Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Many readers write to me and disclose, “I hate my job.” You’ve gone from skipping to work, to dragging your butt. Little annoyances mushroom in the dung of frustration. Reasons vary: a witchy boss, unrealistic expectations, downsizing pressures, stagnating gifts, unrecognized contributions. You’ve considered quitting, but that’s a bold move and another post.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Sales meetings are an important process to organizing and motivating staff in order to increase sales and maintain business relationships. Ideally these meetings should be productive and inspirational. However, they can also easily veer off-course, lose focus and in turn, discourage employees. Following a few of these tips will help to improve the productivity of [.
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Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
'I believe leadership shoud be more human, because it paves the way for an atmosphere of trust and a culture of accountability, two absolute essentials for success. To put it even more simply, a leader needs to be two things that are seemingly at opposite ends of the spectrum: Tough, AND Nice. Nice , in the ablility to nurture, coach, inspire, respect, and truly care for those you lead.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. One question I hear from executives is this: How can I tell if people want to follow me? The answer to that question lies in your example. The way you communicate, challenge, plan and evaluate. Here are five questions to ask yourself to check if you are on track. Thoughts? Follow me on Twitter @JohnBaldoni.
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Michael Lee Stallard
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
'#6 Seek the Unique - When meeting someone for the first time, ask questions to identify something that is both unique and positive about them. Doing this will make you more likely to remember them and what differentiates them from others. While teaching a leadership seminar in Boston, a participant from the American Red Cross told me that Elizabeth Dole, the former president of the Red Cross, practiced this and Ms.
Great Leadership By Dan
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'Condescending: having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority. Most managers would be shocked if they found out they were seen as condescending. If confronted by a brave employee, they would probably deny it (“that’s not what I meant”, or “you’re being too sensitive”). However, even decent managers sometimes say things to their employees, with good intentions, that may come across as condescending.
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Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development In today’s world, we are connected through various forms of communication channels. Emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ continue to drive what leadership instigator Seth Godin termed, “The connection economy.” The world is truly smaller. You can literally connect with someone in another continent in less than a minute without spending a dime.
Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
'I fell in love with road maps when I was 4 years old, paging through my dad’s Rand McNally atlas in the backseat of our Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 as we made our annual trips to northern Minnesota to visit my grandparents and extended family. (Quick aside – it was quite a cool car for its day, check out the pic). It was a two day trip, so I had plenty of time to do my version of “route planning” Even then, it didn’t take me long to start looking for short cuts that my
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . In this leadership interview, Mike Myatt of N2growth interviews Brad Lomenick of Catalyst. They discuss Brad’s latest book, “The Catalyst Leader,” Catalyst Conferences, Leader Cast, and other leadership topics.
Nathan Magnuson
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
'Today’s post was guest-written by my brother Lt. Cale Magnuson, a U.S. Marine currently assigned to the Marines Aviation Program. You can connect with Cale on LinkedIn or Twitter. If you would like to be featured on this site, click here. I distinctly remember the first time I ever heard Captain Tucker tell us that […].
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Great Leadership By Dan
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
'Guest post from August Turak : On March 31, 2000, my partners and I sold our company. Though the financial incentives were more than generous, giving up control over an enterprise that we had patiently built from scratch was not an easy decision. What clinched the deal for me was the almost instant friendship I had developed with the CEO of the acquiring company.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'The secret to moving and shaking is stirring. Anyone in power can shake and intimidate. Real leaders stir hearts and minds toward powerful possibility. Growing leaders long to be stirred, not shaken. Shaken Not Stirred Joe was visibly shaken as he left the readout with the senior eam. His results were solid, and he was [.] The post Shaken Not Stirred appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Reviews How many of you have had a mentor who helped you learn the ropes in your new job, who took on the role of teacher and demonstrated the “right” way to do things? Me too! In fact, that was the way mentorship was presented to me back in my previous life. And, it turns out [.].
Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
'You’ve put in your time, done all the work, and you’re ready to climb up to the next rung on your career ladder. It’s time to get that promotion, and move up to a leadership role. A role that will give you a new title, a raise in pay, and something much more valuable – a chance to make a difference, and show the way. The question is, are you ready?
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N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. The U.S. response to Syrian chemical weapons dominates this week’s news. Thankfully, most of our problems are simpler than the President’s, but the Syria puzzle exposes the risk of one leadership tactic–leaders who draw red lines are likely to get stained in the process. We draw these lines for a variety of reasons but mostly because it’s easy.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
'#1. Choose to be known for what’s in your heart. Intelligence and skill matter most when they express your heart. Leaders who bypass their heart end up cold. #2. Choose small now. Don’t wait for dramatic. Don’t despise small steps that produce small results. Do something small rather than nothing at all. Small beginnings that […].
