Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
It was 1994 and I was in Indiana, attending the National Thespian Convention with my high school theater mates. We were losing ourselves in plays and musicals from some of the nation’s best. “Please excuse our mess, we’re remodeling.” This line had just been spoken by the actor playing Mr. Mushnik, a main character in the musical production of Little Shop of Horrors.
Women on Business
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
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Rich Gee Group
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Most businesses today have a fatal flaw that will take down their entire client base. It’s the fear of doing something. anything. NEW. They know it ‘might’ fail — so they do nothing. I’m here to tell you that doing nothing (most of the time) is worse than failing. Why? Let me give you an example: Let’s say you’re quite sick. Now many people will disregard the symptoms, say they are not sick — because they feel that the diagnosis or the treatment will be worse or possibly hurt them more than the
Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Great leaders take a stand and call for others to come along on the journey. They point towards hope and say “There we go! That’s where we need to head.” These impactful leaders become a beacon of hope for those they lead. While leading will wear you out and take you down some dark paths, the job of a leader is to point to a brighter tomorrow.
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Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
The end is near when protecting the past is more important than creating the future. 5 strategies to convince reluctant leaders to move forward #1. Ask 3 questions: #1. On a scale of 1-10 how prepared are you to move forward today? You might wish they were a 7, but they’re a 3.
leaderCommunicator
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Welcome to my weekly round-up of recent top leadership and communication blog posts. As many of you know, each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays, I pull some of my favorites together here on my blog. This week you’ll read articles on how successful leaders are agile not erratic, why employees are unengaged, an interview with CEO, Sheryl Palmer, on her leadership style, if your greatest strength is seeing weakness – you aren’t fit to lead, and the surprising science behi
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Coaching Tip
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
In a new book, "Get to the Heart," the author delivers specific strategies that will get your stakeholders out of the conference room and into the world of your insights and ideas. Business people are just as affected by emotion as consumers. Their ways of expressing it might be a little different, but they're still driven by emotion. Even though a request is for rational data, what the person really wants is emotional reassurance. .
Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
You’ve tried networking, you’ve built relationships, you’ve asked for referrals — you’ve done everything you’ve been told will help you market your business. But you’re still coming up short in the race for custom with your competitors. Maybe it’s time you took another approach to marketing and advertising your business? Obviously, the technological advances of today have made marketing your business online well a pivotal act for any owner.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
How much do you read? For most of my adult life I read maybe five books a year — if I was lucky. I’d read a couple on vacation and I’d always have a few slow burners hanging around the bedside table for months. And then last year I surprised myself by reading 50 books. This year I’m on pace for 100. I’ve never felt more creatively alive in all areas of my life.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Soon after taking office, the new president created a national commission to examine the impact of automation. No family should pay an unjust price for progress, he announced, yet automation should not be viewed as an enemy. “If we understand it, if we plan for it, if we apply it well, automation will not be a job destroyer or a family displaced.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Everyone knows that whispering “I love you” to someone you just met over some bangin’ beats in the club at 3 AM stands no chance of success. Similarly, suspect claims of honesty or authenticity in business will likely be heavily discounted as cheap talk by a skeptical counterpart. So why make these overtures? Because while the upside is limited, the cost isn’t just cheap, it’s nil; give it a try and hope there’s someone out there who’ll believe you.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
NASA/ESA. Talent is what separates the best from the rest. The best-performing companies simply have better people. Right? That’s certainly what we thought before Bain & Company launched its in-depth investigation of workforce productivity. After assessing the practices of global companies and surveying senior executives, we discovered that the best companies have roughly the same percentage of star talent as the rest — no more, no less.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Here in the United States, we’re just days away from Super Bowl Sunday. The buzz around the biggest game in America’s biggest sport is, as always, about more than football. It’s also about business and leadership. Does the Patriots’s consistent excellence over the last 15 years offer insights on teamwork that transcend football?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
On January 27 President Trump signed an executive order blocking citizens, including doctors, from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for 90 days. This may have a measurable impact on the U.S. health care system. Many doctors may be blocked from returning to the U.S. after leaving the country. According to 2010 data , of approximately 850,000 doctors providing direct patient care in the U.S., 4,180 physicians were Iranian citizens and 3,412 physicians were Syrian citizens.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
The business model of research-based pharmaceutical companies is under significant pressure. Their return on R&D investment has dropped to its lowest levels in decades, and their public reputation in the United States and abroad is worse than ever. One antidote to these problems is to transform “access to medicine” from a relentless activist slogan to a fully-fledged business strategy.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
President Trump entered the White House with the lowest approval ratings any president has had when taking office, and they aren’t likely to go up for a sustained period of time. Even if Trump doesn’t believe the polls, as he has avowed, such low approval ratings are likely to have real consequences for him. On the day he took the oath of office, Gallup’s tracker showed that only 45% of the American public said that they approved of the job Trump was doing, with an equal number
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