Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Employees want to see those in leadership positions show calm under pressure, where moments of crisis or stress are met with more openness and creativity; where they can show different ways of handling and solving a problem - showing that theres another way forward, even when others cant see it.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 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. Development. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Development Plan or Development Planning?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome to the November 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. These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 7, 2014

Welcome to the April 2014 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For this month’s Carnival, I asked our community of leadership development experts the following question: “ Wouldn''t it be great if we could teach managers how to coach? I find that managers have many misconceptions about what it means to coach.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Coupled with management , the term offers a way to describe a way of managing designed to help managers keep pace with accelerating change. In general, Wiki Management is about removing inflated ego from the practice of leadership and about breaking down the barriers that define most hierarchies.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I’ve seen many breakthrough moments when people from all walks of life set their sights on developing new thoughts, actions, and habits. In my book Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges , I illuminate obstacles that hold most of us back at some point in our lives and present methods of overcoming them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

She is the founder and managing partner of Working Simply Inc. Why did Carson want to write this book? (06:58). Own Your Relationships and Development for your Dream Job. (22:41). Then we look at how to develop that personal professional development plan, to love and own the direction you’re heading.

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Leading Blog

MAY 20, 2024

T ODAY, change management is an integral part of organizational strategy. In change management, assuming everyone is prepared at the same time to move at the same pace can result in miscommunication, resistance, and disengagement. Yet, change in any form or context tends to challenge our sense of stability and security.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Welcome to the March 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. Beverly Crowell of Designed Learning shared Developing Flawless Clients. Development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2018

One of the most important skills for any manager is listening. Listening demonstrates respect, concern, an openness to new ideas, empathy, compassion, curiosity, trust, loyalty, and receptivity to feedback – all considered to be qualities of an effective leader. It’s a management disease – Poor Listener Syndrome (PLS)!

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Development. Ann Howell of Science of Working contributed Invest in self-confidence to develop effective leaders.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. This book describes how 25 outstanding leaders used emotional intelligence to deal with critical challenges and opportunities. The book distills the leaders' experiences into nine strategies that can help any leader or potential leader to be more effective.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

Effective leadership isn’t just about guiding a team or achieving organizational goals; it’s also about personal growth and development. Setting personal development goals is a powerful way for leaders to enhance their skills, mindset, and overall effectiveness. Setting clear objectives helps you stay focused and motivated.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Welcome to the January 2021 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. Is 2020 yet “in the books?” Development. Communication.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If you’re a manager, you likely hear a lot about not only leading and organizing but also being a coach for your team. Today on Asking for a Friend I talk with Sara Canaday about tips from her new book “Coaching Essentials for Managers.” Ask open-ended questions. Be fully present. Suspend judgment.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With this cybersecurity background, I was recruited to run another security company that had developed a clever computer card implementation of the emerging virtual private networking standard. With this impressive implementation, it had managed to enter into an agreement with a much larger, high-profile player in the industry.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It is rife with struggles related to managing the emerging responsibilities of adult life. If ownership or management of a family enterprise is an expectation, the pressures only mount. Those in the emerging adult stage (ages 18 to 28) are in a critical time for ownership development.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

While the last decade has flattened our organizations and reduced the need for some managers, the need to create leaders at every level has never been more necessary. We need connected managers to create community and spark collaboration. An Eye-Opening Revelation. Develop a people rhythm. That’s true, too.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 13, 2014

Social Excellence [n]: A state of perpetual generosity, curiosity, positivity, and openness to limitless possibility. As a coach, trainer and consultant, Mary Schaefer''s expertise is in helping managers and employees conquer their dread about difficult conversations, to go into them feeling equipped and confident.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

DeLong (Harvard Business Review Press, 2020) Teaching by Heart summarizes the author’s key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. David Marquet (Portfolio, 2020) In his last book, Turn the Ship Around! Teaching by Heart : One Professor’s Journey to Inspire by Thomas J. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Short-termism is rampant among executives and managers today, causing many companies to underperform and even go out of business.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. What should I do?”

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

He dropped out of business school and threw away the rule book. Through trial and error and a whole lot of perseverance, he opened the first Texas Roadhouse in 1993. Stress should not manage you, and friends, family, business, and health should not pay the ultimate price. But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Too often, managers put their heads down and focus only on their own departments. The manufacturing organization is rarely an open bar, so to speak. When upper management leaders play their positions and trust their teammates to do what they say they’re going to do in their plans, something else happens.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Managers no longer try to have a conversation with their people. “A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books”- Chinese Proverb. But nowadays, many managers fear doing this in person and shy away from a conversation because it is painful.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. Now, in his long-awaited book for leaders at all levels, bestselling author Mike Michalowicz reveals his proven formula to build an unstoppable team for any work environment. The Goodwill Jar answers this problem.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

” That opens the door to my messages on Building a GREAT Culture or being a Winning Teammate – because talent and strategy are often sabotaged by poor cultue or toxic team members! Preparation is the Foundation of Team Success Chaminade’s preparation for the game exemplified how even small teams can create strategic advantages.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Team-building facilitators also create an environment where open communication and mutual respect are prioritized. Understanding and effectively managing a multigenerational workforce requires empathy, adaptability, and strategic communication.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The best leaders and managers understand that investing in a leadership coach is essential for achieving clarity and improved performance. As a manager or leader, your ultimate goal is to drive your team towards success. Developing Effective Communication: Clear and open communication is crucial for retaining employees.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2023 curated just for you. The Heart of Innovation : A Field Guide for Navigating to Authentic Demand by Matt Chanoff, Merrick Furst, Daniel Sabbah and Mark Wegman Books on innovation mostly focus on how to nurture innovative cultures and brainstorm ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. What is a working manager? To manage this overwhelm, Mind the M.I.T.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2021

That is developing a mindset where you can be of assistance, of help, be a source of joy to someone else. Generosity is that open-hearted spirit. And to demonstrate that you care about them and are willing to be open-hearted. He also writes about anxiety, managing doubt and discouragement, and how to make this our finest hour.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 7, 2025

Most people understand the term purpose but have no idea how to take action to discover what it means in their lives, says hospice medical director Jordan Grumet , author of the new book, The Purpose Code: How To Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, And Leave A Lasting Legacy. This will help you develop a plan for the future.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Open Strategy : Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite by Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2021. Demonstrating a powerful paradigm shift for finding solutions, Herman teaches us to see things differently, using art to challenge our default thinking and open up possibilities otherwise overlooked. With Amy Herman’s Fixed., With Amy Herman’s Fixed.,

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In addition, it demands a new kind of 10x management. There is the talent, and then there are the people managing and developing that talent. Importantly, those managing the talent should be working to become 10x talent themselves. The first part of the book discusses how to become a 10x company and attract 10x talent.

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