RapidStart Leadership
JANUARY 7, 2020
Jolly Rancher leadership isn't about handing out candy, it's about being where we are most needed and helping our teams when their stuggle is greatest. The post Jolly Rancher Leadership – It’s Not About the Candy appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.
General Leadership
JANUARY 6, 2020
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is saved.” Benjamin Franklin. So you’ve been leading your organization for a year or two, maybe more, and now it’s time to turn over your pride and joy to another leader. You’ve given it everything you’ve got, as you poured your heart and soul into this organization striving to lead your team to new heights.
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Great Results Team Building
JANUARY 5, 2020
Have you noticed that there is a HUGE difference in the productivity of people who WISH versus people who accept reality and move forward with action? One of my high school coaches years ago used to say that “ Wishing is what people do when they don’t want to work ”. And the more I have heard it used in my adulthood by teammates in various industries, the more I see his point.
leaderCommunicator
JANUARY 6, 2020
A leader’s personality and points of view are integral to his/her effectiveness. Employees respond positively to leaders whom they know are real people, those who communicate honestly and well. They want to know they are led by individuals who are willing to acknowledge their own strengths and weaknesses.
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Modern Servant Leader
JANUARY 5, 2020
Welcome to 2020. Please don’t expect major corporations to grasp the concept of true diversity, unless you help. We see another example today, presented by Comcast’s subsidiary, NBC Universal, while launching the new streaming service, Peacock. What Happened. To raise awareness and anticipation about the upcoming launch, NBC Universal created a series of commercials with eggs about to hatch.
Leadership Freak
JANUARY 9, 2020
Anger changes the world. The question is how. There’s no middle ground with anger. It makes you better or drags you to oblivion. Anger is energy. 3 dangers of anger: #1.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 6, 2020
Leading people who don’t have to follow starts with your mindset How do you lead when people don’t have to follow? In a recent long-term leadership development program Karin and I conducted for leaders from around the globe, this was one of […]. The post How to Lead When Your Employees Don’t Have to Follow appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 6, 2020
Show me a great leader and I’ll show you a talented storyteller. Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership begins with the story. Give me a few minutes and allow me to share this message with you – it may just change your life.
Leading Blog
JANUARY 9, 2020
T HERE IS LITTLE DOUBT that we underestimate the power of Artificial Intelligence. AI is quickly becoming a force in nearly every facet of human life. Serial Entrepreneur and Billionaire Elon Musk warns that AI will become much smarter than the smartest human. In a forum at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference held in China, on August 29, 2019, Elon Musk and Jack Ma exchanged differing views of the nature of AI.
Lead Change Blog
JANUARY 7, 2020
Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Communication. Mary Schaefer of BizCatalyst 360 shared Employee Feedback: It’s More Than Words – Part 2. Mary summarizes: “As leaders, when we are connected to our noble intentions to support what employees are capable of, even their capacity for trying, we elevate the often-avo
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Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 9, 2020
The same mentor who jokingly told Karin that if you want people to think you’re a rock star “always follow an idiot” also smiled and said, “and always leave an idiot as your successor.” Not the best advice – but leadership transitions […]. The post How to Prepare Your Successor For Success appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Joseph Lalonde
JANUARY 10, 2020
Friends, let me tell you… The struggle is real. We all go through challenges. Because you’ve chosen to step in, or move into, the position of a leader, you’re experiencing more struggle than the average person. Not only do you have the weight of your personal life on your shoulders, but you also have the weight […] The post 10 Bible Verses For Struggling Leaders appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Leadership Freak
JANUARY 6, 2020
Criticism stings. But the inability to gain advantage from criticism derails leaders and organizations. The closer you connect identity with performance, the more criticism offends. Incompetence continues until criticism challenges current practices.
Lead Change Blog
JANUARY 8, 2020
You’re operating your business in a time when something is happening that is so momentous it has never happened before. Jim Blasingame identifies it as an epochal marketplace shift that’s causing the 10,000-year-old Age of the Seller to be replaced by the Age of the Customer. Jim is one of the world’s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 10, 2020
You’ve got an employee who does great work, but their role is changing. It will ask for new and different skills from them. You’re not sure they’ll be able to succeed. You’re a caring, compassionate leader who’s also committed to achieving […]. The post When the Job Outgrows Your Employee appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead from Within
JANUARY 9, 2020
Being an effective leader means putting others at ease, because when people feel comfortable they perform at their best. That means building a rapport, listening, sharing, and understanding others—in short, being accessible and approachable. Here are some techniques that can help you become a more approachable leader: Initiate. As the leader, being approachable has to start with you.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 5, 2020
If you’re reading this article, you’re either curious or at the winning end of a long, competitive hiring process. Either way, congratulations! Below, I distill thoughts for people navigating executive compensation negotiations. I encourage you to read my notes on why compensation before jumping to how to negotiate. Why compensation? For employers, the goal of compensation is to buy labor that is more valuable to the employer than capital expended for the purchase.
