Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 18, 2015
'“Oh she didn’t copy me on purpose.” “He’s withholding information to make my life harder.” “Making us guess what he’s thinking is just a big power play.” “Why would she put something that important in email?” “What’s that supposed to mean anyway?” “Why did she copy my boss?
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 29, 2015
'Jack Kent Cooke, my boss back in 1987, when I had my first leadership job. “Terry, my boy… ” When I heard those words from Jack Kent Cooke back in 1987, I knew he was about to teach me something. I had a lot to learn, since he had plucked me from the accounting ranks to be the COO of a cable company at the ripe young age of 27. What was amazing at the time was how little I really knew about leadership.
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General Leadership
MARCH 11, 2015
'This is a story about the transition from Technical Expert to Successful Leader. Following a one-year tour in Afghanistan, I was reassigned to an Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar facility. Not just any ATC facility, but one of the larger and busier ones—the 2nd busiest joint-use airfield in the Air Force. The 15-position facility is manned by two 40-person teams, responsible for the safe and expeditious movement of 180,000 annual aircraft operations across 4,600 square miles and six airports.
Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 22, 2015
'If you asked your employees what the organization’s core values are, could they tell you? Most cannot. This is a problem for leaders since it is impossible to create a healthy corporate culture, which I refer to as a “Connection Culture,” if employees can’t articulate what the organization stands for. Furthermore, the organization’s values should be ones that encourage connection and teamwork, rather than silos and dysfunctional behavior.
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N2Growth Blog
MARCH 24, 2015
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor” ~Aristotle. The word manifesto can be traced back to the Latin root manifestum , which means clear or conspicuous. A manifesto is defined as a declaration of beliefs, opinions, motives, and intentions.
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 19, 2015
'It happened again. I’d just finished a leadership program with a group of caring, committed professionals. They asked great questions, made important decisions for their own influence, and then it happened. A middle level manager approached me and asked a question. It’s a common question. I hear it every time I speak – in the Q&A, in the comments afterwards, in emailed follow-ups.
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Terry Starbucker
MARCH 8, 2015
'Love isn’t a new concept when it comes to great leadership- after all, in one of the oldest leadership books out there, The Art of War (it goes back to the 6th Century BC), Sun Tzu said “He treats them as his own beloved sons and they will stand by him until death”. However, it is not a concept well suited to the typically rough and tumble world of business.
General Leadership
MARCH 5, 2015
'Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Stephen Covey. Modern aircraft are often made of a composite material. Fiberglass is a thick, flexible fabric…hardly something that can support thousands of pounds and withstand the extreme forces of flight. However, combine it with a sticky, syrup-like compound called resin, let it cure and the resulting combination becomes one of the strongest materials for its weight used in aviation.
Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 6, 2015
'As seen on Fox Business. Saturday begins the Iditarod, a grueling dog sled race that spans nearly 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Not only is the terrain challenging but wind chill temperatures have fallen to as low as 130 degrees below zero in past races. The winner of the first Iditarod in 1973 took almost three weeks to finish. Today racers can complete the “Super Bowl” of dog sled races in less than 10 days.
Joseph Lalonde
MARCH 16, 2015
'T he Bible is a wealth of leadership wisdom. There are scripture verses that encourage leaders. There are also Bible verses that should scare leaders. Image via Creative Commons. These scary Bible verses are rarely talked about. They’re kept under wraps and ignored by most. I’ve even swept the troublesome Bible verses under the run and shared encouraging Bible verses for leaders with you, my readers.
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Lead Change Blog
MARCH 13, 2015
'True leaders are hard to come by. When you have one, you must do your best to keep that person, because he/she will grow leaders in your organization and increase your organization’s overall capabilities. Great leaders are like fuel that keeps things going and sustains a level of performance that makes the company successful in achieving its goal.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 20, 2015
'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our March Festival is all about inspiring breakthrough results. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is all about “Spring Cleaning” for your leadership or team (e.g. renew, refresh, planting seeds).
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 22, 2015
'Kjell van Zoen and his wife, Kim. Kjell van Zoen isn’t looking for unicorns. The founder and CEO of Portland company Plywerk , Kjell has been fighting the good startup fight for nearly 8 years, handcrafting beautiful wood photo displays with his crew in a warehouse on the east side of the city. It is a classic startup story. When Kjell’s wife Kim, a photographer, needed to mount a photo, she simply took some wood glue to the photo and pasted it on a piece of wood.
General Leadership
MARCH 25, 2015
'“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”. Ernest Hemmingway. Recently, a friend shared a story that moved me. His grandfather was grieving the loss of his wife. When she died, his grandfather was overcome with grief and inconsolable. Desperate, his grandfather asked my friend if the Air Force could bring his dead wife back to life.
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Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 15, 2015
'#76 Keep Them “In the Loop”. Keep your team in the loop on issues they need to know about. Whenever possible, bring individuals into the loop who express an interest in an issue. Doing so helps people to feel prepared for what’s ahead, which reduces stress and increases engagement. This is the seventy-sixth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.
