Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
To get more done, start with you In the past few months, we’ve heard from many leaders asking for help with time management. They feel the pressing need to get more done, but many of them feel like they’re already maxed out […]. The post Practical Help for Exhausted Leaders Who Need to Get More Done appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
If you’ve ever played a team sport like soccer or basketball, you quickly learn that while it is helpful to have an “all-star” player, the best teams leverage the talents of all their players on the field and elevate everyone’s game in order to consistently win. The following are 3 strategies to build inclusive teams: Align on values – focus on what we share ( common goals, work ethic, expectations, etc.).
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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Samuel R. Chand, a leadership author and consultant, on disruption: “A fighter pilot knows he's in the right spot when he's getting anti-aircraft fire. If you're not catching flack for your disruptive idea, you're not over your target yet.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about riding a bike or making a Hollandaise sauce or leading a team. Everything looks easy until you try to do it. You can learn a lot about leadership by observing good leaders and watching what they do. You can spend time thinking about how you would handle leadership issues. You can read books and blog posts and articles about leadership.
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Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Have you ever worked for a leader who inspired you to do your best work? Why were they able to? What was their secret? It’s a question I aim to answer by sharing a personal story of working for one such leader in this latest installment of Leadership Espresso Shot. Click to continue reading.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
As trust in government continues to erode, more and more leaders of purpose-driven companies are taking public stands around issues that impact us as a society. And they are discovering that it is actually good for business. The post Purpose-Driven Leadership Is Good For Business… and everything else appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.
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N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Since we’re headed into President’s Day weekend, I thought I’d take this opportunity to author a two-part series in which I’ll examine the leadership characteristics of the two Presidents for which the holiday is celebrated; George Washington , and Abraham Lincoln. In today’s post, I begin by taking a brief look at the life of George Washington in an attempt to quickly offer some leadership tips that you can apply to your role as a C-level executive… First, a
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
S STRESS is a given in our lives. Not all of it is bad. For most of us it comes and goes, but for about 25% of us, it is a severe and constant reality according to one NPR/Harvard study. Many are experiencing anxiety leading to burnout at increasingly higher rates. There is something we can do to put joy back into our work. To that end, Bruce Daisley, a former VP at Twitter, offers 30 hacks for bringing joy to your job in Eat Sleep Work Repeat.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
A friend of mine came to visit over the holidays. Before the visit, I gave her a long list of rules prior to engaging with Louie, my rescue dog. For the six years since I’ve adopted Louie, his behavior at the door when guests enter my home has been less than stellar, making it a bit tough to entertain. I’ve tried everything to work through this behavior.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Big organizations are prone to communications breakdowns not only due to having a large number of people or departments, different locations, and poor management but also because of diverse personality traits. When different departments or teams in your organization fail to pass information properly to each other, they create a. Click to continue reading.
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Leading in Context
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Toxic behavior is a problem in organizations across industries and it's often ignored because leaders fear the consequences of having performance conversations. Organizations that delay dealing with toxic behavior find that it spreads and erodes the integrity of an ethical culture.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about career development. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Are you a leadership writer? We’d love […]. The post Leaders Share about Career Development: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
RapidStart Leadership
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Saying no can be hard, but if we are to accomplish the things we have set out to do, we need to find a way; here are 9 ways to make saying no easier. The post Saying No: 9 Ways to Say ‘No’ Without Making Everybody Angry appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Y OU SHOULD shoot for the moon when it comes to customer service says customer experience guru Micah Solomon. When you are small it is easy to give that personalized service to each customer. But when the orders begin to pour in, the attentiveness begins to slacken. In Ignore Your Customers (And They’ll Go Away) , Solomon says that “there’s no such thing as ‘customers’ in the plural.
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Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
A Reel Leadership Article. I have fond, fond memories of Sonic The Hedgehog. From the SEGA startup sound to the blur of blue on the screen as you raced through the levels, Sonic was the video game character with spunk and attitude. Sonic was a stark contrast to the Mario and Luigi’s Nintendo offered up. He was fast, had […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Sonic The Hedgehog Movie appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Most people who choose to become leaders do so with the best of intentions because they naturally want to succeed. So why is it still common to hear people saying they left not because of their organization, but because of their boss? That’s the question I get to the heart. Click to continue reading.
