Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 7, 2016

A Winning Well post with David Dye. In a recent Winning Well interview, Bob Morris asked “You talk about Winning Well, but what does it mean to lose well? David and I both laughed the kind of half-hearted chuckle that comes only after enough distance from the pain. And as timing would have it, I’ve recently been helping both of my children process through disappointing losses on the college political front and the baseball field.

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Women on Business

JULY 7, 2016

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Leadership Freak

JULY 7, 2016

The really great leaders display contrasting, even conflicting qualities. Some are curious and decisive. Others bring creativity and execution together. Being tender and tenacious is another surprising combination.

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ReImagine Work

JULY 7, 2016

Old habits die hard. Sometimes they over-complicate our days because we don’t take the time to look at them. Real professionals look at the little things and how they can leverage them for big results. Do you start the day turning off the alarm on your smartphone and immediately looking at your email or texts? Do you have a hard time enjoying time-off because of the pile of work you will face when you return?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 7, 2016

Tomorrow, I will present my 7th synopsis of the year the First Friday Book Synopsis. We have been meeting once a month for over 18 years (since April, 1998). It’s time for a mid-year reflection. Recently, on a LinkedIn discussion group, a member posted a discussion starter on why business books fail. I responded in… Read More 2016, It is a Very Good Year – A Mid-Year Reflection on Business Books I’ve Read (and Presented).

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Steve Farber

JULY 7, 2016

I wish I could tell you that there’s a clear-cut, linear path to becoming a leader, but there isn’t; instead, you’ll need to get comfortable with the uncomfortable-ness of learning from your personal successes and failures as you go. And by definition, your successes and failures are predicated on the risks you take. (A practice I like to call “ Pursuing the OS!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2016

As a career Wall Streeter and mountaineer, I learned over the years that mountains are not climbed alone; neither are careers. Each depends on the generosity you’re willing to extend to your colleagues, known as the Law of Reciprocity. It’s a universal understanding to explain that in order to create success, extend help to others along the way. They in turn will assist and inspire you to reach your career summits.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 7, 2016

One of the most important tasks of a leader is to identify potential new leaders. If a church or organization is to grow, finding new leaders is critical. Equally vital is the quality of leaders being discovered. Good leaders learn to look for qualities in people which are conducive to good leadership. If you want to have a culture which reproduces leaders, read THIS POST first.

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Rapid BI

JULY 7, 2016

Employee Engagement – the solution in difficult times? Yet another weekend where the news broadcasts and the Sunday papers have been full of the economic doom and gloom. With many of the retail stores starting with 20% & 25% discounts with four weeks before Christmas you know things are changing. If the key to survival […]. The post Employee Engagement the solution in difficult times appeared first on RapidBi.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

One of the greatest barriers to moving outside your comfort zone is the fear that you’re a poser, that you’re not worthy, that you couldn’t possibly be qualified to do whatever you’re aiming to do. It’s a fear that strikes many of us: impostor syndrome. I know I’ve certainly had those thoughts while publishing pieces of writing, whether it’s blogs or books.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

What do President Obama and heavy metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen have in common? They both wear essentially the same thing every day so that they can save their brain power for bigger, more important decisions. Constantly making decisions can strain a decision maker–so the opportunity to share the decision-making space can be quite appealing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Right now 7 out of 10 people in your organization are not actively engaged at work. Disengaged workforces are a global problem; and the costs are high. In the U.S. alone, companies are hemorrhaging $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity each year. Companies try to motivate their people with incentives and unique perks like ping-pong rooms and free meals, but none of those approaches address the deeper issue of why employees are so disengaged.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 7, 2016

Guest post from Shoba Sreenivasan & Linda E. Weinberger : A particularly virulent female leadership style is what we label, “Machiavellian Mary” to denote a superficially agreeable, yet ruthless, self-focused, and false individual. Machiavellian Mary is admired for playing well in the “male” game of pyramidal hierarchies: pleasing to those on top and controlling, micro-managing and authoritarian to those below.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

When college tuition rises, fewer people take the plunge into entrepreneurship, according to a new working paper by Harvard Business School economist Gareth Olds. The paper isn’t studying Millennials and how student debt affects their career choices. Instead, it’s focused on their parents. Olds found that in the U.S., a 10% increase in the average price of in-state college tuition corresponds with a 13.9% decrease in the number of parents with college-age children who become self-emp

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Peace is at hand in Colombia. Overstating its significance would be difficult. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, agreed on June 23 to disarm. A formal treaty with Colombia’s government is expected to be signed in late July. It would end a half century of civil war, one that has had a tremendous human cost as well as an immense economic one.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

The rapid pace of digital change has put companies in the unenviable position of trying to decide which tech trends to invest in and when. All too often, much-touted “revolutionary” innovations offer only incremental benefits at best; at worst, they are a costly distraction. The right technologies, however, can be incredibly valuable, driving customer satisfaction and possibly even providing a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO, on breakthrough problem-solving. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by July 19, 2016.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

“It feels weird eavesdropping like this,” Alejandra Chirinos told Ricardo Rodriguez, her marketing VP, and Miguel Martinez, her head of sales. They were in a conference room in Lima watching a focus group in Surrey, England, via Skype as the group discussed the fashion ponchos designed and manufactured by Alejandra’s five-year-old company, Tela.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

A look at where digital money really makes sense.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

While the success of companies such as Apple is often attributed to them “thinking differently,” different ideas just as often fail. Remember the Segway, the Newton, or Google Glass? Further, Apple and other companies’ biggest hits usually come in areas where they are followers not leaders. Apple didn’t introduce the first smartphone; IBM did.

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