Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 28, 2015

I’ve never met an executive who said, “my team’s just too strategic. I just wish they would focus on the day-to-day work.” Nope in fact it’s quite the opposite concern. “How do I get my team to think more strategically?” “Karin, I just don’t think anyone on this team is ready to take on my role… and I can’t get promoted until I find a successor.” And the phone call of the week is, “these millennials just don’t se

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 30, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”. Erik Erikson. It is very important for a leader to know their natural leadership tendencies. It is equally important that the leader share these tendencies with their leadership team.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2015

When I first started working with teams, I heard the phrase High Performing Team (HPT) used frequently. I understood that a this type of team produced consistent quality results and its members cared about each other. I wondered, though, what it was that made this team different from the rest of the pack? If I knew what it looked like and how it operated, then I would know what to shoot for in my own leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Guest post from S. Chris Edmonds: How healthy is your workplace culture? Is yours a safe, inspiring, productive culture or far from it? I recently spoke to leaders in two different organizations about the difficult dynamics in their work environment. Both organizations are experiencing “senior leaders behaving badly." The behavior is disruptive, aggressive, and exhausting for anyone that interacts with these leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 26, 2015

If you’re like most managers, you know the importance of helping your team see the bigger picture. You would do more, if you only had the time. The occasional all-hands meetings help, but without interim reinforcement, those motivational meetings can feel like a fire hose of plans and numbers. If you want your team to truly “get it,” sprinkle little bits of big picture reinforcement into their week. 6 Ways to Get Your Employees to See the Big Picture. “The big picture do

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 28, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”. William James. Over the course of your professional career you’re going to experience conflict in the workplace.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

This si a post by Ken Goldstein, author of Endless Encores : Repeating Success Through People, Products, and Profits. I've written the words People, Products, Profits (In That Order!) so many times over the years it would be easy to think of them as simply a slogan I use, a catchphrase meant to pique your interest. I assure you this is no more the case than Apple using the words Think Different as a clever tagline.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2015

There’s no question. The best way to get better at leading is by leading. Learn some skills, get out of your comfort zone, try them out, get feedback, take it seriously, adjust, repeat. It’s the premise behind high-end executive development programs that include action learning projects and 360 feedback assessments. The trouble is, such programs are often reserved for high-potential talent at a certain level of the organization.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 26, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is to be understood! “ Marie Curie. . How did you enjoy today’s post? If you liked what you read, sign up for our frequent newsletter by clicking HERE — and you’ll also receive our handy Leader’s Reference List. . … Read the rest.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2015

One key aspect of leadership that people often skip over is motivation. Even if it is mentioned, the description lacks depth and useful tools. Rather than explaining how to be continuously motivated, people just receive the sound yet vague advice: you just need motivation. First, let’s break down the two main types of motivation, internal and external.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2015

N O MATTER HOW HARD WE TRY, our environment affects us in powerful, insidious, and mysterious ways. Our environment triggers behaviors or responses in us. Marshall Goldsmith explains in Triggers the kinds of things in our environment that derail us from becoming the kind of leader, co-worker, parent, or spouse that we want to be. He illuminates an aspect of self-awareness that is so vital to a leader’s success.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The following is a guest piece by Shawn Murphy. For too long people have been taken for granted in the workplace. Leaders attempt to control, manage, dictate, coerce people to do what is needed. A people-centric approach to running a business is celebrated as an accomplishment in foreword-thinking organizations. We need more leaders who motivate people to mobilize them to achieve great things for the company.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 30, 2015

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Here at Lead Change Group, we know that problems are most effectively solved when individuals come together to meld ideas, energies, and approaches. To use a golf analogy, not every shot is a long drive. Many times, golfers have to take a chip shot to move the ball along for a short distance, with incisive accuracy. If you are new to the Chip Shots green, welcome.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

As we navigate through life, we must be able to cooperate and compete. Knowing what to do when is very important to getting where you want to go and to where you want to go next time. In Friend and Foe , authors Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer, state that all of our relationships are both cooperative and competitive and we get more out of life when we learn to find the right balance between acting as a friend and acting as a foe.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2015

How do you know when it’s time to step aside, or down from being a manager? Read my latest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out more: 7 Signs that it May be Time to Step Down as a Manager.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Being respected is better than being liked. Those who need to be liked, end up disrespected. 4 powers of respect: Opportunity. Respect comes before advancement and promotion. Engagement.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 26, 2015

. Holistic: relating to or concerned with the whole or with complete systems ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Vibrant: having or showing great life, activity, and energy. ~Merriam-Webster Dictionary. . The leaders I know are very busy people. They work long hours in stressful situations and often sense that something is missing in their life – something they yearn for more of, or dream about.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 25, 2015

By Rajesh Setty In the list of leadership or personal competencies that organizations craft and use to guide organizational learning and development, I’ve never seen gratitude or being grateful on that list. Yet when we are grateful and express gratitude, we build better relationships, are easier to work with, build more trust, are more personally […].

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 24, 2015

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 25, 2015

I’m trying to navigate an offensive idea. Bob Chapman* told me, “Trust is given, not earned.” Thirty days later, it’s still dripping in the back of my mind.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 26, 2015

. Holistic: relating to or concerned with the whole or with complete systems ~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Vibrant: having or showing great life, activity, and energy. ~Merriam-Webster Dictionary. . The leaders I know are very busy people. They work long hours in stressful situations and often sense that something is missing in their life – something they yearn for more of, or dream about.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 30, 2015

P art of the leader’s job is to be available to those they’re leading. Or so we’ve been told. Our culture has taught us that we need to be at the beck and call of those who have our number. After all, what’s a cell phone for except to get in touch with someone? Image via Creative Commons. That’s what we’ve been told.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 28, 2015

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The most important thing you do happens after you do something dumb. #1. Focusing on low performers while neglecting high performers. Solution: Spend most of your development resources on “B” performers. Reward “A’s.

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Tony Mayo

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Tony Mayo Executive Coach. My novel just received an amazing review from bestselling author Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. He begins by calling it, “Deep and Powerful Wisdom.” Read the whole review by clicking here. The post A Truly Transformational Novel for Our Time appeared first on Tony Mayo.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 26, 2015

D on’t laugh guys, but this past weekend my wife and I went and saw the new Jem And The Holograms movie (Don’t worry, we also saw The Last Witch Hunter with Vin Diesel). Yes, that movie. The previews looked entertaining and a throwback to growing up. So, I had to give it a shot. Movie companies are digging deep into the childhoods of those born in the ’80s.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 27, 2015

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Leaders rarely say, “I’d like your feedback.” It’s even more rare for feedback to be received well. The most important thing about seeking feedback is the way it’s received.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Is there a mindful approach to failure? You may reject the question on its face. After all, if you were mindful in the first place, wouldn’t you succeed rather than fail? You might if you had perfect knowledge or controlled all the variables, but, of course, none of us do. Failure is a fact of life. Since it’s ever present, shouldn’t you and your team try to learn from it so you do better next time?

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