Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 23, 2020
In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share their Best of 2020 thoughts and posts. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Best of 2020 Insights: Practical Help Rachel Blakely-Gray of […]. The post Leaders Share Their Best of 2020 Insights: Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Leading in Context
DECEMBER 2, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton. Here we are at the end of the year already. So much of it has been a blur as we've scrambled to reinvent our work and daily habits to adapt to a persistent global pandemic.
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Leading Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2020
O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. a fairly notorious email encryption company both provoking concerns from the NSA but also putting privacy on the map as “the marketing gorilla of the Internet.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2020
In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals.
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Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2020
All leaders have the same goal—change things for the better. However, they utilize different approaches to bring about change. I believe there are four basic approaches leaders use to influence and inspire people to make positive changes. . 1. Thought Leaders. These leaders introduce new ideas that have the power to change people and organizations.
RapidStart Leadership
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Leading sheep is not too far different from leading people, as this would-be shepherd learned the hard way; here are 9 secrets to doing it well. The post 9 Secrets to Leading Sheep – No Matter How Many Legs They Have appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
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Leading in Context
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Senior leaders set the tone for the organization's ethics, but the senior leadership responsibility for values leadership includes much more than that. Today, I'll look at the senior leader responsibility for sharing clear expectations, and explore more important roles that go well beyond setting the bar for expected behavior.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2020. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. The New Long Life : A Framework for Flourishing in a Changing World by Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton. Smart new technologies. Longer, healthier lives. Human progress has risen to great heights, but at the same time it has prompted anxiety about where we're heading.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Succession is one of the most popular shows on HBO. It’s sometimes even mentioned in the same breath as The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and Veep. Succession showcases super-rich, but deeply flawed characters who struggle for power and seem to face an endless maze of existential conflict. Viewers love watching the spoiled family members teeter on a knife’s edge of recognizable and relatable, admittedly more of the former since most of us aren’t billionaires.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Imagine you are a public works employee in a California city. . Today’s service order: drive across town to paint a curb red. You locate the paint, drive to the site, and paint the curb to the prescribed specifications. Sweat drips down your face as you crouch into the uncomfortable position required to get the job done. You put up a “just painted” sign and head back to the public works office.
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Joseph Lalonde
DECEMBER 27, 2020
A Reel Leadership Article. In the 1990s, martial arts movies were all the rage. With stars such as Steven Seagal, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Brandon Lee, and Jean-Claude Van Damme, the theaters were full of martial arts action. Today’s Reel Leadership article brings us back to the beginning of the 90s. Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in the movie Lionheart. […].
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Wow-what a year this has been. For many leaders, adversity doesn’t begin to describe the challenges you’ve faced. And – we’ve been so inspired by the ways you have responded and risen to the occasion to overcome adversity. If 2020 has left […]. The post 5 Steps to Overcome Adversity and Thrive in the New Year appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Many of us in the leadership sphere were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s tragic passing over the weekend. I expect many articles will be written about Tony’s legacy and what timeless leadership lessons he leaves behind that we can all learn from. Likewise, Click to continue reading.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2020
W E are conditioned to believe that to be happy, for life to be good, everything should be going our way. Life is supposed to be comfortable when done right. Most self-help books are based on this line of reasoning. But when you think about it, a constant state of comfort is numbing to the human spirit. It takes us nowhere. What really makes us feel alive are those times when we are challenged, pushed, distressed.
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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2020
This is a lovely moment – the winter solstice. The darkest day of the darkest week of the year in the northern hemisphere. when the descent into darkness pauses. the pause before light overtakes darkness. the pause before decrease changes to increase. If you pay close attention, you […]. The post Reflection on the Winter Solstice appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2020
While 2020 draws to a close, one prevailing sentiment is, “Good riddance.” As a leader, you may be growing restless to wrap up this year and move forward to a better year in 2021 (whatever that means). Not so fast , I say. Don’t overlook the opportunity to discover meaning from a year that no one anticipated, and not many want to repeat. Here are three steps to find meaning as you approach the end of 2020.
