General Leadership

OCTOBER 2, 2018

“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” Colin Powell. Successful organizations possess numerous attributes that distinguish them from their competitors. Leadership is the key component that contributes to the success of these effective teams. At the helm of these organizations is the individual hired to lead, whether they are the commander of a military unit, the CEO of a large corporation or

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2018

You Never Outgrow Your Responsibility for Talent Development “Why doesn’t anyone care? Don’t they get it? There’s no one I can trust or depend on!” We have heard those frustrated words from more than one senior leader across a range of industries. […]. The post Two Leadership Mistakes that Cripple Your Talent Development appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Welcome to the October Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, engagement, team building, and more. Team Building. Randy Conley of Leading with Trust provided 25 Ways to Immediately Build Trust at Work. Randy shares: “ Trust is based on perceptions which are formed by the behaviors you use.” Randy Conley shares a list of 25 behaviors that will

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you spend any time on social media or even just watching the news, it seems there’s not much to be optimistic about in terms of what’s going on around us. And that lack of optimism in the public sphere can have a tangible impact on our work lives and with it, our productivity and […] The post What One Successful Leader Learned About Optimism From Failure appeared first on Tanveer Naseer.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Are you indispensable? Should you be? We make the plans, give the orders, follow-up on everybody and everything. Nothing happens without our say-so. The machine is humming and we are at the controls. It feels like leadership. But is it? Holding it All Together Stanley was charismatic and brilliant. Taking … Who’s Your Second? Are We Really Leading, or Just in Charge?

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 2, 2018

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

By: Mike Myatt. Hacking Leadership is Mike Myatt’s latest leadership book written for leaders at every level. Leadership isn’t broken, but how it’s currently being practiced certainly is. Everyone has blind spots. The purpose of Hacking Leadership is to equip leaders at every level with an actionable framework to identify blind spots and close leadership gaps.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Have you ever had an experience where once you’ve shared an idea that was in your head with another person or group of people and as soon as this idea “out in the open”, there are way more questions than you ever anticipated and suddenly your once-very-clear idea is a bit fuzzier than before? Yeah, […]. The post The Power of Thinking on Paper – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

By: Jim Kerr. What would the world look like if today’s business and political leaders operated more like King Joe and his trusted advisor the Wizard Gumdorf, and, less like the narcissistic bullies that many appear to be? BUY ON AMAZON. The post IT’S GOOD TO BE KING (CSI) appeared first on N2Growth.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Trust is the foundation of leadership. Without trust, it’s nearly impossible to recruit and retain followers and to implement change. Trust affects a leader’s impact and the company’s bottom line more than any other factor. But there’s no shortcut to building trust. It has to be earned, and that process takes time. The best leaders devote consistent effort to building and maintaining trust.

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How To

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

By: Mike Myatt. LEADERSHIP MATTERS Mike Myatt, America’s Top CEO Coach has filled the pages of this book with a definitive road map which incorporates everything that it takes to become a great CEO. Whether you’re an existing or aspiring chief executive, the insider secrets shared in this book will provide you with a clear strategic advantage.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Power and position complicate relationship-building. If you’re a leader, you’re never just a buddy. Relationships are the foundation of leadership, but anyone who controls assignments, compensation, and advancement is never just a friend.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

VIEW MIKE MYATT’S BOOKS. VIEW Jim Kerr’s BOOKS. The post VIEW ALL BOOKS appeared first on N2Growth.

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Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Early in my career, I was an engineer responsible for process improvements. I quickly discovered that as the only engineer, I could get a lot more done if I involved more people in the effort to identify opportunities and implement solutions. Involving more people had the added benefit that they owned the outcome and supported […].

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Management

David A Fields

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Whether your consulting firm employs 100, 10 or 1 consultant, your firm has a culture. That culture is a clockwork of choices that determine your firm’s long-term success and how rewarding it is for you to lead the practice. If you don’t actively craft your consulting firm’s culture, you still have one.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We’ve all been in that situation. Maybe you’re standing in a room full of people you look up to, thinking you’re the only person in the room who doesn’t deserve to be there. Or you think you don’t deserve the amazing new job offer you just accepted. Maybe it’s socially; you worry that, compared to your friends, you’re not as “cool” “attractive” “fit” or some other meaningless adjective we use for social comparison.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In a recent interview with my great friend Steve Berglas , we talked about his work teaching people how to deal with their errors, their screw ups. Steve is an expert on this. An executive coach and management consultant who spent twenty-five years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry had a private psychotherapy practice in Boston, Steve is the author of five amazing books, including his most recent Stay Hungry and Kick Burnout in the Butt.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re researching the viability of becoming a veterinary surgeon, you’ve likely already discovered it takes a lot of hard work, grit, determination and skill. Most veterinary surgeons decide from a young age that this is the career route they want to progress down, and so plan their school-age studies to lead them towards their end goal. That’s not to say, though, that you can’t pivot and retrain to become a vet or veterinary surgeon once you’ve already graduated from high school or college.

