Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Are you easy to follow? Before you say “Of course!” please know that every where I go these days, I ask this question. “Is your boss easy to follow?” The #1 response is just a belly ache laugh. The #2 usually contains some expletive. I’ve also heard some great metaphors, like how understanding what their boss thinks is like putting together Ikea furniture.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'To be a leader worth following there must be alignment between the values you preach to the organization and the values you live out in every facet of your life. Andy Stanley. For my first post, I want to talk about my strongest passions: Leadership and Ethics, Morals, and Values. I believe that effective leaders, leaders who attract and maintain followers, and leaders who make the good and right things happen for people and organizations have a strong foundation that is built upon their unders
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N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. While having lunch with a number of writers, Ernest Hemingway claimed he could write a short story that was only six words long. When the lofty group of writers scoffed at the notion, he invited each of them to put ten dollars on the table, saying that if he was wrong he’d match it. But if he was right he’d keep the money.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Recently, my daughter invited me on a tour of New Belgium Brewery. If you’re not familiar with New Belgium, I’m sorry…pay me a visit in Colorado and we’ll fix that. New Belgium is a craft brewery. The company is employee owned, practices environmental sustainability, and makes a good product. They also have very low staff turnover and people wait for years to work there.
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Terry Starbucker
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
'“Let me embrace thee , sour adversity , for wise men say it is the wisest course” – William Shakespeare, from Henry VI, Part III. Leadership is hard. It took me a long time to come to grips with that notion, but it really helped me when I did. There’s no “easy” way to float to the top of the mountain with a great team at your side.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'Jim Kouzes writes in the foreword of The Hidden Leader that “Our images of who’s a leader and who’s not are all mixed up in our preconceived notions about what leadership is and isn’t.” Well put. That is the issue. He goes on to say that “hidden leaders are those people in your organization who share the belief that what they do matters.” And they are all around us.
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General Leadership
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Paul H. O’Neill, the former CEO of aluminum company Alcoa, was on his second day on the job as the company’s new leader when his secretary, a twenty-five-year Alcoa veteran, approached him to inquire when he was planning to join the local country club.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'By Brody Clemmer. Chief Innovation Officer, N2Growth. I have been a Digital Marketer, a Genius, a Business Representative, and a Shift Manager. I have guided through the titles that life has graciously provided me, without a true understanding of what it meant. Now, I find myself in this position again as a Chief Innovation Officer. When people ask me, “Brody, what do you do?
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'He’s just not strategic. I hear that all the time in succession planning and other career discussions. As if strategic were a fixed state – like handedness. Sure, there are many managers that need to think and act more strategically. I also know being strategic is a teachable competency. If you’re looking to help someone be more strategic, first be sure you’re exposing them to the big picture.
Great Leadership By Dan
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
'Guest post by Scott Mautz : In this increasingly more with less business world, we can’t afford to let our employees be more or less checked out. And yet an astonishing 70% are just that, disengaged at work, according to Gallup polls. It’s almost impossible not to disengage when toiling in the paralysis of indecision. It’s hard to imagine anything more meaning and motivation draining, more bereft of a sense of significance, or anything simply more frustrating.
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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Brian Dodd says he doesn’t like meetings but he loves strategy sessions because they are about movement and focus on accomplishment, not activity. They “make you glad you are a leader.” I presume he would agree with authors Steven Krupp and Paul Schoemaker. They say the number one business challenge for winning the long game is for leaders to become more strategic.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'You need your team to get to the next level. Tomorrow. Actually, you’d prefer if some of them could get there this afternoon. After all, the stack ranks don’t lie, and you need traction. Fast. No time for theory, you need execution. You’ve talked to your A players and have a good understanding of their Harlem Globe Trotter stunts.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. Malcolm Forbes. In my last article, I wrote about how integrity is the very foundation of leadership. Extending that analogy, if Integrity is the “foundation” then Respect is the “walls” of a well-led organization. So, what does “Respect” mean for a leader and how does a leader create a culture of respect in the organization?
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'By Mark Hefner. Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. ADVANTAGE STRATEGY. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles. Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times. Those are not the times we live in today or likely in the future. Strategy that works has got to be based on something that proves successful in unpredictable, fast moving, and changing times.