Joseph Lalonde
DECEMBER 18, 2020
There’s an age-old saying about assuming things. I won’t quote the saying because it is slightly inappropriate but often accurate. However, I think we can begin assuming things about others. I began to think about assuming in a different light after a recent church board member orientation meeting. Pastor Doug Tuttle, from Grand Rapids First, […].
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 17, 2020
If you’re like many leaders we talk with, you’ve been on such a fast pivot this year, you may not have had all the strategic planning time you’d hoped for. Or, your business has changed so much, it’s the perfect time to […]. The post Strategic Planning Tool: How to Engage Your Team in Better Conversation 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.
Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Few words inspire optimism and hope for the future like “opportunity” But as I reveal in this latest installment of my Leadership Espresso Shot series, the truth is our relationship with opportunity is much more complicated and worthy of more reflection and review. Granted, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Click to continue reading.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2020
P REDICTION has never been easy – or that accurate. Over and over again, forecasts and models fail us. And when they do, they won’t go away because the agenda behind them lives on. As a model or a forecast is designed to do, we become “recruited into an army of believers.” “The more we believe, the less we question,” says Margaret Heffernan. In Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future , she writes that “Overwhelmed with complexity, we seek simplification and too quickly reach for binary perspective
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 15, 2020
One of my all-time favorite Musicals is Fiddler on the Roof, and one of the famous songs from it is Sunrise, Sunset. Here are part of the lyrics: Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears The song talks about how our lives are flying by […]. The post How You Start and End Your Day – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leading in Context
DECEMBER 23, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton We'll remember this year for a long time and we will tell future generations about the challenges we endured as we tried to stay safe and well during a global pandemic. One lesson we can take away from this experience is the power of connection.
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Joseph Lalonde
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Whoa… It’s hard to believe it but we’re on the verge of a brand new year. 2021 is just around the corner. I, for one, am hoping 2021 is different from 2020. There were so many things that challenged us and stretched us, it wore many people out. Including me. With January 2021 beginning in […].
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The days blend in to one another and morale begins to drop… If you and your team are facing an endless horizon…of stressful work, of remote work with the family just off camera, or and endless project, it’s vital that you are […]. The post 4 Ways to Find the Fun and Fight the Slog appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 16, 2020
With only a few weeks left to 2020, I’ve noticed a growing sentiment of wanting to put this year behind us and focus instead on what the new year will bring. Granted, this makes sense when we consider the severity and extent of challenges and hardships we’ve collectively experienced or. Click to continue reading.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2020
E STÉE LAUDER founded what would become the Estée Lauder Corporation in 1933 on the conviction that “every woman can be beautiful.” Her ambition was to have a life filled with beautiful things, and that “rested entirely on her ability to sell her skincare products.”. The first five chapters of The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty are a must-read for any entrepreneur.
Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR
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Great Leadership By Dan
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Guest post from Barbara Bruno : Would your current team or new hires describe you as a leader who supports, teaches, and encourages them? This type of nurturing often determines whether the members of your team become engaged and retained employees or end up as a costly turnover statistic. Technology has changed the way we communicate however a combined high-tech and high-touch communication style is most effective.
Career Advancement
DECEMBER 14, 2020
“Time and time again, our species has escaped existential threats by reinventing ourselves, finding new skills not coded in our genes to survive new challenges not previously encountered.” – David Grinspoon. If you’re concerned about whether you have the right skillset to navigate the business world throughout the coming years, you’re actually ahead of the pack.
Joseph Lalonde
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Leaders have a lot of responsibilities. We must help our organization survive, no thrive. We have to help create a vision and mission people can get behind. There’s also helping to motivate team members to get their tasks accomplished. I’m missing more than a few on this list. It’s not exhaustive but you get the […].
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 21, 2020
It’s always fun to look back to see what resonated as the best leadership articles of the year at Let’s Grow Leaders. Most years, there’s quite a mix of topics and interests. It’s not a shocker that this year, the most helpful […]. The post The Best Leadership Articles of 2020 (and more … based on your votes) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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