Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I was lunching on a salad in a bustling restaurant with a former boss. We talked about the infiltration of electronic devices in the workplace – and particularly how we use them for communication. Sometimes we misuse them. We each have our own preferred method of communication at work, no matter what our generation. The bottom line is, aside from your method of choice, how you say things is as important as what you say, particularly when it comes to building social capital.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I ’m thrilled to introduce my friend Bob Burg to you in today’s Answers From Leadership podcast. If you haven’t heard of Bob before, you’re in for a treat. Is there a difference between taking leadership and giving leadership? And, if so, does it really make that big a difference in your ability to lead? Our guest says “yes” to both!

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

How happy would you be if you spent your life living a delusion? This thought sums up the theme of Marguerite , the French film is inspired by the life of 20th century American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins. Marguerite is a dowager who fancies herself a soprano; she can indulge in this fantasy because she has wealth, a husband with a title, and a network of friends and associates who appreciate her largesse.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton This week I take a moment to reflect on the question "Can rights and responsibilities be separated?". If we fail to live up to our responsibilities, we have a negative impact on others. If we assert individual rights without also taking responsibility, we are asking for more than we are willing to give.

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Jason Womack

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Before you know it, you're doing the thing that's the next thing to do on your list of responsibilities. You're busy, hurried, seemingly not able to get to some of those Most Important Things, the projects you keep hoping you'll.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Only one in ten people have the talent to manage. No wonder, according to Gallup, companies choose unqualified managers 82% of the time.

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ReImagine Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Forbes, Aug. 29, 2016 : “Many people stay in professions they are unhappy in because making a change feels too difficult; there simply isn’t time to muster up the energy required. “Not having time” then becomes an excuse for when making a change simply feels riskier than staying in a known situation. However, a change doesn’t have to be something that happens all at once.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking Chris Anderson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 2016) How to take “something you really care about and rebuild it inside the minds” of those with whom you share it I cannot think of another person who has made more or better contributions to knowledge leadership in recent… Read More TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking: A book review by Bob Morris.

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David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Some consultants love to travel for their consulting projects. Me, I’m not a big fan. I prefer to be with my family, sleep in my own bed, eat healthy, home-cooked meals, and work in my gym clothes. Besides, when I’m on the road, there’s less time for marketing and business development, and I can’t play old-man hockey at the local rink. But how do you build a booming, lucrative consulting practice while staying cozily ensconced in your home office?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Strategy and execution are essential to be successful long-term. They require thinking and action. Most people know Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Few people know what Aristotle said later, “The unplanned life is not worth examining.” It’s important to set aside think-time to take a bird’s eye view of where you are at and where you want to go.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

You may also I am a runner. When my knees are good I have been known to run as many as 6 days a week. When I run I am serious about it. I watch the time. I pace myself. I measure my distance. I check my calories burned. I do it for exercise. I run for personal well-being. I run because I love to run. Running isn’t always easy. Sometimes I spend time thinking about the sports drink waiting for me when I get home.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

There’s a big advantage in starting small. Polycom’s biggest early breakthrough, for instance, came about as the result of a 95-cent book I purchased from RadioShack in 1991. That pamphlet taught my cofounder and me about a nerdy topic known as “acoustic suspension,” a concept that showed us the fallacy in assuming that big sound demands a big loudspeaker.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Today, I welcome Heidi Smith with her guest post on Employee Wellness. Heidi is a certified integrative nutrition health coach, certified corporate wellness specialist, certified meeting professional and author. Employee Wellness --Why Should Employers And Employees Care? By: Heidi Smith What does employee wellness mean? At its core, employee wellness is a philosophy based on the notion that by investing in a health and wellness program, employers can create a healthier workforce through: Behavi

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Learning to stretch outside your comfort zone is critical for learning and growing , advancing in your job and career, and achieving your personal and professional goals. But is it always the case that you need to step outside your comfort zone to be successful? Are there situations when it makes sense to stay right where you are? Having spoken with people from a range of occupations about this exact topic over the past year, my resounding answer is yes.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Almost every human born at almost every place and moment in history has had their potential capped by a single fact over which they had almost no control, namely, the quality of the teachers and mentors they had access to. But now, for the first time in history, it’s possible for anyone on the planet… Read More Every Speaker in Now Compared to the best TED Talks – My lessons and Takeaways from TED Talks by Chris Anderson.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

As the heat continues to blister during this summer in New York, I think back to the first time I ever bought an air conditioner: fresh out of college. It was a daunting investment, but well worth the quality-of-life improvement. I stumbled through a few consumer report roundups online, asked the advice of friends and coworkers, and eventually found myself at a local hardware store, where the owner enlightened me to the complex world of BTUs, replaceable filters, and square footage calculations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

One of the tenets of sensible risk taking is to be skeptical of promises and projections. Yet this is hard to do in practice. We’re surrounded by people (and companies) exaggerating their skills or knowledge or features — and we’re often guilty of it ourselves. This behavior is called “overclaiming,” and research suggests that it is tied to how individuals perceive their competence.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Organizations are increasingly favoring algorithms in an effort to make organizational decision making and judgment more rigorous, be it for setting prices or for selecting candidates to interview for a job. But many professionals remain wary of rule-based decision making, and the interaction between formulas and expert judgement remains a gray area.

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