Free Tech Tools for the Digital Economy

Strategy Driven

These free tech tools can be directly applied in a work role or used simply to build one’s creative and technical skills. More applicably, using these technologies will develop one’s technological skills, methodological knowledge, and subject matter experience, which is an asset to one’s career. LinkedIn SlideShare is a powerful tool of communication and dissemination of product, service, business-related, and educational content, which enhances a company’s brand and profitability.

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Developing The CEO Within You.

Rich Gee Group

Bottom line, you have to put in the hours, the sweat and tears to adequately build a firm foundation of tools to leverage in the myriad of situations that arise. The post Developing The CEO Within You. You’re moving on up.

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Trending Sources

5 Unlikely Tools For Your Leadership Bag

Linked 2 Leadership

And some of these tools just might not be the first things you think of… Typical Tools Usually the tools that one thinks a leader pack for their leadership journey are [.]. Authentic Leadership Leading & Developing Other Leaders Professional Development business Education and Training leadership ManagementWe proverbially “pack a bag” when we lead others. But what you pack in your bag makes more of an impact than you think.

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September 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Development. Development. Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Developing Team Norms, Why it Doesn’t Work and what to Do Instead.

December Leadership Development Carnival

Michael Lee Stallard

I am honored to host the December installment of the Leadership Development Carnival, a collection of helpful leadership advice from top bloggers. Many of this month’s featured posts focus on specific leadership skills we all need to develop.

4 Design Thinking Tools for Engaging Your Team

Leading Blog

Applying the tools of design thinking to help your team conquer its goals doesn''t mean hunkering down on your own with an org chart in a dimly lit office to devise the perfect execution strategy.

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June 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the June 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Diane Bock of Development Dimensions International (DDI) shared How to Work with People Who Aren’t You. John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Improving Management with Tools and Knowledge.

March 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Beth recaps, “Beth Beutler gives us three practical tools for reducing stress in our days.” Leadership Development Leadership Management

June 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the June 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. shared Don’t Neglect Your Most Important Leadership Tool. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting provided Get A Leadership Professional Development Game Plan.

May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Mike Hoban of Development Dimensions International (DDI) provided Could Siri Become Your Leadership Coach? Leadership Development Leadership Management

A Powerful Tool: The Capacity Matrix

Deming Institute

But I do think it is a vastly superior way to manage career development, training, certification, coaching, education… in organizations. I recognize new problems and can develop new tools to solve them. I attended a 4 day seminar by David Langford about 15 years ago.

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October 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the October 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Development. Development. Jane Perdue of the Jane Group provided 2 tools for keeping an open heart and mind. The themes for this month in the order they appear include: Team Building. Resilience.

April 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I read through this month’s Leadership Development Carnival entries, I felt a bit of the same. Here are a few things we can stop doing in hopes of developing better leaders.”

How to Leverage Your Most Powerful Tool of Influence Today

Leadership Freak

Your most powerful tool of influence is a pair of caring ears. … Continue reading → Listening Leadership Development organizational successToday’s leadership challenge is the daily practice of caring engaged silence. Caring engaged silence: A caring heart is permission to lead.…

February 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As Bruce notes, “dealing with challenges requires both proactive and reactive tools. Simon Mitchell of Development Dimensions International submitted Every Move You Make, They’ll Be Watching You.

How to Know If You’re Moving Toward Multiplication – A New Tool for Lead Pastors

Ron Edmondson

The Becoming 5 Assessment Tool is the first of its kind to give churches a good read on how they’re doing with becoming a church that grows by multiplying itself (multiplication growth)—and not just adding attendees (addition growth).

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April 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Bruce says, “Appreciation is a powerful leadership tool. Wally Bock of Envisia Learning sent Leadership Development & The Fat Smoker. Leadership Development Leadership development carnival

10 Ways to Take Charge of Your Own Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

When I first started in the field of leadership development (when gas was 89 cents a gallon), the model we used looking like this: When someone got promoted to team leader, supervisor, or manager, they were sent a memo (no email yet) from HR informing them that they have been registered for a mandatory 4 week supervisory training course. Sadly, there are many organizations that are still using this outdated method of leadership development. Write your own development plan.

28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! Chris Edmonds , from Driving Results Through Culture , says that every leader needs to have " Serve my employees " as their #1 target in their individual development plan. So my development tip is this.

Expanding Professional Development

General Leadership

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” Professional development is one of the most critical areas for an organizational leader to remain focused on. The post Expanding Professional Development appeared first on General Leadership.

12 Ways to Develop Leadership Confidence

Great Leadership By Dan

This post recently appeared in SmartBlog on Leadership : I was in a talent review meeting recently and we were discussing the strengths and development needs of a promising young leader. When I asked what the leader’s biggest development need was, the answer was “confidence”. When faced with a development need, I can usually adlib a pretty good development plan , but I drew on a blank on this one. So I asked the rest of the group “So, how do you develop confidence?”

