Great Leadership By Dan
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
updated 3/23/2020 Here are the 10 tips for leading in challenging times. They may not be any no better or worse than the rest, but they resonate for me, and I sincerely hope they will for you too. 1. Work hard and perform. Wow, isn’t that profound? I’m serious, though. As leaders, these are times that require sacrifice, hard work, and perseverance. This is how battles are won and great companies get turned around.
Women's Leadership Exchange
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
We all heard the President's Address last night. I listened especially carefully because CNN invited me to comment live on-air on "American Morning" this am. I was smiling during most of the speech because I liked what I heard and also, because I was happy to be going on CNN. With the new Administration - transparency is the new policy. So I am being transparent, too.
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Anese Cavanaugh
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
How are you engaging your employees right now? Are you inspiring trust and motivation and internal drive for growth, or are you disempowering them by holding to the stories of fear and domination in today’s economy? I met a business leader a couple of months ago, actually a quite successful business leader, who asked me if I could “Get him to stop throwing phones at his people” – I asked him if he wanted to, he said no.
Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Unhappy with the activity on your community? One way to take matters into your own hands is to start topics on your forums, allowing people who want to participate to add to the activity, rather than having them feel as if they have to create the activity. After you get past the standard sort of [.]. Tags: Promoting Your Community How Should I Participate?
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You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← How Not to Waste Time at Meetings Three Key Elements for Making Change Happen → February 27, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments To Lead is also to Follow I asked a question the other day and that was, “At what point does a leader lead by following?
Steve Farber
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
All my time, energy, emotion, adrenaline, etc. has been invested in the imminent launch of Greater Than Yourself starting this coming Tuesday, March 3. We have a lot going on behind the scenes to get the word out, and your help, of course, is greatly appreciated. But there’s something else happening on the same day as GTY’s birth: Kaplan is releasing the paperback editions of The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge.
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Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 28, 2009
CommunityAdmins.com (i.e. the big logo on the top right portion of this page) is a community for people who run communities, but also moderators and users of communities, in general. Anyone interested in online community. But, the focus is certainly on the management aspect. I thought that I would highlight five recently active, interesting discussions that [.].
Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Tracy O’Connor of I Hate My Message Board spoke on Twitter of a situation she was dealing with on her community, where she was trying to determine whether or not she should act on something that had been done within her community. This inspired me to talk about how I personally deal with this sort [.]. Tags: Thinking Dealing with Users.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Establishing Direction: 5 Steps to Making Visions Practical To Lead is also to Follow → February 23, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments How Not to Waste Time at Meetings It happened every Friday morning. My colleagues and I would sit around a very large conference table, shaking the sleep out of our heads, inhaling excessive amounts of coffee and chatting about, well, whatever.
Steve Farber
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
I have nothing against numbers. I believe in the bottom line as much as the next business person. (And, fundamentally, that’s what I am–a business person. Except maybe without the silly, stereotypical baggage). But these days, when numbers–like profits, for example–are harder to hit, we’re tempted to focus on them even more.
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You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Message to New Leaders – Bring Your Courage to Work How Not to Waste Time at Meetings → February 20, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Establishing Direction: 5 Steps to Making Visions Practical It is easy to think that having a vision is only for those who are at the top of the organization; for presidents and other grand chief Poobahs, but the truth is that no matter how high (or low) yo
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Leadership & Humility Establishing Direction: 5 Steps to Making Visions Practical → February 18, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Message to New Leaders – Bring Your Courage to Work Have you ever had to fire someone? Not a very savory task and yet, stuff happens.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Leadership of Integrity Message to New Leaders – Bring Your Courage to Work → February 16, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Leadership & Humility What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left… Oscar Levant The word “humility&# can often conjure up rather dark images.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← A Leader? Leadership & Humility → February 13, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments The Leadership of Integrity No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honour… Andrew Carnegie Good leadership relies on our ability to live our lives with courage, strength of character and honesty.
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Steve Farber
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
Many of you know that Patrick Lencioni and Matthew Kelly are bestselling authors. What you don’t know, however, is that over the years they have developed a very unique and noteworthy personal and professional relationship–exactly the kind of relationship I describe (and prescribe, if that ‘s the right word) in Greater Than Yourself.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 10, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← More than One Way to Skin the Cat – Leadership Style Part III The Leadership of Integrity → February 11, 2009 · 6:11 am ↓ Jump to Comments A Leader? Many years ago, I found this poem. It is one that impressed me and continues to speak to me now.
Steve Farber
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
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You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Leadership Style – Part I More than One Way to Skin the Cat – Leadership Style Part III → February 6, 2009 · 5:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Leadership Style Part II – Command & Control There are quite a few styles of leadership but the Command and Control style is the one we love to hate so I’m giving it some particular attention.
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You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Leadership Relationship Shift Leadership Style Part II – Command & Control → February 4, 2009 · 2:20 am ↓ Jump to Comments Leadership Style – Part I What’s your leadership style? Well, that’s a big question. And the answer doesn’t always come readily to hand because leadership style varies from person to person and from situation to situation.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Leadership Measurement Shift Leadership Style – Part I → February 2, 2009 · 4:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments The Leadership Relationship Shift I think the biggest (and perhaps most difficult) shift a person has to make when s/he makes a move to leadership is the Relationship Shift.
Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
In January, I wrote about how not to lock topics. Reader Jeremy wrote this comment: There is a certain online forum for a photo gallery I use where the Moderators are just plain mean. A good portion of the time when someone asks a question the moderator is the second or third person to respond, and [.]. Tags: Dealing with Users Managing Staff.
Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
On January 28, Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis sent out an e-mail to his private mailing list titled “We Live in Public (and The End of Empathy).&# The e-mail talked about the state of the internet as it relates to how people behave online and how accountable they are for those actions. There is a dehumanizing [.]. Tags: Thinking Managing the Community Dealing with Users Developing Your Community.
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Managing Communities
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
Tanner Smith is one of my moderators on the phpBBHacks.com Support Forums. He’s 17 years old and he’s been on my staff since he was 13. Often times, when I discuss community environments and maturity levels with people - age becomes a topic. How someone approaches this topic, how they talk about teenagers, impacts my [.]. Tags: Dealing with Users Managing Staff.
You're Not the Boss of Me
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Leadership Style Part II – Command & Control A Leader? → February 9, 2009 · 5:29 am ↓ Jump to Comments More than One Way to Skin the Cat – Leadership Style Part III In addition to the Command and Control style, there are a number of leadership styles that Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee unearthed in the book, Primal Leadership, Realizing the Power of Emotional In
Women's Leadership Exchange
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
Women's Leadership Exchange was included at the table Friday, when I was invited to DC to hear a briefing about the Economic Recovery Act. I then witnessed President Obama signing an executive action officially creating the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, a cross-section of smart government outsiders, including small business owners, advocates for business and labor, Republicans and Democrats, appointed to keep an eye on all things related to the economic - a group that has the President's ear
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