-Door Policy. But people who perform better and are more engaged deserve to be treated better and have their strengths developed.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 21, 2021

Peter Economy is a bestselling business book author with more than 100 books to his credit. However, before that he worked as a manager—at one time he was in charge of more than 400 people working at more than 35 different sites scattered across the United States. In the book, I call this person the Malicious One.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Power is a dynamic present in all of our relationships and it’s one we need to properly manage to help our relationships develop to their fullest potential. In his book, The Power Paradox: How we gain and lose influence , author and U.C. Stories enhance the interests of others and reduce the stress of working in a group.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2020

In this state, the person is relaxed and open, and new neural pathways form in the brain “paving the way for new learning, and sustained behavioral change to occur.”. For sustained learning to occur, it is important that coaches manage the emotional flow of the coaching process. It means listening more.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There are some people who seem to be born with great leadership skills, as well as those who developed them later in life. Despite this, many managers and leaders make the same mistake. Leaders who are more open and honest with their teams will empower employees to openly speak about issues that are affecting their performance.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2019

The man had clearly hung up the phone, so all the father had to do was mention politely how the radiation can still be impacted even with the doors open. One look at the child and it was clear he was a patient, which was likely causing an enormous amount of stress on the parents. His book, The Office is No Place for a Cattle Rancher!

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

” Five years earlier, we’d conducted introductory service/quality improvement workshops for senior management and head office staff of a large company. The senior management team declined. Managers needed to take more leadership and empower people. As Yogi Berra would say, “It was Deja vu all over again.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Jeanie Cockell Just about every leader has had an employee who was, to say it diplomatically, a “handful” to manage. When stressed she let it show though in her interactions with others. One example was a person Joan worked with – let’s call her Jane Doe. Jane saw policies and procedures as mere suggestions. P.S. Jane flourished.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A KEY PREDICTOR of entrepreneurial success is a leader’s ability to manage relationships with investors, employees, and customers. In our book Entrepreneurial Negotiation , we explain that the best way to diffuse negative emotions is to prevent them from escalating in the first place. Relationships are negotiations. We all negotiate.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

And, on BBC 5 Live's Wake up to Money programme (from 37:50; available until end of May), she stressed the importance of essential leadership behaviours such as transparency, humility and active listening in rebuilding trust within an organisation. Reserved your spot? You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

Typically, it is the opening question in a conversation to assess how you are really doing. Practicing medicine these days is stressful. Still, knowing what we do about the impact of stress, we’re concerned for all those who run the risk of lacking sufficient social connections to maintain good health for themselves.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

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HR Digest

JULY 21, 2023

It refers to the ability to identify, understand, manage and harness one’s own emotions and those of others. It involves managing one’s emotions and learning how to adapt to different situations. Emotional intelligence influences how well employees interact with their colleagues, manage stress and navigate conflict.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Therefore, there is a need for a leader to have flexibility in leadership style to develop the most appropriate overall style for the team, adjusting it to meet the needs of individual team members. in 2011 to deliver TDP (a cloud-based team development tool and methodology) to the international markets.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 17, 2018

Mediocre or poor leaders recruit only when there’s an unexpected, immediate opening that they must quickly fill. Some employees, when supported over time via a personalized learning and development plan, will grow dramatically and be able to help close the talent gap; others won’t. Let me explain what I mean by that.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2017

When Costco opened a location in our area, my wife and I became members. I’ve spoken with Jim Sinegal, Costco’s co-founder and CEO from 1983 to 2011, and interacted with Ryan Watkins, a young Costco warehouse manager across the country in Oregon. Valuing people has been stress-tested at Costco, too. Is There a Best Culture?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2020

What Do You Do With Your Stress? Research conducted by the Gallup Organization in March and April of 2020 found that 60% of Americans reported they were experiencing stress “a lot of the day,” up from 46% reporting significant stress in July-August 2019. What do you do with your stress and fear?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Olver’s work in international development, the tech industry and now, at Inspire, has all given her a distinctive perspective on the significance of HR in helping companies stay ahead of the curve. By prioritizing people management, company leaders can anticipate workplace issues and set themselves up for long-term success.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 25, 2022

Brian felt that unreasonable customers, managers, and co-workers were speeding up his hamster wheel just to stay in place. “Brian’s strong technically, but he’s clearly not the person to lead this team,” his manager reflected. Work that once energized him now left him drained.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A workplace can be hectic scenario- lots of responsibilities, targets, managers and the bunch of busy coworkers around. This is a friendly gesture to gel well with colleagues and develop the bond. One can also create a book club among the friendly colleagues- books are a love for anyone! Create a common Interest Group.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: By the end of the nine months, one-third of the staff had repetitive stress injuries. Encourage self-expression and diversity of thought.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 26, 2024

Imagine me coming from the corporate world, 26 years in business, and I was in the process of acquiring a boutique Learning & Development company. You can read as many books as you want, but the change has to happen from within. Self-Management Self-management is all about self-regulation and conflict resolution.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

It’s not worth stressing over if it gets in the way of developing the great relationships you need to get work done well. Striving and resisting causes stress and makes us focus on ourselves instead of others. It relieves stress and allows us to be more open to others. This stuff is just stuff.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Today, the following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? COVID-19 doesn't discriminate. H is about spreading hope.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 8, 2020

I explained that power is a dynamic present in all of our relationships and it’s one we need to properly manage to help our relationships develop to their fullest potential. In his book, The Power Paradox: How we gain and lose influence , author and U.C. In and of itself, power is amoral; it’s neither good or bad.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 11, 2019

Manage the Volume, Reduce the Stress , Love the Results. Dianna Booher is a communications expert with more books to her name than I can count. Stop creating distractions from your core work by keeping your email open all the time.” Stop creating distractions from your core work by keeping your email open all the time.”—Dianna

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? Leaders have had some great opportunities as a result of COVID-19.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 31, 2020

After reading the book, I reached out to talk to the authors about their views of leadership today. This taught me the power of relentlessly pursuing a goal and how to leverage your relationships to help you open doors that are shut. You start your book on leadership by talking about the power of focus. The Power of Focus.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 17, 2018

Some companies went about implementing coaching by bringing in an executive coach to help develop thei r employees. The key lies in turning existing managers into future coaches. Make It Mean Something Managers are busy enough as it is without having to feel like they’re going to be forced to learn a new skill.

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