Great Leadership By Dan
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. However - if you had to recommend ONE THING that every leader should have in their in IDP, what would it be?
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'I’m sick of being told how to win the hearts and minds of millenials. I’ve never bought into the notion that an entire generation of human beings falls into a prototype we can master. I’ve been brewing this sentiment for decades. I thought the HR meetings I attended as a young HR leader (charts [.] The post How to be a Successful Intrapreneur (Even If You’re Old) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Students, recent graduates and those new to the workplace have grown up in the digital age, and as a result think nothing of spending around two hours on their smartphones, using an average of six apps a day. This ‘Generation Y’ doesn’t have to adapt to new ways of working or learning, they do it [.].
Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
'It’s getting harder and harder for entrepreneurs to create a product or service that is truly “ brand new “ That is, something revolutionary that creates a market of its own. However, there still is ample opportunity to figure out a way to do what I call “threading the needle” – creating a tiny crack, or distinction, that forces it to stand out even in a crowded existing market.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Try to leave out the parts that readers tend to skip. That is Rule No. 10 that Elmore Leonard , a gifted storyteller and author of some 46 novels, posited in an essay on writing for the New York Times in 2001. Leonard died this month and since his passing has brought forth boatloads of praise for this gifted storyteller.
Next Level Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
'Yesterday I found what is already one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons. I pulled the current issue out of the mailbox, started flipping through it and saw the classic guy on a therapist’s couch. The caption was “I did seize the day. But then it seized me back and used some kind of jujitsu move to flip me on my ass.”. Click headline to continue.
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Great Leadership By Dan
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
'“For to be free is not merely to cast off one''s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”. - Nelson Mandela. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”. - Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of Independence).
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
'What do you appreciate most about each member of your team. Have you told them? The other night I heard a fantastic leadership best practice. Every time the leader has someone new join his team, he takes the time to write down “why I hired you,” frames it, and gives it to the new team [.] The post What I Appreciate Most About Your Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership I’ve come to notice some warning signs in my speech. These are words that help me identify when I’m not being a character-based leader. Whenever I use these words, I’m avoiding a character attribute that is valuable to me. For each one, I try to let them trigger me to change my thoughts and my [.].
Tanveer Naseer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
'Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 28 th Annual Material Handling and Logistics Conference (MHLC) alongside thought leaders Patrick Lencioni and Guy Kawasaki, as well as The Container Store’s VP of Logistics and Distribution, Amy Carovillano (not to mention live performances by Jay Leno and REO Speedwagon). Although each of these speakers addressed a different aspect of leadership and organizational growth in their talks, it was interesting to note the commonalities in the e
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N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'By Mike Myatt , Chief Executive Officer, N2growth . Leadership not deeply rooted in a foundation of truth is leadership destined to fail. The reality is the best leaders are also absolutists when it comes to truth – they view truth as a non-negotiable. However in the wake of some of the recent, and highly publicized business, financial, and political scandals, it’s not too difficult to understand how some may actually question the existence of truth in business or government.
Persuasive Powerhouse
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
'Resilience allows you to weather the bumps of life. Leaders need to be resilient to help others become and stay resilient. I’ve been lucky in life that I had a number of leaders (many without a title) who helped me to be resilient and to pay it forward to others. I grew up in a dysfunctional, addicted, and abusive family. I learned to get support from outside the immediate family to help me see that what I experienced could be overcome.
Modern Servant Leader
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
'This is custom image for this post. For a screen shot of the actual page on Dave Ramsey’s website, see below. Today, Jon Acuff resigned from the Dave Ramsey team. In a post on his Facebook page , Acuff explained several potential reasons that were not behind his resignation. Still, there is no explanation why he did resign. In response to the resignation, Dave Ramsey’s team has apparently shut down all digital assets associated with Acuff.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
'You work hard to select the right candidate. Missing the mark is emotionally and financially expensive. Take a deeper look at your processes. The techniques you use to find Ms. Right, may be leaving you with Mr. Just Okay. Don’t settle for good, attract great. 4 Surprising Reasons You’re Hiring the Wrong Candidate 1. It’s [.] The post 4 Surprising Reasons You’re Hiring the Wrong Candidate appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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