Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

If you are just tuning in to Let’s Grow Leaders, we are in the midst of a Saturday Series about developing young leaders. On weekdays we return to our regular leadership fare. What Does Your Mommy Do? I have never had one of those jobs they sing about on Sesame Street. As with most of us, [.] The post Leadership for Kids: A Great Way To Teach Your Kids About Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

In the seven years I’ve been writing and talking about my concepts and lessons of personal leadership, I’ve often been asked, “What does it take to be a great leader?” That’s a BIG question, isn’t it? So big that there are thousands and thousands of books, articles, posts, podcasts, videos, and e-books that have tried to tackle it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Choice ; it’s a simple, yet critical aspect of leadership. Academics and business theorists often gloss over the basics of leadership preferring to trivialize their importance. It’s far too easy for those with an elitist approach to leadership to dismiss simple as sophomoric, and obvious as irrelevant – nothing could be further from reality.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development Craig looked intently at his staff. Every Monday morning staff meeting was intense. Craig expected results and he held everyone accountable. Not necessarily himself. No one talked, they just listened. Craig was on a rant. This was typical, he had a pretty big ego and drew a line in the sand quite often. This line, [.].

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Guest post from Miles Anthony Smith: If we go into management to earn more, have more power/prestige, and work less, we are either naïve or ignorant. (And let’s admit right now that those are precisely the reasons most of us go into management.). 1. Prepare to be Hated. Wise leaders accept that some decisions will be unpopular. If you can’t handle others’ disapproval, then leadership probably isn’t for you.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Are you a collaborative leader? Collaborative leaders understand that organizations are networks of relationships and that relationships are the glue that holds them together. It doesn’t matter what your role is. Anyone can be collaborative leader—whether you are the CEO, a mid-level manager or a front-line supervisor. Collaboration is not an option – it is an imperative.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

There’s a foundation to successful business execution that is undeniably critical – the workplace culture. Bad cultures can’t execute very well. Period. You might even say that they are doomed to failure, rich in dysfunction, seeped in mistrust, and (most often) guided by fear. Leaders have to face the culture building challenge straight on, and almost always in situations where the “nuts and bolts” side of the business still demands a majority of their time.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Forbes released its annual list of the 10 best countries for women last week, and the United States is noticeably missing from the list. According to Forbes, the 10 best countries for women in 2012 are: Iceland: Taking the top spot for the third year in a row, Iceland is “lauded for its women in political and economic positions of leadership.” Finland: Up from the third spot on the list in 2011, Finland’s new position at #2 matches its jump in the WEC

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues We humans tend to evaluate others through the lens of our own best traits. We often value people who have our same strengths and undervalue people who don’t. Are you doing this unwittingly? And if you are, what effect does it have on your team’s morale and performance?

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Among the many responsibilities that come with leadership, one that I’m particularly passionate about is facilitating the learning and growth of those you serve. This was also the focus of last week’s HCI Learning and Leadership Development conference where leaders from a wide range of industries and backgrounds offered their viewpoints and experiences on learning, leadership and fostering growth in your organization.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Collaborative leaders create communities where people unite around a common purpose and values, working collaboratively to accomplish a shared vision that makes a powerful and positive impact. Their job is to champion the vision, provide resources and remove roadblocks. How do they do this? Some of these 12 behaviors could describe any leader. But when you look at them altogether, a pattern emerges that is quite different from traditional leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Thanks for joining in for our continued Saturday series on developing leadership in kids. Today’s post builds on the exploration of Children’s Books on Leadership. On Monday, we return to our normal leadership fare. A guest post from Sandhya Varadharajan, Age 13, Chennai, India I connected with Sandhya through social media from our shared connections [.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

“Wow, they would walk through a brick wall for that guy!” I’ve heard this sentence a few times in my career, spoken about great leaders I have known and respected. I’ve even uttered it myself on a couple of occasions. It’s one of the highest complements a leader can get, because of its underlying connotation – that person is an uppercase LEADER.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Venture-backed startups with women at the helm are more successful than startups led by men. That’s according to a study conducted by Dow Jones which analyzed more than 15 years of venture-backed company data and executive information to compare successful versus unsuccessful companies. The Women at the Wheel study revealed: A company’s odds for success (versus unsuccess) increase with more female executives at the VP and director levels.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Have You Been There? You’re at your desk, head pounding, anxiety gnawing deep in your gut. The email you just received stares back at you from the screen and you: Worry that the problem in front of you is too big. Are fearful that you’ve screwed up and there’s no saving it. Are anxious that [.].

