Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! New Leadership. Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Three Habits that Zap your Productivity at Work. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided a guest post by Michael Bungay Stanier. This month, we are mixing things up!

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2021. Whether you're planning a family, pushing for promotion during your kids' teenage years, or at any phase in between, Workparent provides all the advice and assurance you'll need to combine children and career in your own, authentic way.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2024

Here are ten suggestions for booksreleased this year to inspire you and help grow your leadership. In Supercommunicators , Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation. Create a summer reading plan.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 27, 2014

I had just wrapped up a “Brief Leadership” seminar with a group of manufacturing managers and one of their senior leaders pulled me aside afterward. I just wish I knew this at the beginning of my career.” In your career, grasping that “less is more” can be a powerful, immediate and profound realization. Brief means balance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Best… Day (this one can be a lot of fun, and great for storytelling). Leadership Book Club: How to Read Courageous Cultures With Your Team The post Year-in-Review: 7 Questions to Help Your Team Reflect on Success and Key Learnings appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. We would love to hear from you.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Welcome to the May 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Laura Schroeder of Working Girl provided Online Fatigue: The Pain is Real.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 4, 2014

In 2005, she started the seminal blog “ Escape from Cubicle Nation ”, which quickly became, and still is, one of the top career and business blogs on the web (and one of the inspirations for this site). Leadership More Human Podcast' In the last 8 years, she helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! Miller – Are You Over-Functioning in Your Leadership Role? Everyone does.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Susan Fowler—top leadership researcher, consultant, coach, and author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does —says that you can’t actually motivate people: they are already motivated, but generally in superficial and short-term ways. Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Jim Taggart of Changing Winds shared Creating Your Leadership Footprint through the Practice of LESS is MORE.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 6, 2017

I mean, this kid is a storyteller. “Sebastian you are an amazing storyteller. I know he can do better. In fact, he explains some of our concepts better than us. But I also don’t want to be one of THOSE moms creating too much pressure, particularly around speaking. But Seb and I have a deal. We tell one another the truth.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Rich has a fascinating backstory – he found his career calling at age 13, when he typed in a two-line program into a Teletype and the computer came back and typed back “HI RICH”. Leadership More Human Podcast' Here’s a link to the podcast if you can’t see or use the embed below).

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. If it’s your role to communicate data insights and persuade people to change their behavior, you’ll have more influence and promote better decision-making if you emphasize the people behind the numbers.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Alison utilizes her background in endurance training to explain how to apply the same principles to leadership. Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller. He began his Chick-fil-A career over forty years ago as an hourly team member behind the counter of a local restaurant.

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HR Digest

JULY 7, 2024

Behavioral interview questions are a little harder to answer because they require you to be something of a succinct storyteller, one who can briefly but accurately explain an example that addresses the question you’re presented with. Tell us what the biggest moment in your career has been and what you had to do to make it there.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

At some point in your career journey, have you started to focus more on status as a leader than the job at hand? Your bookshelf: Are they all leadership books? This one is IMPORTANT: When the time comes for your career to end, and it will one way or the other, your friends and family are the ones who will still be there.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 9, 2024

If you want to do it right, do it yourself is an old story sold to us early in our careers and although it is wrong, many people still believe it. It holds back leaders from furthering and adapting their leadership skills. I recognized the power of personal storytelling based on your lifes background and experiences.

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QAspire

AUGUST 5, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. Megha By Conor Neill , August 6, 2010 @ 12:34 pm Storytelling is a skill - it can be developed with practice.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 6, 2025

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. AMA Business Boot Camp -- Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career. Leadership Conversations -- Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders. His advice?

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CO2

JULY 12, 2012

Related Posts: Career Move Mindset (Part 1). Assess Your Leadership Style (Part 4). Update your résumé and/or bio regularly , so that you know your story well and can communicate it effectively and accurately to others. Three Steps to Discover Your Values (Part 2). Discover Your Strengths (Part 3). Discover Your Hedgehog (Part 5).

