Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 19, 2020
“Yeah, I don’t do small talk.” “My team understands, I’m cool with THEIR chit chat in-between meetings, but I don’t really have time for that stuff. I’m all business. That’s why I’m so productive.” “I get that small talk is important, but […]. The post How to Get Better at Remote Small Talk appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2020
I N 1984 a typical business competency would last 30 years. Today, it’s more akin to five. We’re changing jobs more than ever and pursuing multiple careers and projects simultaneously. Take a moment to consider how many jobs you’ve had and how many careers you’re yet to embark upon? The ability to adapt and thrive at work, also known as your adaptability quotient, demands continuous learning and cultivation.
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Leading in Context
OCTOBER 28, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton Ethics is fundamentally about acting beyond our own self-interests. Can we be ethical without considering others and acting in ways that benefit them?
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Do surgeons have a God complex? Are doctors stubborn, control freaks? Sometimes, yes. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. A surgeon, making life or death decisions during a heart transplant, for example, can see things go terribly wrong in the matter of a millisecond. Inevitably, the patient wants a supremely confident and competent doctor who is in total control.
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Tanveer Naseer
OCTOBER 14, 2020
During challenging times, it’s critical that leaders boost their communication time to provide clarity and assurance to their employees. In this edition of my Leadership Espresso Shot series, I make the case that it’s equally important for leaders to express more gratitude through their leadership when faced with uncertainty about. Click to continue reading.
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Diana Peterson-More shared Covid Communication: Spread a Little Kindness. With Words. Diana explains: “ It’s time to “redefine success” in our daily transactions.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2020
T HE leadership we need now can be found in the entrepreneurial mindset—the characteristics found in entrepreneurs. Authors Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp have categorized the nature of this mindset into ten types or faces in The Entrepreneur’s Faces. More than just static labels, there you’re your pathway into the entrepreneurial mindset and the solutions that can bring.
Joseph Lalonde
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Lately, I’ve felt uninspired. What used to drive me to write has left me feeling empty and dry. I think my well is close to empty. My well is dry. Authors, content creators, leaders, and more have a well they go to. This well helps them find new content and ideas to present to their […].
Nathan Magnuson
OCTOBER 19, 2020
No one has gone untouched in 2020. But it hasn’t just been the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted each person, it’s the repercussions. Work instability, financial hardship, rapid pace of change, family lifestyle adjustments, isolation and loneliness. The stress, anxiety and pressure have reached new levels for many individuals. One Johns Hopkins study noted that one in four individuals will suffer a mental health disorder in any given year… and that was before 2020.
Tanveer Naseer
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Succeeding as a first time leader doesn’t simply require an MBA degree and a few years of experience. There’s a lot more to organizing, managing, and leading workers to reach their full potential so the organization can move forward. In addition, many first time leaders are confused about how to. Click to continue reading.
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Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Let’s face it. There are times when it’s best to “do it yourself.” You could or should delegate , but who has time to fix the mess on the backend? I mean, if you can do it smarter, cheaper, faster, and right—then just DIY. Or at least that’s how your gut tells you to lead. If you haven’t felt this tension in a while, get yourself an intern. I remember the first time I brought a capable young leader under my wing.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Promote leaders who show their commitment to relationships and results One of the most important leadership decisions you’ll ever make is the choice to promote someone into a leadership role. Who you promote into leadership sends a powerful message of what matters […]. The post How to Promote Leaders Who Build a Positive Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2020
C OVID-19 reminds us that we live in a world full of uncertainty—and this will continue well beyond the pandemic. But it only intensifies something we were already seeing in the world of work: organizations need to adapt constantly to keep up with market dynamics. Unfortunately, this can take a toll on employees if businesses focus on efficiency but don’t create an environment where people feel they belong.
RapidStart Leadership
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Native Americans exploited the herd mentality of the buffalo when hunting them; as social animals ourselves, what does that mean for us as leaders? The post Herd Mentality: What We Can Learn About Leadership From Ancient Americans appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
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Kevin Eikenberry
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Empathy – understanding the feeling and emotions someone is feeling as a way to provide solace and support while building understanding and trust – is a critical leadership skill. I’ve written and recorded several messages about empathy in the past few months, because this practice is more important than ever. In the past, I’ve tried […]. The post Practicing Empathy – The Five L’s appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Career Advancement
OCTOBER 12, 2020
“We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in.” ~ Arianna Huffington. A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape.
