Lead Change Blog
APRIL 6, 2021
Welcome to the April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided Your Silence Speaks Volumes: Speak and Lead Proactively.
Kevin Eikenberry
APRIL 6, 2021
You might know that I grew up on a farm. And on a farm, you work late into the evening when needed. You see, my Dad was a night person. So it was not uncommon for me to work very late into the evening. Because of this, I grew up thinking I was a night […]. The post When Are You at Your Best? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
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Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 6, 2021
Wayne Baker, in his book All You Have To Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success, talks about the 4 styles of asking. These are the standard ways most people are viewed when making a request. Knowing which kind of asker you are will help you better suit your ask to […].
Lead from Within
APRIL 6, 2021
A leader I was coaching was always complaining about how busy he was, how he never had enough hours in the day and was always feeling ragged and running late. We worked together to explore how he was spending his time, and we discovered that he was literally doing everyone else’s job on his team. I told him that if he wanted to be a great leader—and reclaim his time—he would have to learn to stop doing other people’s jobs.
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Great Results Team Building
APRIL 6, 2021
As a leader, principals need to lead their staff with more than just curriculum objectives. If you want to lead effectively as a principal, that begins with your attitude and focus. And what you focus on will eventually affect your staff morale. So if you want your staff to be more positive and to have a more constructive impact on their students, you need to first be more positive yourself.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 6, 2021
Unimaginative leaders repeat the past. Creative leaders change the future. Creative leaders are better problem solvers.
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The Office Blend Blog
APRIL 6, 2021
Kenan Reed @unsplash. I felt it was time to speak about burnout. Considering the year that we have all muddled through, it can come as no surprise that many of us are feeling exhausted. For unknown reasons, I never thought to share my developing burnout saga. First let me say, the dynamic was hastened by the pressures of the pandemic — yet it is possible that the roots may have been established.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 6, 2021
There is an inevitable sense of nervousness whenever we pitch a new idea to our manager. We’re putting our wisdom on the line, and as most ideas tend to buck the norm in some way, we’re running the significant risk of those ideas being shot down. New research from the University of California Davis suggests there are approaches you can take to give your idea the best chance of finding a receptive audience.
The Practical Leader
APRIL 6, 2021
In his 19th Century Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , Ebenezer Cobham Brewer writes, “Euclid, having opened a school of mathematics at Alexandria, was asked by King Ptolemy whether he could explain his art to him in a more compendious manner. ‘Sire,’ said the geometrician, ‘there is no royal road to learning.'” The timeless quest for shortcuts, “secrets,” or faster routes to growth and development is behind so much fad surfing.
CEO Insider
APRIL 6, 2021
CEOWORLD magazine, the world’s leading business publication, has announced the appointment of Leo Bottary to its External Advisory Board (EAB). Leo is the founder and managing partner of Peernovation, LLC and has served as a CEOWORLD magazine Opinion Columnist for the past three years, where he has contributed more than 50 articles. An award-winning author […].
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The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 6, 2021
For a great many years debates have raged about whether the best leaders are born or made, what the differences are between leaders and managers, and indeed what even makes an effective leader. During the Covid-19 epidemic, however, the challenges facing leaders have never been greater, nor the importance of effective leadership been more pressing. The CEO Test by Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer aims to help guide leaders by identifying the key ingredients they believe help to forge the best lea
Strategy Driven
APRIL 6, 2021
To ensure you provide an excellent website experience, you need to find out what an actual real-life user’s experience is of your website, product, or service, and so on. One way of doing this – and don’t forget, this will change from one project to another – is to interview real-life users in real-life situations. This means getting a group of people and asking them for their opinion on your product, whilst they are actually using it.
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 6, 2021
Bullying might be something that we believe to be wrong in all circumstances, but new research from North Carolina State University reminds us that this isn’t always the case. The research examines bullying among adolescents and finds that non-immigrant youngsters are more accepting of bullying when the victim is an immigrant. “We know that bystanders can play a key role in stopping bullying, and wanted to better understand bystander responses to bias-based bullying, ” the res
Mark Sanborn
APRIL 6, 2021
Are you committed to getting better, to waking up each day a little bit better in some area of your life than you were the day before? Most say they want to get better, but few have a plan. That’s not an educated guess, but a fact based on research I did for my book, The Potential Principle. We found that 59% of leaders were “very committed” to getting better…but only 50% of them had a specific, updated plan.
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Strategy Driven
APRIL 6, 2021
If you run a business, you will undoubtedly be aware of the importance of an internet presence. From digital marketing to content creation, the internet is one of the main ways that your potential clients and customers will find you, so you need to make sure you are using the internet to its full potential. When you run a business, you may not have a dedicated digital team, but fortunately, there are plenty of experts, software, and technology out there to make it as simple as possible to maximi
Eric Jacobson
APRIL 6, 2021
The book, Step Up , shows readers how to step up to the plate during six critical leadership moments. Readers learn how to: Use anger intelligently in the workplace. Recognize and deal with terminal politeness. Make decisions when no one else is making them. Take ownership when others are externalizing a problem. Identify and leverage pessimism. Inspire others to take action.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 6, 2021
Launching a business is never a simple task, but building your company and taking its success to the next level can be even more of a challenge. Attracting new customers and increasing sales is vital to expand your business and to ensure you achieve sustainable long term growth. But, understanding exactly how to get your brand out there and let everyone know about your products can be difficult.
CEO Insider
APRIL 6, 2021
With the challenging business landscape becoming more disruptive, with multiple balls in the air to juggle such as people, change, technology, strategy, hybrid working and constant innovation it’s no wonder many leaders are managing their teams instead of leading them. Many leaders and teams are, feeling time poor, skill stretched, isolated, adjusting to new ways […].
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Ron Edmondson
APRIL 6, 2021
There are some common questions I hear from leaders. In fact, they may be some of the most important questions leaders can ask. These questions are the essence of who the leader is and what leaders are to do. One of the more common is something like this: “Ron, how do you develop people you lead?” Often they are hoping I will consult with their team.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2021
Executive teams that increase gender diversity became more open to change and less comfortable with risk.
Frank Sonnenberg Online
APRIL 6, 2021
Your habits are probably so ingrained that you rarely think about your behavior — or the choices that you make. How’s that working for you? The truth is that choices are easy. The tough part is living with them. This is a test to help you determine whether you’re on track or veering off course. Give these questions some thought. After all, your life is determined by the sum of the choices that you make. 30 Questions to Inspire Self-Reflection.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2021
A new feature on LinkedIn represents a cultural shift. But it’s just the start.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2021
A conversation with Adobe’s Scott Belsky about how creative work is more important than ever.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2021
Anti-Asian racism is on the rise in the U.S. Here’s what managers can do to support their employees.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 6, 2021
How a software company disrupted the waste management industry.
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