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 23, 2015

I’ve written to you 1,000 times because I really, really needed to, to enhance and explore my life, and my chosen vocation, leadership. Ah, leadership. Over the years this space progressed from personal ramblings from a glass half-full to a weekly discourse about my love for More Human leadership. It just wasn’t me.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Welcome to the November 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Leadership blends the demands of setting a vision for people and the rewards of seeing them achieve that vision. The contributors to today’s carnival each looked at various facets of leadership. Let’s Get Started. It’s work – but it’s worth it.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 18, 2016

Guest post from Joel Peterson : For the past decade, I’ve been privileged to teach a leadership course at Stanford with Professor Charles O’Reilly. Some emerged early in their careers, while some blossomed late. Their leadership styles are similarly variable. It also means using one’s leadership position to inspire.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? and college. This change in focus was purposeful.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This combined with longer careers, rise in independent workers (gig workers) and disruptive changes only means that professionals have to take charge of their own careers and constantly map the changing self with a changing world to stay relevant. Storytelling in Business : Nancy Duarte. Leaders as Multipliers : Liz Wiseman.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Earlier in my career, I often ended up doing other people’s job simply because they delegated their work to me as my seniors. Storytelling in Business : Nancy Duarte. Here’s what they look like: Givers : “What Can I do for you?”. Takers : “What can you do for me?”. Matchers : “I’ll do something for you if you do something for me”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 31, 2017

Particularly in today’s uber-competitive marketplace, it is more critical than ever for leaders to understand their roles as storytellers and dream weavers in order to inspire continued motivation, creativity and growth. Read his blog at impactfulcoaching.com/blog and his new leadership book, " Becoming the New Boss.".

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The Center For Leadership Studies

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

You can use techniques like storytelling and positive language to connect employees to the vision and create a pathway to achieve organizational success. Use Positive Language Sharing a vision in leadership requires creating a positive force to propel every employee toward the greater goal.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Effective communication is the cornerstone of successful leadership. Drawing from my experience as an executive leadership coach, I’ve identified six essential strategies that can help you enhance your communication skills and become a more impactful new leader. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Most companies use behavior-based interviews for leadership jobs. Many leaders are really bad at them. I have seen many highly qualified candidates not get hired because of their inability to tell the right story in the right way.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

According to Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership , great bosses come in all shapes and sizes. David Dye of Trailblaze reminds us that building your influence and leadership credibility can seem overwhelming and often drive you to counter-productive behavior. Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited knows that criticism can sting.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Visionary leadership is the art of imagining a better future and inspiring others to help make it a reality. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders cultivate the skills needed to think, create, and plan for the future. Use storytelling and metaphors to make your vision come alive and resonate with your audience.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 11, 2015

I t doesn’t matter what your expertise is; writing skills are necessary for all professionals who aim towards more productive careers. Six Writing Tips for Effective Leadership. Thought leadership is a trend that you should seriously consider following. How to Use Storytelling as a Leadership Tool.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

My Writing at QAspire Blog Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher The ‘Invisibles’ in Business Performance Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? (You can also visit monthly round ups of Jan 2010 , Feb 2010 , Mar 2010 , April 2010 , May 2010 , June 2010 and July 2010 ).

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CO2

AUGUST 7, 2012

People often think of me as the Question Guy–one of the benefits of writing a book ( Just Ask Leadership ). They also think of me as an Executive Coach and Leadership Development Expert–since I work and write in those areas. Related Posts: Career Move Mindset (Part 1). Assess Your Leadership Style (Part 4).

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Lead from Within

MAY 15, 2023

Be a strategic storyteller: When communicating the company’s strategy, it’s important to tell an inspiring story that communicates the why and how. Lead From Within: Strategy without leadership is a plan without a purpose. Leadership without strategy is a purpose without a plan. #1

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

It is a story about influence, a critical leadership skill. But some of my all-time favorite stories are the ones told by leaders who recognize the power of a tale as a leadership tool. Leadership Stories Are all Around Us. Leadership Stories Are In You. What am I most proud of in my career so far? Impossible.

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