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Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'The concept of time management is outdated. You can’t manage time. You can manage life. Often, the ambitiousness of our plans does not result in equally laudable accomplishments. Time managers aim to do as much as possible. Life managers concentrate on what they have done. Time management tools such as Google Calendar, Asana, Jira, Evernote, and Outlook are useless if you don’t know the main trick that makes such applications effective: self-discipline.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'In recent years, there’s been a growing focus on the importance of emotional intelligence in today’s leadership. Of why those in leadership positions need to rely less on their technical competencies and knowledge, and more on how to go about building relationships with those under their care – both to better connect the overarching vision of the organization to the internal needs of their employees, as well as to ensure a clearer understanding of the realities found within their wo
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'Leaders anticipate. It’s what they do. It’s the vision thing. But how do you increase your personal visionary capacity? How do we look ahead and anticipate the future and turn it into a compelling story that ignites our followers? Rob-Jan de Jong assures us in Anticipate that “We all can work consciously and continuously to grow our ability to anticipate, improve our game of looking ahead, have more remarkable insights, and become more inspirational in how we speak about the future.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our February Festival is all about humility. 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 inspiring breakthrough results. New contributors welcome. Humility: We’re all shaped by it. “Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.” – Confucius.
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.
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value!” Albert Einstein. Our value as a leader, and how others perceive our value, has much to do with how we value value and how those around us do the same . Value is a measure of relative worth, merit, or importance. Anything can have value to the degree that it has worth, merit, or importance.
Next Level Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'Back when we were co-teaching The Flow of Coaching module at the Georgetown Leadership Coaching Program, my good friend, hero and fellow Davidson College alum Frank Ball used to do a funny bit with a bottle of water. To make the point that coaches and leaders should coach people and not problems, Frank would put a bottle of water on the table in the front of the room and say, “This bottle of water represents the problem.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'Why can some people change and others seem like they can never change? This question is a puzzling one to me. We work and live with people who seem to always be adapting and others who seem to never say or do anything differently. I believe change is a must to be relevant in our home place, workplace, and marketplace. There is a big difference between being relevant and being hip.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'The following is a guest piece by Steven R. Shallenberger. Have you ever felt overwhelmed, or “task saturated,” with phone calls, emails, interruptions, or competing responsibilities? How many of us spend our days frantically trying to get through our to-do lists but still never find time to do what really matters most? If this sounds all too familiar, you are not alone.
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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February. Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra. The Hidden Leader : Discover and Develop Greatness Within Your Company by Scott K. Edinger and Laurie Sain. The Creator''s Code : The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs by Amy Wilkinson. Performing Under Pressure : The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most by Hendrie Weisinger and J.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'A Guest Post from Lisa Hamaker, Kaliday Consulting, and author of Creating Joyful Work. The first time I heard this question I had just accepted a new position with a nice bump in salary, and responsibilities. I was expressing to a friend that I was nervous about meeting the expectations of my new manager. The minute my friend asked, “Lisa, how good can you stand it?
General Leadership
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series by Colonel Albers on traits that can make or break a leader. Humility. I think that humility is probably one of the least properly understood qualities of a leader. While avoiding pride is critical for a sound leader and citizen, people often equate humility to the opposite of pride. They strive to downplay who they are and the effect they have on those around them.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'Leaders face turbulent situations, diverse personalities, and multiple opportunities all while developing talent. Talent development is the best development. Coaching-leaders passionately develop talent and deliver results at the same time.
Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR
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Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'Just a few days ago, a handful of colleagues and I launched a fundraising campaign for our friend Jamie Showkeir. Jamie has ALS, the debilitating disease that was the focus of so much attention last summer with the ALS Bucket Challenge. Jamie was diagnosed with ALS in 2014 and is now confined to a wheelchair. Let me tell you a little bit about Jamie.
Women on Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2015
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Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'One of the benefits I garner through my work are opportunities to collaborate with different groups and individuals. Through these collaborations, I not only get the chance to learn and understand different perspectives, but to discover new ways to work with people who have different approaches to guide things forward. Of course, as with anything in life, not all collaborations are created equal.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'My friend, Regina, says that she considers a kid’s book report a win if only one person ends up crying. I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth I put my parents through in the early years. And last night was one of those nights at the Hurt household. My husband, a firefighter, was on an overnight shift, so it was just me, Sebastian, a bucket of Swedish Fish and the promise of a very long night.
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