General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

If our skills, competencies and judgment get us our leadership roles – it’s our Emotional Quotient (EQ), or Emotional Intelligence , that keeps us there and propels us forward into greater leadership scope, work footprint, scale and reach. Our ability to exercise self-regulation drives forward our ability for clear judgment.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, leadership, productivity, team building, and more. If you’d like to improve that score, what could you do?

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Of course, while there are various technical skills and aptitudes that are required for leadership positions in various industries, one thing that every leader needs to succeed in their role is to be an effective communicator. If you struggle in any of these three umbrellas, you are guaranteed to fail somewhere during your presentation.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It’s vital to create space in each day to let your thoughts wander beyond your immediate job responsibilities, to turn things over in your mind in a less pressured, more creative way than is possible once the daily triage kicks in. You have to approach your work and life with a sense of genuine humility.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Here are a selection of tweets from February 2017 that you might have missed: Three Leadership Lessons from La La Land’s Jordan Horowitz by @ScottEblin Dialogue Bridges the Divide by @JesseLynStoner Six Ways to Be a Better Manager via @StanfordBiz. Create an Adaptable Workforce to Ensure Your Company’s Longevity by @hollisthomases.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2017

3 Ways to tell if a Company Values Innovation via @DanielBurrus. 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Become a Leader via @DDIworld. Helmut Kohl Leadership Legacy via @jamesstrock. 5 Powerful Ways to Answer Self-Doubt and Step into Your Greatness by @LollyDaskal. Are You a First-Time Manager?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Over the next 90 days, you can build not only your business but also your personal leadership beyond what you may have thought possible. Let this be the year you become the leader you want to be–in your business and in life. Learn to recognize your strengths and work on your weaknesses. Know yourself.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 18, 2022

There have been times in my leadership career where, unknowingly at the time, I became the unaware leader. I’ve learned the hard way what I don’t know can often hurt my leadership or the organization the most. I spend lots of energy on this blog denouncing that style of leadership. So, end of story.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Getting Honest Feedback From Your Coach It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. It takes considerable effort to recognize when someone is operating from a different mental model than yours.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Getting Honest Feedback From Your Coach It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. It takes considerable effort to recognize when someone is operating from a different mental model than yours.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

In fact, many leaders find that on the way to the top, the things that got them there often prove to be barriers the further they climb. It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. All these reasons have to do with people.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Stone has an advanced degree in the neuroscience of leadership. Dr. Charles Stone on Brain-Savvy Leadership. What was your inspiration for writing Brain-Savvy Leaders? That led me to earning an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership and in turn, writing the Brain-Savvy book. This man knows his stuff.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 19, 2022

As you bask in the warm weather or spend a long weekend away from the office, we hope these 10 L&D publications ignite your imagination inspire opportunities to give your company a competitive edge. We hope these reports will open your mind to innovative development strategies, just like the books listed below.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

When there is trust, it will affect every area of your life, business and personal. Here are 99 ways to do that. Your strongest testimonial is your own personal example. Your strongest testimonial is your own personal example. Share your character. Follow through on your promises. Be authentic.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 22, 2015

Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Inside Out. Think about ways you could wow a customer by giving them something they weren’t expecting. Get happy when you see one more person enter your church. And with Pixar’s latest film, Inside Out, they reinforce why they’re considered a great movie company.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Building Personal Strength

JUNE 5, 2010

I've read more than 200 books on leadership, but I have to say that my Number One All-time Favorite is Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization , by legendary basketball coach John Wooden. His credentials: 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years, an accomplishment that will probably never be equaled.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome! Simple good manners are evidence of respect. Max Depree What are you doing to promote respect in your organization? Are you a model of civil behavior for others in your organization? I just found very few ways to promote respect and list them in here.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 25, 2010

Not in a Mother Theresa sort of way, but in an every day, normal human-being sort of way. He would come over and visit Edgar the Leadership Pug and chat with us, often speaking of the beauty that surrounds us here. Refer to that important future memory often and live out your life in accordance with it.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Yet some of the simplest activities can allow your humanity to shine through whether you are introverted or extraverted – or anything else - to create connections that are good for you and your organization. The best way to do this is to connect with others on a regular basis. We all have beliefs that hold us back.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Thankfully, I’ve learned the hard way what I don’t know can often hurt my leadership or the church the most. I’m trying to make an important leadership principle. I spend lots of energy on this blog denouncing that style of leadership. Not certain if you are an aware leader?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome! Your words inspire or discourage, hurt or help, divide or connect, cause fear or give hope. String them together artistically and sensitively, and they unite your followers. Sheila Murray Bethel Are you aware of the words you use?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2014

That’s why my first coaching question is “ what does your boss really want from you? ”. I’m talking about the unknown expectations; those hidden motives that may drive your boss’s behavior – the real reasons behind her agenda. I believe the secret ingredient to improving your boss relationship is insight.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All of the studies on meditation’s health benefits should peak your interest, and may be enough to convince you to try it. I still sometimes do that, but I am aware of my thoughts and can make the choice to be fully present. So I’ve been thinking about what I’d write.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

This is because it is easy (and fun) to envision the desired rewards and to figure out the major steps to get there, which can be as simple as working backwards from the ideal scene to the present one. First and foremost, your senior leadership has to be on the same page with a crisp and clear long term vision.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Becoming A Healthy Leader There are plenty of ways to become a healthy leader. I’ve shared various ways you can become a healthy leader over the last couple of weeks. I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? Have you felt this way? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 1, 2009

Taking notes is one way to capture new information but frankly sometimes it just isn’t appropriate to break a conversation so that we can capture a thought, a name or an idea. But simple acts of acknowledgement are very powerful. Here’s a link to an article written by Molly Edmonds , called Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Memory.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This question is a focus of my research as an organizational scientist, executive coach, and leadership development consultant. Participants were asked to choose the 15 most important leadership competencies from a list of 74. This competency is all about behaving in a way that is consistent with your values.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Should companies primarily focus on playing to the strengths of their employees or help them improve on their weaknesses? On average, workgroups that received a strengths intervention improved on all of these measures by a significant amount compared with control groups that received less-intensive interventions or none at all.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes a day , for example, can enhance leadership effectiveness by helping you become more able to regulate your emotions and make sense of past experiences.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Do I have your attention yet? Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Worse than this is the fact that 60% of average Americans only get through the first chapter. Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month.

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