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Strategy

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 2, 2018

These quotes truly inspire me and hopefully they will inspire you as well : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. Previously published by Quality Digest. In February 1990, W. Edwards Deming traveled to Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, CT to deliver three lectures, an afternoon session with students, immediately followed by one with faculty and staff of the business school, followed by an evening lecture to the general public.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Legacy in the Making is the fascinating book where authors Mark Miller and Lucas Conley provide readers a toolkit for how to be a modern day legacy builder for your company/brand. The tool kit provides the roadmap for leaders who can harness the power of long-term thinking in a short-term world; the skill needed to create a modern day legacy. The fascinating part of the book is the stories from the authors’ exclusive interviews with modern legacy thinkers who are transforming business as we know

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Leadership and Change

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A couple of years ago, a large biotech company set up its first overseas plant in Asia where around 600 people work to date. Let’s give this real company the name BTC. Their challenge was there weren’t many skilled workers in the region. BTC hired local talent for their ability to learn and sent more than 300 employees to the. Read More. The post Case story: Positive Culture, part 1 appeared first on Leadership & Change Magazine.

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Career

Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Communication and teamwork are critical to success in the workplace. No team knows that better than Lex Gillette, a blind Paralympic long jumper, and his guide, Wesley Williams. For the past 11 years, Williams and Gillette have trained together at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. And their partnership has led Gillette [ ] The post Paralympic Guide Wesley Williams’ 5 Tips for Better Workplace Communication appeared first on Experience to Lead.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This is a true story. Details have been altered to protect identities. (Although that’s not really needed, as you’ll see.). A pastor began a pastorate and started making changes quickly. In my opinion, they were all good changes. In fact, a few of them were genius. I was impressed. But, the pastor didn’t last two years in the church.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Yongyuan Dai/Getty Images. Amazon’s 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods was met with a lot of fanfare. The deal would allow Amazon to grow beyond e-commerce and sell groceries in hundreds of stores while collecting significant shopper data. Meanwhile, Whole Foods could lower its prices (organic avocados for just $1.69!) and scale up after its recent declines in sales and market share.

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Steve Farber

OCTOBER 2, 2018

72 Percent Say Social Media is Meaningful in Business. Here’s My Four-Point Plan to Use It To Engage Employees and Show The World What Your Company Values. We’re well past the time when social media is optional. You already know that and are probably looking to improve your reach and influence. and you’re right. Training magazine’s 2018 survey of more than 500 learning and development professionals showed that belief in the power of social media is real; 72 percent of respondents said they belie

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

HBR Staff. The past year has served as a wake-up call for many Facebook users. Between the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony and the advent of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we have fresh insight into how much Facebook knows about us—knowledge that has inspired many people to re-think what they share on Facebook, how they manage their Facebook settings, or even whether they want to use social media at all.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Bill Kerr, a professor at Harvard Business School, studies the increasing importance of talent clusters in our age of rapid technological advances. He argues that while talent and industries have always had a tendency to cluster, today’s trend towards San Francisco, Boston, London and a handful of other cities is different. Companies need to react and tap into those talent pools, but moving the company to one isn’t always an option.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Alice Mollon/Getty Images. Precision cancer medicine — sequencing a patient’s DNA in order to customize cancer treatments — shows promise, but is very much in its infancy. It’s still not nearly precise enough to launch a winning battle against many forms of cancer. To dramatically advance in this field, clinicians, medical researchers, and computer scientists must substantially deepen their collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Shana Novak/Getty Images. Companies have been trying to adopt customer centricity for nearly 20 years now. But the CMO Council reports that “only 14 percent of marketers say that customer centricity is a hallmark of their companies, and only 11 percent believe their customers would agree with that characterization.” Why do so many companies struggle to get customer centricity right?

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