Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 10, 2013
'The professional distance thing has always been tricky for me. I get the rules. I’m a SHRM certified HR professional and spent years in HR roles. I also understand the logic of keeping professional distance, particularly between men and women. I’ve seen the disastrous consequences of inappropriate relationships. There’s nothing more awkward than firing a [.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 13, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Today the U.S. Army celebrates its 238 th birthday. Looking back, its growth into comfortable old age seems inevitable but in its youth that outcome was far from certain. In 1783 on the Ides of March, the inseparable fates of our Army and Republic were very much in doubt; disgruntled officers of the fledgling Army were gathered in a secret meeting in Newburgh, New York to discuss insurrection.
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Michael Lee Stallard
JUNE 12, 2013
'This post begins our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.” The series highlights attitudes and behaviors that help you connect with others. Although the attitudes and behaviors focus on application in the workplace, you will see that they also apply to your relationships at home and in the community. #1 Develop the Courage to Connect – It requires courage to make the effort to connect because not everyone will reciprocate.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 11, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership “The task of leadership is to be intentional about the way we group people and the questions what we engage them in.” Peter Block For as long as we have lived in human community, great conversations have been the source of fresh ideas. Conversations engage us with the rest of the world and embrace relationships [.].
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Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 11, 2013
'I get frustrated and sad when I see highly qualified people unable to sell themselves in a job they deserve. It happened again, perhaps you know someone who can benefit from this story and actions that followed. Meet Me in St. Louis The sweet woman next to me on the flight from Denver to St. [.] The post Why You’re Not Getting Hired appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 9, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Thoreau wrote: “It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.” Most of us are great at the former but at the latter, not so much. Truth be told, most of us are poor listeners. When considering great leadership skills, we focus on transmission skills–speaking and writing.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 14, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Never let ‘em see you sweat. This advice is commonly touted in a variety of high pressure situations: life, school, sports, business deals. But does it have a place in leadership? When I facilitate workshops on leadership with students and experienced managers I invite them to share the best leadership advice they’ve ever received.
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 14, 2013
'This month’s Frontline Festival is all about conflict and conflict resolution. I am grateful to all the wonderful contributors for sharing their insights on this important topic. If you have written a post on conflict, feel free to add a link to it in the comments section. Root Causes of Conflict I like this post [.] The post June Frontline Festival: Conflict Edition appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 11, 2013
'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Does a leader need an enemy to succeed? While fear of an enemy is always a great unifier, it does pose risks. Essentially you are calling people to come together for a negative rather than a positive. Case in point might be Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War. While the Confederacy always considered Lincoln the enemy, Lincoln as president viewed it differently.
Leading Blog
JUNE 14, 2013
'Leadership and character are inseparable. In the Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders , philosophers Al Gini and Ronald Green, ask what is good leadership? They insist "that ethics, character, and virtue are essential to real leadership" and anything else is misleadership. They define leadership as: Leadership is not just a set of learned skills, a series of outcomes, a career, a profession, or a title.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 13, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development LinkedIn recently rewarded all of their employees’ hard work by giving each of them an iPad mini on Valentine’s Day. Not only was this a great way to reward their employees for their hard work, but this provided LinkedIn with a lot of free publicity, as well as no doubt encouraging more people to apply [.].
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 12, 2013
'Results lag in a key area. You energize the team to fix it. Results improve. Fantastic. Now other results are plummeting. Beware of unintended consequences. Improve customer service, reduce efficiency Improve efficiency, damage morale Improve morale, increase costs Results don’t improve in vacuums. Unintended consequences lurk around every corner. 4 Ways to Avoid [.
Tanveer Naseer
JUNE 11, 2013
'I’m honoured to host this guest piece by former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chad “Corntassel” Smith. Forty years ago, when I was a college sophomore attending the University of Tennessee, I was walking down Neyland Stadium Drive with a fellow student. We passed a new building and he said, “There is our new swimming natatorium.” I said “That’s nice.
Leading Blog
JUNE 10, 2013
'Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed went looking for those companies that were good enough for long enough to be considered exceptional and to rule out luck as the primary source of their performance. What they found they present in The Three Rules : How Exceptional Companies Think. When they looked at behavior they found that the exceptional companies did better than the average companies because they did whatever they did "right.
