Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Welcome to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival! This month, our contributors share their thoughts about career development. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors. Are you a leadership writer? We’d love […]. The post Leaders Share about Career Development: A Frontline Festival appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about riding a bike or making a Hollandaise sauce or leading a team. Everything looks easy until you try to do it. You can learn a lot about leadership by observing good leaders and watching what they do. You can spend time thinking about how you would handle leadership issues. You can read books and blog posts and articles about leadership.
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Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
I F WE ARE HONEST with ourselves, we know there are times we need help. We just don’t want to ask for it. We’re confident we can figure it out. In time. But here’s the thing. There’s nothing we are going through or trying to figure out that others haven’t blazed a trail for us already. We just need to ask. Wayne Baker says, “you never know what people know—or who they know—until you ask.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Big organizations are prone to communications breakdowns not only due to having a large number of people or departments, different locations, and poor management but also because of diverse personality traits. When different departments or teams in your organization fail to pass information properly to each other, they create a. Click to continue reading.
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Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. Inevitably, these veteran […]. The post 3 of the Most Important Leadership Skills Your Leaders Hope You Have appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
RapidStart Leadership
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Saying no can be hard, but if we are to accomplish the things we have set out to do, we need to find a way; here are 9 ways to make saying no easier. The post Saying No: 9 Ways to Say ‘No’ Without Making Everybody Angry appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
Leadership and Management brings together the best content for leadership and management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
A Reel Leadership Article. I have fond, fond memories of Sonic The Hedgehog. From the SEGA startup sound to the blur of blue on the screen as you raced through the levels, Sonic was the video game character with spunk and attitude. Sonic was a stark contrast to the Mario and Luigi’s Nintendo offered up. He was fast, had […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Sonic The Hedgehog Movie appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
When you’re frustrated with a team member who seems to be doing everything but the work you hired them to do, it can feel tempting to bark “Just do your job.” Or perhaps you’ve got a team member who responds, “I […]. The post Why Just do Your Job Doesn’t Work appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. When you’re frustrated with a team member who seems to be doing everything but the work you hired them to do, it can feel tempting to bark “Jus
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Personal Disruption (n.): The act of using a practice employed by companies — wherein a product deemed inferior by the market leader (Amazon v. Borders, Uber v. Yellow Cab) eventually upends the industry — and applying it to yourself and your career. As the co-founder of a boutique investment firm with Clayton Christensen, Whitney Johnson came to realize that the frameworks of disruption not only apply to innovation and investing, but to individuals.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
V ENTURE CAPITAL is not right for every business. But if you determine that it is right for you, you should read Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor, the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz. It is a book for those with big ideas. Beginning in the 2000s, capital became more abundant due in large part to the costs required to start a new company.
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Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
When you first hear about an affirming culture, you may think the culture will be weak or timid. You may think your organization doesn’t need to affirm the abilities of your team. If this is your line of thinking, you would be incorrect. Your team needs to be affirmed. You need to tell your team […] The post How To Create An Affirming Culture appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Modern Servant Leader
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Team size is a critical factor in the success or failure of an organization. Most organizations permit – or expect – too many direct reports for each team lead. This logic ignores the reality that good people leadership takes time and great people leadership requires more time. To minimize the bad boss syndrome, organizations should follow the 5×10 rule of people leadership.
Leading in Context
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
With my background in Linguistics, I tend to view the divergence of ethics terms (that originally meant the same thing) as a distraction from what we need to know and do. Creating categories and subcategories of ethics may 'carve out new territory' or help us understand ethics at a deeper level, but it also puts more perceived distance between leaders and ethical choices.
Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 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. Porter Moser , head coach of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team, on how to find success: “How you think is how you feel, how you feel is how you act, and how you act is what defines you. I believe completely in the progression of these three statements.
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Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
There has been a lot written about the power of business having a purpose and how with a compelling purpose business can become a force for good, and yet many leaders I speak with really don’t fully comprehend what purpose is and why more than ever it is a pre-requisite for business survival. Simply put the different between a vision (or mission) and purpose is emotion.
