Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 7, 2018
Is Anyone Ever Too Valuable to Fire? Have you ever worked with an obnoxious colleague who seemed to be protected because the employee was considered too valuable to fire? Maybe you’re a team leader who has one of these brilliant bullies on […]. The post Employee Too Valuable to Fire? 6 Leadership Strategies appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 4, 2018
One of the perils of working at the same place for a long time is that you forget that the terminology you use with co-workers is obtuse, confusing or bewildering to people not in the know. The shorthand of internet-speak, whether on Twitter, text or Slack, compounds this problem. It’s not just industry jargon but also countless abbreviations and inside jokes.
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Leading Blog
JUNE 8, 2018
“I actually felt as if I was going to perish, ” said psychologist Stanley Milgram upon asking a subway rider for their seat. Asking for help makes most of us uncomfortable and we often go to great lengths to avoid doing it. We fear rejection. We fear that people we think less of us. We believe people don’t really want to help. But the truth is we need the help and support of others to succeed.
Women on Business
JUNE 3, 2018
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Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 5, 2018
Employee Engagement – Play the Game, Don’t Game the Score When you see low employee engagement scores, what is your first reaction? I spoke with a company executive who was upset with his engagement scores. “The numbers are horrible,” he said. “Can […]. The post Employee Engagement – Avoid This Tremendous Leadership Mistake appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 7, 2018
Last month, we talked about the Circle of Frustration that so many leaders and their organizations fall into. It happens nearly every time that businesses start to go awry – they lose their focus, and too many team members or departments start going in too many different directions. In other words, they lose alignment. Over the next several months, we’ll explore seven steps that individuals and organizations can take to realign their organizations.
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Women on Business
JUNE 5, 2018
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Michael Lee Stallard
JUNE 3, 2018
Is your energy level lower than you’d like? Do you feel you’re not performing at the top of your game? Are you so busy that it has crowded out time to truly connect with trusted confidants? If the answer to these questions is “yes,” you may be suffering from the effects of the “silent killer” of individuals, and it may also be holding back your performance and the performance of your organization. .
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 6, 2018
Every leader has experienced this at some stage during their professional life. You wake up, take one look in the mirror, and realise that you simply can’t face going into the office. The thought of standing in front of the team and addressing them on a particular issue, challenge, or announcement made by your superiors is overwhelming. What happens next is crucial.
Leading Blog
JUNE 6, 2018
Y OU’VE HEARD of the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and aircraft disappear without explanation. There’s a workplace equivalent, a triangle where good will and productivity vanish. How many working hours of the average day do you and your team spend in the Drama Triangle? This triangle was developed as a social model years ago by Stephen Karpman, a student of Dr.
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Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 5, 2018
Guest post by John Antal : F oresight is one of the most critical skills of a leader. Foresight is the capacity to accurately focus on the key factors of a rapidly changing and chaotic situation without losing sight of the big picture. The best leaders anticipate and develop an ability to see beyond the immediate and are able to visualize and plan several moves ahead of their opponent.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 5, 2018
Don’t ad lib when emotion is high. Prepare yourself to respond to an angry employee. Develop a plan. How to respond to an angry employee: #1. Emotion comes first.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 5, 2018
Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Randy Conley of Leading with Trust provided How to Tell Someone You Don’t Trust Them Without Destroying The Relationship. “Discussing low or broken trust in a relationship is a scary proposition, but i
Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 5, 2018
Photo credit: 123RF. The people with the most smarts win! There are rewards to be reaped for the most knowledgeable people in our society and our organizations. Imagine what might happen if we also rewarded those who are smart AND ask great questions. What if we valued the curious and courageous leaders who were willing to pose questions that make us stop in our tracks and think about things that we hadn’t before?
