Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is thinking they are supposed to have all the answers, especially when it comes to vision. There is a natural desire to look like you are smart and know what you’re doing. But sometimes the smartest thing you can do is to involve your team in creating vision […]. The post How to Involve Your Team in Creating Vision and Strategy appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2017

I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but approach this temporary situation in your life well, and you’re in the best leadership training program money can’t buy. Observe your jerky boss’ actions and the impact. Repeat. Keep your comments to yourself. Repeat (the hardest part.). Seek out role models of better leadership. Repeat.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2017

I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but approach this temporary situation in your life well, and you’re in the best leadership training program money can’t buy. Observe your jerky boss’ actions and the impact. Repeat. Keep your comments to yourself. […].

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2017

Guest post from Michael Bungay Stanier: Recently, I stepped into an elevator on the way to a meeting and noticed that the button you press to close the door quickly was much more worn than the one you press to keep the door open. You’ve probably done the same as me: jabbing the button to get the door closed so I can get ON with things. And it made me laugh, really, because it’s a delightful microcosm of how we’re always trying to rush things, big and small, in business and in life.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 15, 2017

People justify their judgement once they tag you with a reputation. Character is more important than reputation. But leaders ignore the latter to their peril.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2017

I spent twelve years of my career in Human Resources without a performance evaluation or any kind of feedback from my managers in that time. The Executive Vice President let us know very clearly that we wouldn’t be doing regular performance evaluations and if we were screwing up, we’d be told (no news is good news?). His directive didn’t provide is any guidance on a replacement for annual performance evaluations, or information on what it took to get promoted.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 15, 2017

Can we change opinions by changing expectations? A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seems to think so. He conducted a simple but revealing experiment that speaks volumes about how humans form opinions. Spoiler alert: we are not nearly as independent-minded as we like to think. But that’s good news if you happen to be in the business of trying to influence others.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 15, 2017

In the cognitive sciences there is a phenomenon known as the Pygmalion effect. . Also known as the Rosenthal effect for one the psychologists who discovered it, the phenomenon is simple enough: It reveals that higher expectations lead to better performance. The phenomenon is more than a theory; it has been demonstrated in the lab. So why don't we expect more from ourselves?

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Running an organization requires the management of certain functions. Take financial management, for example—no one gets a pass on that. Sure, larger, more complex organizations may have larger, more complex financial management systems and processes in place, but we all accept that financial management is a requirement for successful organizations of all shapes and sizes.

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Change Starts Here

AUGUST 15, 2017

In this episode, industrial-organizational psychology consultant Paul Thoresen shares how to combine research with practice when it comes to organizational change. Listen in to hear why you’d want to take an evidence-based approach to change, and what barriers stand in the way. You’ll also hear examples and where you can find research to help inform […].

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David A Fields

AUGUST 15, 2017

As the leaders of small consulting firms, we’re entrepreneurial, ambitious and highly engaged in our work. That can easily slip into 24/7/365, always-on, workaholism. How do we establish some work/life balance? 3.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2017

For most people, an office is a certainty in business. It’s a place you commute to, do your work, interact with colleagues and then leave. However, the office-less business is growing in popularity thanks to a rise of software-as-a-service tools and an increased emphasis on cloud-based collaborative work. Unfortunately, the problem comes when trying to manage this type of business.

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Surviving Leadership

AUGUST 15, 2017

For past two weeks, I’ve had a lot of ideas about blog posts to write – whether it was on the dangers of leaders failing to have self-awareness, the challenges of navigating your career, or the friction between similarity bias and our desire for inclusive hiring and working practices. But then someone does something stupid in the real world and I don’t write anything, because it’s either too close to what I was going to write about and I didn’t really want to write

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2017

As a company owner, you of course want your business to succeed and get ahead, but this can be difficult in such a competitive market. There are so many things to consider, and so many details that need to be right- any of the following things could be letting you down (even to the point where they cause your business to fail!) For this reason, make sure you’re not overlooking these essential elements.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 15, 2017

This is a guest post by my friend Lincoln Kaffenberger. Lincoln was a member of our church plant, served as a military officer, and now works as an information technology professional in the financial sector. He has over a decade of experience helping organizations understand the threats they face and make informed, risk based decisions. Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. -1 Peter 4:12.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

Tim Evans for HBR. Many leaders see organizational learning simply as sharing existing knowledge. This isn’t surprising given that this is the primary focus of educational institutions, training programs, and leadership development courses. It’s the “sage on the stage” model, in which an expert shares what they know with those who are assumed not to know it.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 15, 2017

David Shaner's compelling, The Seven Arts of Change , shows business leaders that transforming a business only happens when each employee equates organizational change with the process of deep personal growth. "The bottom line is that, despite how technological and automated organizations have become, at their core they remain a collection of human energies that are merely being applied in an organized environment," explains Shaner.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

More and more companies are realizing they must reinvent their cultures by infusing innovation into their DNA. Unlike startups that get to shape culture from scratch, established companies must transform existing norms, values, and assumptions in ways that inspire everyone to innovate — not just at the top of the organization, but at all levels.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. This is especially difficult when clients don’t pay you on time. What can you do to make sure that your invoices are handled promptly? And if a client is late, how should you address it, especially if you want to work with this company again? Is there ever a point at which you need to involve a lawyer?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

These 4 steps will help you resolve conflicts, whether you’re a seeker or an avoider.

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