Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Welcome to the May Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Communication. Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders Blog contributed Silent and listen have a lot in common besides six letters. Lisa Kohn from The Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares how practicing silence can invite others to step into the conversation more, build a stronger connection – an

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 7, 2019

“What’s wrong with taking the easy way?” Sometimes the answer to our problem seems easy. But the easy solution may not always be the right one. Today in “Lines for Leaders” I’ll share what one famous person said about the dangers of taking the “easy way,” along with some thoughts … The Dangers of Taking the Easy Way Read More ».

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Next Level Blog

MAY 7, 2019

As I’ve written here before , one of my favorite games to play with high potential managers and executives is called, “What’s on Your T-Shirt?” The way it works is the leaders in my programs or workshops review the highest and lowest results they’ve scored on behaviors in The Next Level 360 or self-assessment. To reduce the stress that naturally comes with that conversation, I ask them to pair up and review the overall results for the group first.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 7, 2019

Gallup reviewed three decades of research and generated its simplest and most comprehensive list of competencies required to achieve excellence for all employees in any organization.

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 7, 2019

When I was a kid, my sister and I used to play a game in the car called Auto Bingo. And while I think my parents mostly gave us this to keep us quiet, there are quite a few leadership lessons that we can learn from this fun family game of my youth. Check it […]. The post What You Can Learn From Auto Bingo – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 7, 2019

As important as technical skills and knowledge may be in your industry, team leaders and teammates soon realize that the soft stuff is really the hard stuff. Workplace performance is the result of developing your people beyond the normal range of technical skills. Emphasizing soft skills is not just important – it is vital to creating a culture of consistent improvement and results.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 7, 2019

Photo credit: 123RF. All leaders are also followers. Nobody is autonomous and without the need to follow others. Sometimes the “others” can be your board, manager, employees, peers, or even your significant other. Your need to follow will be depend on the circumstances. It requires different behaviors from you. Its not easy if you are natural leader, but will be necessary at times.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 7, 2019

It’s difficult (if not impossible) to quantify what it takes to develop a productive and successful product team. Every product is unique, and every company does things differently.

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Chart Your Course

MAY 7, 2019

How Conflicting Work Personalities Drive Team Success. A successful team requires diverse personalities. 190,000 Deloitte employees were surveyed on their workplaces. The study, published by Harvard Business Review , determined four main personality types found in the workplace. Conflicting personalities can cause tension that even the most accommodating manager can’t deal with, and it isn’t always easy to create a cohesive work environment with a variety of characters.

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Change Starts Here

MAY 7, 2019

It happens to every change agent eventually. Leaders agree on a charted course for change in meetings, and then once they go back to their teams they do something completely different. From the perspective of the change agent, this behavior appears to be passive-aggressive. Leaders agree out loud and then quietly sabotage the very thing […].

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David A Fields

MAY 7, 2019

There are a few things you know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, about the process of generating revenue for your consulting firm: Relationships are essential to winning consulting engagements, even if your consulting firm plays in the world of RFPs. Prospects can be suspicious of your relationship-building overtures, even if your intention is to … Continued.

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CEO Insider

MAY 7, 2019

CEOWORLD magazine. The 7 Secrets to High Employee Engagement. Business leaders talk a lot about employee engagement, but how often do they get it right? It’s a goal that all companies aspire to but few actually achieve. The problem isn’t a lack of effort. Companies devote plenty of time and resources to employee engagement, but those programs often come off as irrelevant or inauthentic. […].

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HR Digest

MAY 7, 2019

You probably thought your last job interview was the last because you provided amazing answers to the questions asked. You also presented your skills and experiences to the interviewers in a manner that matches the need of the company. However, weeks after the interview, you haven’t heard from the company yet. So, the question now is: what are the signs your job interview went well?

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The Office Blend Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Photo by Eutah Mizushima on Unsplash. Surprise. It’s a random day — at a random time — in a week that seems like any other. Except for one glaring reality. One of your “stars” is in front of you resigning. Your utter shock is only matched by the nagging shame that comes from the knowledge that as a manager, you had absolutely no clue.

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CEO Insider

MAY 7, 2019

CEOWORLD magazine. Here Are The Best Universities In Latin America Which Offer Quality Higher Education. Latin America is underrated, especially in terms of education. While most of the crowd aims to go to North America for education, there are so many good educational opportunities in Latin America but we just don’t talk about them enough. In this post, I am going to help you gain some useful knowledge about good […].

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Leadership and Change

MAY 7, 2019

What would you rather be: a heroic leader or a servant leader? Which do you need to develop a positive culture where people and performance thrive? Most people don’t want and cannot be either. It can be demanding to be the hero who solves everything. It can be frustrating to be a servant who serves everyone. Positive Leadership Then what. Read More.