Learning Pairs Program, an Internal Development Tool

Great Leadership By Dan

When creating pairs you first need to identify what development goal you want to address for each employee as well as what the employee has to share and coach with another employee based on their experience, skills and knowledge.

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Development Program Offered for Veterans Working on Their “Career 2.0”

Strategy Driven

Veterans will receive the same research-based leadership development services Hay Group offers to boards, CEOs, and senior executives at leading global organizations. It stretched my perspectives, armed me with invaluable tools, and enabled me to hone my transition focus.

A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool

Kevin Eikenberry

A mirror may be a metaphor, but how is it a leadership development tool? Reply MARISI TAMBUNAN October 27, 2010 at 10:00 pm A Mirror as a Leadership Development Tool Yes sir you are right. The self assessment is one of the tool.

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The Only Decision-Making Tool You Will Ever Need

Lead from Within

There are many theories, tools, and techniques on how to make better decisions. What would happen if we abandoned all the programs, steps, and processes, and simply allowed a tool that we already possess to lead us toward what we want?

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3 Ways to Develop Winning Team Spirit

Michael Lee Stallard

I asked him to share some of the key factors that contributed to developing the culture. Given the complexity of running so many events to perfection and supporting cheerleaders with the tools they need to raise school spirit, people at Varsity Spirit work hard.

Frontline Festival: Leaders share tips about professional development

Let's Grow Leaders

This month’s festival gives tips about professional development for leaders. What tools do you use to stay productive? How do you invest in your professional development on a regular basis? Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival.

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An Assessment Tool That Creates Conversation – Not Defensiveness

Leadership Freak

You’re on the wrong track if you… Continue reading → Feedback Taking others higher Growth Leadership Development organizational successPerformance assessments - done well - inspire conversation. Done poorly, performance assessments invite defensiveness, excuses, posturing, and blame. The ultimate goal of assessing performance is growth.

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December 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jesse summarized: “Collaboration is a powerful tool that leads to break-through results, and is different from cooperation, coordination , and teamwork.

October 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the October 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. In this article, I share best practices for leaders leading a virtual team including recommended tools.” Leadership Development Leadership Leadership development carnival Management

Develop a leadership code of behavior

Aspire-CS

Consider that the “rules” or guidelines for acceptable – if not exemplary - leadership behavior can be developed collaboratively with your leadership team and then shared widely with all employees. If behavioral expectations are mutually developed and openly shared throughout the organization there is a smaller chance for slip-ups. What you’ll be looking to develop are actual observable behaviors that you want to see and model for the organization.

Seven Disciplines that Make Leadership Development Stick

Leading Blog

The authors have provided videos, tools and assessments on their web site to help you to achieve leadership sustainability. Leadership Sustainability is about how to make your leadership development efforts stick. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Leaders don''t always finish well or finish what they start. Leadership sustainability isn''t easy.

“Is It Ethical?” (Decision Tool Based on the Book 7 Lenses)

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton A new ethical decision-making tool is available for readers of 7 Lenses! Complexity Context Ethical Leader Ethical Organization Ethical Thinking 7 lenses of ethical leadership ethical decision-making ethical leader ethical leadership development

The Case for Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Ken Kuzia: How do you get managers to buy into the fact that they need development? Mentors agree that you can rely on a certain level of resistance when it comes to identifying development opportunities. So how do you get their managers to develop?

How Leaders Can Develop Their Skills With One Simple Habit

Tanveer Naseer

If your schedule is anything like mine, finding time to consistently devote to your own leadership development is likely quite a challenge. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a well-rounded leadership development program that didn’t require you to add anything to your schedule?

High Performance Team Development: Quality Tools for Quality Teams

Create Learning

Below is the Workshop Description and Objectives…If you would like to attend “High Performance Team Development: Quality Tools for Quality Teams” register here… OR Contact Mike with your questions / concerns and I will get back to you. _.

45 Executive Development Program Tools and Techniques

Great Leadership By Dan

A great executive development program should be more than lots of lectures and a few case studies. Dr. Elizabeth Weldon , a leading expert in executive development, recently conducted research for UNICON on what it takes to be effective in designing and conducting executive education programs. In one of the reports, she included the most comprehensive list of tools and techniques that an instructor could use that I’ve ever come across. Individual assessment tools.

Why Authenticity is a Powerful Leadership Tool, Part 1

Lead by Adventure

The post Why Authenticity is a Powerful Leadership Tool, Part 1 appeared first on Lead by Adventure. “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”. ? May Sarton.

How to Overcome the 3 Organizational Barriers to Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

You would think that given the rock-solid evidence that organizations with great leadership consistently outperform those that don’t that EVERY organization would be heavily invested in the development of its current and future leaders.

Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows

Create Learning

Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. Each window is reviewed on time-scales to best plan for future solutions and ideal outcomes to ensure that the system, super-system and sub-system develop to achieve the ideal solutions.