Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

How do I have more impact and influence at work? For this Asking for a Friend, I talk with Liz Wiseman, Thinkers 50 award winner and author of Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impac t about what it means to be an impact player instead of an ordinary contributor. Liz Wiseman’s book is based on research conducted with a variety of companies including Adobe, LinkedIn, SAP, to determine what behaviors affect someone’s influence at work.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

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. Scientist Edward O. Wilson on the unification of knowledge: “The ongoing fragmentation of knowledge and resulting chaos in philosophy are not reflections of the real world but artifacts of scholarship.”. Source: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Research shows that up to 77% have at least a little glossophobia. What is glossophobia? Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. I had a huge fear of public speaking. I would stumble over my words. I would forget what I wanted to stay. I felt like a fool any time I would get up […].

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Leading in Context

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post is Part 2 of a series sharing trends for leading the way forward. Part 1 shared over 60 trends, and Part 2 includes over 60 more.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

“My team lacks urgency. I’ve got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. I’m tired of babysitting. How can I ensure things get done on time?” Sound familiar? In this episode, you’ll get five ways to help get things moving. Paradoxically, sometimes leaders with a high internal sense of urgency can struggle with this the most.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I'm always grateful to hear the words, "Thank you for your service" but they also leave me a little uncomfortable, here's why they might be misdirected. The post Thank You for Your Service – One Veteran’s Perspective appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Since July of 2016, I have been hosting The Remarkable Leadership Podcast. It started out as an audio only, one way only medium, as most all podcasts were then (and most still are). But now (or for the last several months), most episodes have been recorded live on video – with the chance for others to […]. The post Why You Should Spend 30 Minutes with Me Each Monday appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

“Karin, our team is growing. Fast! How do I lead well now?” “Leading was easy when our team was small, but now our team is growing. What do I do now?” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” These are “ Asking for a Friend” questions I hear frequently in our leadership development programs. .

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

A quote from Alexander den Heijer helps us go from managing people plodding slowly on the corporate treadmill, to making them feel like running. The post Lines for Leaders: Corporate Treadmill appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you manage a team, you probably have a problem child (or two). They forget to do things, miss deadlines, push back frequently, and overall do not fit in with the other high-performing members of your team. Many of my clients have had problem children - here are the warning signs: You spend a lot of time talking/worrying/frustrated about their actions.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

“I’m concerned this one is going to fail,” my predecessor said. He set me up for success, except for one looming project. I was stepping into a new leadership role.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cultivate team commitment with answers to deep questions. Trust takes time, but sometimes you need to get everyone working together quickly. You can accelerate team commitment by focusing on critical leadership behaviors that answer key questions your team is asking. Start with Shared Purpose. Be Real and Transparent. Care for Your Team and Have Their Back.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A Reel Leadership Article. The Eternals is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It stars Angelina Jolie as Thena, Gemma Chan as Sersi, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Lauden Ridloff as Makkari, Barry Keoghan as Druig, and Ma Dong-seok as Gilgamesh. […].

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the week when Diane and I are taking our annual personal planning retreat together. We’re not quite sure when we started this tradition but it was at least 25 years ago. As I’ve written about before , back in the early days we spent a weekend at a $25 a night cabin in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. This year, it’s a crisp November week on a South Carolina beach.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There are a lot of easy reasons that everyone should practice more gratitude, but that is a different episode. In the episode below, I am talking about the value of gratitude as it relates to leaders, and more specifically: Why are the best leaders the ones who are grateful and regularly show gratitude? Follow: Apple […]. The post Why the Best Leaders are Grateful – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When the focus of your thoughts is you, the beast between your ears is choking you out. How many happy self-centered people do you know?

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leaderCommunicator

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

When the pandemic hit, leadership teams figured out really quickly that effective communication was essential to business continuity and helping employees through the transition to the new reality. Part of why companies were so successful during the early days of the pandemic is because communications were hugely focused; what wasn’t critical was stopped to make way for the most important communication about the business and plans for the pandemic.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Too much of a good thing may eventually work against you. Think about the sales wolf who left you before you could clone them. You poured your heart into them. This sales wolf onboarded lightening fast. Then they wanted your job and unfortunately a promotion opportunity was not available. You thought you had more time. Then a competitor snapped them up.

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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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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We have more information available to us than ever, both personally and professionally. Colleges and universities offer degrees in data science and analytics that didn’t exist 15 years ago. Success in the short term and long term will be influenced by our ability to assess informational value. We must learn now to look at information […]. The post Is it Noise … or News?

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Pressuring people creates compliance – only while they’re being watched. Tasks can be imposed. Ownership is taken freely, or it’s not taken at all.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Each year, researchers from New Zealand’s Massey University survey workplaces across the land to understand how the working world is changing. This year, the University’s Healthy Work Group set out to explore how workplaces are striving to be as healthy as possible for employees. The survey reveals four key features that seem to be linked to positive outcomes: inclusion, organizational justice, perceived management competence, and a positive psychosocial safety climate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strategy, Oh what a lofty word. High-minded. Mysterious even conjuring wizards behind the curtain. Military generals hidden in a secret bunker calling the shots. The simple word “strategy” can be added to just about anything to make it sound more important or thought-out, strategic relationship building is still just going to a cocktail party or out to lunch with a potential client.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

What describes your way of thinking? Are you more likely to say, “Why them and not me?” or “If they can do it, so can I?” Your answer to that question will either motivate you to reach new heights or discourage you from even trying. If you believe you can’t, you won’t. When you believe that something is possible, your chances of achieving it are greatly enhanced.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Leading is a battle when you build walls around your heart. But a leader with an open heart builds supportive relationships. People in relationship work hard for each other.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Most innovation today is what’s known as recombinative, in that it builds heavily on what has gone before. As a result, while innovation may be viewed as the creation of something completely novel, that is rarely the case. There are undoubtedly circumstances in which such unique innovations are required, however. Recent research from Cornell explores how such innovations come about, with a particular focus on the team structure, the search process, and the assignees that result in novel

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CEO Insider

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

People often join a network because they’re inspired by its purpose, whether that’s to improve a community’s school lunch program or protect a sprawling wildlife preserve. But people stay for a very different reason: who is involved. Which means who is part of a network is just as important, if not more important, than why […]. The post Bringing Your Network Together: 6 Strategies for Success appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Reid Hoffman, co-founder of Linked-In, said, “Don’t be a know it all, be a learn it all.” I agree with the sentiment. Literally you can’t know it all, but you can be committed to continuous learning. Any of us can increase our bandwidth for new information and better ideas. Thomas Young is the polymath considered by some to be the last person to know everything.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I’M DELIGHTED TO HOST A FOURTH BOOK GIVEAWAY in FOUR WEEKS!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Betty Johnson, Ph.D.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Covid pandemic has caused undoubted disruption for small businesses, with data suggesting around 200,000 small businesses shut due to the pandemic last year. Research from Florida Atlantic University argues that the best way to survive such disruption is to adopt more fundamental changes to one’s competitive strategy. It’s an approach that researchers refer to as boosting the “dynamic capabilities” (DC) of the business, with analysis revealing that firms who adopted

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The QR (Quick Response) code has become a prominent feature in our lives, connecting data to products via devices that can be used in a number of ways. While successful for commercial use, it wasn’t until the global pandemic that consumers began to embrace the QR code, even becoming reliant on it to participate in day-to-day activities. Alongside the QR code, we have the NFC (Near Field Communication) label or tag.

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