Leading in Context
MARCH 25, 2015
'How Do We Define Authenticity in Leadership? Most people would agree that authentic leadership is a good thing. But what does it mean? What qualities do authentic leaders possess that set them apart from other leaders?
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 30, 2015
'As humans we are driven to make connections, find patterns, and establish associations in places where they may not inherently exist. We are compelled to bind ourselves to the external world and have a fundamental motivation to believe that our perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors are correct. When elements of our perceived reality change or are shattered, a disconcerting sense of fundamental incongruity motivates us to reestablish a sense of normalcy, coherence, and certainty. 1 This feeli
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 11, 2015
'I would describe our meeting as a roll of the dice. Perhaps someday we will upgrade our relationship to “weak ties,” but yesterday we were just 2/850 at the Great Ideas Conference chatting through our freebie Hyatt sunglasses over lunchtime brisket and gluten-free potato salad. “Joe,” the CEO (named substituted for anonymity and rhyme), seemed genuinely intrigued by our LGL mission.
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.
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 1, 2015
'There are days when I can get in serious “auto-pilot” mode – the state of being where things are happening so fast and furiously that all I do is react, instead of think. It’s during those times that my leadership suffers. Because I’m “ not all there “. I become a mile wide and an inch deep. My teammates don’t get the benefit of any fully developed and reasoned thought and analysis.
General Leadership
MARCH 9, 2015
'Our Values. Serving Others by being Responsible. Sharing Generously by being Humble. Walking the Talk by being Accountable. Over the past year, General Leadership has been fortunate to experience a surge in popularity, interest and exposure through the Internet. We now boast 40,000 views a month and over 10,000 regular subscribers to our mailing list.
Tanveer Naseer
MARCH 24, 2015
'One of the wonderful benefits of our digital age is not only how we’re able to discover the talent and artistry of people we might have otherwise overlooked, but also how we’re now able to peek behind the curtain to learn what inspires them; to discover and understand what guides them to create these moments of engaging insights that linger in our mind’s eye.
Modern Servant Leader
MARCH 23, 2015
'You don’t have to be great to serve, but you must serve to be great. -Jon Gordon If you want to be a great leader, you must serve. Jon Gordon got it right when he said this at the World LEADERS Conference. Service comes before greatness, but greatness is not a requirement to serve. I’ve said time and again, to lead you must serve because if you’re not serving others, you are self-serving and that’s not leadership.
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Lead Change Blog
MARCH 20, 2015
'Fifteen years ago, I reinvented myself and started a new career in faith-based social services. I have had the privilege of building innovative social service programs for at-risk children and families. One of these programs is Children of Inmates, Inc. (COI). Initiated at a brainstorming session with four of my colleagues, COI began implementing services in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2007 with a collaborative team of eight community, faith, and professional organizations.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 4, 2015
'“Oh the minute they made the announcement, I knew she’d be down on the field,” my husband told my parents over wine and brie. My parents both just smiled. As wacky as it sounded, they weren’t shocked either. In hindsight it was an audacious move, but I’d always wanted to sing the National Anthem over the microphone in a big stadium.
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 15, 2015
'One of the keys to being a good leader is the ability to leverage a basic human trait that exists in every workplace. That is, unless you destroy it by how you lead. Among those who serve the customers, or make the widgets, or support those who do either of these things, is a strong desire to do their jobs to the best of their abilities. It’s called pride.
General Leadership
MARCH 27, 2015
'GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America''s Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, & profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.” Lee Iacocca.
Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR
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Persuasive Powerhouse
MARCH 16, 2015
'How often do you have a conversation with your team that consists of something other than what’s being done, what needs to get done, and what they didn’t do? Slow down and include some conversations that are a level deeper than that; you’ll find that if you ask a few good starting questions and listen, you – and they – will learn, grow, and develop the kind of relationships that actually help to get things done with enjoyment and engagement.
Modern Servant Leader
MARCH 18, 2015
'One of the hardest lessons I ever learned was that I couldn’t lead what I needed. I was reminded of this when I recently heard Ken Blanchard say, “Fear and self-doubt is an ego problem. Why? Because you are focusing on yourself.” As a leader, you should be prepared to face your fears and self-doubts then dismiss them for what they are: a self-serving view.
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 3, 2015
'It can be common to hear people complain about the younger generation. But you’ll have to look pretty hard to find a tool that is so challenging to both millennials and leaders of any age as Activate Leadership by Jon Mertz. Activate Leadership presents four truths based on Jon’s study of the aspen tree. He explains in the introduction: “It was odd, but I began to see similarities and feel a kindred spirit between aspens and millennials.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 16, 2015
'Great entrepreneural companies have a passionate spirit that feels like a gust of warm wind sweeping you off your feet as you walk through their door. It may be a bit hectic, but you want to tighten your shoelaces and run along. I’ve been working with some of these guys on strategy and growth, and it’s an exhilarating journey. There are challenges of course, but I’m not finding them in the employee engagement arena.
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