Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’re changing jobs more than ever and pursuing multiple careers and projects simultaneously. Take a moment to consider how many jobs you’ve had and how many careers you’re yet to embark upon? The ability to adapt and thrive at work, also known as your adaptability quotient, demands continuous learning and cultivation.

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Lead from Within

JULY 18, 2023

What qualities and characteristics do they possess that allow them to be so effective? Here are four things that authentic leaders do well: Honor their commitments: Authentic leaders understand the importance of keeping their word and following through on their commitments. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

While many leaders may feel they don’t have time for career development, it’s not as complicated as we often make it out to be. Career development is nothing more than helping others grow”—one conversation at a time. Their framework for career development is organized around three types of conversations: Hindsight Conversations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Reflection is a catalyst for self-awareness and clarity. You’ll learn how to get out of your way, unlock potential, and start making significant transformative shifts. What does a good leadership coach do? Or would you hope they engaged in professional development activities during their career?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2024

“By focusing in specific ways on five key leadership elements— Purpose, Process, People, Presence, and Peace —you can increase your time, capacity, energy, and ultimately your leadership impact,” explains Amy Jen Su , author of the book, The Leader You Want To Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2024

But that same relentless brilliance that propels you in your career can take a toll on your teams, personal relationships, and even your health,” explain author Gino Wickman and coauthor Rob Dube. Yet I have come to learn that there are disciplines and a practical approach to accomplish significant life success, as well,” says Gino.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 6, 2020

How do you connect with our organization’s purpose? This question even has the power to reel in young professionals who might be second guessing their commitment to your organization. “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” Career expert Dan Miller says that the average job now lasts only 2.3

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QAspire

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Internal transitions precede external transitions in life and careers. 2019 for me was a year of being more self-aware, cultivating stillness, paying more attention to the changing landscape within the self, mapping my internal world, reassessing my motivations and aligning my external world accordingly (inside-out).

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Leadership must learn to scale itself, but not any kind of leadership will do. Finally, as represented by the top half of the inner circle, four more conditions must exist: Relating or Deep Relationship, Self-Awareness and Authenticity or Radically Human, Systems Awareness or Big Picture, and Achieving or Purposeful Achievement.

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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? 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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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

In a recent LeadershipNow blog, Mark Sanborn wrote about six warning signs of why leaders fail: a shift in focus; poor communication; risk aversion; ethics slip; poor self-management; and lost love. Curiosity: The Desire to Continuously Learn. A culture of continuous learning will bolster organizational creativity and innovation.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Micromanagement : Overly controlling leaders who do not trust their team to perform tasks independently can stifle creativity and initiative. Self-centeredness : Leaders who prioritize their own success or recognition over the well-being and development of their team exhibit poor leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 14, 2016

Others embrace values that are disconnecting, such as doing whatever is necessary to get ahead, despite what is commonly accepted as right. That’s why we need to be aware of them and to stay out of their destructive paths. Now that I am aware of this blind spot, I’m careful to tell people when I have qualms about their actions.

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Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

He said he’d love more mentoring to help him get to the next level in his career. Now that the tables have turned, it’s time to give them the clarity about the career advancement process that you always wanted from your own boss. What three key traits do you want them to associate with the employee you’re promoting? .” — John C.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

I say we should do our part to lessen the burdens carried by our fellow man. It’s not that difficult to do. Here’s how to do it. Brenda explains: “How do words become real? Do we have words added to our language? Eileen explains: “ How do you lead when you and your team have experienced such profound losses?

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

David says change management communication is an essential component of building awareness and support for organizational change. Learn how time away can actually lead to more productivity and creative thinking through the power of writing. In Leading the Overly Self-Critical Employee , Jennifer V. Communication. Development.

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The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

At one point, speaking about the need to continually learn, grow, and improve, he said: The ones who become satisfied with who they are have short careers. I encourage you to take this wisdom to heart and to commit yourself to lifelong, personal growth. Learn More… What Do You Think? . Photo by dbking.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Leadership Learning Due to the growth of his restaurants, Rob Evans developed leadership skills which enabled him to move out of the kitchen. He was motivated to learn how to be a good leader to keep serving more customers. I wanted to be back in the kitchen, and developing my managers enabled me to do that. His motivation? “I

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Rather than have the (internal) knee jerk/lizard brain reaction when seeing someone not wearing a mask, it’s time to flip it, and to thank those who do. What three lessons can we learn from her? Marcia shares: “ Coaxing vs. Challenging – do you know the difference? Once you get there you excel at what you do.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2014

My mother always told me if you just kept your head down and did good work, you would get ahead in your career. So, yes, being great at whatever you are doing matters. So step one, especially early in a career, is to establish a consistent track record of strong performance. Learning agility. Receptivity to feedback.