QAspire
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
For organizations to be truly effective, leadership can not be confined to the top boxes of the organization chart. When leadership is not a role but a behavior that people practice across the organization, then organizations are better placed to navigate the complexities surrounding us. In my experience, this involves: a) creating an ecosystem of “ emergent leadership ” where people are not afraid to raise their hand and take initiative when the right opportunity to solve important problem alig
Rich Gee Group
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
“When it comes to building your personal brand, a coach can be a powerful resource who can help you get out of your own way, stand out, and take action to achieve the things that are truly important to you.” — Forbes, 2019 It’s hard in today’s business world to jump and remain on the path to success. Crazy bosses, mercurial clients, and dumpster-fire management impact your career and business.
Joseph Lalonde
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
What is Engagement? Engagement is all the rage. Why? Because engaged employees are happier and more productive. Gallup defines engagement as “A belief among employees that they’re doing meaningful work in a climate that supports personal growth and development.” Dan Pink, in his New York Times best-selling book, Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates […] The post A Compassion Mindset Is The Secret For Engagement appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
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.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
As a leader, you are pulled in many directions. Priorities change in a heartbeat. And you never know what question or challenge one of your team members will bring to you at any moment. Nearly every leader I know wants to and needs to be more productive. As important as developing leadership productivity is for […]. The post Why a Leader’s Productivity is Doubly Important appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
A win-lose interaction ignites competition. Inevitability: Reject the drama of “I can’t believe this is happening.” Conflict and offense are inevitable where people work together. Accept it. Anticipate it.
Lead from Within
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
I often get calls from HR managers about difficult leaders who need help, but one stands out in my memory. It was from the HR director of a pharmaceutical company, who said, “We have an executive who’s arrogant, angry and forceful all the time and he’s constantly causing conflict—he’s a menace to the organization.”. My first common-sense question was “Why don’t you fire him?”.
leaderCommunicator
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Organizations going through change naturally focus on the project being implemented – what has to be done by when to complete the action plan. They often don’t give as much thought to what people need to do differently to achieve the desired results. Yet most organizational change won’t succeed without employees somehow adopting new ways of working.
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Great Leadership By Dan
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Guest post from Stephen Klemich : It is often asked, what is the difference between Leadership and Management? For over 30 years we have always referred to Leadership as being able to rise above the situation, be objective, strategic and find time to contemplate the culture, people and one’s leadership impact. Management is on-the-ground, day-to-day task orientated, checking quality and delivery of the product and service, and looking after the people.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 16, 2020
A quick search on Amazon.com on the word “productivity” yields over 70,000 results. When you search for “leadership productivity,” the total drops to 5,000. And upon further review, you find that many of those results are related to very specific pieces of the leader’s work (like meetings) or are really about leadership in general, but […]. The post Getting More of the Right Things Done appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Lead from Within
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Everybody has an ego, and a healthy ego is necessary for success in leadership or any field. You need to have faith in yourself and your abilities, and when you’re trying to achieve something difficult, it serves you well to have that voice in your head saying “You’re the one who can make this happen.”. But left unchecked, an ego can be a destructive force.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Leaders tell me, “I can’t find good people.” What if the talent war is the wrong war? Maybe you’re looking in the wrong place and asking the wrong questions.
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Next Level Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
A few months ago I wrote here that preparation is the new leadership differentiator. That conclusion is based on close observation of my executive coaching clients and their colleagues. In an age where just about everyone has too much input and too much to do, showing up prepared for important meetings and conversations is something the best leaders do that sets them apart from the norm.
Kevin Eikenberry
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
I want you to be a little reflective today while you’re watching the video and think about a time when you were at your most confident. We can learn a lot by reflecting on a particularly successfully time or moment in our lives – we can learn a lot by what we did as well […]. The post When Were You Most Confident? – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Innovation Excellence
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
One question many innovators face at some point in their careers is whether to work in a large, corporate organization, or in a small start up or consultancy. Today I want to revisit and update a blog I wrote a few years ago for LinkedIn that discussed some pros and cons of consultancy versus corporate.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Work would be awesome if we could just be rid of those irritating people. Workload is the number one cause of stress at work. People issues are number two.
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