Leading in Context
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton. Sifting through mountains of information, people who want to do the right thing are finding it harder than ever to find the truth. We find ourselves dealing with the challenge of too much information and too little insight. This timely series will explore truth and misinformation. In each post, I will share a different way to spot misinformation and false narratives.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
We were just wrapping up the first session of a six-month leadership program when “Sal” raised his hand. “How do you help a new manager be more confident?” He continued, “I mean it’s tricky to have a difficult conversation or run a […]. The post How to Help a New Manager Be More Confident 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.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Guest Post by Timothy R. Clark Many organizations have made great strides in creating diverse organizations, but most fall short when it comes to inclusion and fail to realize the full potential for increased creativity, better decisions and higher productivity. They might achieve a representation of a range of human differences, but unfortunately most stop […].
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
I F YOU want to make a difference in the world, go further, faster by developing other leaders. Your efforts are magnified exponentially by the investment you make in others. Of course, we talk about developing more leaders, but if we actually made it a priority, we would have more leaders. One issue leaders have always faced is the ability to identify potential leadership in the raw.
Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
When you first hear about an affirming culture, you may think the culture will be weak or timid. You may think your organization doesn’t need to affirm the abilities of your team. If this is your line of thinking, you would be incorrect. Your team needs to be affirmed. You need to tell your team […] The post How To Create An Affirming Culture appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Business leaders face continuous challenges in this fast-paced world economy. Many difficult decisions must be made on a daily basis. And with ever-evolving technological improvements, the ways we conduct business are constantly changing. To be a successful business leader in today’s technology-driven economy, one must utilize these resources in order.
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Modern Servant Leader
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Team size is a critical factor in the success or failure of an organization. Most organizations permit – or expect – too many direct reports for each team lead. This logic ignores the reality that good people leadership takes time and great people leadership requires more time. To minimize the bad boss syndrome, organizations should follow the 5×10 rule of people leadership.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
To promote the best first-time leaders, focus on more than results Your decisions about who you put in management and leadership roles are some of the most important leadership decisions you’ll ever make. It’s a decision about who you will trust with […]. The post How to Promote the Best Leaders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Leading in Context
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
With my background in Linguistics, I tend to view the divergence of ethics terms (that originally meant the same thing) as a distraction from what we need to know and do. Creating categories and subcategories of ethics may 'carve out new territory' or help us understand ethics at a deeper level, but it also puts more perceived distance between leaders and ethical choices.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
E LEVATING your leadership game is a mindset. Your mindset drives your behavior and your influence on those you lead. You are in control of your mindset. In Peak Leadership Fitness , author Timothy Tobin writes, “A leadership mindset is essentially the belief in yourself and your abilities as a leader. A negative leadership mindset is rooted in self-doubt, uncertainty, and lack of inquiry.
Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR
Compensation can be tricky, few things carry as much emotional weight as comp. And with the increased transparency in the market, combined with our collective propensity to rate ourselves against others, the frequency of these very difficult conversations is increasing. In this webinar, we will deconstruct some of the psychology around comp. We’ll take an analytic look at comp’s role in the employee experience, and then we’ll get really tactical with guidance on very specific compensation conver
Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
I have a confession to make. I run on autopilot far more than I would like to admit. Can I share a story about one of my recent autopilot experiences? Ok, I knew you wouldn’t mind. I had gone to our local Wesco gas station to grab a couple of Coke Zero/Coke Zero Cherry 20 […] The post Are You On Autopilot? appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
RapidStart Leadership
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
It is possible to beat the hamster wheel that our goal-chasing can seem to put us on. Here are five ways to find the joy on the path to our goals. The post Beat the Hamster Wheel: 5 Ways to Keep Going When You’d Rather Not appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
More than ever before, you can find strategies, tactics, and hacks meant to help you learn, grow, and achieve greater professional success. You can find them in books and blogs, on YouTube, podcasts, Instagram and more. While there’s so much available, too often it is so specific that it is hard to connect to your […]. The post The Three C’s That Will Drive Your Results appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. Inevitably, these veteran […]. The post 3 of the Most Important Leadership Skills Your Leaders Hope You Have appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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