Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Courage is a trait that seems to be in short supply these days, in leadership and elsewhere. People are looking for the kind of bold confident leaders we’ve seen throughout history—leaders who spoke up and stepped forward, who took the risks of true leadership when radical change was required. Whether you’re in politics, business, education, or any other field, at the top of the ladder or working your way up, you will encounter situations that demand your courage.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

W E KNOW GREAT STORIES are the foundation of great communication. It’s not the idea but the story about the idea that begets followers. The question is, are you telling the right story? A leading expert in organizational storytelling, Paul Smith advises us that more important than how we tell a story is what story we are telling. And by story, he means “a narrative about something that happened to someone.”.

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Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As Wayne Gretzky said a number of years ago: "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." — Where do you think your puck is going to be in the next five years? — Where is your career or business going? Is it thriving or flat? — Where is your industry going? Growing or shrinking? These are VERY scary questions to ask on a Monday morning.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

By Linda Fisher Thornton We've seen selective respect too often. Beyond harming the people who are disrespected, it also destroys trust, and leads to chaotic environments and fear-based cultures. Even though we've all seen selective respect in action, we may not have had the vocabulary to describe why it's wrong (beyond calling it mean or inappropriate).

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” ~Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. However, she had mastered her current role in her publishing company and really wanted to get promoted to a higher-level position. To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills.

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

As a leader, you are always looking for short team building ideas that will deliver impact and inspire your people to be better teammates. There are dozens of simple activities that you can use to accomplish this, but the main focus should NOT be the activities you use. Activities are simply tools – but tools have limitations! If you give me a scalpel, I am not going to automatically become a good surgeon!

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Article Published by SmartBrief Loneliness is a growing problem in U.S. society, but fortunately it is one that is beginning to receive the attention that it deserves. I had the privilege of contributing comments to a recent article published by SmartBrief, which explored the impact of loneliness and how organizations can address it. Read the full article and consider what steps you can take to address the problem of loneliness in your community.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

W HO IS looking out for you? “No boss or mentor drove my success—although they did open doors for me. My success came about through a combination of hard work, continual learning, fortunate career choices, and a bit of luck—by being in the right place at the right time ,” writes Ron Williams. Williams is best known for his tenure as CEO and Chairman of Aetna, where he transformed a $292 million operating loss into $2 billion in annual earnings.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The following is a guest piece by Daniel Lock. Change is the one constant in business. Factors causing change include digital disruption; legislative and regulatory changes; and changing customer needs and desires. Whatever the reason, organizations are always changing.It is essential to regulate them with professional coaching for change initiatives.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Violet recruited Brian into the General Manager role because of his long track record of success at an established Fortune 500. Her company was on a trajectory of fast growth, so she wanted Brian to up their game. In the interview, he […]. The post How to Interview For Courage and Innovation appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

How rough are your edges? Which aspects of your professional life need to be smoothed, polished, developed or refined? Do you understand what it takes to close the gap between success and true greatness as it applies to you? We have all known truly talented executives and entrepreneurs who while successful, still have a huge barrier precluding them from reaching their full potential…themselves.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Curmudgeon , bellyacher , and old biddy are but a few of the unflattering terms people use to describe those who have the strength and spirit (lots of it, sometimes) to call out pretense, bad behavior, hypocrisy, or the pitfalls of conventional thinking. Some cross patches live to annoy. Picture the sourpuss who snarls and bites because he’s motivated by malice, the malcontent who sees arguing as a competitive sport, or the family spitfire who delights in disrupting holiday dinners with her diss

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

A FTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS on September 11, 2001 and on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Major General James Mattis needed to connect with every member of the 1st Marine Division. He writes, “I limited myself to one page they could carry with them, a message reconciling ferocity toward the foe with abiding concern for the innocents caught on the battlefield.”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Guest post from Steve Farber: A buddy of mine has a step-daughter who works three or four 12-hour shifts each week as a clerk in a hospital emergency room. She’s a single mom with three kids, all still at home, all still outgrowing their shoes every other week, and all seemingly capable of eating Walmart’s entire grocery section in a single sitting.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

