All my life I’ve been a wisdom seeker. I have had some great leadership influence in my life. Beginning with my high school principal when I was student body president and a man in retail who took interest in me in college, I’ve been blessed with good role models. MORE
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Leadership lessons come in many contexts. Last year, I shared what I learned about inspiring “courage” from my Scuba instructor on my first panicky intro to Scuba. A few more dives logged, I continue to see more connection between leadership and Scuba. Part metaphor. Part reality. MORE
Your strategy is only as strong as the ability to execute at the frontline. MORE
By John R. Childress. Chair, Cultural Transformation – President, N2Growth Europe, N2Growth. I must confess I am not a great fan of the popular focus on long lists of leadership competencies and their use in everything from leadership training to executive recruiting. I look at the long list of competencies that supposedly make up a good leader and feel totally uninspired. First of all they seem to be one word platitudes and secondly, I’ve never met anyone with all these “competencies”. MORE
Photo by Mike Shur. Yesterday I was honored to once again be the emcee at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) 2nd Annual Summit , featuring 15 successful Oregon entrepreneurs sharing their stories in 12-minute “TED-style” speeches. MORE
T he fourth entry in the Transformers live action movies released Friday. I was stoked for this summer movie release. There’s a lot to love about Transformers on the big screen. Robots, TRANSFORMING robots(!), MORE
We all learn from stories, we get to practice our emotional responses and we can test our beliefs in safe territory. “A A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible.” ~ Mark Yarnell Describing Your Purpose Your story will be a narrative that describes your purpose in a way that is easily understood, is intriguing, inspiring and […]. Authentic Leadership Practical Steps to Influence communication leadership Organizational Health Storytelling trust MORE
The following is a guest piece by Fast Company contributor Faisal Hoque. It doesn’t matter what we do, where we do it, or how well we create a product or offer a service. We don’t succeed without the right people on our teams. MORE
Have you ever come across colleagues, coworkers, or “frenemies” who undermine you? Or worse, have you had this happen to you and not even know that it was happening? And how might you know if someone is working under-the-radar to cause you harm? Understanding Sabotage My intuitive senses are quite developed, but even for me it […]. Authentic Leadership Leadership Lessons Learned Organizational Health Professional Development leadership leadership skills MORE
I find it’s not the huge actions that create an extraordinary leader, at least from the person being lead. The big actions are the results of many smaller actions that lead to an extraordinary leader. Image by JD Hancock. MORE
I’ve made many bad decisions in my leadership. Thankfully, the longer I lead, the more I develop warning signs I’m about to make another. I think these may apply to all leaders. These aren’t full proof. They don’t mean you are definitely making a bad decision. MORE
During a break in the meeting, Dan pulled me aside and whispered, “No more ‘p’ words, please.”. What are ‘p’ words?” I asked. You know,” he replied, “Words like process, perspective and paradigm.”. Dan is results-driven. MORE
When facing a new challenge and becoming stuck, you may seek the services of a personal coach or refer to a self-coaching reference guide. Once this decision is made, you begin to experience a different, more hopeful, world as your perceptions evolve in meeting the challenge. MORE
Mid year reviews are a like the half-time huddle of your performance Superbowl. If your company doesn’t require them, do them anyway. If your boss doesn’t have one planned for you, ask for one. They’re great times to summarize, celebrate, challenge and inspire. MORE
Cheryl and I are in a good season of life and marriage. We’ve been empty-nesters for a few years now — we’ve adjusted — it was hard missing our boys at first — but now life is good. Really good. MORE
. Being intentional and deliberate about the emotional environment you create is a really good idea. That might sound a bit obvious to some of you, but for those who may be a bit skeptical about the impact of emotions on the success of your organization, I recently heard a speaker highlight a study that shows a direct link between an organization’s financial performance and how employees feel in the workplace. MORE
Guest post from Jurgen Appelo : When the young Zhang Ruimin in China was appointed as managing director of the Haier refrigerator factory in 1984, it didn’t look like the kind of job anyone else would envy. The company was in serious debt. MORE
Guest post from John Graham : Your daughters are fighting – over an orange. No hitting or hair pulling, just screaming and crying. What do you do? You might get a knife and cut the thing in half. A zero-sum solution, but fair. If you’re smart you ask each of them why they want the orange. If you’re lucky one wants it for the juice, the other the peel for marmalade. They can share it with each getting 100% of their desires. Smart parent! MORE
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102 Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. June’s Festival is all about change and transitions. We have a record line-up of impressive thought leaders. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx for their awesome pic (see right). Follow @joy_guthrie. MORE
Helping your team to prioritize their focus and work is one of the toughest roles of a manager. It’s hard because you face similar pressures. You’re still required to meet all your targets and objectives, so teaching your team to place an item on the bottom of the list is scary. MORE
I have seen, and probably been accused of, dumping responsibilities on people inappropriately and calling it delegation. MORE
