November, 2020

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How Leaders Can Find the Fun During the Slog

Let's Grow Leaders

Find the fun with authenticity, surprise, and variety Robert unmuted his microphone, leaned into the camera, and asked in a near-whisper: “How can we find the fun again?” We were facilitating at the Inc 5000 Vision Conference, helping leaders navigate the challenges […]. The post How Leaders Can Find the Fun During the Slog appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Can Lawyers Lead?

N2Growth Blog

Recently I taught a brand new class on leadership at the Yale Law School. Despite popular misconceptions, young lawyers are hungry to become more self-aware and to sharpen their leadership competencies. One of the best leaders I’ve met is a lawyer named Wim Dejonghe. In this interview, you’ll hear his advice to aspiring lawyers who wish to become better leaders.

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Give Me The Facts, Just the Facts

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Facts are bite size pieces of reality. There is no such thing as an “alternative fact.” If you start to believe there are alternate realities, it will make you crazy because there is nothing you can depend on. 2 + 2 equals 4. The sun rose this morning. George Washington was the first president of […]. The post Give Me The Facts, Just the Facts appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Is the silence deafening?

Lead Change Blog

In our increasingly virtual world, more people are writing about the disconnection our digital approach brings. It seems ironic that the very thing meant to bridge those gaps, for some, adds to them. Unfortunately, as CrisMarie Campbell suggests, when we lose the ability to connect appropriately, we suffer as a result. That is why I pose the question.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Change Requires Action

Joseph Lalonde

As I was recently reading the John Maxwell Daily Reader, the statement made by John Maxwell struck me hard. Really, really hard. I think his statement will strike you hard as well. January 29th’s reading shared a quote from John Maxwell’s book Your Roadmap For Success. The piece that struck me was this: Change requires […].

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The Hidden Habits of Genius

Leading Blog

W HO and what is a genius? The label gets thrown around a lot. Are you a genius? Probably not. But then, most of us are not. However, you can learn to think like one. Craig Wright teaches a class at Yale on the nature of genius. He distills all of that work into his book with a hopeful title, The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness.

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How Exceptional Leaders Attract And Grow Talent To Drive Organizational Success

Tanveer Naseer

For most of us, the best leader we ever worked for not only led our team to succeed, but also helped us fulfill our career aspirations. So what is that ‘secret sauce’ that allowed these leaders to not only achieve their organization’s goals, but attract and grow employees under their. Click to continue reading.

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How are you going to make it through the 2020 holidays?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

It’s an understatement to say that 2020 has been a stressful year, and it’s likely the holidays will follow suit. Many have been isolated from friends and loved ones for over eight months with no clarity on when the pandemic will end. The economy might be booming according to Wall Street, but most people experience […]. The post How are you going to make it through the 2020 holidays?

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Creating and Leading High Performing Teams

Lead Change Blog

A team is a small number of people who are committed to working together to achieve the desired goal. Working together includes talking, sharing ideas, debating issues, collaborating, making decisions, establishing goals, providing feedback, and celebrating success. Teams, like personal relationships, go through stages. Teams don’t become great performers overnight.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Real Steel

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article. There’s something about feel-good movies that make you want to watch them again and again. Real Steel is one of those feel-good movies. I’d watched Real Steel when the movie released in 2011. I remember loving the movie. Then I never watched it again until this weekend. Man, I was missing out on such a […].

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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How You Become Optimistic

Leading Blog

M ICHAEL J. FOX has lived with Parkinson’s disease since 1991. He says he has developed a sort of détente with the disease that requires adaptability and resilience—and a lot of his characteristic optimism. But recently, on top of that, he had to have a spinal cord injury that required months of rehabilitation, going from wheelchair to walker to cane to finally walking.

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On Being Grateful: An Asking For a Friend Interview with Dan Rockwell

Let's Grow Leaders

We’re excited to share this special Thanksgiving edition of Asking For a Friend. Karin interviews Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak, about how to be grateful– even during difficult times. In this episode, we unpack some of Dan’s recent and inspirational writing on gratitude, […]. The post On Being Grateful: An Asking For a Friend Interview with Dan Rockwell appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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3 Lessons On How Promoting Sense Of Belonging Can Drive Change

Tanveer Naseer

The past several months have presented leaders with a wide array of unexpected challenges that few of us anticipated we’d have to collectively address. Without question, one of the few shining examples of exceptional leadership we’ve seen during this unprecedented time has been New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Thanks. Click to continue reading.

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How Leaders Foster 100% Responsibility

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Guest post by Dr. John Izzo Almost every leader of a team or organization of any size wants their people to step up to 100% Responsibility – to take full responsibility for their own careers, for their own engagement, for winning every customer, for driving innovation, for keeping costs down, and on the list goes. […]. The post How Leaders Foster 100% Responsibility appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Is Your Empathy Serving or Hurting You ?

