Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 18, 2017

Jill’s new book is a must-read if you’re an entrepreneur or aspiring to be one. . Whether that access comes in the form of information on your website, engagement and interaction on and with your social media channels, or leaving a review on a third-party site, your business is always “open.” They effectively close up shop.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tim encourages you to invest in yourself, seek feedback, and be open to making mistakes and learning from them. How to Make Room for Your Growth and Development 08:03 – The Leadership Bestseller List: Ever wondered where to start your leadership education? 09:59 – Continued Education.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It is important to help them understand that the door to involvement in the enterprise is open and that there are many paths to contribution. This includes having values-driven behavior, open communication, constructive expression of emotion, appreciation for the diversity of skills and interests, and so on. Their new book is Own It!

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2020. A groundbreaking look at the science of learning—how it's transforming education and how we can use it to discover our true potential, as individuals and across society by a renowned MIT professor. Creativity isn’t a “nice to have” leadership trait.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2013

So a lot of leaders end up promoting people who are just like them in gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disposition, and education. The challenge is that it’s not a natural act for male white leaders to open doors for women, blacks, other nonwhites, people with disabilities, or homosexuals. It’s also just plain dangerous.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Leaders often assume the role of coaches and educators as they encourage change and development in their teams. In his book, Organizational Resilience , D. Those who use Experiential Learning will be far more successful in the long run than those who simply dictate or lecture.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Team-building facilitators also create an environment where open communication and mutual respect are prioritized. Sean’s books, Rapid Teamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable are entertaining parables that help accelerate the growth of leaders and their teams!

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

Work spaces for everyone The modern office space is an open one designed to foster interaction and idea-sharing, in short, a perfect environment for extroverts. Moore sees a slow movement by companies to provide areas where introverts can retreat – Cain’s book refers to them as “restorative niches” – during the day to work thoughtfully.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 21, 2025

Seans books, RapidTeamwork , What Effective Leaders DO , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable are entertaining parables that accelerate the growth of leaders and teams! What are we doing to make work feel meaningful? Relationships Because performance improves when people feel safe and supported.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

A recent Bloomberg article reported, “as of first-quarter 2017, 45 percent of small businesses reported that they were unable to find qualified applicants to fill job openings.”. When Alan (my co-founder) and I first founded our company Accredible , we noticed that neither education opportunities nor economic opportunities were meritocratic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 17, 2014

Schroeder are award-winning authors, consultants, and educators. Their first book, Ideas Are Free , was voted the Reader’s Choice by Fast Company magazine and selected as one of the 30 best business books of the year by Soundview Executive Books. Improvement actions are decided upon and assigned. Robinson and Dean M.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 18, 2012

In the book, Corporate Embers , one of the reflections following a particular scenario asks: When we say no to something, what are we saying yes to? My book came about after I watched the floodwaters of the 2004 tsunami wash away the entire resort I was staying in, all except for my own bungalow. but will they heed it?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

I’ve coached literally thousands of entrepreneurs in my twenty years in higher education and the business world, and have owned multiple businesses during that time. These individuals are comfortable with ideas, ambiguity, and keeping their options open. Entrepreneurial ventures live on the edge. He is the author with Michael G.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We visit Tracy Obolsky in Rockaway Beach, New York, who begins her day with the rising sun surfing before she heads out to open her lifestyle business —a business designed to cover the expenses and lifestyle ambitions of the owner. The lifestyle business captures the soul of the entrepreneur’s essential hope: To be your own boss.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. 1: Open adjacent product areas: For the people across the 147 countries around the world who learned about colors and the alphabet from Sesame Street, there's one more lesson that the beloved TV program can offer. It created a new one.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 8, 2012

Book Clubs. Encourage book clubs – internal and external. Find the best book on the topic and start a group to read it together and discuss implications for your company. Consultants should be informing, educating and empowering your employees, not overshadowing them. Internally, you may start one yourself.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If you’re a CEO with clouded vision and desire to change the view from the top it is critical that you maintain open lines of communication through a variety of channels and feedback loops. Everyone sits in open cubicles which are all roughly the same size. All good leaders maintain a connection and rapport with both line and staff.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With college basketball season returning, I thought of a major upset from 1982 that you will find interesting… because it reminds of a valuable phrase I often share when I speak at events: “ Talent is essential, but never sufficient.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It is one of the many practices of “appreciative resilience” which we outline in our book, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgivenes s. What leaders focus on and foster influences the outcomes both for themselves and for those who work with them. P.S. Jane flourished.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2020

