Lead Change Blog
JULY 30, 2018
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” Albert Einstein. Engaging in conversation with someone who asks thoughtful questions with genuine curiosity is noticeable; perhaps because it is becoming rare. Where have all the questions gone? I polled leaders to see how they rate others on inquiry.
Career Advancement
JULY 30, 2018
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”. ~Jim Collins~. Arthur, a manager at a mid-size firm, read a troubling statistic: According to Harvard Business Review, one in five high-performing employees plans to leave their job in the next six months. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills.
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Kevin Eikenberry
JULY 30, 2018
For some, delegation is like cod liver oil – it might lead to a good outcome, but it is so distasteful, they don’t try it. Others see delegation as the solution to all their time management problems – give the work to someone else, and all will be right with the world. Neither is the […]. The post Three Keys to Successful Delegation appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Joseph Lalonde
JULY 30, 2018
A Reel Leadership Article Pam and I were planning on seeing the new Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible: Fallout this past weekend with our Moviepass accounts. However, due to the recent troubles Moviepass has faced, the movie we’d desired to see was blocked out from our account. This meant we had to choose another movie this weekend. That movie was the DC Comics animated movie Teen Titans Go!
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Modern Servant Leader
JULY 30, 2018
Academia may lack degree programs in leadership, but Texas A&M University does an excellent job at introducing incoming students to servant-leadership. Kimberly Morrison, a sophomore with Texas A&M’s Freshmen in Service and Hosting ( FISH ), explains the university’s many servant-leadership programs, in this interview. Morrison explains how incoming Freshmen can join the FISH program, where they participate in an annual event called, “WAVES” The mission of WAVES i
Leadership Freak
JULY 30, 2018
I heard a tense exchange between a Dreamer* and a Doer*. They’re both committed to a new business venture. But you could feel them trying not to express frustration.
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Leadership Freak
JULY 30, 2018
“This idea of the power of giving credit to others — as opposed to your own individual accomplishment — has shaped my entire career. Most people don’t really think about that.
Chart Your Course
JULY 30, 2018
Comments (Other). Answer. Most employees remain in my organisation till the age of retirement. This has been going on for at least a year now. Horrible leadership main reason! my company was bought by another company almost 2 years ago – as a result, many changes, some of which are causing even long term employees to leave, including benefits, management, small or no raises, etc.
leaderCommunicator
JULY 30, 2018
My previous post in this series talked about the importance of asking for help when you need it – not after you need it, and how it’s a sign of strength as a professional. It’s been received well by folks across the career spectrum, and I hope it was something that spoke to you, too.
Strategy Driven
JULY 30, 2018
If you want to be successful in the long-term, then you’re going to have to hire a team of people who are skilled and committed to helping you grow your business. You’re not going to get far if you’re closed-minded and behind the curve when it comes to technology and treating your employees fairly. Be glad to know there are specific ways for how you can attract top talent to your business and help guarantee a bright future for your operation.
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Eric Jacobson
JULY 30, 2018
The following statements from author Scott Wintrip convinced me to read his book, High Velocity Hiring: How To Hire Top Talent In An Instant : "Hiring is broken. There's a new way to hire that's faster, efficient, and effective. Instead of waiting for the right person to show up, the new way to hire is to wait for the right job to show up. Instead of waiting until a seat is empty to search for talent, the new way of hiring starts the talent search before that job opens.
Strategy Driven
JULY 30, 2018
The food market is a tricky one. People are always in need of food, after all, but it can be hard to find your space amongst the huge producers with enough volume to make your home-grown business look like a lemonade stand. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible to find your place, however. Here are a few tips on how to do it. Increase production, lower costs.
Curious Cat
JULY 30, 2018
The best form of problem solving is to avoid problems altogether. At the point you have a “fire” in your organizaiton you have to fight it. But it is better to create systems that avoid fires taking hold in the first place.* This is a simple idea. Still many organizations would perform better if they […].
Strategy Driven
JULY 30, 2018
Most businesses rely on the use of outsourcing, hiring other businesses, and using connections for niche supplies. This is quite obviously worthwhile. Not every business can be Google, a corporation with seemingly endless reach and a finger in every pie. However, as your business begins to really gain in profitability, and you decide to invest that back into your operation each year, it’s not hard to see how purchasing your own business assets might become a great long-term cost-saving scenario.
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Ron Edmondson
JULY 30, 2018
Are the routines and details of your life getting you down? Is the direction of your life not turning out as you planned? Are you stressing so much about things that are happening — or not happening — that you can’t enjoy the good things already in your life? Do you continually compare yourself to others? Here’s one suggestion I have learned the hard way to better enjoy life (and leadership): Throw away the scripts.
Strategy Driven
JULY 30, 2018
As a business owner, your marketing strategy needs to be cohesive if you want to market your business successfully. Here’s why you need to have cohesion as an Internet marketer and some ways you can go about it. What is Cohesive Marketing? When we talk about cohesive marketing we are referencing the need to bring all your platforms that promote your business together under one main strategy.
Deming Institute
JULY 30, 2018
Vincent Barabba presented the 2016 ASA Deming Lecture: Profound Knowledge from a Knowledge Use Perspective. Vincent Barabba led the US Census Bureau, founded Market Insight Corporation and authored The Decision Loom: A design or interactive decision-making in organizations (among other books). It wasn’t until I gained a better understanding of his [Deming’s] concept of profound knowledge by reading his works, combined with what I learned during consulting engagements with Peter Druck
Harvard Business Review
JULY 30, 2018
jessica solomatenko/Getty Images. It turns out that the word “innovation” is not a Harry Potter-esque magical incantation that, once spoken, renders companies more inventive, creative, and entrepreneurial. The word can be uttered by a CEO speaking to employees or Wall Street analysts. It can be emblazoned on the door to a new innovation center in Silicon Valley.
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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.
HR Digest
JULY 30, 2018
Employee retention is the heartbeat of productivity in every business. Irrespective of the size and type of your company, turnover is a big disaster to handle. From manufacturing to sales or service rendering, employees must be trained and familiar with their job routines to perform excellently, that calls for effective talent retention. So what are the tips for retaining employees?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 30, 2018
Shana Novak/Getty Images. In a world in which men dominate leadership roles, should we focus on changing the systems and structures that favor men at women’s expense? Or should we emphasize the tactics individual women can use to get ahead? Our research explored this question. The first message, that it’s processes and organizations that need to change, has been gaining traction in more recent years.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 30, 2018
JW LTD/Getty Images. Companies are using AI in all kinds of innovative ways to advance their businesses. If you’ve ever searched Netflix to watch a movie, AI (a recommendation algorithm) was no doubt used in your decision about what to watch. If you’ve shopped on Amazon, your decision about what to buy was also influenced by AI (via an association algorithm).
Harvard Business Review
JULY 30, 2018
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. We’ve all experienced some version of this problem: Ask “how many customers do we have?” and the marketing team provides one answer, sales a second, and accounting a third. Each department trusts its own system, but when the task at hand requires that data be shared across silos, the company’s various systems simply do not talk to one and other.
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