Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The majority of our communications are still written. Think about how often you read something important versus listen to something important. As a leader, you’ll be responsible for writing these pieces of communication that your team members will read. No matter what it is that you’re trying to communicate in writing, it’s important that you have a full command over the situation and understand how to present that information eloquently to the people who need it the most.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Coco is the latest Disney/Pixar animated movie. Coco tells the story of a young boy, Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez), who longs to be a musician. Except his family has a ban on music. This leads Miguel to the land of the dead. There, he discovers there’s more to his family history than he could ever have imagined. The visuals in Coco are stunning.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The most significant defense against passivity, mediocrity, and ambivalence might be a simple presence. The guru on being present, Peter Senge, in Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Society, and Organizations, states “Too often, we remain stuck in old patterns of seeing and acting. By encouraging deeper levels of learning, we create an awareness of the larger whole, leading to actions that can help to shape its evolution and our future.”.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

T HERE WAS A TIME when you felt inspired. Like you could take on the world? But somewhere along the way, things changed. What happened? In Find the Fire , author Scott Mautz says what happens is that we lose control of the process. Most people are overcome by self-defeating beliefs and thought processes. He has identified eight culprits that drain our inspiration and explains how we can counteract them.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Part II: How to Amp Up Your Boss’s Advocacy for You. If you’re uninspired at work, your manager could be the reason. In my last blog post, I talked about the importance of learning to cope and build bridges with him/her. In this post, I want to focus on converting those troublesome managers from a source of inspiration drain to an inspiration vein.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Last Friday, McDonalds tweeted from its @McDonaldsCorp account: “ Black Friday * Need copy and link *” Interestingly, it seemingly failed to include any promo content in the tweet, leaving readers to wonder was this an epic fail in the marketing department or a deliberate action intended to drum up interest and buzz for the brand. I suppose, the mystery of it all could even inspire some to stop by a McDonald’s store to find out what the promo (if it existed) was all about.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Every product and service we have today was once an idea. Even the most basic creations did not exist before someone came up with an impression for a better outcome that would be useful in some way.

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leaderCommunicator

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Your heart sinks and frustration sets in. Your communications task just got that much trickier when the senior leader you support delegates critical in-person discussion time to a semi-informed surrogate. As the deadline looms, the guessing game of what really needs to be said begins, and the stress mounts.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

When I look back on the Christmases of my kidhood, I have lots of fond memories. I remember when I got my Hot Wheels track, all shiny and orange (the loop-to-loop was amazing). I remember when I got my rock tumbler that I wanted so badly (but barely used). I remember my electric football game (with […]. The post A Leadership Shopping List appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Editor's Note: What are our writers and experts reading? In this series, ReWork contributors share their“must-read" recommendations for HR professionals and business leaders. The number of books in my library is huge. Unfortunately, the list of ones I've read cover to cover is quite short, and the list of those I've read more than once—most of which are included in this article—is even shorter.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Workplace safety may be a more serious issue than you think. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , there were 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers in 2016. Aside from fearing compliance issues and keeping your workforce healthy and safe, there’s another reason to focus on workplace security.

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Cooperperson

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

by When you think of Information Technology (IT) and your business, what comes to mind? Are the IT professionals ‘just’ those people you call when your computer seems broken? Do you dread making that call because you worry the IT worker won’t understand your explanation of your problem or you won’t understand his recommended solution? Yes, IT professionals are the ones we call when we have difficulties working our computers, but that is just a small fraction of the value they add to our business

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

While a small fraction of the workforce says it is thinking of quitting at any moment, surveys have found that a large majority of the workforce is “disengaged”. They are at work, putting in the minimum to get by, but not fully engaged. An engaged workforce is more productive, creative and emotionally healthy. Here are three easy ways you can improve employee engagement, starting today.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It’s Christmas time again. Seems to come every year about this time. The most wonderful time of the year. There’ll be parties for hosting. Marshmallows for toasting. And caroling out in the snow. There’ll be scary ghost stories. And tales of the glories. Of Christmases long, long ago. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

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Management Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Post by Bill Bellows. The first step is transformation of the individual. The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people. W. Edwards Deming. In January 1970, John Lennon returned to the UK from a holiday in Denmark, inspired by a series of stirring late night conversations, and began to compose a song about the timeless theory of the circle of life, “what comes around, goes around.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This week U2 releases its 14th studio album, “Songs of Experience.” The band has had a phenomenal run since it came together in the mid-1970s. U2 is composed of four band members: lead singer Bono, lead guitar player “Edge,” bass guitar player Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. The band members have known each other since they were teenagers in Dublin, Ireland.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Andy Crawford/Getty Images. When I joined Instagram in 2015 as head of engineering, the company had been part of Facebook for three years. It had 115 engineers, but we would soon scale to 300, and later grow to over 400 in 2017. It was not an easy task, but I had a powerful weapon in mind from the start: reorganization. Companies frequently underutilize – or, worse, misuse — reorganization.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Agostini Biblioteca/Ambrosiana/Getty Images. Although companies use crowdsourcing more and more to fill their innovation pipeline, it is not so easy to get people to submit their ideas to online innovation platforms. Our data from an online panel reveal that 65% of the contributors do not come back more than twice, and that most of the rest quit after a few tries.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

calvindexter/Getty Images. We all know the basics of cybercrime, such as phishing emails with malicious links or attachments, or phone calls from fake help desks seeking to take over your computer. But schemes in the cyber world continue to get more sophisticated. One of the latest scams has hackers stealing phone numbers to drain cryptocurrency accounts such as Bitcoin.

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