Trust. Your ability to lead is severely hampered without it, and the more of it you have, the easier leadership becomes. Plus, with greater trust comes greater speed of implementation, clearer communication and much more. MORE
134 Namaste! Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development. MORE
Why do some people really give a damn, while others do just what they can to get by? Going the extra mile- doing more than is necessary -creates memorable magic. If it feels so good, why is it hard to come by? MORE
It is three simple lines and the words I most connect to Maya Angelou. After I heard of her passing, they are the words I thought of. “If If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. MORE
Ideas are funny things, and everyone seems to have some sort of idea about ideas. For instance, one famous quote (usually attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but which is actually a misquote of an. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]. MORE
125 I f you’ve ever watched or read the story of Sleeping Beauty, you know who Maleficent is. Maybe not by name but by her character. Maleficent, as portrayed in the original Sleeping Beauty tale, is the evil fairy who puts a curse on the baby Aurora. You know the curse. MORE
The Bleacher Report created this well done video: Cristiano Ronaldo—Greatness Awaits. It’s an inspiring look at what it takes to be excellent —at anything. The video concludes with: And legends aren’t born from mediocrity. They are born from excellence. They are born from being the best. MORE
My friend Jake said, “When someone tells me about a problem, I used to try to help them solve it. But I’ve learned that simply listening can be more helpful than the best advice I might give.”. Jake is not alone. Many of us equate listening with problem-solving, and we don’t even realize it. MORE
When it comes to thriving in today’s fast-changing, interconnected global economy, one of the attributes of organizational success that often comes up is ensuring that we promote greater collaboration among the various teams and departments within our workplace. MORE
If you want to be in leadership get comfortable with change. It’s part of the experience of every leader. The best leaders get accustomed to leading change. Every leader deals with change, but in my experience, some handle it better than others. MORE
Change is a continuous and ongoing process. For organizational teams and for individuals, it is the ability to change and grow and adapt to new circumstances, teammates, challenges that determines our competitive advantage. MORE
If your team is struggling with poor results, apathy, and feelings of being overwhelmed, stop and consider if they really understand the big picture. Can they grasp real meaning in their work beyond the growing daily to do list. MORE
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 11, 2014
Helping your team to prioritize their focus and work is one of the toughest roles of a manager. It’s hard because you face similar pressures. You’re still required to meet all your targets and objectives, so teaching your team to place an item on the bottom of the list is scary.
Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 23, 2014
Trust. Your ability to lead is severely hampered without it, and the more of it you have, the easier leadership becomes. Plus, with greater trust comes greater speed of implementation, clearer communication and much more.
Chris Brady
JUNE 17, 2014
Ideas are funny things, and everyone seems to have some sort of idea about ideas. For instance, one famous quote (usually attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but which is actually a misquote of an. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Leading Blog
JUNE 20, 2014
The Bleacher Report created this well done video: Cristiano Ronaldo—Greatness Awaits. It’s an inspiring look at what it takes to be excellent —at anything. The video concludes with: And legends aren’t born from mediocrity. They are born from excellence. They are born from being the best.
QAspire
JUNE 1, 2014
Namaste! Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development.
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 12, 2014
Guest post from Jurgen Appelo : When the young Zhang Ruimin in China was appointed as managing director of the Haier refrigerator factory in 1984, it didn’t look like the kind of job anyone else would envy. The company was in serious debt.
Women on Business
JUNE 18, 2014
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Tanveer Naseer
JUNE 24, 2014
When it comes to thriving in today’s fast-changing, interconnected global economy, one of the attributes of organizational success that often comes up is ensuring that we promote greater collaboration among the various teams and departments within our workplace.
Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 30, 2014
T he fourth entry in the Transformers live action movies released Friday. I was stoked for this summer movie release. There’s a lot to love about Transformers on the big screen. Robots, TRANSFORMING robots(!),
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 18, 2014
Your strategy is only as strong as the ability to execute at the frontline.
Ron Edmondson
JUNE 24, 2014
If you want to be in leadership get comfortable with change. It’s part of the experience of every leader. The best leaders get accustomed to leading change. Every leader deals with change, but in my experience, some handle it better than others.
Terry Starbucker
JUNE 8, 2014
Photo by Mike Shur. Yesterday I was honored to once again be the emcee at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) 2nd Annual Summit , featuring 15 successful Oregon entrepreneurs sharing their stories in 12-minute “TED-style” speeches.
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 19, 2014
Guest post from John Graham : Your daughters are fighting – over an orange. No hitting or hair pulling, just screaming and crying. What do you do? You might get a knife and cut the thing in half. A zero-sum solution, but fair. If you’re smart you ask each of them why they want the orange. If you’re lucky one wants it for the juice, the other the peel for marmalade. They can share it with each getting 100% of their desires. Smart parent!
