Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 8, 2016
This week I’m making a big ask of a long-time friend. When I talked my plan over with another friend, she asked, “What if he says no? Will it damage your relationship?”. My answer is no. I’m prepared for any answer from him. And I’m going to tell him that. The times I’ve been at peace asking for a favor have been the times when I was not attached to the outcome.
Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 8, 2016
An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.
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Joseph Lalonde
AUGUST 8, 2016
W e’ve seen Marvel Studios succeed with comic book based movies. Captain America , Thor, The Avengers , Ant-Man … They’ve all been blockbuster movies. Meanwhile, DC Comics has floundered in creating a cinematic universe that movie-goers will fall in love with. Movie flops such as Superman Returns and the recent Batman Versus Superman left fans wondering if DC could deliver a worthwhile movie experience.
Lead on Purpose
AUGUST 8, 2016
An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 8, 2016
Great leaders have burning complaints. I wonder how many great endeavors began as great complaints. The United States of America, for example, began with great complaints. We know the name Martin Luther King Jr.
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 8, 2016
On July 26, 2016, Susan Peters, the Vice President of Human Resources at GE announced a shift in how performance management will be done for the 300,000 employees at GE. Her is part of what she announced: “Today we’re announcing our latest update to Performance Development. Bottom line: after running pilots with 30,000 employees and […]. The post Performance Management in Your (the Real) World appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
First Friday Book Synopsis
AUGUST 8, 2016
ISIS emerged from connection. As did the subprime financial crisis. We shouldn’t expect this process to end anytime soon. In fact, it will accelerate. Joshua Cooper Ramo, The Seventh Sense ——————– Last Friday at our August First Friday Book Synopsis, I presented my synopsis of the book The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune and Survival in… Read More The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo – My Five Lessons and Takeaways.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 8, 2016
“Sounds good, send me a proposal.” How many times have you heard that? Too many. So you run back to your office, put together a proposal, send it to the prospect, and start the follow-up process (and the prayer vigil). Or do you? REALITY: The sale should be solidified BEFORE the proposal is written. Your proposal should be the essence of what has been decided by you and your prospect.
Ron Edmondson
AUGUST 8, 2016
Is your marriage struggling? I do not at all mean to oversimplify your problems – there is always more to it than what is immediately visible – but, sometimes, in my experience, there may be a problem with expectations. Expectations are critical for the success of any good relationship – especially in a marriage. If you have false expectations you will have trouble in your marriage – and, in every relationship of your life.
Miles Anthony Smith
AUGUST 8, 2016
28 Popular Beard & Facial Hair Types and Leaders Sporting Them There are so many variations of beard types, it is hard to keep track of them all. I think the reason there are so many types of facial hair is that everyone wants to express themselves in a unique way. to distinguish themselves from others. And for those of us who are leaders with public personas that to attend, we are perhaps even more conscious of our facial appearance.
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Rapid BI
AUGUST 8, 2016
An Introduction to Michael Porter's five forces is a model. Used to explore the environment in which a product or company operates. Five forces analysis looks at five key areas mainly the threat of entry, the power of buyers, the power of suppliers, the threat of substitutes, and competitive rivalry. The post Porters five forces appeared first on RapidBi.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
One-on-one meetings with direct reports often feel more hurried and disorganized than they need to be. It’s important to check in regularly with each of your employees, but how can you make the best use of the time? How can you make the meetings more productive and collaborative? What do you need to change as the manager and what do you need to ask your direct report to do differently as well?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
Marion Barraud for HBR. In today’s highly competitive business environment, we all need to be in constant learning mode. No one can afford to take a vacation from developing new skills, especially as economic and political uncertainty threaten businesses and job stability and make future career prospects unclear. So how do you make sure your skills – or your team members’ skills — are keeping up with the pace of change?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
During vacation season, making even the slightest progress can seem like a Sisyphean task. You can’t schedule that important meeting, because the key players are on holiday. You have no idea where to find the data you need, because your analytics staffers are off the grid. And you can’t finalize the pitch deck, because your boss isn’t around to greenlight it.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
In 1999 the U.S. Institute of Medicine released what would become a touchstone report, To Err is Human , which estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals each year due to medical errors that could have been prevented. It brought the idea of building a safer health system to the forefront of the public’s mind. Since then, improving health care outcomes has become a central goal in everything from clinical training and research studies to government initiatives and poli
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
When it comes to issues of race, gender, and diversity in organizations, researchers have revealed the problems in ever more detail. We have found a lot less to say about what does work — what organizations can do to create the conditions in which stigmatized groups can reach their potential and succeed. That’s why my collaborators — Nicole Stephens at the Kellogg School of Management and Ray Reagans at MIT Sloan — and I decided to study what organizations can do to incre
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2016
The global economy is in a massive transition from a fossil-fuel-based energy system to one using sophisticated renewable energy technologies. For tens of thousands of fossil fuel workers, though, the energy industry outlook is not promising. For coal industry workers, the future looks particularly bleak. However, research I conducted with Edward Louie of Oregon State University offers hope for a better future based on retraining workers.
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