Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

What were these juicy conversation topics, you ask? If an egg-laying conversation can turn into ugly political conflict, what are we to do with more serious subjects that might come up at work like global warming, regulatory change, health and wellness of customers and employees, international wars, human rights, and so much more?

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Politics How To Learning-by-Doing Survey 475

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 22, 2022

Many times they have more information about a certain subject. If you want to be successful in leadership long-term, you have to learn to “lead up” or, in other words, influence the people who lead you. In ministry and business, I have typically surrounded myself with young leaders. Try to put yourself in your leader’s shoes.

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Influence Positioning Loyalty Long-term 72

Miles Anthony Smith

MARCH 3, 2018

” The topic is so overexposed and at the same time equally misunderstood that there is even an SEO Movie now. For the most part, there are two primary types of content: ​ Topical, short-lived content : Content that is timely and relevant to a particular topic and generally shorter in length and depth.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2021

Called out as being ‘over the hill’ and the subject of ageist jokes and comments, they are also marginalized and viewed as less valuable than their younger colleagues. Women have made significant advances in the workplace but still face pay inequity and underrepresentation in top positions. I reached out to her to talk about her findings.

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Power Politics Bottom-up Advice 113

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 15, 2011

I know health is a touchy subject. My physical health seems to impact every other part of my life, so if I can do something about it, I feel almost an obligation to be healthy. I realize I may be in a minority among some pastors, so I am curious enough to make it a Friday discussion topic. Others have dietary concerns.

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Download Advice Quality Motivation 45

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Here's our latest news, events, updates and more – in one easy-to-find location. Check back every week for new listings Below you'll find the highlights from 2023. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. Ann emphasised that inappropriate behaviour is a widespread problem, with toxic behaviour having a massive impact on workplace trust.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

In this interview we cover a wide range of topics that Modern Servant Leader readers will enjoy. You can jump to each topic by the link in the table below. View Topics and Jump to Specific Sections. Topic Transcript Highlight Video Full Video. I’m fortunate to count Larry among my mentors and friends.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2016

During the 3 years researching and writing a book on closing the gap between what’s said and what’s heard, I learned how ubiquitous our challenge is: the distance between our subjective experiences and cultures makes it almost impossible to accurately hear others outside of our own ingrained biases, assumptions, and triggers. She’s right.

How To 50

How To Consensus Learning-by-Doing Resistance 50

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

In this interview we cover a wide range of topics that Modern Servant Leader readers will enjoy. You can jump to each topic by the link in the table below. View Topics and Jump to Specific Sections. Topic Transcript Highlight Video Full Video. I’m fortunate to count Larry among my mentors and friends.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

  Births, deaths, graduations, health challenges, recoveries, joys and setbacks, friends gained and lost. .    Births, deaths, graduations, health challenges, recoveries, joys and setbacks, friends gained and lost.   You can only connect them retrospectively.   You can only connect them retrospectively.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

General Marshall was known for speaking truth to power but, unlike McChrystal, he recognized the need to respect legitimate authority and to always be respectful in dealing with the people he interacted with whether they were fellow soldiers, diplomats or representatives of foreign governments. President Harry S.

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Ryan Learning-by-Doing Career Magazine 220

Rajesh Setty

MARCH 12, 2012

Well-being ally, Lisa Zigarmi , supports individuals and organizations on their development journeys. Now, Q&A with the authors about the book and related topics. According to the latest research, employees with the highest levels of well-being are: 3X more creative. First, quick bios of the authors: S. Positivity matters.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Economists (who by reputation are likely far from experts on the subject) might be inclined to call 'fun' a 'good.' "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing," wrote Dale Carnegie. If you work at it, it's golf," quipped Bob Hope. ' But just what is this word all about?

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Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 119

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection. The bigger the playing field, the more trust, familiarity, and rapport count. Additionally know what you have to trade.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Clearly the topic of “attitude” has been addressed ad-nauseum in many a self-help piece, but this doesn’t mean that it is not worthy of topical consideration for chief executives. While being a great CEO is not a popularity contest, the fact is that most great CEOs are both well liked and respected.

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2014

You see, aside from a Walmart, Kannapolis''s most promising economic opportunity is in the hands of Los Angeles billionaire and health and life-extension aficionado David H. Regular old residents are offered the opportunity to work at the genomics lab as research subjects. "At It''s a much more nuanced tale.

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Supply Chain Short-term PR Engineering 15

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

What follows might get a bit esoteric, but if you can get past the semantics of my philosophizing I believe you’ll find great value as I connect the dots on today’s topic. Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership.

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

A well-known example is Lilly Ledbetter , who had worked in a tire factory for almost 20 years when a colleague left her an anonymous note revealing she’d been earning thousands of dollars less than men in the same position. The pay gap between men and women in the U.S. In our society, maleness and prestige often go together.

