Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 4, 2016
As we’ve been traveling for our book tour and media interviews, David and I consistently get asked questions we imagine may be on your mind as well. So as we begin our official launch of Winning Well, we share with you why we believe this message is so vital for you and your organization. If you haven’t picked up a copy, you can get it on Amazon, in hardback or audio version.
Leading in Context
APRIL 6, 2016
By Linda Fisher Thornton Leadership is multifaceted, but leadership books are not often written about that. Many use a "zoom lens" approach to take you very close to one aspect of leadership. This close-up view can be helpful for fine-tuning our leadership skills, but then we may begin to think that this close-up view is all there is to good leadership.
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Michael Lee Stallard
APRIL 2, 2016
Definition of Gratitude. Gratitude is being aware of and thankful for the good things that happen; taking time to express thanks. Why Gratitude Matters. The word gratitude is based on the Latin root gratia which means “grace,” “graciousness,” and “gratefulness.” Religious thinkers and moral philosophers throughout history have long appreciated gratitude.
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 4, 2016
The flowers that are in full bloom are wonderful. The weeds that have taken over one corner are terrible. To get my garden in world class condition and ready for the competitive eye of my neighbor is exactly what every leader must do: seed, feed, and weed. Consider the “season.” In today’s 24-hour global economy, it would appear that there is no season, nothing that distinguishes night from day.
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Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 7, 2016
The Winning Well ruckus has been a delight…and part of that is the chance to be part of Amacom’s book family. The American Management Association is a leader’s source for so many great resources, it’s an honor to have Winning Well among them. A Winning Well Preview on AMACOM. “You can’t be in last place!” Joe shouted, and immediately winced as he saw Ann’s exhausted eyes begin to tear up.
General Leadership
APRIL 7, 2016
GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” Gustav Mahler. The sun is out and spring has sprung. It’s too good of a deal to be writing articles, and we could all use a bit of color in our skin after the long, dark winter.
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Lead Change Blog
APRIL 8, 2016
As an HR manager, it’s amazing what people will tell you. Sometimes when a promotion notice was posted, employees would seek me out and ask, “How did that happen???”. It was particularly perplexing when the person in question was observed to be more talk than action. Or they were unreliable in making good on commitments. Maybe they were known for creating more work than necessary.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 6, 2016
I’m in trouble now. I’m about to commit heresy. I want to address what I believe to be one of the most important aspects of your workplace leadership. In my work with thousands of business leaders across industries, geography, and over many years, I’ve repeatedly seen people lose their influence because they don’t address this one thing. In many leadership forums, many leadership books, and not a few social media memes, what I’m about to say would be skewered, and yet… your credibility and influ
Lead on Purpose
APRIL 4, 2016
“Discipline equals freedom.” This statement sounds like a contradiction because the word ‘discipline’ is most often used in the context of punishment or reining in improper behavior. In leadership, however, discipline creates power.
Women on Business
APRIL 7, 2016
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Leading Blog
APRIL 7, 2016
Perry Noble suggests that there is one ingredient that would make a lot of leadership issues go away. In The Most Excellent Way to Lead , he turns to the advice of the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13. Paul had a lot to say about leadership and rightly so. Leadership comes to us naturally but without some guidance it’s not just easy to get wrong, it is highly probable.
Tanveer Naseer
APRIL 5, 2016
The following is a guest piece by Karin Hurt and David Dye. Do you have a really tough conversation you know you need to have, but you’re concerned about how it will land? Or have you ever regretted avoiding a tough conversation, as you watch someone you really care about repeat the same mistake and get himself into deeper trouble? If you knew someone had your best interests at heart, would you want them to tell you the truth, even if it was painful to hear?
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 7, 2016
People are the face of your brand. Whether salespeople, delivery drivers, customer service reps, cashiers, or spokespeople, most companies work hard to place their best people in front of their customers. Your people are the face of your organization, and work hard to represent that brand. That’s only one side to your brand coin. The other face to your brand is what your company does in support of your people and customers.
Women on Business
APRIL 5, 2016
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Rich Gee Group
APRIL 5, 2016
One of my favorite authors is Tim Ferriss, who wrote “The Four Hour Workweek”, “The Four Hour Body”, and “The Four Hour Chef” As I was speaking to one of my clients the other day, we started to discuss how much time is wasted on the job with superfluous meetings, emails, and antiquated projects. I then said, “Wouldn’t it be great to cut down on all the days we work and squeeze 5 days into 4?
