Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'They come in all shapes and forms. Sometimes it’s talk dark and handsome, with an extra dose of charisma, and two expresso shots of attitude. Or blonde, with a great purse, an MBA from a top 25, and a sarcastic streak that makes everyone in her wake feel like crap. Or the balding dude from finance who can out-gun anyone with a spreadsheet at twenty paces, who won’t even hear your argument for more funding unless you can outwit his wittiness.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'I once attended a meeting where it seemed that everyone was focused on the people or relationships in a business and believed that doing so would bring success. Don’t believe it. Great leaders focus on achieving BOTH task excellence and relationship excellence. This dual focus produces sustainable superior performance. Managers who are solely task focused eventually burn people out.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

' “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” Babe Ruth. The summer of 1992 marked the first time the United States would present a basketball team to the Olympics composed of current players from the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

'Sometimes it all boils down to math. Even for something as inherently “unmathmatical” as great leadership of an awesome team. I’ve discovered that being a successful leader involves a lot of adding and multiplying that go beyond the numbers on a financial statement, or an employee roster. The kind of math I’m talking about deals with human qualities and traits.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Okay, this really isn’t about a coffee cup. It’s a post about customer service and the difference quality customer service can make. You know, the kind of service that stays with you long after you’ve left the store or hung up the phone. The service you find yourself talking about with someone over lunch several [.] Author information Bill Benoist Owner at Leadership Heart Coaching Bill Benoist is Vice President of Information Services for one of the nation''s largest commercial real estate com

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

'NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has not spoken publicly since Sept. 9. Bob Ley talks with ESPN NFL business analyst Andrew Brandt and John Baldoni, Chair of N2Growth’s Leadership Development Practice about the commissioner’s recent lack of presence. Watch the Interview.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

'#51 Employ “Flash Mentoring” – One way to match mentors and mentees is to ask them to commit to meet just once to see if both parties “click” (or “connect,” if you will) and if the mentor believes he/she has the knowledge/expertise and sufficient time available to meet the mentee’s needs and expectations. If both parties agree to continue, they should agree to a set number of additional meetings rather than leave the term open-ended.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'“Folks, everyone in this room has a story. If you don’t know the story, you can’t lead the Airman.”. Gen Mark Welsh, USAF. In military parlance, a Common Operating Picture (or “COP”) is a single presentation of the battlespace to a wide and distributed audience. The purpose is to provide common understanding and situational awareness for all involved.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

'These past few evenings we’ve been watching the fantastic Ken Burns mini-series on PBS called “The Roosevelts – An Intimate History” The first two chapters were focused on Teddy Roosevelt, who is one of the most fascinating, inspiring, and complex leaders I’ve ever studied. He was a brilliant man who could really “bring it” in his public speeches – an ability to rally people behind him by using eloquent words and fierce passion.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

'I want to ask you a question about educational policy. A colleague shared this blog post by Dr. Justin Tarte of the Union R-XI school district. The post describes the district’s policy for handling academic dishonesty including cheating and plagiarism. The High School policy, as described in the student handbook (pp. 35-36) is to treat the [.] Author information Deborah Costello Deborah Costello is a teacher and the Mathematics Department Chair at Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Flor

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg is how Google created its innovative and productive culture. The book is full of principles that if they can’t be implemented outright in your own workplace, they can by degrees. You won’t find debates about social issues, but then that’s not what this book is about. It’s about how Google goes about doing what it does do—day to day.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

'In conference rooms all over the world, well-meaning HR types are sitting down with well-meaning managers and possibly a well-meaning consultant or two to talk about how to fix employee engagement. “How do we get these millennials to be deeply committed to their work?” “The staff is so tenured, it’s hard to get them excited about something new.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

'#50 Create a Blog to Celebrate Your Culture – Create a blog or intranet site where colleagues can post positive examples of people who live out the core values of your organization. This provides employee recognition, encourages everyone to bring the values to life, and spreads positive examples and practices. For example, see the “Nuts About Southwest” blog at www.blogsouthwest.com.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

'“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw. Whether you move across the room to shake a hand or travel around the globe to partake in local cuisine and share in the culture of a partner, the significance and impact of a firm handshake and face to face interaction cannot be overstated.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

'Anyone who is chosen to be a leader has to take on one huge responsibility to do it successfully – to be the person who “ shows the way “ It’s the very definition of the word “ lead “ In that position, all eyes are on YOU. Your actions, attitudes, and demeanor will dictate how well your team will perform. It calls for a great sense of self-awareness, and a keen sense of the trap doors that will inevitably lurk around every corner.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