Women on Business
JUNE 10, 2014
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Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 23, 2014
I find it’s not the huge actions that create an extraordinary leader, at least from the person being lead. The big actions are the results of many smaller actions that lead to an extraordinary leader. Image by JD Hancock.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 20, 2014
Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. June’s Festival is all about change and transitions. We have a record line-up of impressive thought leaders. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx for their awesome pic (see right). Follow @joy_guthrie.
Ron Edmondson
JUNE 5, 2014
I’ve made many bad decisions in my leadership. Thankfully, the longer I lead, the more I develop warning signs I’m about to make another. I think these may apply to all leaders. These aren’t full proof. They don’t mean you are definitely making a bad decision.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JUNE 16, 2014
My friend Jake said, “When someone tells me about a problem, I used to try to help them solve it. But I’ve learned that simply listening can be more helpful than the best advice I might give.”. Jake is not alone. Many of us equate listening with problem-solving, and we don’t even realize it.
Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 2, 2014
It is three simple lines and the words I most connect to Maya Angelou. After I heard of her passing, they are the words I thought of. “If If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Linked 2 Leadership
JUNE 25, 2014
We all learn from stories, we get to practice our emotional responses and we can test our beliefs in safe territory. “A A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible.” ~ Mark Yarnell Describing Your Purpose Your story will be a narrative that describes your purpose in a way that is easily understood, is intriguing, inspiring and […]. Authentic Leadership Practical Steps to Influence communication leadership Organizational Health Storytelling trust
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 15, 2014
By John R. Childress. Chair, Cultural Transformation – President, N2Growth Europe, N2Growth. I must confess I am not a great fan of the popular focus on long lists of leadership competencies and their use in everything from leadership training to executive recruiting. I look at the long list of competencies that supposedly make up a good leader and feel totally uninspired. First of all they seem to be one word platitudes and secondly, I’ve never met anyone with all these “competencies”.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 9, 2014
Why do some people really give a damn, while others do just what they can to get by? Going the extra mile- doing more than is necessary -creates memorable magic. If it feels so good, why is it hard to come by?
Ron Edmondson
JUNE 17, 2014
All my life I’ve been a wisdom seeker. I have had some great leadership influence in my life. Beginning with my high school principal when I was student body president and a man in retail who took interest in me in college, I’ve been blessed with good role models.
Tanveer Naseer
JUNE 3, 2014
The following is a guest piece by Fast Company contributor Faisal Hoque. It doesn’t matter what we do, where we do it, or how well we create a product or offer a service. We don’t succeed without the right people on our teams.
Great Results Team Building
JUNE 12, 2014
Change is a continuous and ongoing process. For organizational teams and for individuals, it is the ability to change and grow and adapt to new circumstances, teammates, challenges that determines our competitive advantage.
Coaching Tip
JUNE 5, 2014
When facing a new challenge and becoming stuck, you may seek the services of a personal coach or refer to a self-coaching reference guide. Once this decision is made, you begin to experience a different, more hopeful, world as your perceptions evolve in meeting the challenge.
Linked 2 Leadership
JUNE 9, 2014
Have you ever come across colleagues, coworkers, or “frenemies” who undermine you? Or worse, have you had this happen to you and not even know that it was happening? And how might you know if someone is working under-the-radar to cause you harm? Understanding Sabotage My intuitive senses are quite developed, but even for me it […]. Authentic Leadership Leadership Lessons Learned Organizational Health Professional Development leadership leadership skills
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 2, 2014
If your team is struggling with poor results, apathy, and feelings of being overwhelmed, stop and consider if they really understand the big picture. Can they grasp real meaning in their work beyond the growing daily to do list.
Ron Edmondson
JUNE 23, 2014
Cheryl and I are in a good season of life and marriage. We’ve been empty-nesters for a few years now — we’ve adjusted — it was hard missing our boys at first — but now life is good. Really good.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JUNE 9, 2014
During a break in the meeting, Dan pulled me aside and whispered, “No more ‘p’ words, please.”. What are ‘p’ words?” I asked. You know,” he replied, “Words like process, perspective and paradigm.”. Dan is results-driven.
Aspire-CS
JUNE 2, 2014
. Being intentional and deliberate about the emotional environment you create is a really good idea. That might sound a bit obvious to some of you, but for those who may be a bit skeptical about the impact of emotions on the success of your organization, I recently heard a speaker highlight a study that shows a direct link between an organization’s financial performance and how employees feel in the workplace.
Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 8, 2014
Women on Business
JUNE 19, 2014
We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] If you haven''t already done so, update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. link]. Networking business networking Career Development
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 6, 2014
Mid year reviews are a like the half-time huddle of your performance Superbowl. If your company doesn’t require them, do them anyway. If your boss doesn’t have one planned for you, ask for one. They’re great times to summarize, celebrate, challenge and inspire.
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