Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2017

When’s the last time you had a really great one-on-one with your boss? If your answer is anything but “in the last 2 weeks,” you’re not alone. A great cadence of good one-on-one meetings is unusual. Why? Well first, everybody’s busy. It’s easier to cancel a meeting with a direct report than with your boss. Or perhaps, your one-on-ones drag on, lack preparation, or generally feel like a waste of time.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

Mesmerized by industry innovators like Google, Apple and Uber, business leaders of all sorts want to become “disruptors” within their respective industries. Easier said than done! Interestingly, the key to unlocking the kind of breakthrough thinking needed to support an aggressive agenda of innovation lies with the leadership and culture of the organization.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

I was in a gift shop one lazy afternoon, sort of lost in my own little world. I wandered about reading pictures, posters, and plaques on the wall. I looked up at one, completely mesmerized at its profound identity with what I had been feeling for weeks: “Always be yourself. But if you can’t be yourself, be a unicorn.”. Right about then, I wished for my fairy godmother to change me into a unicorn.

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CoachStation

MARCH 28, 2017

Is integrity a negotiable trait, or is it one of the cornerstones of good leadership? I recently met with a client who I have known for some time in a different capacity. He is starting up his own business and it is a very exciting time for him. During our discussion, he made a point to me, that although is not new, in that moment meant so much to me.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2017

When you know what’s next you can prepare and perform. Structure provides predictability. Predictability enables preparation. Preparation raises confidence. Confidence is energy. A 5 step one-on-one any leader can do: #1.

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Women on Business

MARCH 28, 2017

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Women on Business

MARCH 28, 2017

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 28, 2017

There’s something about “new.” Somehow the idea of new gives energy, enthusiasm, focus. Yet so often we find ourselves stuck in “old.” Same job, same house, same routine. Just as winter transitions to spring and the world outside renews itself, maybe it’s time to look at your leadership and your team and take a moment to renew, too. Today we’ll look at four ways to do a team spring cleaning to renew, energize, and help you recapture that sense of “new.” Moving On.

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Jason Womack

MARCH 28, 2017

Did you know that I was David Allen's 4th employee? I was. David hired me in 2000 to present the Getting Things Done seminars. Between 2000 and 2006 I presented more than 500 GTD seminars in more than 5 countries!

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QAspire

MARCH 28, 2017

Nicholas Bate once sent me a bunch of inspiring cards made with lot of love. One of those cards read, “ Every YES contains a NO (YES to staying late is NO to Lego with your daughter)”. “ Every NO contains a YES (NO to the gym is YES to more stress)”. When we say YES to being available to the world all the time (especially when it is so easy to do that), we say NO to focus.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MARCH 28, 2017

I am a big fan of journals. And whether it’s a fancy leather-bound one or a bunch of loose-leaf sheets, a journal can be an extremely powerful tool to help you both personally and professionally. In today’s video, I’ll give you a few quick ideas for how you can use a learning journal to be […]. The post Using a Learning Journal appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 28, 2017

Implementing change usually requires setting measurable goals for what the project will achieve. And someone needs to be accountable for attaining those results. However, people are often hesitant to commit to achieving results. It’s much more comfortable to commit to completing activities, which they have more control over. Unfortunately, checking the boxes on activities doesn’t […].

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David A Fields

MARCH 28, 2017

Do you lose consulting projects to low-fee competitors? How do you handle that threat to your business? Below are (almost) seven strategies to thrive when fees are taking a dive. Paella Consulting Associates is an advisor to the world’s crustacean industry. (True story, though the name and market have been changed.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2017

I’m fairly productive as a person, but the truth is, I get distracted easily and have a hard time staying focused at times. If I didn’t have notes when I was preaching, I would totally get off track. My mind wanders way too much. Thankfully, there are a few things which help me gain focus again. Or, at least, they help prepare the conditions to keep me focused.

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Rapid BI

MARCH 28, 2017

25 easy and great tips on building employee engagement – morale boosters In difficult and tough economic times we still need to engage with our employees. While the big budgets may not be available any more there are lots of things that we can do which are effective. Here we explore low cost 25 great tips […]. The post 25 easy tips on employee engagement – morale boosters appeared first on RapidBI.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Image courtesy of Korn Ferry. We live in a digital economy: a virtual environment that has changed the rules of doing business and made disruption the norm. It has put customers, not companies, in charge. And it has transformed workforce dynamics as the “born digital” millennials come to prominence in the workplace. This age is ripe with opportunity.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2017

You may not realise this but your business office could be on the edge of a disaster for a variety of reasons. If it is, it’s not too late to complete a course correction. The problem here is that most employers have no idea what disaster they are going to face until it hits. Let’s look at a few and see if we can work to tackle them head on. Legal Lows.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Six months ago, at your request, your boss agreed to put your name forward for a new position that works directly with the CEO. Weeks went by, and you heard nothing. Then someone else got the job. When you asked your boss about it, he gave a long, confusing explanation for why the CEO considered you a strong candidate but “had to go another way.” Last week, you bumped into the CEO in the hall.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 28, 2017

The following is a guest piece by Jack Zenger and Joesph Folkman. It is estimated that 15% to 28% of every manager’s workweek is spent in meetings. One of the most frequent written complaints people make about their bosses is the quality of their meetings. Complaints range from meetings with no agenda, lack of clear purpose for each agenda topic, no advance information nor background materials, lack of making a decision, absence of any follow-through and the plodding, snail’s pace of the meeting

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

It doesn’t take a tremendous amount of training to begin a job as a cashier at McDonald’s. Even on their first day, most new cashiers are good enough. And they improve as they serve more customers. Although a new cashier may be slower and make more mistakes than their experienced peers, society generally accepts that they will learn from experience.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

One of the many things managers worry about is employees breaking the rules. Evidence suggests that such behavior is widespread, and it can have devastating consequences. Companies have tried many different ways to limit unethical behavior, from creating codes of conduct to implementing ethical training. But these interventions are often criticized for being ineffective.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Image courtesy of Korn Ferry. With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. In a new Korn Ferry Futurestep global survey of more than 1,100 talent acquisition professionals, 54 percent said it’s harder to find qualified talent now than it was just one year ago.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Image courtesy of Korn Ferry. Developing leaders to drive financial performance and operational excellence has always been important. However, given the unrelenting pace of technological change and globalization, plus an anemic world economy, organizations now need leaders who can effectively respond to constantly evolving business opportunities and threats, and chart a path to sustainable growth.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

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