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Leadership Tantrums – 15 Reasons to Keep Your Cool

RapidStart Leadership

Leadership tantrums seem to be all too common, but throwing a fit just makes things worse. Here's a short story and 15 quotes about anger to help you keep your cool. The post Leadership Tantrums – 15 Reasons to Keep Your Cool appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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The Myth of Experience

Leading Blog

W E LEARN from experience. We’d be silly not to. But the question becomes, what are we learning? Experience is a powerful teacher, and therein lies the problem. We may think we are gaining wisdom, when in fact we are just reinforcing the wrong lesson just as powerfully. In The Myth of Experience , Emre Soyer and Robin Hogarth write that “while experience still leads to learning, there is no guarantee that its lessons accurately represent the reality of a situation.

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How to Prevent Politics From Destroying Work Relationships

Let's Grow Leaders

According to Glassdoor’s 2020 Politics at Work Research, most U.S. employees believe political discussions are “unacceptable” at work. And yet, one in two employees have done so. In fact, twenty-eight percent report: a co-worker has tried to persuade them to change their […]. The post How to Prevent Politics From Destroying Work Relationships appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Does Your Leadership Inspire Collaboration Or Conflict Inside Your Organization?

Tanveer Naseer

Every day it seems to get harder and harder to find a topic or subject that hasn’t turned into a divisive issue, separating people into the proverbial us vs. them camps. Whether it’s on the news or even in our various social media channels, there seems to be more emphasis. Click to continue reading.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Christmas Article. I try to watch at least one Christmas movie every year. Most Christmas movies do nothing for me. Except for movies like Die Hard. Last year, I watched the original Die Hard again. It’s always a great Christmas movie. This year, I knew I had to watch a different Christmas movie, or else it would […].

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How to Solve Your Most Difficult Leadership and Talent Challenges

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Stephen Shapiro : To find better solutions to your most difficult business problems, paradoxically, you don’t want o focus on solutions. Instead you want to make sure you are asking the right questions. Changing the question changes the range of possible solutions. Changing Just One Word Can Change Your Solutions If your challenge is, “How can we hire the right talent?

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The Best Revenge: What to Do When Someone Does Us Wrong

RapidStart Leadership

When someone does us wrong, what's the best revenge? The answer might surprise you, but ultimately it's the route the best leaders choose. The post The Best Revenge: What to Do When Someone Does Us Wrong appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Innovation: Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

Every company wants to be a leader in innovation, but how can you tell if your company is really innovating or just going through the motions? See the 5 signs you might be faking innovation and what to do if you are.

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How We Can Help as Remote Work Continues

Kevin Eikenberry

Long before we could spell COVID-19, or knew a pandemic would ever affect us, we were helping remote leaders and remote teams succeed through the work of the Remote Leadership Institute. With the upcoming release of our newest book, The Long-Distance Teammate, we have created two new free webinars to share ideas and strategies to help […]. The post How We Can Help as Remote Work Continues appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor

Let's Grow Leaders

How do you exit your job with grace? You’re on to the next thing. Perhaps it was your call. Maybe not. Maybe you’re happy. Perhaps you’re not. In fact, perhaps “not happy” is an understatement. But it’s not about you. It’s about […]. The post How to Exit Your Job With Grace and Support Your Successor appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How Leaders Can Cure A Toxic Workplace Environment Using 4 Science-Based Steps

Tanveer Naseer

One of the key responsibilities of leadership is to provide a workplace environment that encourages people to do their best work. In this edition of the Leadership Espresso Shot series for my leadership podcast, I share 4 steps that can help leaders cure a toxic workplace. In my previous piece, Click to continue reading.

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5 Books Leaders Should Read In December 2020

Joseph Lalonde

Reading is a great way to discover new thoughts, challenge old thoughts, and become wiser. There’s no shortage of books out there and that’s a GOOD thing. The knowledge of ages is stored within these tomes. They contain the blood, sweat, and tears of those who have led before us. Their knowledge is waiting for you to […].

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Tough Comp Conversations: A Guide For Doing Them Right

Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver

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How the Best Place of Work Became A State of Mind

Great Leadership By Dan

Gue st post from Jonas Altman : Matt Mullenweg’s company had a plush office at Pier 38 in San Francisco’s Embarcadero. It was only a five-minute walk from his apartment, but his preference, like many in the company, was to work from home. More than three years ago they shut their office and the company continues to flourish. If ever there was living that giving workers flexibility and control over their life works - it’s Wordpress.

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The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession

RapidStart Leadership

Succession is the final act of leadership, but too many executives get this part wrong; here's what to focus on to get it right. The post The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Reverse-Gossip – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

Gossip is definitely not something we love or that we hope to have at any workplace. In fact, if we could REVERSE gossip, that would solve many conflicts and issues at work. But before we get to the idea of reversing gossip, we must first discuss two facts about gossip as a whole: 1. Gossip […]. The post Reverse-Gossip – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Creating Introvert Friendly Workplaces – Interview with Jennifer Kahnweiler

Let's Grow Leaders

In this episode, Jennifer Kahnweiler, PhD, a “champion for introverts” gives you practical tools to build an environment that brings out the best from every employee – particularly your introverts. We discuss what exactly that means, why it matters so much, common […]. The post Creating Introvert Friendly Workplaces – Interview with Jennifer Kahnweiler appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.