General Leadership

APRIL 1, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. John C. Maxwell. Credibility is arguably one of the more important soft skills a leader must possess. It encompasses so many of the harder skills that if you make your credibility a priority as a leader – both up and down – you will be the most effective leader for your team.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Chip Bell , author, renowned keynote speaker on innovative customer service, and consultant/speaker to such organizations as Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ritz-Carlton, Caterpillar, Verizon, USAA, Harley-Davidson, and Victoria’s Secret. Chip studied at the University of Georgia, Vanderbilt University, and the George Washington University.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April. The Third Wave : An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future by Steve Case. Good for the Money : My Fight to Pay Back America by Bob Benmosche. Negotiating the Nonnegotiable : How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts by Daniel Shapiro. The Ideal Team Player : How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick M.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 1, 2016

Efforts to make things better are persistently blocked by a bottleneck. Now what? Pour out your good stuff, even when disappointed with others. Hardened bottlenecks: Forget the big pictures. Resist what might be.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 1, 2016

T oday is April Fools’ Day. It’s a day full of pranks, silly gags, and tricks to make people look foolish. This day can be a lot of fun. It can also cause a lot of grief. But I don’t want to focus on April Fools tricks. Instead, I want to focus on ways leaders are foolish and how we can stop that. How Leaders Look Foolish. My heart breaks when I see leaders act foolishly.

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Engaging Leader

APRIL 1, 2016

In honor of April Fool’s Day, a funny guest joins Jesse to discuss a seriously important topic … how to use humor to drive engagement in all of your communication opportunities. David Nihill went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy, and winning storytelling competitions in […] In honor of April Fool’s Day, a funny guest joins Jesse to discuss a seriously important topic … how to use humor to drive engagement in

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 1, 2016

With our First Friday Book Synopsis session on April 1, we are now into our 19th year of monthly business book synopses. Two books, every month, carefully selected… books that have something to reveal to us, books that have something to teach us, books that move us forward… For our May 6 First Friday Book Synopsis,… Read More Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg; Superforecasting – Coming for the May 6 First Friday Book Synopsis.

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leaderCommunicator

APRIL 1, 2016

Welcome to my weekly round-up of 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.

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Management Excellence

APRIL 1, 2016

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 1, 2016

We are all consumers, no doubt about that. And I think it’s safe to say that we are all creatures of habit…to an extent. We buy the products we are familiar with, the products that we grew up with. This is definitely true for me. When I first left the family home and moved out into the real world on my own, I remember doing my first ‘big shop’ at the local supermarket.

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How To

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 1, 2016

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." - Arnold Glasow.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 1, 2016

It’s one thing to discuss pain and suffering as theory. It’s another to share real-life struggles from a place of personal suffering. My friend John S. Dickerson has a painful health condition with stroke-like episodes. He is attempting to encourage Christians who are hurting for any reason, in his new book, I Am Strong: Finding God’s Peace and Strength in Life’s Darkest Moments.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

When business leaders talk about going digital, many are uncertain about what that means beyond buying the latest IT system. Companies do need assets like computers, servers, networks, and software, but those purchases are just the start. Digital leaders stand out from their competitors in two ways: how they put digital to work, especially in engaging with clients and suppliers, and how intensively their employees use digital tools in every aspect of their daily activities.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

During a time when many retailers are struggling, business is booming at Target. But it wasn’t too long ago that the discount retailer’s future didn’t glow so bright. When CEO Brian Cornell took the reins two years ago, he inherited a company that had been struggling for years, taking far too few risks, and sticking too close to the core.

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Management

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

He turned the way things were done upside down. But he pushed too far, and they pushed him out. He spent years in the wilderness. They asked him to come back. This time, the rebellion was refined, polished, perfected. It made billions, not millions. The world applauded. I’m not talking about Steve Jobs. Allow me to introduce you to the greatest creative genius you’ve probably never heard of: Hedi Slimane, the just-retired Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent and probably the close

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

The innovations of the Toyota Production System (TPS) are well documented in the management literature and standard features of business school curricula everywhere. These concepts are usually discussed in the context of industrial operations, but I also see their applicability to interpersonal issues that my clients and students deal with every day.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Research shows there are a large number of narcissists who become leaders. If you’re unlucky enough to have one of these people as a manager, it may be no consolation that you’re in good company. So how do you stay sane? What’s the best way to reduce the impact of your boss’s self-centered behavior? What the Experts Say. It’s easy to be fooled by a narcissist—at least at first, says Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, the CEO of Hogan Assessment Systems, a professor of b

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Are you, or is someone you know, an individual contributor who wants to move into a management role, either with your current organization or a new one? But, how can you sell yourself as a manager when you’ve never actually been one? The basic fact is that every manager originally lacked professional management experience; and yet, of course, many people end up as managers.

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Strategy

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do. Moreover, corporations are not trusted in this era of populist discontent because their role in shaping public policy is often seen as bought by money, shap

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Facebook recently hosted its 50th hackathon. It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. Late-night thinkers enjoyed a 1AM meal to refuel. Inevitably, not all of the final pitches were winners but, to Facebook, the potential for uncovering groundbreaking innovations is worth pulling a couple hundred engineers away from their everyday

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