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CEO Insider

MAY 7, 2019

CEOWORLD magazine. Best Companies To Work For In Europe, 2019. A company must rank in the top 90% of employers within at least four markets to earn a good position amongst Europe’s Most Attractive Employers. In the case your company isn’t listed or ranked outside the top 90% in a market, it gets a default positioning which is equivalent to the situation of the last […].

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 7, 2019

If you serve on a nonprofit Board, are the executive director for a nonprofit, or are responsible for raising funds for your nonprofit, The Nonprofit Fundraising Solution , book by Laurence A. Pagnoni is a must-read for you. Pagnoni bridges the gap between theory and practical methods and shows you (often via real-life case studies) how to: increase your access to wealthy donors raise your community profile stretch gifts operate major campaigns avoid revenue plateaus create a fundraising culture

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 7, 2019

Making complex decisions often involves a complex array of trade offs and compromises. This is especially so in social and community settings where economic, social and environmental aspects all have to be taken into account. Recent research from the University of Missouri highlights the important role decision support tools can play in helping decision makers take all the relevant factors into account. “We are seeing a massive growth in the use of decision support systems, particularly

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HR Digest

MAY 7, 2019

It’s been 56 years since the US government passed the Equal Pay Act, but stats on gender pay equality reveal that though conditions have improved, we still have a long way to go to before the gender pay gap totally vanishes. According to a study by the Institute For Women’s Policy Research, in 2017, full-time and year-round female workers earned only 80.5 cents for every dollar earned by men; representing a 20 percent gap.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 7, 2019

Marketing may on the surface appear to have little it can teach conservationists about how to protect precious wilderness, but a recent study from the University of Montana suggests that the kind of data-driven approach used by digital marketers can also help to inspire new conservation behaviors. The researchers examined how conservationists can use the kind of microtargeting techniques commonly used in digital marketing to better identify landowners who might be agreeable to installing riparia

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HR Digest

MAY 7, 2019

HR Jobs. Partners with various support partners to include Store Operations, AP, HR and Training. This position is responsible for assisting the Store Manager in. From Follett Corporation - Wed, 08 May 2019 00:38:42 GMT - View all Potsdam, NY jobs. Assistant Store Manager -Full Time - Follett Corporation - Potsdam, NY. The post Assistant Store Manager -Full Time – Follett Corporation – Potsdam, NY appeared first on The HR Digest.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 7, 2019

It’s a simple principle, but oh so important to remember. It’s a principle true in leadership and life. When you don’t remember it you fail to get the results you expect as a leader and people are frustrated with your leadership. But the same is true in so many other relationships. Here’s the principle. Write this one down. People only know what they know.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 7, 2019

Recently I read another leadership consultants social media post that said ‘leaders don’t seek recognition, they give recognition’. True, BUT as someone who has a deeply embedded wiring around a need to feel appreciated for my contributions and – dare I say – even recognized, I say, leaders may not seek recognition but it doesn’t […].

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2019

Guest post by David Komlos and David Benjamin : You arrive at work one morning, take the elevator up to your appointed floor, amble down the carpeted hallway staring at your shoes and wondering what the day has in store for you, open your door…and there sits a ferocious lion. As startled as you are, the lion roars a mighty roar. If you are like most people, in the blink of an eye you slam the door, turn tail and run as fast as you can in the opposite direction.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2019

Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the story we hear about workers being afraid for the future of their jobs might not be right. In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 managers across 11 countries, Fuller discovered that, contrary to what bosses believe, many employees are excited about new technologies and willing to be trained in new skills.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MAY 7, 2019

Everybody has a hero. Who’s yours? I’m not talking about Superman, who can leap tall buildings in a single bound, or even Mother Teresa, who is larger than life. I’m talking about folks, like you and me, that you look up to. What makes them so special? And how do these role models influence how you live your life? Some people draw an artificial distinction between heroes and role models.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2019

Make a to-do list, learn something new…or take a vacation.

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LDRLB

MAY 7, 2019

There are a lot of aspects of cultivating a powerful network that we often overlook. When we need advice, or introductions, or even just a kind word or two, most of us stick with our close contacts. People we know, like, and trust because we see them every single day. The challenge is that close contacts rarely have the new information we need. So, we often jump right to trying to find and build rapport with total strangers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2019

Challenges related to managing religion in the workplace are on the rise, as are religious discrimination claims and monetary settlements in the U.S. and around the world. Harvard Business School professor Derek van Bever discusses two examples in his case, “Managing Religion in the Workplace: Abercrombie & Fitch and Masterpiece Cakeshop.

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