Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

Work culture, like music, has the uncanny ability to bring people together or drive them apart. Personal preferences about every genre from rock to reggae can end up building or burning bridges. Similarly, people in the working world may survive being out of sync with their company’s vibe, but they’ll never really thrive! It’s no wonder that new articles on what makes or breaks employee engagement drop every week like new albums hoping to top the charts.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 6, 2018

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 6, 2018

When I first saw the trailer for Skyscraper with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, I was hooked. The trailer for Skyscraper looked like a cross between my favorite Christmas movie Die Hard and Liam Neeson’s Taken. With those two movies combined, it had to be good. Skyscraper tells the story of Will Sawyer. Will is a former FBI agent with a prosthetic leg after a botched hostage negotiation.

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Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 6, 2018

Are you a “to-do” list person? For each leader reaching for higher levels of productivity and accomplishment, a “start doing” list can be a friendly companion or a demanding task master – sometimes both at the same time. But what about a “stop doing” list? Whether you have an aggressive new initiative or are simply looking to streamline your effectiveness, a stop doing list may be the very thing you need.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 6, 2018

Say, “I’m learning,” not “I’ve learned.” “I’ve learned,” gives the impression of arrival and we both know you ain’t there yet.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 6, 2018

How often do your people talk? How often do they share information that isn’t just shallow conversation? How well do they know what other people are working on and how they might be able to assist? If you are having issues with collaboration in your organization, the key is to ASSC! (always stay sincerely curious). At EVERY level of the organization, you should encourage people to share the following four questions with people who are above them, below them, and across from them in different are

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 6, 2018

If you have taken one assessment of yourself, you’ve taken a dozen. Some might have been quick to take and free, while others have been far more involved, cost you or your organization quite a bit, and been far more accurate. In most of these cases though, we stop short of getting what we can […]. The post How You Can Get More From Any Assessment You Take appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 6, 2018

"There's a huge difference between networks and networking," says author James Millar. "Networking is often desperate and transactional; whereas networks are groups of peer we trust.". While few enjoy "networking," many crave authentic conversations with peers, clients, and key stakeholders. The pace of change is accelerating, and executives need peer groups more than ever to understand what others are thinking and doing.

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leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 6, 2018

A Surplus of Communications Channels. Having so many options for communicating with employees can be both a blessing and a curse. Often, it’s tough to decide on the perfect option for the particular needs of any one audience. And when the wrong channels – or too many – are chosen to communicate a message, it creates clutter and overload.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 6, 2018

"There's a huge difference between networks and networking," says author James Millar. "Networking is often desperate and transactional; whereas networks are groups of peer we trust.". While few enjoy "networking," many crave authentic conversations with peers, clients, and key stakeholders. The pace of change is accelerating, and executives need peer groups more than ever to understand what others are thinking and doing.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 6, 2018

A lot of business owners underestimate the importance of their curb appeal. This is what people see when they first approach your company. You know what they say – first impressions count! You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, which is why the curb appeal of your business is of paramount importance. You want to give off a professional and strong impression, and there are a number of different ways you can do this.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 6, 2018

Back by popular demand. The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don't have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? 1. Don't micromanage 2.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 6, 2018

In my new role with Leadership Network, encouraging pastors is one of the best parts of my job. In 16 years of pastoring I learned the job can be an emotional roller coaster at times. You have a great Sunday and then the critics seem to come out on Monday morning. Or Sunday walking out of church. Or, and you have to be a pastor to understand this one, but it could happen just before you walk behind the podium to preach.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 6, 2018

Kat Vanden Heuvel, Executive Director at Sawtooth Botanical Garden , shares how Deming principles have changed the way people think and work at her organization in this video with Nicole Luisi of Alerion. Kat discusses how the 2 1/2 day Deming seminar she attended helped her to appreciate the importance of making things visible and interactions between components of a system.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

KATERYNA/KONSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images. In early June, at the invitation of the European Commission to Brussels (Belgium), I toured some fascinating AI and blockchain-based projects, which the Commission is funding. Across industrial sectors, from healthcare to energy, from construction to retail, engineers are creating new technologies with potentially disruptive implications for the current architectural order of the global economy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

Franz Aberham/Getty Images. As cities compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, many flexed their tax incentive packages and real estate options in hopes of luring the tech giant to select their city. It’s tempting to think the right financial perks is all it takes for a company to successfully expand to a new city. In fact, success requires a solid base of nearby talent — or the ability to entice skilled workers to relocate for new job opportunities.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

By Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Corporate Social Responsibility, Cisco. When you think back to the first time an experience inspired you to take action, you’d likely point to your adolescent years. An engaging teacher, a passionate parent, an enthralling book, or a movie that you watched time and time again. In that moment you may not have realized, but as you look back, you clearly see that your perspective on the world—and a belief in your ability to shap

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

Russell Johnson/EyeEm/Getty Images. Do your to-do lists stretch on and on — and on? Do you dread checking email on Friday afternoons, worried about seeing messages piling up when you’re just trying to get out the door? Or maybe you’ve noticed that anxiety is preventing you from concentrating on whatever you’re currently doing.

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Strategy

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

pm images/Getty Images. There is no shortage of advice for those who aspire to be effective leaders. One piece of advice may be particularly enticing: if you want to be a successful leader, ensure that you are seen as a leader and not a follower. To do this, goes the usual advice, you should seek out opportunities to lead, adopt behaviors that people associate with leaders rather than followers (e.g., dominance and confidence), and — above all else — show your exceptionalism relative

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