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? The HR term for this is “discretionary effort,” a close cousin of employee engagement. Discretionary effort is the level of effort people could give if they wanted to–above and beyond what is “required.” Such efforts are often done behind the scen

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General Leadership

JUNE 13, 2014

'“The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.”. Norman Vincent Peale. A positive attitude is contagious! Do you believe that? I certainly do as I’ve seen it in action throughout my life. So we arrive at our fifth stop on our journey through SERVANT leadership. As a leader, it is amazing the impact you can have on your organization with your attitude; either positive or negative, you set the tone.

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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. The theme was the “School of Hard Knocks” – apt because the event was held in Portland’s cool and unique Kennedy School hotel and event center.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 13, 2014

'Good To Great. An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do. How can you make the leadership leap with your team and go from just being a good leader (and that isn’t bad) to a great leader?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

'Many tough decisions need to be made every day. In hospitals and clinics, life-impacting decisions are made. On battlefields, just think of the decisions made and the ultimate sacrifices they may bring. Compared to sterile workplaces, the type of decisions and corresponding sacrifices pale in comparison. Yet, sacrifices happen every day and in every place. [.

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General Leadership

JUNE 9, 2014

'”Being’ and ‘doing’ are inseparable aspects of your presence and influence. -author unknown. I have the privilege each year of speaking to auditoriums full of aspiring young leaders, anxious to go out into the world and make their mark. They are looking for the “book”, the “roadmap” , the “words or wisdom” that will guide them to the things they need “TO-DO” next.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 11, 2014

'By Linda Fisher Thornton I believe that values-based leadership is gaining momentum. Recently I was asked to explain why I think so, and I thought I would share my answer in today''s blog post. Values-based leadership is gaining momentum, and it''s fueled by a convergence of positive trends. Here are a number of trends that I see that are working together to fuel the movement toward leading with positive values.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

'As family conversations sometimes go, out of the blue someone mentioned Aunt Dolly’s noodles. You could tell by the lull in the conversation and the smiles on faces that people were remembering how soul-satisfyingly delicious her noodles were. I’ll never forget the eulogy delivered by the pastor at her funeral. He spoke for nearly ten [.] Author information Jane Perdue Jane founded Braithwaite Innovation Group, a professional development firm dedicated to redefining power, performance, and conn

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General Leadership

JUNE 11, 2014

'“An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a good general.”. Chinese Proverb. In 1904, France and Britain signed the Entente Cordiale (the friendly understanding); shortly thereafter, Russia also agreed to join this alliance. As a result, the German military began to fear the possibility of a combined attack from France, Britain and Russia.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 10, 2014

'The following is a guest piece by David M. Dye. Oh No…! Our team of teachers and high school students had just finished a rafting trip, changed into fresh clothes, and loaded up our convoy of vans to head out to our hotel. And I was the leader. I confidently led our convoy out of the parking lot and onto a frontage road that ran parallel to the highway before it crossed over and merged – or so I thought.

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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. It produced a mere eighty refrigerators per month, and the quality of those was very poor. Then, on a good day in 1985, a customer came in and brought his broken refrigerator with him.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

'When your employees offer ideas, your response can make or break your organization. You don’t have time for everything. There’s a lot at stake right now, and your boss is breathing down your neck. Your employee raises an idea in the staff meeting. You tried that idea once before. Five years ago. It was a dismal [.] Author information Mary C Schaefer President at Artemis Path, Inc.

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General Leadership

JUNE 12, 2014

'Colonel Chris P. Levy You explains you can learn almost as much about leadership from losers as you can from heroes. The good leaders in a person’s history are usually the ones that spring to mind when considering how to lead. I ask you to break from this habit and consider the leaders you would rather forget, the ones that still give you that feeling in the pit of your stomach or cause you to have nightmares.

