Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'Conventional managerial wisdom says, “It doesn’t matter if they like you, as long as they respect you.” I can also hear the echo of countless bosses and mentors over the years, “You’re not here to be liked.” “If you worry about whether they like you, they won’t respect you.” I get the sentiment and, as with anything else, it’s a matter of degree.
General Leadership
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'“The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun” Phil Edwards. legendary surfer. When we returned to Hawaii after 13 years away, one of the first things I wanted to do was get back on my surfboard. After a little shopping around I found the perfect board: a basic, reasonably priced board, and then set off to re-conquer the Hawaiian surf.
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Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
'How do leaders build credibility with team members? I believe credibility happens when leaders act on their primary responsibility to serve team members. Servant leadership is not easy to do in today’s dog-eat-dog, me-first business environment. Yet we’ve all had great bosses that embraced their role to help team members succeed, to feel good about their contributions, and to feel trusted and respected in their workplace.
Michael Lee Stallard
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Great leaders know that task excellence alone is not sufficient to achieve sustainable superior performance. They also know that relationship excellence alone is not sufficient in the end. Instead, truly great leaders realize the vital importance of both elements. The dual focus of task and relationship excellence can be difficult for many leaders to grasp.
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Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'Frank is bright, confident, with an MBA from a top 25 and a long-track record of success. He moved up quickly and has a wall full of awards. He’s checked all the boxes: special assignments, line and staff jobs, late nights; but the last three promotions have gone to someone else. When he asks why, he’s told to “Be patient,” and that “Your time will come.” Hardly actionable feedback.
General Leadership
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'It’s that exciting time of the month again when you have the opportunity to interact with us LIVE on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 at 9pm Eastern (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific) tonight (5 November 2014). This special pre-Veteran’s Day broadcast will feature David Webb, General John Michel and a host of special guests as we continue our “12 Talents” series.
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Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
'The Scene: Sally is about to start her first day as the manager of a division of a service company. She’s called a team meeting that will have her entire staff of 75 in attendance. Before heading to work, she meets her mentor and friend Terry for coffee, and a some last-minute advice. After finishing his almond milk latte, Terry gives Sally a leadership pep talk… “Sally, there comes a time after you’ve gone to school, read the books, found a mentor, attended the seminars, an
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Whether your team is just starting up, or has the battle scars of a team fighting for results, they need to find a way to talk about the behaviors getting in their way. Great leaders look for ways to make this conversation easier. Dysfunctional behavior can be hard to talk about because it feels so personal. Many times people wait to have important difficult conversations until the issue has escalated.
Michael Lee Stallard
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'Click here to view the embedded video. Enthusiasm and energy will be on full display this Saturday as the #6 TCU Horned Frogs football team host the #7 Kansas State Wildcats at 6:30 pm EDT on Fox. During halftime, TCU will celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Frogs for the Cure” which began in 2005 when TCU athletics partnered with Susan G. Komen Greater Fort Worth to sponsor the first ever pink-out halftime presentation at a university football game.
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'John’s voice shook as he shared his latest third party encounter with his bosses’ boss. “Apparently I was caught yawning during her presentation. I didn’t even realize I had. The irony is that I was really into what she was saying. This had nothing to do with her. But apparently she gave my boss quite an earful about my behavior.
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Great Leadership By Dan
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'Guest post from Taffy Williams : Leaders must be creative and agile in their thinking in order to create the leaders of tomorrow. It is easy to stand back and give orders and assume all knowledge resides with top management of the business. Working in this manner fails to utilize the skills and knowledge of the workforce, diminishes their critical thinking skills, and stifles their creativity.
Leading Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'This is a post by Scott Eblin. Scott is is the co-founder and president of The Eblin Group. He is the author of The Next Level and Overworked and Overwhelmed. On a summer Sunday night four years ago, I found myself standing in front of a roomful of about 80 corporate managers who probably didn’t want to be there. They had just finished the first week of a high-profile leadership development program in one of the world’s largest companies and week two was scheduled to start at 7:30 am the next m
Michael Lee Stallard
NOVEMBER 1, 2014
'#57 Affirm Your Colleagues – When you become aware of something a colleague did well, encourage him/her by saying so in person or sending a note or email. A handwritten note can be especially meaningful given the rarity of receiving such notes in the age of instant communication. Remember that some people like being recognized publicly while others prefer private praise.