'I was speaking to a colleague last week about some problems he had working with his peers, and his boss for that matter. We talked about the dynamics when he and his teammates worked together. He was getting some feedback that put him in the position of “darned if you do and darned if you [.] Author information Mary C Schaefer President at Artemis Path, Inc.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

'Leaders need to be able to look at the situations they face from different perspectives. The need to be able to reframe a situation in order to understand what it really going on and deal with it effectively. A leader’s “ability to reframe sets them free” and helps them to “avoid getting trapped in cognitive ruts,” write Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal, authors of How Great Leaders Think.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our September Festival is all about Bold and Innovative Leadership. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vixwerx for the great pic and to all our contributors! Self Leadership . “Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost. No one has the words “Bold” or “Innovative” printed on their business cards; but Bill Benoist of Leadership Heart Coaching shares that when you look, these leaders are all aro

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Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

'As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. Happiness is good, right? Researchers led by Stephen Cole at U.C.L.A recently made a stunning discovery. They studied the gene expression profiles of people who experienced happiness from seeking pleasure and those who experienced happiness from seeking meaningful purpose in life. While both pleasure and purpose seekers reported experiencing happiness at a conscious level, the gene expression profiles of the two groups’ told a different story.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'My destination: Maunawili Falls. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”. Abraham Lincoln. Hiking in Hawaii is one of the joys of living here. There are hundreds of miles of trails leading to natural beauty unique to the Islands of Aloha, but despite the fact we’re on an island, it’s surprisingly easy to get lost.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

'In this month-long celebration of my first book “ Leadership Vertigo ”, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of having some of the top leadership experts – Doug Conant, Liz Wiseman, Jim Kouzes, and Barry Posner – share their insights about three of the four leadership principles discussed in my book. For this next entry in this special leadership series , I’d like to discuss the fourth leadership principle “Drive Compassion”.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

'Intentions are essential. Knowing if our intentions are showing up in the right way is challenging, less so if we take the time to define them and then really lead in this defined manner. Even then, intention is only a third of the formula. Leadership intentions, along with core beliefs and positive, growth-oriented actions, enable [.] Author information Jon Mertz Jon is a vice president of marketing in the healthcare software industry and named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

'Peter Thiel’s Zero to One is a quick and engaging read, but the ideas are not as quick to digest. Zero to One is based on the idea that progress can take two forms: horizontal or vertical progress. Horizontal progress is doing more of what works—going from zero to n. Vertical progress is doing something new—going from zero to one. Thiel explains it this way: "Vertical progress is harder to imagine because it requires doing something nobody else has ever done.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

'In the world of music, composers and performers are influenced by each other every day. I was recently reminded of this tendency when I enjoyed a performance by pianist Richard Rubin. He showed how Andrew Lloyd Weber, the Broadway composer behind “The Phantom of the Opera” and other works, liberally borrowed from musical works. In some cases, it is clear who influenced Weber’s work.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

'Where were you when you first heard the news of an airliner striking World Trade Tower One on the morning of September 11, 2001? I was in my office near Times Square in Manhattan. At first I assumed it was an accident. Then came the unbelievable news that a second plane had hit Tower Two. That night I hardly slept, concerned about the fate of people I knew who worked at the World Trade Center.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

'“That’s when you put someone else’s needs before your own. You know, like when Kristoff brought you back here and left you forever.” Olaf, Disney’s “ Frozen “ Day in and day out here at Walt Disney World, I continue to be impressed by impact of our latest animated hit, “ Frozen.” For those who have not yet seen it, I won’t attempt to summarize or play spoiler.

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Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

'For the third part of this month-long series celebrating the release of my first leadership book (which will be available in bookstores and online retailers next Thursday, September 25th), “ Leadership Vertigo ”, co-written with S. Max Brown, I’m delighted and honoured to welcome James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner , authors of the international best-seller and groundbreaking leadership book, “ The Leadership Challenge ”, to my blog.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

'“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”–John F. Kennedy When we started Lead Change Group five years ago, my intent was to create a community of people who promoted character-based leadership, in other words, leading from “who you are” and [.] Author information Mike Henry Chief Instigator at Lead Change Group Mike is the Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group and co-author with 20 other Lead Cha

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

'Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September. The Virgin Way : Everything I Know About Leadership by Richard Branson. The Future of Work : Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization by Jacob Morgan. Smartcuts : How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success by Shane Snow.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'John’s frustration had turned to exacerbation. He’d done everything he could to position himself for the next promotion. His results were amazing. He’d taken on several cross-functional projects and nailed those too. He was delegating more and growing the competence of his team. He’d become far more open to feedback and had truly become a team player, even navigating the tricky inter-departmental dynamics.

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