Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. Through forty-two leadership vignettes, the book “Humanizing Leadership” will change the way you look at leadership and at yourself.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Hard Skill, Soft Skill–Team Building Activity Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Hard Skill, Soft Skill Purchase the E-Book: How to Lead Awesome Team-Building Programs Did you ever wonder “How does one lead AWESOME team-building programs? All rights reserved.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2019

In 1992, I was the G3 (Operations Officer) for one of the Army’s 10 Divisions – forward deployed in Europe. The Cold War had ended, and we were now opening the aperture to Eastern European countries that had been coerced into the Warsaw Pact decades earlier by the strong arm of Russia. When No Trust Exists. In the U.S.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

When you involve people with various skills and perspectives, you’re likely to receive a richer interpretation.”. People won’t support and further change unless they perceive how they and their skills fit in. To get the most out of time, organizations need to sanction doing less and open spaces to do nothing.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2020

In his latest book, Humanocracy , London Business School’s Gary Hamel teams up with his Management Lab colleague Michele Zanini to explore how organizations can better structure themselves for the modern age. Innovation is something organizations the world over are craving as they strive to cope with these most uncertain of times.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Four Essential Skills of High Performing Teams , Dr. Jean Greaves and Evan Watkins of TalentSmartEQ bring EQ know-how to the team level, focusing on the four key skill areas and a step-by-step process for increasing team EQ skills so team leaders and anyone who’s a member of a team can achieve peak performance and reach their goals.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 14, 2014

But creating and seeing ahead into unchartered territory require a different kind of leadership skill: sensemaking. An organization should have a diverse set of skills to understand the big idea, translate it into action, and maintain the operation. Sensemakers are good at connecting different worlds inside the company.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This could be your advantage and you should definitely mention this positive skill in your job interview. . Good organizational skills. If this is the case, you should say that your organizational skills make a difference at your job. . Communication skills. If this is your skill, tell it to the interviewer. .

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Marcella considers: “ Engage – travel guide for change adventurers, is a great book for anyone looking at organizational change. What are necessary change skills? Randy Conley of Leading with Trust shared The 4 Skills That Allow Your Team to Discuss The Most Difficult Issues. How to avoid The Dip…?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

They are approachable and skillful in working with people, listen well, build high-performing teams, mentor and develop capability in others, and empower their people. These new organizational designs simply cannot boot up on the Reactive Operating System most leaders are running. This requires more than simply learning new skills.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2021

Timely, critical, instructional and enlightening are how I describe the book, Work Disrupted , by Jeff Schwartz. “I I wrote this book to share my view that the future of work, a source of fear for so many, is actually about the opportunities, the resilience, and the growth that we can leverage to do things differently,” explains Schwartz.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The Taco Bell Scholarship is open to a diverse pool of applicants. Community Involvement : Taco Bell values individuals who are active in their communities and demonstrate leadership skills. What experiences, skills, or passions make you a compelling candidate?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 24, 2021

Timely, critical, instructional and enlightening are how I describe the book, Work Disrupted , by Jeff Schwartz. “I I wrote this book to share my view that the future of work, a source of fear for so many, is actually about the opportunities, the resilience, and the growth that we can leverage to do things differently,” explains Schwartz.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jon Lokhorst of Lokhorst Consulting shared This Underrated Leadership Skill Is More Important than Ever. Jon explains: “ Of all the skills leaders need to be successful, active listening may be the most overlooked and underrated. Jon Verbeck provided Discretion or Open-Book: Is there a Better Approach to Culture ?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Still, studies show that leadership programs are failing at preparing future leaders with the skills needed to excel in today’s global business world. Global mindset is truly having the desire, knowledge, and skills to operate effectively in business today. We need to take it as seriously as we do other business operations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 17, 2014