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2020
I recently did a Zoom interview with the CEO of a high-tech company who directly or indirectly reminded me several times during our thirty-minute interview that he was the CEO. It reminded me of a doctor whom you have never met coming into your hospital room sporting a white medical coat, name tag, with a stethoscope around his neck, and introduces himself as “Dr.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 8, 2020
We were nearing the end of our live-online leadership program with an amazing group of start-up CEOs at Bulb Africa in Nigeria, and it was time for Q&A. Or, as I like to call it, “Asking For a Friend.” When one brave […]. The post How Do I Change My Leadership Approach Without Losing Credibility? 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.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 1, 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. Tasha Eurich on the two aspects of self-awarenesss: “Put simply, self-awareness is not one truth. It’s a complex interweaving of our views and others’ views of us. Indeed, according to studies on this topic, these two different perspectives, rather than capturing redundant information, may simply capture different aspects of who we are.
Leading in Context
OCTOBER 7, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton What is the ultimate goal of leadership? This question seems simple enough at first, and then begins to get tricky because it can’t be answered in one simple statement.
Kevin Eikenberry
OCTOBER 5, 2020
AJust because people are working from home, doesn’t mean they are an effective remote team. In fact, even if your team was successful and cohesive when you were all in the same workspace, doesn’t mean that you have great remote collaboration now. What can you do as a leader to promote, encourage, and nurture remote […]. The post Nurturing Collaboration on Remote Teams appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Joseph Lalonde
OCTOBER 9, 2020
It can be easy to get in the traps of a time suck. These traps can be Facebook, LinkedIn, strategy planning, or watching TV. All of these make you wonder how you can make better use of your time. After participating in a time trap, you will feel out of place. You will feel like […].
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Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2020
“Why didn’t you tell me!” Karen was angry. I knew right away this wouldn’t be anything like the happy call we’d had a couple of weeks earlier when she told me she was getting the promotion she wanted. Henceforth, she wouldn’t be “Karen the marketing analyst.” She would be “Karen the team leader.” .
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Are your managers prepared to deal with the turbulent aftermath of the election? Regardless of the election’s outcome, it’s smart to be ready for a firestorm of distracted, energized, frustrated, hopeful, distraught, elated, concerned, confused, uncertain, joyful, worried hearts and minds… All […]. The post How to Help Your Team Prepare for the Turbulent Aftermath of the Election appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2020
W HENEVER we work with leaders, we have our own important worries—things like fairness, the amount of change we’re being asked to embrace, and our own personal goals. When you think about it, we have three prime questions when facing any leader. Whether they’re asked aloud or merely observed, we evaluate leaders on these questions when deciding whether we want to follow along and to what extent: Who are you?
Leading in Context
OCTOBER 14, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton I tell my students that if you go through life just reaching for the minimum standard, you end up with a minimum standard life. The good things in life, including success and happiness are more likely to happen when we reach higher than the baseline that is expected of us.
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
Kevin Eikenberry
OCTOBER 13, 2020
No engagement. No participation. Can’t get people to speak up. These are just a few of the many issues that we have with virtual meetings. And in this video, I am demonstrating 4 ways that a simple cup can help improve your virtual meetings. Tweet it out: If you want people to participate in your […]. The post How a Coffee Cup Can Improve Your Meetings – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Joseph Lalonde
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Today’s Reel Leadership article is a blast from the past. The leadership lessons are coming to you from the 2001 dinosaur movie Jurassic Park III. Jurassic Park III revisits the story of Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) while introducing Paul Kirby (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Tea Leoni). The Kirby’s hire Grant to be […].
Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Execution is essential for high-performing organizations, but often the leaders of those organizations have misconceptions about what strong and successful execution looks like. What makes these processes so elusive to leaders—and how can they turn around their current strategies in order to excel at execution? Mark Miller, the author of Win Every Day: Proven Practices for Extraordinary Results , discusses how to implement successful execution to work in order to drive extraordinary results for
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 22, 2020
In this month’s Frontline Festival, top leadership experts share a variety of perspectives and insights on culture. We’ve also included some quotations from our newest book, Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers and Customer Advocates. You can download a […]. The post Frontline Festival: Leaders Share about Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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