January, 2016

12 Critical Competencies For Leadership in the Future

QAspire

The rate of change in the business world today is greater than our ability to respond. In a world that is often described as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and ambiguous), there are major tectonic shifts that demand a new mindset of leadership. First, let us look at these shifts.

The Death of Thank You

Women on Business

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4 Rules for Getting Valuable Work Done

Leading Blog

T O THRIVE IN the new economy—the current information economy—you need to master these two core abilities: The ability to quickly master hard things. (If If you can’t learn you can’t thrive.). The ability to produce at an elite level , in terms of both quality and speed. (To

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The 10 Qualities That Make A Great Leader (and a more human one too)

Terry Starbucker

What are the 10 qualities that make a great leader, and a more human one too?

Frontline Festival: January 2016 DRAFT

Let's Grow Leaders

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month’s festival is all about Vision and Strategy. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month, we turn our focus to Building Productive Workplace Relationships.

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Now is the Time to Find Your Sweet Spot

Leading Blog

As a twenty-something, Paul Sohn said his life looked so good on paper. But a growing feeling of disappointment overwhelmed him. He wondered, “Is this all there is?”. He was experiencing a quarter–life crisis.

Why Leaders Need to be Abundance Thinkers

Kevin Eikenberry

What we believe about ourselves, our situation and our world drives our thoughts and actions, and therefore has a huge impact on the results we achieve.

6 Competencies Your Sales Team Must Master

Let's Grow Leaders

My husband looked at me in bewilderment as I explained why I couldn’t buy that “perfectly good” house in the neighborhood with the great schools, close to his work, UMD where I teach, BWI airport, our church, and our gym. “I love the house. It’s a great community.

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7 Things Every Leader Needs to Quit Immediately

Ron Edmondson

I’ve often wished I could say something to every leader. Some things I’ve learned the hard way. I often share things leadership should do, but today I thought I’d share some things not to do. Some things to quit.

Leaders Need Three Kinds of Focus

QAspire

I once worked with a CEO who was paranoid about results, so much so that he never cared for relationships with those who delivered the results. The end results weren’t surprising - the intended results were never delivered because people either stopped caring or moved on.

6 Ways to Effectively Work from Home

Women on Business

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Cracking the Behavior Code

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Bob Nease: In attempting to explain the nature of physics, Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, “Nothing happens until something moves.” A corollary applies to our organizations: “Nothing happens until someone does something.”

Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes

Leading Blog

Black Box Thinking is about how success happens. Progress hinges on how we react to failure. In two of the most safety-critical industries – aviation and health care – the approach to failure is very different. And the results highlight the problem. For commercial aviation on Western-built jets, they have only one accident per 2.4 million flights.

8 Ways to Refresh Your Career in the New Year

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re like me, at this point, the holiday hoopla already feels like a distant memory; you’re invigorated by the possibilities for the year ahead; and perhaps just a bit overwhelmed by the the stretch-goals in front of you. You’re neck-deep in planning and goal setting.

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12 Great Leadership Questions Every Leader Should Be Asking

Ron Edmondson

One of the best things a leader can do is ask the right questions. I love to say to our team, “I only know what I know.” ” The leader can often be the last to know where there is a problem or what others are thinking, so asking questions is critical to good leadership.

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When Does Real Learning Happen?

QAspire

Learning, the real learning, happens…. When you are intentional about learning When you are driven by an intrinsic need to advance and not only by external triggers and rewards.

6 Ways to Treat Your “True” Customer Well

Women on Business

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Are You Using Those Fun New Technologies to Monitor, Mentor or "Motivate" Your Employees? Prepare for Sabotage

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robert Galford: It has been hard to ignore the recent spate of stories about the newest techniques and technologies designed to increase employee efficiency, motivation and/or engagement.

Leadership Value is Defined by the Receiver

Leading Blog

W E ALL RESONATE with the clarion call for leaders to build on their strengths, be authentic, and demonstrate emotional intelligence. We can envision these noble, resonant, and genuine leaders as icons of effective leadership. But these virtuous leadership attributes are not the essence of leadership effectiveness. Building on one’s strengths is incomplete unless one’s strengths strengthen someone else. Authenticity without a positive impact on someone else is more narcissism than leadership.

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Transforming Leadership And Trust In The Organization

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece from author David Amerland. There is a change happening at the very top of the organizational hierarchy that, like a weather vane, reflects some of the fundamental changes happening across every organization and the marketplace they operate in.

7 Traits Which Indicate a Leader is Insecure

Ron Edmondson

Christian are called to walk by faith. This includes Christian leaders. A part of our calling in leadership means we want always know what the future holds, but we steadfastly follow God’s leadership. I must be honest.

6 Ways to Get Rid of Bad Meetings Once and For All

Lead Change Blog

Horrible meetings are a cliché of the business world, and with good reason. Many meetings are a waste of time and don’t accomplish anything.

Starting a Business? Here’s What You Need to Know [Infographic]

Women on Business

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How Being a ‘4D’ Leader Impacts Business Relationships

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Dr Alan Watkins : Organisations are collections of human beings and the success of our businesses are grounded in our relationships with each other and with our customers. Successful relationships require a multi-dimensional approach.

The True Value of Leadership

Leading Blog

This is a post by Dave Ulrich and Justin Allen. Dave Ulrich is the author of The Leadership Capital Index in which he details how equity or debt investors can systematically and predictably determine the quality of leadership to make faster and more informed decisions and gain a critical information advantage over their competitors. Leadership emotional intelligence, authenticity, and charisma are not enough. Leaders succeed when they add value to others.

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Straight Talk About Rewards and Recognition

Kevin Eikenberry

Rewards and recognition is a topic often discussed at HR conferences, in leadership workshops and anyplace where leaders congregate. It’s a big business and the topic of choice for many speakers, trainers, consultants and authors.

6 Tips for Happier, Healthier Relationships when the Relationship has been Injured

Ron Edmondson

Do you have any injured relationships in your life? Broken hearts, hurt feelings, or grudges from the past are common among relationships. At some point we all have relationships, which have gone from bad to worst.

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What True Leaders Know About Emotional Intelligence

Lead Change Blog

True leaders at any level of the totem pole show their leadership primarily through managing their own emotions. After all, the only things we can control in life are our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and if we can manage those, we can lead our organizations from anywhere in the hierarchy.

5 Ways to Boost Productivity in 2016

Women on Business

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7 Commitments You Can Make (and Keep) in 2016 for High-Impact (and Energized) Leadership

Anese Cavanaugh

January! You're deeply back in the office, you're many days into new resolutions, goals, intentions, promises to self, commitments—whatever your fancy. By mid January (right about now), many will ditch all of these.

A Deeper Dive into Developing Your People

Let's Grow Leaders

When I ask managers where they regret not spending enough time, unequivocally, the number one answer is “Not spending enough time developing my people.” ” There never seems to be enough time, or resources, or support from above, or fill in your favorite blank here _.

7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

The Empowered Buisness

The Secret Weapon of Great Leaders. Have you ever experienced in a meeting where a seasoned leader listened intently and then, with exquisite timing, asked one question that shifted the direction, focus and thinking of the entire team? That is the magic and power of questions!

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5 Secret Objections to Change

Ron Edmondson

In the world of change, I’ve learned there are some common objections. I’ve previously written objections people use to criticize change, but in this post, I’m addressing the root cause of that criticism. These are the secret objections. No one admits to these. But they are real.

Anything but Performance Management (Please!)

Kevin Eikenberry