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Engineering Industry Learning-by-Doing Health Care 13

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

The truth is that there are many things that define our career success , depending on what we value: Money Family Friends Flexibility Health Time Travel Etc. Have you felt this way? I know I have … many times. Recently, I wondered what other career advice experts would add to the conversation about what’s vital for career growth.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

Our older research has typically shown that women are associated with traditionally “pink topics” such as food, family, furniture, and fashion, as well as gender-specific subjects such as women’s health issues. We recently added 21 more cases from the 2015 and 2016 Case Centre awards to the list.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Leading Change in Health Care. Collecting and using patients’ evaluations of their providers has been a work in progress for the last thirty years — but the “progress” aspect is suddenly moving into high gear. The original goal of surveying patients was quality assurance — making sure nothing terrible was amiss.

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Sample Survey Quality Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

Pink topics. T he OpEd Project , which tracks the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear globally, coined the phrase “pink topics” to describe the areas in which women are most frequently visible as opinion leaders. Dean Nohria’s promise is noteworthy and important.

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Case Study Venture Capitalist Education Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

GE specializes in complex challenges in solving the toughest problems in the world: Infrastructure, renewable energy, affordable health care. GE, perhaps more than any other major company, is dedicated to the use of data visualization as a key part of its marketing and communications efforts. An edited version of our conversation is below.

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Storytelling Airlines White Paper Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The scaled-up organization needs to hear about what matters most at Citrus Lane over and over, to live these beliefs every day, and to observe her and other leaders living them, as well. Start talking about the challenge of “scaling” with people, and you’ll find the term gets used to mean a lot of different things. After raising $5.1

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Pharmaceuticals Seminar Learning-by-Doing Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Even though I knew that eating ice cream and sitting for a long time were probably bad ideas, I told myself that relaxation was my well-deserved reward for working so hard. In the study, the researchers asked two sets of subjects to wait in a room where there were two plates of food.

Energy 8

Energy Participative Learning-by-Doing Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

We now live in a world where both man and machine can access data on almost any topic at any moment. Some of these challenges are well known, such as propelling a man faster than the speed of sound and safely landing a man on the moon. With all data available at all times, opportunities — and adversaries — can also move in real time.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Analysis Information Knowledge Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

But it can augment human workers as well, making them more effective. For well-informed prognostication, it’s helpful to turn to the brain trust at Edge.org. Each year, Edge.org publishes essays from thinkers, scholars, and researchers on a question related to a hot topic in public and academic discourse.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Big donors took board seats – bringing important connections and resources as well as egos and politics. Well, I’ve got none of that for you. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. I once served on the board of a nonprofit with a group of men and women I deeply admired. Board meetings were an uninterrupted joy. It was Camelot.

Politics 8

Politics Morale Follow-up Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

So here is my admittedly subjective look at the top 10 sustainability stories and themes of the year, with sustainability broadly defined as encompassing people, planet, and profits: 1. And citizens, using new social media tools and old-fashioned marches, rose up to drive change. The bad news — climate change is now.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This subject has been on my mind for years. And so I decided to ask a number of very successful women around my age, several of whom are CEOs of their companies, about this topic. Now, many of them have decided to slow down, play more golf or tennis, volunteer, and travel for pleasure. But that’s mostly just the men. What’s relax?).

Travel 8

Travel Career CEO Report 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. To find a cure, we will have to reinvent the architecture and ideology of modern management — two topics that aren’t often discussed in boardrooms or business schools. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

We argued that a business should be seen as a portfolio of “core competencies” as well as a portfolio of products. To find a cure, we will have to reinvent the architecture and ideology of modern management — two topics that aren’t often discussed in boardrooms or business schools. Almost 25 years ago in the pages of HBR , C.K.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Now back to the subject at hand; reporting. Just as poison ivy does not directly cause irritation, but spoofs our immune system into thinking our own skin is the enemy, careless reporting can cause more harm than good. And clear reporting in this sphere is so rare that I am aware of only one example.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 6, 2015

The authors of the year’s three best business books on culture, one of which is a novel, explore the elusive subject from widely divergent perspectives, but all end up confirming that it is the single most powerful influence on how people behave in organizations. The following is a guest piece by James O’Toole.

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Influence Succession Ethics Bureaucracy 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

If Congress doesn't act soon, the U.S. Export-Import Bank will hit its $100 billion credit exposure limit by May 1 and will stop issuing direct loans, loan guarantees and export-credit insurance in aid of American exports to risky markets. Then, on May 31, the legislation authorizing the Bank will expire, threatening the Bank's very existence.

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Banking Globalization Finance Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Everybody else on my panel was a money manager with tips on what to buy; I instead subjected my fellow alumni to a harangue about how ridiculous it was that American retirees had to spend so much time thinking about their investments, and how much better off most people would be with lifetime annuities. Goldstein, Hal E.

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Insurance Price Uncertainty System 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

When business news gets on Page 1 of every day’s newspaper and every evening TV newscast, then the public notices and cares. Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. People decry the scandals and rest assured that such doings are not happening in their companies.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59