General Leadership

JULY 15, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Airmen and Soldiers load into the back of a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle Dec. 11 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley). “When things go wrong in your command, start wading for the reason in increasing larger concentric circles around your own desk.” – General Bruce D.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Guest post from Bobby Martin : There comes a time for every founder of a rapidly growing entrepreneurial business when you have to decide if you can be the one to both lead and manage into and through this growth stage. This is a tricky juncture, when you transition from scrappy, creation mode into organizational development mode. The development of an organization that’s in the fast-growth stage slams you with many new challenges, some of which are extremely difficult for many founders.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 15, 2016

Jackholes are part jackass, part a **e. No one is quite good enough for a jackhole. Jackholes can’t tolerate: Mistakes. Others make all the mistakes in jackhole land. Falling short. Jackholes don’t fall short. Weakness.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 15, 2016

Y ou’ve probably already heard about the latest smartphone app craze: Pokémon GO. In Pokémon GO, players use their smartphones to capture legendary Pokémon via a geo-location based app. Released on July 6th, 2016, Pokémon GO has created quite the stir. What’s The Big Deal About Pokémon GO? That’s the question everyone is asking. Why is this new Pokémon game so popular?

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Engaging Leader

JULY 15, 2016

We are in the early years of a fundamental demographic shift. What worked in the past will no longer be enough. In order to attract and keep top talent — and to influence their actions — you will need to change how you engage people. Today’s workforce is made up primarily of three generations: Baby […] We are in the early years of a fundamental demographic shift.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 15, 2016

In The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life, Timothy Ferris says a lot about how to learn – how to learn most anything. He includes two especially key, insightful quotes: “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”… Read More Thoughts on “How to Learn” from The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferris.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2016

As a college graduate, you now have a clearer path to increased earning potential, compounded retirement potential, and a longer and healthier life. In fact, young adults with a bachelor’s degree earned 57% more than young adults with a high school diploma and 105% more than young adults without a high school diploma, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 15, 2016

"Trust. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln.

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Rapid BI

JULY 15, 2016

Is Executive Innovation the key to success? The world economy is changing… are we reacting fast enough? For many executives innovation is just not happening fast enough according to recent articles and research from Boston Consulting Group’s annual study on innovation. Many organisations know that first in order to survive and then to grow they […].

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

A generation ago, a “Kodak moment” meant something that was worth saving and savoring. Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. Unfortunately, as time marches on the subtleties of what actually happened to Eastman Kodak are being forgotten, leading executives to draw the wrong conclusions from its struggles.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 15, 2016

Any change, whether self-selected, imposed, or out-of-the-blue, requires energy to move through. Energy management is the building block of resiliency. It stands to reason then that we might find lessons from the very place that gives us energy: the gym! I admit to being an exercise fanatic and, in doing so, I have come to understand some parallel lessons on leading yourself and others through change.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Marion Barraud for HBR. In a previous study , our data science team at Happify found that people in their twenties and early thirties are in a relatively negative state of mind. This age group experiences a sharp increase in ongoing stress, characterized by the most negative thoughts and the least positive emotions, compared to other age groups. These findings go along with research on the quarter-life crisis , the tricky transition from adolescence to adulthood.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

A hungry, driven employee is every manager’s dream. But when you have a direct report whose ambition and desire are greater than his ability or experience, managing expectations isn’t easy. How should you handle someone who is constantly asking for a promotion, raise, or responsibility for which they aren’t yet ready? What’s the best way to help them set realistic goals?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The number of short-term assignments in companies has been increasing, and the trend is expected to continue. Within large corporations, secondments , short-term transfers, and functional or geographic management rotation programs often thrust full-time employees into short-term jobs. Many companies employ temps or interns to supplement those working full-time.

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Management

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Few forces in business are more powerful or do more to shape the dynamics of an industry than the energy, focus, and ability of the great founders of companies. That founder’s mentality can create enormous value for a company, and this can be true long after the actual founder is gone. But lose the founder’s mentality itself, and a company can see its value rapidly destroyed.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Late in June, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton surprised business leaders by issuing a detailed technology and innovation platform. Tech and business leaders should be taking note. The next person to win the White House will inevitably face a slew of important decisions about the future of the tech and startup sectors. Clinton’s plan may have been designed to deflect growing concern here in California (where I work) and other innovation hubs about criticism of the tech economy from t

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