Mike Cardus

MARCH 5, 2012

An interactive examination of what leadership is and how you can leverage your skills and competencies to improve your organization, team and self. O verview: Great leadership is one of the most valued of all human activities. But great leadership is also seen as one of the most mysterious things to achieve. Learn More.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Berkley Baker, a highly talented Master Facilitator for us at The Center for Leadership Studies, was in town conducting a Situational Leadership ® workshop. We started out sort of wandering all over the place and somehow wound up talking about diversity training or, more accurately, bad diversity training!

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 1, 2012

I am leading this workshop in La Crosse Wisconsin on April 19. If you can’t make it, and interested in learning more and offering this workshop to your team and leadership CONTACT MIKE. Overview: Great leadership is one of the most valued of all human activities. Knowing your Quality-Leadership Strengths.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 3, 2020

Recently a training director asked for a customer service training workshop. As we discussed what she was looking for, it became clear she wanted “customer courtesy” or “smile 101” training. Dunking participants in the training tank might change some behavior. But it doesn’t last.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all seen and been a part of this: we come back from a workshop, conference, strategic planning session, or other great event excited to make great changes. Fast-forward just a few months later: the company has not been affected by those game-changing ideas, and any semblance of the workshop or conference’s impact is gone.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In the same month, I also had a huge privilege of being on my #sketchnote guru Mike Rohde’s Sketchnote Army podcast where I shared about how I integrate visuals into my training and consulting business. Visual Thinking Workshops Monthly visual thinking workshops were attended by participants from 17 countries through the year.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 21, 2011

Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond… An Interactive Workshop. Working and Managing Across Generations: From Traditionalist to Generation Y and Beyond…An Interactive Workshop. The workshop is led by one or two facilitators, experienced in interactive, group learning.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Since founding Co-Creation Partners in 2010, he has designed and led programs and workshops for private, public, and social-sector clients across multiple industries, including financial services, basic materials, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. Mark Minukas is the managing partner of Co-Creation Partners.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places. Highlighting that systems-drive-behavior , there is no special ‘leadership personality’ … Within any team when someone is great at their role people see them as a leader.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The need for creativity is no longer limited to thinking outside the box; instead, it involves leveraging multifaceted viewpoints, infusing creativity into the fabric of business operations, and fostering an innovation-driven culture across the organization. Leaders play a pivotal role in fostering such a culture.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 19, 2014

.” – William Arthur Ward When it comes to effectively leading teams and organizations in today’s fast-paced, 24/7 global economy, it’s becoming more and more evident that the days of command-and-control leadership are well behind us. Again, the importance of this can best be appreciated when we consider how our brain operates.

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Organization How To Environment Learning-by-Doing 279

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization. His services were invaluable to our Agency.” - Tara Vogel Chief Operating Officer at Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo Inc. “I Avoid the unnecessary expenditure of energy and capital. This is accomplished by limiting the field (methods) for working on a task.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

I’ve Been working on a series of workshops and consulting on innovation and developing a culture of innovation. The slideshare above is from an interactive workshop about thinking differently and some tools that work to allow different thinking to happen. You can read more about the workshop in the description below.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. What is Leadership Feedback? When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 22, 2015

Recently I listened with awe as leaders described a change of heart following my Coaching for Breakthrough Performance workshop, where we spent significant time on skills that build relationships. After the workshop, she committed to spending time in the following week just listening to the store managers.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 2, 2010

He has been in the business world for over 28 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west. We’re proud he is one of the nominees for this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs. Have you voted yet ?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. The title of my presentation was “Toy Box Leadership” loosely based on the book by the same name, with a subtitle “Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child,” by authors Ron Hunter and Michael Waddell.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Perception is More Than Reality by Kevin Eikenberry on November 12, 2010 in Devloping Others , Leadership , Learning , Mentoring , Personal Development We’ve all heard, and said. their perceptions).

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 26, 2011

If you can’t, trust your judgment and training. Leadership is about setting priorities. We will fight the way we have trained. Therefore, training is our most important mission in peacetime. Training must be operationally oriented and practical. This is our ship to fight and operate. Caring Leadership.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 6, 2011

Voted as one of the top 100 business thought-leaders in the United States, Steve’s work has been adopted by several universities to help students gain a better understanding of how the business world really operates.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

The point is, they’re every bit as uncomfortable with conflict as the person who avoids or appeases; they just have a different method of operation. This is when I would go into an organization and provide what was requested: a workshop. Once I noticed these patterns, my goal was to understand the root cause of conflict mismanagement.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 27, 2011

I had the pleasure of leading a Team Building & Leadership Program with the Western New York Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The CERT team provides emergency preparedness training to citizens and encourage their participation in opportunities that enhance regional emergency readiness.

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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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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 29, 2011

12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2011. Some were leaked super secret like to the Create-Learning Letter a mostly-monthly e-newsletter that has TeamBuilding, Leadership & experiential theory + activities CLICK HERE to sign-up.

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Team Building Team Leadership Letter 129

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That means HR professionals should ensure they help employees grow professionally through education, training, and advancement opportunities. If you want to build strong teams, encourage good leadership qualities and boost productivity, HR pros must recognize the traits and skills each member brings to the table.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 3, 2011

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. “I I was contracted for 12 months to consult and coach Sharon using the Exponent Leadership Process. As this was a non-profit agency with an active Board, I began by facilitating a team problem-solving workshop with them. Intervention.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 2, 2013

I will be presenting 2 workshops at the ASQ Buffalo 2013 Quality Conference – October 15 & 16. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – and at the same time, reduce operating time and costs. October 16 Quality Seminars.

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Conference Quality TRIZ Seminar 102

HR Digest

JANUARY 16, 2022

That means HR professionals should ensure they help employees grow professionally through education, training, and advancement opportunities. Instead, take advantage of conferences and workshops tailored specifically toward your industry. Human resource managers play a crucial role in keeping business operations running smoothly.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Last month, I wrote a post on What We Can Learn About Leadership from the Chilean Miners. Much like the astronauts of Apollo 13, they showed grace and calm under pressure, maintained their discipline, drew on their training and supported each other to get through a crisis.   Thankfully for everyone, it worked.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

See each and every employee as a valued member of staff, whether they’re maintaining the building in the operations department or striking deals for the company with new clients. Give Them Regular Training. So try to consider some job training courses and other workshops that your staff and your company can benefit from.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

She consults with organizations to develop and deploy innovative instructional designs and training worldwide. There’s a fine line between being a vital member of the team and creating an exclusive ‘do not fly zone’ in which others can’t (or won’t) operate. Let’s face it.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Having joined the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, she is now out to raise the bar for human resources leadership across the organization. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Pfizer continues to make great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). The HR Digest: What is diversity to you? ? .

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 25, 2021

Almost every hand goes up when I ask that first question in a workshop. Like management processes and people leadership, it’s about balance. Embed the stories in training, orientations, and leadership team communications, and so on. Work with your leadership team to agree on your major talking points.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. 2) Deploy a leadership strategy. There is unmistakable evidence revealing how leadership is exercised, formally and informally, throughout the organization. No excuses.

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