Johansen spends a good deal of the book applying FST to the future of business, technology, our lifestyle, and our sense of meaning. Faith is grounded in a sense of humility and openness to learning in an uncertain future. It is a valuable and cautionary book. And we see that happening all around us.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He is the Senior Pastor at CrossPoint Church , one of the fastest growing churches in the country, is the author of the bestselling book Plan B , and is one of the the most candid, insightful and humble leaders you’ll ever have the opportunity to listen to – we all have a lot to learn from Pete Wilson.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In this episode, Marisa Cleveland and Simon Cleveland draw on their combined forty years of experience in corporate, government, and higher education leadership to answer this question. Get the Book. Have you ever wondered how the most admired leaders live? Connect with Marisa and Simon. Marisa’s Twitter. Simon’s Twitter.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 3, 2025

Today, Elting is the Founder and CEO of The Elizabeth Elting Foundation, which creates scholarship opportunities for entrepreneurial young women, funds exciting women-led startups and social businesses, and supports women-led organizations that foster womens success through educational programs, mentorships, community building and more.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The first part of the book discusses how to become a 10x company and attract 10x talent. And of course, this means openness to feedback. The great news is, by being the manger for someone whose career you genuinely care about, you are receiving a hands-on education in what constitutes receiving strong management.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 1, 2014

Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. Network intensely. Write op-eds and thought pieces for major publications. Read all the time.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

T he new book, How To Get Along With Anyone , by John Eliot and Jim Guinn , is the playbook for predicting and preventing conflict at work and at home. One of my favorite parts of the book is the section on active listening. Use Open-Ended Questions. And use open-ended probing by using cues that necessitate elaboration.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Engaging Leader

JUNE 20, 2013

He is the author of more than 150 articles on leadership, competencies, emotional intelligence, competency development, coaching, and management education. He also teaches “Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence,” a popular massive open online course (MOOC) through Coursera.org. Subscription Links.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

I wrote the book Always and Never: 20 Truths for a Happy Heart , to help center readers on guardrails for living and leading at your best. A curious, open mind lets in the necessary sunshine. Read books and magazines that broaden your horizons. The way you think about everything is in your control. ALWAYS listen before speaking.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 17, 2025

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Focus on the person in front of you.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Bad Boss Behaviors Cause #2: Unclear Expectations We covered the first cause of Bad Boss Behaviors, Lack of Education , last week. Given the lack of formal education, new bosses are often left to their own devices to develop leadership skills. What does that experience look like?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 2, 2023

02:34 When I introduced this episode before we opened, I said, have you ever looked for something in your refrigerator or your bookshelf and you’re not able to find it? Maybe you went to the bookshelf looking for a blue paperback when in reality the book was green. You can find the book anywhere books are sold.

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Jason Womack

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Every day last week, I heard AMAZING stories from people completing their 30/30 [30 minutes working on something not due for 30 days]: "I scheduled my Continual Education Units for 2019 (since I discovered I was already done for 2018!)". "I I storyboarded my 5 children's books.". "I I created my business book launch campaign.". "I

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

You’ll encourage open communication, share information to strengthen the other party, work on building trust, and take actions that will bring you closer to arriving at mutually beneficial outcomes. . * * * Beth Fisher-Yoshida , Ph.D., CCS, is a global expert and educator in negotiation and communication.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School, is the author of several best-selling books including The Innovator’s Dilemma , topped the Thinkers50 list for the second time running – an achievement matched only by management legends Peter Drucker and CK Prahalad. The Thinkers50 book series is now available from McGraw Hill.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Mercer knows 60 commands that include turning on lights and opening doors. Shea‘s first book began as several entries in her diary that her mother Megan discovered. But getting a book to market and then publicizing it is no easy task; especially with no extra money to support this venture.

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