“Most leaders don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” Peter Drucker Top Ten toxic Behaviors of Lousy Leaders: #1. Neglecting relationships.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Connectors come from all layers of your hierarchy, know who’s who, know many people, have contacts throughout the organization, and get things done by connecting people to each other.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

How rough are your edges? Which aspects of your professional life need to be smoothed, polished, developed or refined? Do you understand what it takes to close the gap between success and true greatness as it applies to you? We have all known truly talented executives and entrepreneurs who while successful, still have a huge barrier precluding them from reaching their full potential…themselves.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

What does preparing for success look like? In this short video, a small team prepares to break a major barrier of human achievement; here's what it takes. The post Preparing for Success: 8 Ways to Stack the Odds in Your Favor appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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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.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When meetings go off the rails, the person at the head of the table is incompetent. Ten ways to screw up your next meeting: #1. Don’t state the purpose of the meeting. #2.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Being a lifelong learner is one of the secrets to happiness and success. When people acquire new skills, master new capabilities, and become more mature, their personal and professional lives are enhanced. But what’s the best way for each of us to do that? David Kolb and Kay Peterson, authors of How You Learn is How You Live , make the pioneering Kolb Experiential Learning theory accessible and available to everyone who wants to continue developing throughout life.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Ask any group about the skills of the best managers and leaders, and they will never include micromanagement on the list. I know, because I’ve asked hundreds of people that question. And yet, everyone knows what micromanagement is and has experienced it and its negative consequences. Given that, if we want to be a more […]. The post Resisting Micromanagement appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As the old saying goes, sitting in a garage doesn’t make you a car. And sitting in an office with a leadership title on the door doesn’t make you a leader—or at least not a good one. Most organizations have at least a few bad leaders. Maybe they weren’t prepared to take on a leadership role, or they’re temperamentally unsuited to leadership, Maybe they had bad models to emulate.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

For teenagers who grew up in faith communities, the transition to college can be a tough one for a number of reasons. Whether they move away or stay home, chances are graduating means they’re no longer in the youth group. And that means… Their high school friendships aren’t in the same place anymore Their previous […] The post Helping College Freshmen Through The Awkward In-Between. appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Managing energy is more important than managing time. It doesn’t matter how much time you have if your energy-tank is empty. Results-only leaders have empty-tank teams. 4 unbreakable rules of energy: #1.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Expectations are the forgotten fundamental of leadership. Everyone will nod and agree that expectations are important, but I see far too often where they are assumed, misunderstood, or missing. Talking and thinking about setting clear expectations might not be sexy, but the power of expectations can’t be denied. Let me ask you this… Do you […].

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Modern business needs an internet presence, and the demographics of those using the internet is changing. According to BBC figures 3.2 billion people use the internet daily. Of those, internet freedom advocates estimate up to 700 million have accessibility requirements. This is a huge consumer base that has a right to good service by business, and […] The post Grow Your Business By Becoming Accessible to Your Consumers appeared first on Chart Your Course International.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Getting your business idea off the ground takes several key personality traits. While the opportunity to open a business may well be there for many people, few will have the right attributes to make it a success. However, many of the skills can be learned or developed over time, as long as you have the […] The post How To Plan The Details When Creating A Business Plan appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The road ahead looked narrow, but when I looked back I saw the future. Kierkegaard wrote in his journal, “Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backwards.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In this episode, I am taking on the challenge brought to me by a viewer answering the question: How are leaders like napkins? Seem impossible? Think again! ?? Tweet it out: Hey leader – how can you protect your team from harm and stress today? @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Listen and subscribe to The Remarkable […]. The post How Leadership and Napkins Are Related – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In manufacturing companies, plant employees are the heart of the company. They are on the front lines with the power to turn strategy into results. At the end of the day, it’s the plant employees that ensure operations run smoothly, quality products are made to exact specifications, and products reach customers in time.

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