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'How do you connect the dots between your daily actions and your greatest calling or purpose? Do your daily actions and responsibilities force you to be something you are not? Or do they line up with your purpose? In the late months of 2008, it became obvious that the company I was working for was going to be sold and the prospects for my job continuing as it had were coming to an end.
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Tanveer Naseer
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
'The following is a guest piece by Princeton University Professor Derek Lidow. You would think that good ideas make it easier to be a good leader. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Good ideas are threatening to leaders. By definition, good ideas mean an improvement over the present, a better way of doing things or even better lives.That’s why people who have good ideas expect their leaders to act on them, which creates an instant test of leadership: do you care enough for those around you to
Leading Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2014
'Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November. Fail Better : Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner by Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn. Napoleon : A Life by Andrew Roberts. The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership : Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders by M. A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas. Seven Disciplines of A Leader by Jeff Wolf.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'Do you think you’re an effective leader? Feedback is one good way to find out, especially through “360 feedback.” But there’s another, equally powerful way. Take a serious look at your beliefs – your “assumed truths” about yourself, others and how the world works. Your beliefs dictate your behavior. And unexamined beliefs are like icebergs.
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'You may have seen my recent post Boss, It’s Just Not Your Job. Soon after, fellow instigator Paul LaRue published a great piece, How to Kill ‘It’s Not My Job’ These two topics may seem at odds with each other, but together they raise an interesting point. In my post, I advise bosses to not do work that is really your employees’ work.
Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership
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General Leadership
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”. Colin Powell. by … Read the rest. The post Monday Quote: appeared first on General Leadership.
Women on Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
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Persuasive Powerhouse
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'Do you get weary and irritated at all of the attention paid to happiness these days? Research studies, blog posts, TED talks, and even entire nations studying “gross national happiness” Bah, humbug. What does happiness have to do with leadership anyway? A lot it seems, despite my feeling peeved when yet another psychologist throws their hat in the happiness ring.
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'During the opening session of a new leadership development program last week, I asked the participants to share the biggest leadership lesson they’ve learned in their careers so far. There were a lot of interesting answers. One participant shared one that really stuck with me because I think it’s so true. The lesson was it’s not enough to have the right idea, you have to influence other people to believe that it’s the right idea.
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Leading in Context
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
'By Linda Fisher Thornton It would be "easy [.] for organizations and leaders to become frozen by the magnitude of the changes under way" (McKinsey & Co., Management Intuition For the Next 50 Years). Success in future leadership requires being nimble and adaptive, flexing with constant change, and being ready for anything. How should we stay grounded as we avoid crises and manage our way through a maze of increasing expectations?
Women on Business
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
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Great Leadership By Dan
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
'I’ve taken, taught, sold, and managed a lot of training programs throughout my career. Some were horrible, some pretty good at the time but the learning rarely applied, and some were game changers. Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership for the 10 training programs that I’d recommend any manager should take , grouped in sequential order.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
'Success may be as simple as stopping something that’s sabotaging progress. Keep doing all the great stuff you already do. Stop shooting yourself in the foot.
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Joseph Lalonde
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
'E veryone’s got advice on how to live a better life or how to live a life worth living. There’s a spin here, there, and everywhere on this age-old question. Come on now. Who doesn’t want to live a better life? I think the answer is NO ONE. Image via Creative Commons. The Wrong Question To Ask. If you talk to a lot of people about living a great life and how you live that great life, you’ll often here one answer.
Women on Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2014
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Great Leadership By Dan
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
'This month''s Leadership Development Carnival is being by regular guest author Beth Armknecht Miller over at Executive Velocity. Beth did a great job rounding up over 20 posts on How Leaders Influence and Impact the Performance of Employees. You can find it right here.
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
'Pressure that’s rooted in unrealistic expectation; frustrates, defeats, even crushes. Self-imposed pressure drains joy, prevents progress, and invites leaders to become isolated and self-protective. Leaders don’t need to: Stand up front.
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