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Great Leadership By Dan
JUNE 7, 2018
Guest post from Denise Lee Yohn: It's been 10 years since Alan Mulally pulled off what has been considered one of the greatest corporate turnarounds in U.S. history. HIs leadership of the venerable Ford Motor Company's recovery from the Great Recession of 2008 has been celebrated and analyzed from many perspectives -- the development of industry-leading products and partnerships with technology and consumer electronics companies , the revival of the Taurus brand, the consolidation of global oper
Leadership Freak
JUNE 8, 2018
Employees talk more and managers talk less in successful one-on-ones. 6 reasons employees don’t talk to their managers: Cold professional culture. Caring happens outside work. Talkative managers. Curiosity about people is rare.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 8, 2018
Anyone who drives has undoubtedly experienced a blind spot. It is a humbling and frightening moment the first time you change lanes, only to narrowly escape hitting a car that had been obscured from view. You quickly learn exactly what you have to do to check for a full field of vision before changing lanes the next time. We often hear the term blind spot with respect to an obstruction in the field of vision, or an area in which one fails to exercise judgment in an ethical dilemma.
Women on Business
JUNE 2, 2018
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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
JUNE 5, 2018
I F PEOPLE NOT COMPANIES, generate value, why isn’t talent at the center of every company’s strategy? It’s time to take charge of talent. Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey write in Talent Wins : Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of talent, yet the talent practices in their organizations use are vestiges of another era.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 3, 2018
Humble listening is an aspiration achieved occasionally. But it’s exhausting. The ability to listen requires remarkable confidence. It takes confidence to: Adopt the posture of learner. Turn conversations toward others.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JUNE 5, 2018
Guest Post by Kevin Eikenberry Organizations around the world are trying to come to grips with the way we work today. How does work get done effectively when people aren’t in the same place at the same time? Telework, even part-time telework, alters team effectiveness in unexpected ways. To prepare leaders for remote work teams, […]. The post How To Prepare Leaders for Remote Work Teams appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.
Women on Business
JUNE 4, 2018
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Kevin Eikenberry
JUNE 4, 2018
Trust is a critical factor to the success of teams. The more trust exists, the easier and faster the right work gets done. Building this trust on a remote team can be especially tricky, which is why remote leaders must know how to support remote trust building, with and among their team members. Here are […]. The post How Leaders Can Support Remote Trust Building appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
JUNE 4, 2018
“It is not the mountains we conquer but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary On May 29, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest with his Sherpa friend and guide, Tenzin Norgay.
RapidStart Leadership
JUNE 5, 2018
What do you do when things go wrong? Leading can seem fun and easy when things are going our way, but it’s when things go wrong that true leaders emerge. In this example from an Antarctic expedition gone disastorously wrong, one leader achieved great feats of endurance and survival to … Leading When Things Go Wrong: Playing Soccer on the Ice Read More ».
Lead from Within
JUNE 5, 2018
After decades of observing teams as an executive leadership coach, I’ve come to realize two things. First, every team has issues to overcome before they can function effectively. Second, every team has the ability to navigate those issues and do great work together. There aren’t any shortcuts, but you can make it happen with determination and hard work.
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Nathan Magnuson
JUNE 4, 2018
Several years ago I had a shocking experience that permanently changed my outlook. I’m afraid the traces of that experience began in high school. As a high school football player, we had a strictly enforced protocol among the players for team photos. Forget saying, “Cheese” – everyone needed to wear a game face. Later, I joined the military and the same code of conduct applied.
leaderCommunicator
JUNE 4, 2018
While we read and consult a number of business leadership books to help our clients, one book recently stood out for its compelling research and guidance: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter , by Liz Wiseman. Liz is CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development center headquartered in Silicon Valley. As a former executive at Oracle Corporation, Liz served as the vice president of Oracle University and as a global leader for human resource development at the
Joseph Lalonde
JUNE 4, 2018
A Reel Leadership Article Set in the near-future, Upgrade is a world of upgrades. Cars are self-driving and self-sustaining. Humans are implanted with technological upgrades. And computers run the home (okay, this one isn’t too far off with the proliferation of automation in the home). Upgrade tells the sad tale of Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green).
Leadership Freak
JUNE 5, 2018
Dear Dan, I read your blog everyday and need some advice! I believe I am leading a narcissist.
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