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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Here are five great posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere to kick off your work week and help you Maximize Possibility in your organization. License.  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Enjoy!

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October Leadership Development Carnival: Autumn Fun Edition

Persuasive Powerhouse

Bret Simmons takes us into sudden death overtime as we reflect on the importance of self management in leaders: Prudence: An Undervalued Virtue of Leadership. Gwyn Teatro of You’re Not The Boss of Me plays quarterback as she leads discussion of the next play in the huddle with Managing and Leading….Lessons is hiring.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

When employees feel truly involved in the company collaboration becomes the norm and the divide between managers and staff melts naturally. The fear of making mistakes is deeply ingrained in our psyche says Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies [link]. To truly embrace innovation you must advocate for risk and celebrate failure.

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101 Greatest Quotes About Success and How to Achieve It

Lead from Within

– -Abraham Maslow. The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds. During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. –Sir Francis Bacon.

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Seeing the “And” in Others

Persuasive Powerhouse

Seeing the “and” works to improve any/all workplace relationships that may be less than ideal; with peers, customers and managers. Since I work with technology execs, I constantly hear people promote the stereotype that technically brilliant people cannot lead. This resonates with my desire to always look for strengths in a person.

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People Are the Puck

Harvard Business Review

Technologies will change, distribution channels for content will change, usage environments will change. This is often the reason why thoughtful quantitative analysis that incorporates macro-economic trends, market share, competitive strategies, retail analysis and technological assessments so often misses the mark. Think about it.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. Management theorist Peter Drucker was famously curious. That’s when Airbnb came calling. Sounded good. Paradoxically, this curiosity keeps us feeling young.