Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 12, 2016
The second half of December is a great time for recognition, celebration, white elephant gifts and other fun. Yes, yes, please do all that, but don’t stop there. The best holiday gift you can give your team is to “own the ugly.” To help your team have the tough conversations they’re longing to have. To stare squarely in the face of what’s not working and clear the decks for a remarkable 2017.
General Leadership
DECEMBER 12, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “…truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking”. -Malcolm Gladwell, from Blink. What do you think of when you read the title? Do you think of an organization that lacks regulation, rules and policies, and a requirement to gather a large amount of information to be analyzed before making a decision?
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Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2016
You are in a leadership position, so you know that you have several duties to perform. And one of them is to improve your employees’ quality of work and life. Yes, you read it correctly: their quality of life as well. Many leaders will fail in this matter, as they think that they only have to care about what happens in the workplace. They do their best when it comes to delegating and supervising, and that is it.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Many managers have an unspoken expectation that employees are responsible for motivating themselves. Their idea goes like this: since the company pays them, they should do what they’re told, and happily complete any task put in front of them.
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Women on Business
DECEMBER 12, 2016
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Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Many managers have an unspoken expectation that employees are responsible for motivating themselves. Their idea goes like this: since the company pays them, they should do what they’re told, and happily complete any task put in front of them.
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Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Servant-leadership turns reciprocity outward. Reciprocity represents a shrinking circle of mutual benefit. “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.” Servant leaders serve others so others are free to serve others.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 12, 2016
If you are a college basketball fan like I am, when you hear the words “Final Four”, you smile. I hope that, after reading and applying what I am sharing here, a satisfying smile will come to your face when you hear those words – whether you care about basketball or not. Here are four […]. The post What are Your Final Four? Setting Real Priorities for the New Year appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Servant-leadership turns reciprocity outward. Reciprocity represents a shrinking circle of mutual benefit. “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.” Servant leaders serve others so others are free to serve others.
Jason Womack
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Meetings. Discussions. Hallway conversations. Holiday mixers and parties. No doubt you'll talk with more than a few people over the next couple of weeks. Considering the busy-ness you manage, it's not always easy to (A) find time to connect and.
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CEO Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2016
“Resolutions: So many will fail; NOT because they didn't set goals, but because they didn't set behaviors.” ― Steve Maraboli It is getting time to work on my goals. I do not call them resolutions. And I do them about 3-4 times per year. I like to work on 3-5 goals at a time. Each broken down with an action plan. One rule I have is - it cannot be on my list unless I am prepared to spend an hour per week on it.
leaderCommunicator
DECEMBER 12, 2016
If you were to commit to some additional chutzpah in your communications, then where might you focus your energies?
CEO Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2016
“Resolutions: So many will fail; NOT because they didn't set goals, but because they didn't set behaviors.” ― Steve Maraboli It is getting time to work on my goals. I do not call them resolutions. And I do them about 3-4 times per year. I like to work on 3-5 goals at a time. Each broken down with an action plan. One rule I have is - it cannot be on my list unless I am prepared to spend an hour per week on it.
Management Excellence
DECEMBER 12, 2016
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Steve Farber
DECEMBER 12, 2016
In 1994, Mary Miller and her husband, Tony, decided to grow their cleaning company. They hired a consultant to help show them the way. Two days later, the consultant fired them. “I can’t help you,” he told Mary, the CEO of Cincinnati-based JANCOA Janitorial Services. “You’ve got a people problem: You don’t have enough of them.” He pointed out that he was supposed to spend the previous night reviewing JANCOA’s systems and processes.
Ron Edmondson
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Which actually get read. Can I be candid with you? I don’t read every email I receive. I’m not even talking about forwards of cute stories that get massed emailed. I almost never read those. I’m talking about informational emails. The emails which have information in them I probably need. I don’t often absorb all of it. I know.
Steve Farber
DECEMBER 12, 2016
In 1994, Mary Miller and her husband, Tony, decided to grow their cleaning company. They hired a consultant to help show them the way. Two days later, the consultant fired them. “I can’t help you,” he told Mary, the CEO of Cincinnati-based JANCOA Janitorial Services. “You’ve got a people problem: You don’t have enough of them.” He pointed out that he was supposed to spend the previous night reviewing JANCOA’s systems and processes.
Deming Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2016
If people asked Dr. Deming what they should do if they tried to get their company to adopt Deming’s ideas on management and the company wouldn’t he often suggested working on their resume and applying to other companies. Of course on the tricky parts of this decisions is determining how much effort to get the organization to change is enough (and what are smart methods to use to do that).
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Teams, not individuals, are the future of work. As organizations mobilize to solve increasingly complex problems at an ever faster pace, cooperation and trust between employees has become paramount. But how do you move teammates from collegial behavior to true collaboration? By building their empathy and compassion. For people to feel comfortable suggesting new ideas, they need to know that others in their group will support, or at least not criticize, them.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
The term “company DNA” is sometimes used as a shorthand for an organization’s culture and strategy — a metaphor for what makes it unique. But there may be more to the metaphor. Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
How would you feel working for a robot? Although the idea may sound far-fetched, not least because the automation of jobs is usually discussed vis-à-vis unskilled labor rather than management-level positions, it is actually more feasible than most people think. Consider some of the main tasks of managers: e.g., using data to evaluate problems, making better decisions than the team, monitoring team members’ performance, setting relevant goals, and providing accurate feedback.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Sebastian Davenport Handley. Google’s antitrust battle with the European Union seems to be heating up. In recent weeks, the company has rebutted the European Commission’s charges that it uses its internet search engine to give its shopping services an unfair advantage over rivals, improperly uses its AdSense ad-placement service to restrict third-party websites from displaying search advertisements from Google’s competitors, and unfairly exploits the dominant position of its An
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
The starting point for achieving value in any health care system is to measure outcomes. Although this can present leadership challenges related to shifting strategy, culture and operations, it certainly isn’t rocket science. There are hundreds of provider organizations the world over that have already implemented outcomes measurement, and this number increases every week.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in Argentina to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to give a series of speeches, and I’ll soon leave for another tour, this time in Italy. The executives I’m meeting are understandably nervous. In each country, following recent elections and referendums, they are facing political, social, and economic uncertainties we would never have imagined just a year ago.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Beyoncé made history with her album Lemonade , which was streamed a record 115 million times in its first week. Just one week later, Drake broke that record when his album Views was streamed 245 million times. The age of streaming music has arrived in full force, displacing both physical sales (e.g., CDs) and downloaded songs (e.g., iTunes). As streaming has taken hold, U.S. album sales, both physical and digital, have plummeted from a peak of 785 million in 2000 to just 241 million in 2015
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 12, 2016
The phrase “Thucydides Trap” refers to the likelihood of tensions and even war between an established power and a rising challenger. Even before Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency, the relationship between the U.S. and China was often cast in these terms, with analysts such as Graham Allison concluding that war was not an unimaginable outcome.
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Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
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