Lead Change Blog
JUNE 23, 2017
“I have to tell you,” my client said, “when we first met, and you told me I needed to look at this, I thought you were crazy. I told my friend later that day that you were crazy. I mean, a 90-minute conversation on this one silly thing?”. “And?” I asked. “And it’s made all the difference,” she finished. “I didn’t believe it, but it’s made all the difference.”.
Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 23, 2017
Leadership is rarely a position that you’re ready for when you walk into the role. Many times, young leaders are thrust into the role of leadership well before they’ve had time to prepare. That’s a scary proposition. And many leaders bow out before their time is done. Being in a position you’re not ready for can wear you down.
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Leadership Freak
JUNE 23, 2017
Blindspots let you blame others for your shortcomings and feel superior while doing it.
leaderCommunicator
JUNE 23, 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 great leaders unleash passion, 5 leadership lessons from being a dad, how managers drive results and employee engagement at the same time, 5 ways to improve your leadership listening skills, and the collaborative nature of healthcare in
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Strategy Driven
JUNE 23, 2017
You think starting a business in your own country is hard, well it’s even harder launching one abroad. There’s the language barrier to overcome. The different currency to adjust to. The different culture and values to understand. It’s always going to be easier launching a business in your own country, that goes without say. However, just because it’s easier to start a business in your native country that doesn’t mean you have better chances of success there, which ultimately running a business i
Surviving Leadership
JUNE 23, 2017
[This post first appeared on the SHRM Blog on June 20, 2017]. I’ve had the opportunity to go to a lot of different conferences, and I see a lot of keynote speakers who are considered experts in their fields. They are successful because enough people think enough of what they’re saying makes sense and support it. They’re also successful because they are engaging speakers who connect with their audience and make everything sound brilliant.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Surviving Leadership
JUNE 23, 2017
[This post first appeared on the SHRM Blog on June 19, 2017]. Today saw the beginning of #SHRM17 in New Orleans, where 18,000 HR pros have descended upon the city for learning, fun, and reconnecting with old friends. The shenanigans kicked off early in the morning with pre-conference workshops, but the sessions began in earnest after lunch, with concurrent sessions and SmartStage speakers.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2017
Many conversations about data and analytics (D&A) start by focusing on technology. Having the right tools is critically important, but too often executives overlook or underestimate the significance of the people and organizational components required to build a successful D&A function. When that happens, D&A initiatives can falter — not delivering the insights needed to drive the organization forward or inspiring confidence in the actions required to do so.
Surviving Leadership
JUNE 23, 2017
[This post first appeared on the SHRM Blog on June 19, 2017]. The Monday of any SHRM conference is usually jammed packed and high energy. It’s the first full day of sessions. People are excited to check out the sessions they mapped out for the day, and they aren’t yet exhausted from talking to the 18,000 attendees at #SHRM17. One of the themes I noticed in the sessions I attended – whether it was Laszlo Bock ’s general session or Jennifer McClure’s excellent session on disrupting HR – centere
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2017
News this week that Uber’s CEO was stepping down likely was not a surprise to those who have been following the company in the headlines. In our work over many years, we have learned enough to know that you have to be on the inside of any company to have the full picture of what went wrong and how. But we do know from our research that rapidly growing companies — especially unicorns like Uber — face a high risk of stumbling.
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Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2017
Steven Moore for HBR. Why does a salesperson lose a sale? It’s a question I’ve studied for years, as part of the win-loss analysis research I conduct. There’s a tendency to assume that the salesperson lost because their product was inferior in some way. However, in the majority of interviews buyers rank all the feature sets of the competing products as being roughly equal.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 23, 2017
Behavioral economists know well the power of instant gratification and overoptimism that too often lead to poor decisions — like reaching for an extra slice of cake or putting off the dreaded morning run. The behavioral biases play out in a simple paradox: People overconsume health care but underconsume prevention, and insurers or taxpayers are left with the bill.
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