Persuasive Powerhouse
APRIL 5, 2016
You might think that the people who report to you understand you. You might also believe that they would tell you if they didn’t. The truth is that often, leaders speak in a way that doesn’t get through to the very people who need to hear what you have to say; and those recipients of your communication are reluctant to tell you that. How do I know? Because I walked in your shoes and was continually surprised by misunderstandings that were the result of my lack of clarity in communicating.
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 5, 2016
The Lead Change Group is grateful to The Thought Board for hosting the April 2016 Leadership Development Carnival. The Thought Board says it best when they say this month’s contributors are “taking leadership to new heights across the globe”! Please visit the full carnival post here to read posts about performance reviews, succession planning, engagement, and more.
Women on Business
APRIL 6, 2016
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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.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
APRIL 5, 2016
In 2011, I asked What Happened to Vision? It generated a fascinating, thought-provoking conversation. When presenting my question, I had noted: Studies of high performing organizations show over and over again that shared vision is one of the key differentiators. As more and more organizations are flattening their hierarchy and pushing authority and decision making down […].
Nathan Magnuson
APRIL 4, 2016
If you’ve worked for any length of time, you’ve probably wondered, “Why is it so hard to find good leaders?” You’re not alone. Not only are employers finding it tricky to find qualified help, management & executive roles have become increasingly difficult to fill. These employers can only expect retirement to continue to raid the Baby Boomer portion of their leadership ranks.
QAspire
APRIL 8, 2016
We learn the most from that which challenges us the most. I remember having learned server side scripting many years back completely on my own. I had no special resources, no advanced tools and no external guidance – just a lot of willingness to pick up the skill. It wasn’t easy and that made it all the more interesting. But as we grow in our career and life, we avoid the discomfort involved in learning new things, which eventually slows down the process of learning.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 4, 2016
Today is my 55 th birthday. Yes, I said it. It’s part of my new policy of radical transparency. I’m now older than my parents were when Diane and I got married. Heck, I’m older than they were when we had, Andy, our first child. There was a time in my life when 55 sounded really old. Now that I’m there, I realize how relative that is. Old compared to what or who?
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Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 8, 2016
T his is a question every leader should be asking himself. What will I leave behind? Leadership is not a permanent position. You will transition out of leadership. And one of the greatest things people can say is that you transitioned out well and left something behind. Your leadership will impact various aspects of the organization you lead. From the staff to high-level leadership to customers, your ability to lead impacts all of these areas.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 6, 2016
Every generation feels it’s pace of life is more frantic than the one before. I wonder if “The Tortoise and the Hare” was written because life was moving too fast around 600 B.C.E.?
Kevin Eikenberry
APRIL 4, 2016
Last week I went to my second Puscifer concert. (I went to my first one about four years ago – there is a bit of backstory here). Maybe you have never heard of this band, and it may not be your style of music. None of that really matters in relationship to the lessons from […]. The post What I Learned About Perspective at a Puscifer Concert appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 5, 2016
To most of us, the phrase Work that Matters infers job satisfaction. The outcome is lower stress, lower turnover, and higher productivity – in business, a ‘win-win’ for employees, customers and shareholders. The logic is infallible. So, I ask you, why is there such a gap between the theory and the practice? Why are so many organizations and so many workers struggling to find workplace nirvana?
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Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 4, 2016
A merican society is constantly pushing the notion that we don’t have enough. We don’t have enough accolades. We don’t have enough friends/family. We don’t have enough money. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of this attitude. Most of us have more than we know what to do with. Our problem is no longer not having enough.
Leadership Freak
APRIL 7, 2016
You haven’t figured yourself out. What makes you think you understand others? You make snap decisions about people with a smattering of information. Fabricated motivations: Listen for “that’s because” when you evaluate people.
Kevin Eikenberry
APRIL 3, 2016
By David Burkus The title of this book makes sense, once you understand the premise of the book. It could also have been titled “Tipping Sacred Cows” – because this book shares how some organizations have tipped, ignored or rejected some of the sacred cows in organizational life. Examples include: Email – could we outlaw […]. The post Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business As Usual appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Marshall Goldsmith
APRIL 4, 2016
Can internal HR professionals do an effective job of coaching leaders? Definitely. Will most internal HR coaches be effective in coaching leaders? Maybe. My friend, Linda Sharkey, did some outstanding research on internal HR coaching when she was at GE Capital a few years ago. The findings were very clear: Not only could internal coaches do as good a job as external coaches, internal coaches often did a better job than external coaches!
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