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Nathan Magnuson

JUNE 5, 2017

How do people learn how to be leaders? Speaking from his book Crucibles of Leadership , Thomas demonstrated that simply taking a course on leadership would do little to transform leadership abilities. ” As they mature, effective leaders learn to recognize, seek and steward the crucial experiences that come their way.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2021

“By focusing in specific ways on five key leadership elements— Purpose, Process, People, Presence, and Peace —you can increase your time, capacity, energy, and ultimately your leadership impact,” explains Amy Jen Su , author of the book, The Leader You Want To Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

After sharing a bit of his background, he quickly delves into his career beginning at ABC, and the lessons he’s learned and the principles that have guided him that help “nurture the good and manage the bad.”. Iger writes of the key mentors in his career and his relationship with Steve Jobs, George Lucas, and Michael Eisner.

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Lead from Within

MAY 20, 2014

Develop self-confidence : Self-confidence is not absence of fear but the mastery of fear. When you find yourself becoming paralyzed by inaction, learn to power through. Build self-discipline : To achieve a goal, you must be willing to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like or not.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 26, 2014

Happiness = K (knowing who you are) X D (discovering your life''s work) X L (learning not to tolerate what''s not important). Does your current work allow you to redefine your goals to aspirations, balance to focus, results to commitments, achieving to becoming and outcomes to actions? . Happiness and purpose is inside you now.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 17, 2018

They watched older siblings and cousins drowning in college debt as they struggled to start their careers. Self-Learners. They do not have to wait for someone to give them an opportunity to make money, learn, create, or connect. Gen Z is proving to be practical and self-focused in their views of the future.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But here are four things you can do to deal with many of them. Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders provided The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Be More Successful. Lisa offers valuable tips for breaking free from a common self-perception that keeps us from defining our own brand of success. Team Building. Communication.

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CoachStation

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

We often read about the need for leaders to be open, self-aware, honest and possess similar traits. Understanding why people do what they do and behave in certain ways can reduce the challenge and assist in managing situations as they arise. But what about the employee? What is their responsibility?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Here are 10 habits we would all do well to emulate. Make a habit of awareness: Listen carefully to the things you’re telling yourself. If negativity is deeply ingrained, you may have to do this many, many times before positivity takes hold, but if you keep at it, eventually it will become your automatic response.

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HR Digest

MARCH 2, 2020

Imposter syndrome is tied up with self-value. If you measure your self-worth by how hard you work, your education, and how far you have made it in your career, then self-doubt is sure to creep in. Most working professionals suffer from self-doubt at some time in their career. Business, work.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

Self-awareness seems to have become the latest management buzzword — and for good reason. As an organizational psychologist and executive coach, I’ve had a ringside seat to the power of leadership self-awareness for nearly 15 years. Archi Trujillo/Getty Images.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Understand and commit to the personal development process. Learn new interpersonal concepts and skills. Maintain a confidential and safe environment to become more self-aware. Do you see the coach as a subordinate? Skilled coaches help you clarify your developmental, career and life goals.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In so doing it will distinguish burnout from cyclical job or task-related regression, and will also provide strategies for employees and managers to consider for enhancing workplace health. The excitement that comes with learning a task or developing a new skill can be replaced by boredom or a sense of routine once either has been mastered.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 5, 2022

I’ve had a rather charmed career, a blessed marriage, was making a confident walk through the world, and then I was stuck. I wanted to write a book that gives a vulnerable walk through the rollercoaster of life and helps others see that it is okay to trip and fall and that we have to keep grounded, keep working, and keep learning.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 1, 2013

Developing commitment in a world of "free agents" and "volunteer" talent is not an easy assignment and requires the development of leadership skills ; effective leadership ability that you didn''t learn at the university or in executive education. Bottom Line: Leadership development is self-development. What is Leadership ?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2021

“By focusing in specific ways on five key leadership elements — Purpose, Process, People, Presence, and Peace —you can increase your time, capacity, energy, and ultimately your leadership impact,” explains Amy Jen Su , author of the book, The Leader You Want To Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You can work with someone where the basics are in place, but lacking certain fundamentals, there really isn’t much you can do. In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever.

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