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 10, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Isn’t it lovely when accolades come our way? It’s so rewarding when our work is publicly acknowledged and praised. But what happens when you don’t deserve all the applause? When that “I” you used is really a “we?” Five of us had worked for almost a year on a project to improve morale, increase performance, and reduce turnover in one [.].
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 13, 2013
'Why don’t you ask deeper questions? Are you more afraid of the questions or the answers? Deeper questions… Uncover concerns Shift the conversation Invite transparency Shift the mood Provoke deeper thinking Asking Deeper Questions “Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.” -Rainer [.
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 13, 2013
'Guest post by James Lawther : On the 25 th January 1990, Avianca flight 52 from Bogotá to New York crash-landed on the village of Cove Neck, Long Island, New York. Seconds before the crash all four of the plane’s engines stopped working. ·. There was nothing wrong with the plane. ·. There was nothing wrong with the pilots. ·. There was nothing wrong with airport.
Leading Blog
JUNE 8, 2013
'This short film is from storyteller Jason Headley. It''s titled It''s Not About The Nail. "Don''t try to fix it. I just need you to listen." Every man has heard these words. And they are the law of the land. No matter what.
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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.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 14, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues [link] What Now? Julia slammed her laptop shut and slumped over her desk. “Ugh! What are they thinking? My team’s gonna hate this!” We had just sat down to discuss her goals when the email arrived from her regional manager. The email listed sales goals she and her team were expected to meet…goals from headquarters that neither [.].
Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 12, 2013
' . I’m a pushover for flowers, filling the house with plenty of them as long as the things we’ve planted around our yard keep blooming. My daughter knows this and gave me a lovely potted calla lily for Mother’s Day. It was something to plant outdoors eventually, but meanwhile, I wanted to enjoy it indoors for a while. I gave this lovely plant some water and parked it on the dining room table, happy as I caught sight of the lush foliage and the lovely deep purple flowers every
Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 11, 2013
'Last week I wrote about a 2003 study conducting by the Learning and Development Roundtable that found that managers who are very effective at employee development can outperform their peers by up to 25%. It may have surprising to many that the “manager-led development” activity that had the great return on investment (19.8%) was “ Explaining performance evaluation standards ”.
Women on Business
JUNE 10, 2013
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 12, 2013
'Posted in Meet LeadChange Each month in our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our Instigators. The interview for May was with Chery Gegelman, president of Giana Consulting LLC. Chery is a speaker, author, consultant, and first-time expat. Get in touch with her at www.consultgiana.com. What is your background in leadership? I am an ordinary person that has [.].
Leading in Context
JUNE 12, 2013
'By Linda Fisher Thornton What are the benefits of working for an ethical leader? Here are ten I came up with to get you started: A low stress workday.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 11, 2013
'Weak organizations have weak relationships internally with each other and externally with customers. Forging resilient organizations means building strong relationships. All strong relationships require trust. All wise leaders build relationships because organizational success depends on it. If trust is something “they” do, you are the problem. But, how can you build strong relationships that forge […].
Women on Business
JUNE 8, 2013
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Lead Change Blog
JUNE 10, 2013
'Posted in Self Leadership [link] It’s a question that, admittedly, may only speak to a small percentage of people. However, it is a question I get often… What advice do you have for an aspiring author? This is a fun and strange question for a guy who sells chicken for a living. I’m no expert on writing books. However, with [.].
Next Level Blog
JUNE 13, 2013
'News stories don''t get much bigger than this week''s revelation that government contractor Edward Snowden revealed classified information to The Guardian and the Washington Post that the National Security Agency has a program that collects and analyzes the phone records of millions of Americans. This post isn''t a commentary on the NSA program or what Snowden did (although I agree with Jeffrey Toobin''s argument on why he should be prosecuted).
Leadership Freak
JUNE 8, 2013
'Fearful leaders keep people in their place with fear. Fear leads with fear. On the other hand, confident leaders build self-confident followers. Build-up others: Ask for advice. Most leaders say they believe in hiring people smarter than they are. Well, if they’re so smart, why aren’t you seeking their advice? Hiring people that is smarter […].
Women on Business
JUNE 13, 2013
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