Hoopla is also used as a way to quickly get input on the performance of various processes throughout the operation. Our people have gotten so skilled at Hoopla, that it seems no matter how good a meeting or event has gone, we walk away with a list of improvements we can make.” Improvement actions are decided upon and assigned.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Timely, critical, instructional and enlightening are how I describe the new book, Work Disrupted , by Jeff Schwartz. “I I wrote this book to share my view that the future of work, a source of fear for so many, is actually about the opportunities, the resilience, and the growth that we can leverage to do things differently,” explains Schwartz.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Listening is the most powerful skill a leader can master but it requires humility. Developing leadership skills is a lifetime project. Leaders need to be willing to learn and be open to seeking input from both inside and outside their organizations. Their leaders operated in a bubble and engaged in group think.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In doing so, we create boxes that we operate within without ever really seeing the possibilities. Capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries and doubts, he was uninhibited, open, and without judgment. I Am Keats is a book for our times. T OM ASACKER always makes you think. Life is not scripted but we live it as though it were.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A structured strategy for managing workforce can bring consistency into overall operations during today’s challenging times by putting people first. At the heart of any organization’s talent management strategy is headcount planning to ensure that it has the right number of talent with the right skills.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Weary of feeling as though no one appreciates the unique gifts, talents and skills you so desperately want to share with the world around you. I’m speaking of those moments in which we find ourselves operating in the present without joy, face an uncertain future with little hope or are seemingly pursuing a path with no discernable purpose.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It also means that as a leader you must recognize that the team is comprised of individuals and that each has separate, unique needs and operate at differing levels of ability and confidence. Simon operates from London with a Dublin-based support office. He founded The ODD Company www.theoddcompany.ie

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 25, 2017

As a leadership writer, I get asked from time to time to share a list of my favourite leadership books; books that I found to be the most informative either for those new to leadership, or for those looking for new insights on how they can build on their existing leadership skills.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2021

Soft Skills. As such, it’s vitally important that any leader develops the soft skills they need to get where they want to go. Leadership Skills. And that means that they’ll need to call upon their leadership skills if everything’s going to run smoothly! You may have a vision for where you want to take your business.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 5, 2018

Guest post by John Antal : F oresight is one of the most critical skills of a leader. Eisenhower, landed on the beached of Normandy, France, in the greatest amphibious operation ever attempted. The Allies cracked open Hitler’s Fortress Europe and started the march toward Germany. They decided to lead.

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HR Digest

JULY 21, 2023

.” The concept gained widespread recognition in 1995 with the publication of Daniel Goleman’s book, “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.” Components of Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence is made up of five components: self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy and motivation.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 15, 2020

Ryan Gottfredson’s new book, Success Mindsets , tackles these problems by focusing on the leadership mindset. Then, one day, I was given a book, The Five-Minute Journal. As I regularly did this, I made the shift from being prevention-minded to being promotion-minded, leading me to write my book and start my business. “To

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Suppose you disagree with a colleague, but instead of saying “I disagree” and opening up for dialogue, you say, “You have some excellent points, but I have a meeting. 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.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 25, 2022

For instance, IT giant IBM has pledged to train 30 million people by 2030 to ensure they have the digital skills they require to thrive in the modern economy, with training in cybersecurity among the most popular on its SkillsBuild platform. The company aims to train 150,000 people in cybersecurity skills in the next three years.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Of course, there were some great books such as those by Morton Hansen, Amy Edmondson, and Ron Ricci. But mostly collaboration was talked about in books focusing on teams. I applaud the open discussion. Having the right people with the right skills work on a project can allow more experimentation and speed up the process.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2020

This involves utilizing a Make Your Case initiative that allows employees to apply their unused skillsets and connections in opening up new ways for their companies to operate. They tend to view skills outside of their employees’ job descriptions as irrelevant to the scope of normal business operations.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The seven facts he presents are clearly articulated in this very straightforward book. In my book, The Facts of Business Life , I describe seven facts, or business basics, that business owners have to understand in order to be successful. What's important to note about the seven facts is that they are sequential in nature.

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LDRLB

JUNE 3, 2013

Chip is a renowned keynote speaker and the author of several best-selling books. His newest book (with Marshall Goldsmith) is Managers as Mentors: Building Relationships that Last. The very first use of the word “mentor” comes from Greek poet Homer’s classic book The Odyssey. He can be reached through www.chipbell.com.].

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Articles, books, seminars, videos, online courses…all of them provide pieces to the puzzle to assist individuals to becoming a great leader. No matter what technical skills you have or what industry you work in, ultimately, you’re in the people business. Today, leaders need to become skilled facilitators. Practice being open.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 29, 2022

New skills. Brooks reminds us, however, that the crystalized intelligence curve can open up a whole host of new avenues to explore. “The main message of the book is that you have to engage in lateral thinking because you have to be able to draw connections between things that may seem completely unrelated,” he explains.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2017

Undeterred, she read books and sought advice from experts, eventually becoming an expert herself and going on to counsel scores of veterans and their wives. Schwab now operates eight satellite facilities in the Chicago area. Yosko is a straight-talking, open-minded leader. Serving the Poor in Chicago’s Gang-Infested Westside.

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