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Women on Business

JUNE 12, 2014

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 11, 2014

' . When I interview the stakeholders on the strengths and gaps of the leaders I work with, it’s not unusual for me to hear that the peers and direct reports may see that leader as “aloof” or unapproachable. The fact that they may be in a senior management position can compound the issue, as there is always that hierarchical block that may keep employees away.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2014

'We were meeting with the CEO of a successful chemical company. Known for good service, the company’s leadership recognized that remarkable service was vital to their competitive advantage. Price and product quality have, for this industry and many others, become mere table stakes. “We know we are going to have to change many of our practices [.] Author information Chip Bell Chip R.

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General Leadership

JUNE 10, 2014

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled “The Secret to Leadership” or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. Associate Curator and GeneralLeadership.com CGO, Col Chris R. Stricklin shares the secret to leadership…Dynamic Followership. Dynamic Followers, simply, are followers who take charge of both their personal and professional development, ensure complete competency at their primary duty, actively manage their relationships

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Women on Business

JUNE 11, 2014

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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.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 9, 2014

'T ake a look at leadership failures. Think of great leaders who have failed. Image via Creative Commons. Without even thinking about leaders who have failed, a couple come to mind: General Petraeus. President Bill Clinton. Tiger Woods. Tim Lambesis (Lead singer of As I Lay Dying. Jim Bakker. Those are but a few of the leaders who have seen their leadership destroyed or tarnished because they compromised in areas no leader should ever compromise.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 10, 2014

'You know it when you hear it. It touches you. You are so moved by what you’ve just heard you can’t wait to share it. You may have even heard it before. But this time, the way it’s said and who says it impacts you differently. This was the case during my recent webinar with [.] Author information Bill Fox Bill Fox is a plane-flying project management and performance improvement consultant.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 8, 2014

'Some leaders become extraordinary. But, average is normal. You climb and struggle toward extraordinary. Mediocrity is a comfortable slide. Extraordinary leadership is rare because it requires: Fierce focus. Finely honed skills. Fanatical commitment.

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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. There were way too many “p” words in this meeting for his comfort … planning … process … people … participation. At one time or another, many of us have felt like Dan – that it is so much easier to do the work than take the time to involve others in the process of

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 9, 2014

'Have you ever heard the old saying: “You can’t motivate anyone, they have to motivate themselves?” From a purely psychological perspective that may be true, but people will be more likely to motivate themselves when a manager creates a motivating workplace environment. Read my latest article at About.com Management & Leadership to find out how.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

'We have them. Bad habits. Things we know we should not do anymore. Things that hold us back. Things we allow to limit us. How can we quit doing these things and move forward. It’s pretty simply, actually. Just stop it. Read more Author information Lisa Kohn.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 12, 2014

'Quiet, slow-movers frustrate talkative, quick movers. Those who think, speak, and commit quickly, often believe they’re superior to leaders who need time.

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Women on Business

JUNE 10, 2014

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 13, 2014

'W ho doesn’t want to do good? There’s an innate feeling within each and every one of us that we want to do good even though we live in a fallen world. Talk to anyone on the street. You’ll be hard pressed to find someone who truly wants to do evil. Image by Noah G. While most people want to do good, they find it hard to continuously do good.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2014

'In honor of Father’s Day coming up, I thought I would share a little bit about my experience as a father. The three most important things I have learned are: “If you want your relationship with your kids to works always make sure that: They experience unconditional love, There is mutual respect in the [.] Author information Gershon Mader Gershon is the founder of a consulting firm that recognizes a strong leadership that functions successfully with participation, engagement and total al

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2014

'Scene from the movie City Slickers: Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up one finger] Curly: This. Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don''t mean s--t. Mitch: But, what is the "one thing?" Curly: [smiles] That''s what you have to find out. Read my latest article at About.com Management & Leadership to find out how to discover your "one thing" to improve as a leader.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 9, 2014

' . I learned the hard way how to plan my career by not planning. I began working post-college as a laboratory research biologist. I didn’t stay with this long as I discovered it was lonely work, preferring to work with others collaboratively. So my journey began to find the work that would allow me to be at my best. Suffice it to say that the rest of my 25 years of corporate life was filled with searching for the perfect job and learning a lot about my strengths, weaknesses, skills, talen

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