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

. I never fully understood the negative impact of fear in the workplace until I had left it and could look at it as an “outsider” I write about it often now because when the doors are closed and I’m in conversations with even the best leaders, I hear them speak of what they cannot do. We dig deeper and find that fear is holding them back.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Over the past couple of years, I've been in one yoga class or another five or six days a week on average. That might sound like a lot, but it's pretty much the only form of exercise I do anymore so it's a good way for me to keep the lights on. As I've written here several times, I've made a number of connections between what I learn on the yoga mat and leadership development in general.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, there have been so many great posts on gratitude this month. Today, I offer you links to insights from fellow bloggers on the art of gratitude. Why Be Grateful? The Pursuit of Peace: Thanksgiving as a Lifestyle by Andy Tix Andy Tix shares the positive psychological benefits of gratitude and offers [.] The post Gratitude Parade: Great Posts on Gratitude and Thanksgiving appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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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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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

In today’s highly competitive global market, creativity and collaboration are becoming more and more valued as the necessary ingredients for organizational success and growth. Naturally, the thread that weaves and connects these two elements together is communication, not just in terms of what we convey to one another, but also in regards to what we tell ourselves.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I, and others, have been guilty in the past of making leadership so complicated. Both new and current leaders can become overwhelmed with the long lists of leadership “how tos” and “need tos”. How can any leader master all of these? But does great leadership really have to be so complicated?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues Is your company inadvertently pushing good people away? Are some of your best performers leaving? If so, “adverse selection” may be at work in your organization. Have you pinpointed all the ways you are driving diversity out of your enterprise?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: It’s been proven again and again that businesses perform better and stocks rise when women are on corporate boards , but did you know that the number of women on a corporate board directly correlates with a company’s sustainability performance? It’s true according to research from the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

As I write this, it's Election Day morning in the U.S. Looking back over the last four years, there's a lot that comes to mind. One specific thought is that in the 2008 campaign, the soon to be President's nickname was "No Drama Obama." I guess that comes to mind because there have been a number of data points about leadership and the drama factor that have hit my radar screen lately.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Apparently today is “Plan Your Epitaph” Day. So, although I don’t usually post on Fridays, I couldn’t resist a short one. We move so fast, working through the urgent. It’s a nice reminder to consider the legacy we are working to leave. In her meditation “Set in Stone”, in Walking Towards Morning Meditations, Victoria Stafford urges [.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

A stakeholder is anyone with a vested interest in your organization and leadership. Too often, leaders make decisions without considering all stakeholders. The for-profit sector focuses too much on investors. Nonprofits focus too much on their clients. Politicians often focus on their own constituents at the exclusion of others. As a leader in your organization, you should become more familiar with the term, “stakeholder” because that is who you should serve – all stakeholders

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In MHO, when it comes to leadership development, the Center for Creative Leadership is second to none. I’ve sung CCL’s praises before – I love their research-based approach, resources, programs, and products. So when I came across CCL’s 2011-2012 Annual Report called What’s Next for Leadership? 5 Big Ideas, I got all geeked up and couldn’t wait to dig in.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Posted in Leadership Coaching Self Leadership And now for something completely different. Is your self-critic stronger than your self-worth? If we’re willing to admit it, that critical voice inside us is usually turned up to full volume. We’re ready to beat ourselves up for even the smallest mistake. To learn from a mistake is useful. But to listen constantly to the [.].

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Today, I received exciting news from DRI , the international membership organization of all lawyers involved in the defense of civil litigation. For the first time in history, women have swept the presidencies of the nation’s three largest organizations for attorneys. The women who hold these esteemed positions are Mary Massaron Ross, President of DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar, Laurel Bellows, President of the American Bar Association, and Mary Alice McLarty, President of the Am

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

As my family, friends and neighbours can attest, celebrating Halloween is a pretty big deal at our house, as seen in the picture above that provides a partial glimpse of what our Halloween display was like this year. While it may last for only one day, I’ve always approached Halloween as an event that can have a lasting impact, not just on the children in helping to create a fond childhood memory, but on the community at large by providing an opportunity for people to connect, and showing

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

This month many folks I know are participating in the Facebook Daily Gratitude Challenge. They are posting ”something for which they are truly grateful” each day. My friend Lisa wrote, “I am grateful for gratitude.” Ah, I thought… now that is something to consider. What is grateful? What does it mean to be truly grateful? How does [.] The post Grateful Gone MIssing?

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