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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 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. Steve DiGioia contributed Please Don’t Discount the Inexperienced. Communication.

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Extreme Makeover – Leadership Edition

N2Growth Blog

Few things can change the course of a project, career, company, category, or industry like successful efforts in innovation. That said, there is one aspect of business often-overlooked by change agents when it comes to innovation, and it also happens to be the area that offers the greatest potential returns – leadership.

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Four Skills That Revolutionize Team Communication

Lead Change Blog

They argue, try to dominate the conversation, discount the input of others, or even refuse to listen to alternative viewpoints. They shut down, don’t offer their ideas, discount their own opinions, avoid conflict, or offer half-hearted, wishy-washy viewpoints to avoid upsetting others. I think we should invest the funds in project X.

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How to Not Screw Up Your Career– #WinningWell in Fast Company

Let's Grow Leaders

So you’re taking on new projects and delegating certain tasks to others. Being decisive and knowing how to say no are important leadership skills, but handled the wrong way, they can come off as excuses that can damage your career. Also please know that CEO Reads is offering a nice discount for quantity orders.

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How I Leveraged A Big Leadership Fail Into My First Leadership Win

Terry Starbucker

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. The Leadership File And The Spreadsheet Assassin. I ended up pulling out an old manila file that had “leadership” hand-scribbled on the tab.

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Let’s Talk About It: How To Start the Conversation Everyone Wants to Avoid

Let's Grow Leaders

Dr. Amy Edmondson, the pioneer of psychological safety, often talks about how people are more likely to “discount the future” benefits of speaking up, and overweight their current fear. Some examples we use all the time using the Index card approach to start the conversation: “What are your biggest hopes for this project?”

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When Leadership And Faith Collide – An Interview With P.J. Simmons

Joseph Lalonde

He leads another non-profit called Medici Project. How should the gospel message impact leadership? If more leaders caught onto the idea of servant leadership, how could that change the landscape of leadership? Servant leadership is a nonnegotiable. Question: How does the Gospel impact your leadership?