Kevin Eikenberry
JANUARY 6, 2020
Microscopes and telescopes are different instruments used in different scientific disciplines to help understand and explore what is being studied. While you have likely looked through both, you’ve likely not thought about their connection to your success as a leader. Until now. Both provide a view of the world, and both can help us learn. […].
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 in Context
JANUARY 8, 2020
By Linda Fisher Thornton. The Top Post Series this year reflects the challenges of applying ethical thinking and decision making to complex problems. This series answers the important question “How do we analyze and understanding the multiple connected variables in a changing context to make responsible choices? Today I’ll share a quote from each post in the series that will give you a quick overview of the topic.
Lead from Within
JANUARY 7, 2020
Being able to communicate effectively is perhaps the most important of all leadership skills. It is what enables us to pass information to other people and to understand what is being said to us, the foundation of productivity and strong relationships. It was Dale Carnegie who stated, in How to Win Friends and Influence People , that 90 percent of all management problems are caused by miscommunication.
Rich Gee Group
JANUARY 6, 2020
You’re probably familiar with Newton's First Law of Motion — “An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by a sum of physical forces.” This is the behavior of an average employee at work today. As long as they have a job, they usually won't take any risks, cause any controversy, or raise their hand at a meeting to disagree or propose a new idea.
Nathan Magnuson
JANUARY 6, 2020
Several years ago I interviewed with a large leadership development consulting firm. Things were going as expected until the office president threw me a curve ball by asking for my point-of-view on leadership. I was stumped. I had many ideas on what good leadership looked like but I didn’t have my own original model. Fortunately, I shared someone else’s POV I appreciated and was able to satisfy the president with my answer.
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Leadership Freak
JANUARY 8, 2020
Leadership gets narrow and life shrinks for the easily offended. All leaders receive unjust criticism. You’re judged based on inadequate information, false assumptions, or someone’s unspoken preferences.
David A Fields
JANUARY 7, 2020
You know a rain barrel full of reasons why your consulting firm is better than other firms that do what you do. Among the reasons, of course, is you. Your experience and ideas and unique perspective. Hence, when Bethany Buttonwerk asked you why her company should work with your consulting firm instead of others she’s … Continued. The post A Superior Response to “What Makes Your Consulting Firm Better?
Joseph Lalonde
JANUARY 8, 2020
My heart has been heavy lately. I’ve reflected frequently on friendships and friendships lost. It seems more and more these days, friends come and go faster than they did before. I think this is even truer in the online, influencer world. There’s a reason for the friendships coming and going faster than they used to. […] The post Why Are You Building Relationships?
Great Leadership By Dan
JANUARY 9, 2020
Guest post by Colin D Ellis : People who are true leaders stand out. Others want to be around them because they know they’re worth following. But what qualities do these leaders have that make them exude such strength of character, while other supposed leaders fall short? According a leadership survey conducted by McKinsey , U.S. companies spend around $14 billion on leadership development.
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Leadership Freak
JANUARY 10, 2020
Hardening of the thought process happens when established ways of thinking dominate conversations about change. Thinking shifts when you admit: “It’s not working.” “Working harder won’t work.
Lead Change Blog
JANUARY 9, 2020
Sounds, odd, I know. But living in Southern California, despite the climate crises that has brought torrents of rain and snow from Santa Barbara north, we still live in a parched area south of Los Angeles. Even the Salton Sea is drying up. Yet there are lessons to be learned from the world around me that have a parallel for how to move into 2020. For example, right now, the hills around me are crackling brown and dust dry.
Joseph Lalonde
JANUARY 6, 2020
They’ve returned after a sixteen-year absence. The Angels have returned. To be honest, I’m not sure their return was a good thing but it has happened. Critics have panned the latest Charlie’s Angels movie. Moviegoers are avoiding the new movie. And the movie has failed to live up to the hype. Does this make the […] The post Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Charlie’s Angels 2019 appeared first on Joseph Lalonde.
Kevin Eikenberry
JANUARY 5, 2020
There are two important concepts in the six-word title of this post. If you agree with both, you are eager to read. If you don’t, perhaps you need what follows even more. First, the best leaders are coaches; and second, I’m implying the role of confidence in coaching (and leadership) success. Given that, let me […]. The post The Best Leaders are Confident Coaches appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
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