Terry Starbucker

MARCH 11, 2018

In my never-ending quest for more human leadership , I’ve discovered an essential truth: If you encounter a workplace filled with people who love their jobs, you’ll find a great leader who made that happen. Those kind of environments don’t just pop out of thin air – there needs to be a catalyst. It takes more human leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Leadership. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. How is it possible for three months of crisis management ineptitude to occur in an organization the size of BP with a product as environmentally toxic as oil?

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 14, 2011

Kotter: Leadership complements management; it doesn't replace it. Management controls people by pushing them in the right direction; leadership motivates them by satisfying basic human needs. Strong leadership with weak management is no better, and sometimes actually worse, than the reverse.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. It so often appears that there’s a code somewhere that needs deciphering. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Leadership effectiveness is mired in mediocrity.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Leading with Trust

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. Here are six leadership principles to consider as you look to leverage the power of choice: 1. As I mentioned previously, one of our core psychological needs is autonomy.

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QAspire

JUNE 27, 2022

Leaders have a choice of either noticing those emotions intentionally and intervening constructively when needed or just ignore the emotions to focus only on the outcomes and the process. Visual Thinking and Sketchnote Workshop – July 2022 We engage more of our working memory capacity when we combine text with visuals.

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Emotional Intelligence Team Workshop Construction 91

Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

Renowned psychologists such as Maslow and Rogers even consider it a basic human need. Authentic leadership – what bestselling management authors Bill George and Peter Sims dubbed your “True North” – has risen up the leadership agenda over the last 25 years.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

2 Comments so far william czander on May 31st, 2010 Happiness coaches are part of the great conspiracy that began some 20 years ago when CEO’s , hedge fund managers and bankers discovered if they outsourced jobs to China and India it would increase the bottom line and they would all get rich. Remember “smile or your fired”.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Here’s the premise – that if you really want employee engagement, as a leader you need to strategically focus on the universal human needs that drive performance. As good as the title is I’m not sure it does the book justice. It is a [.].

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Leadership Wonder Drug (But Careful, Use As Directed) by Starbucker on May 31, 2010 It’s a sentence that can make a huge difference in the workplace. What is this “leadership wonder drug&# ?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2014

There is a new definition of leadership in our lexicon. Let’s say you have the choice to make between choosing one person for a senior leadership role over another. Perhaps it’s because we still cling to the great man theory of leadership. What we need is a different measuring stick in our selection criteria.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Given the research-validated outcomes and demonstrated financial impact belonging offers, organizations should make cultivating belonging a personal leadership imperative across the world,” says Brad Deutser , author of the new book, Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity and Foster Performance.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As a leadership coach and business consultant I have the privilege of seeing many organizations through a lens that most people don’t, because leaders are busy leading and managers are busy managing and people are busy doing their jobs so the big picture gets hard to see. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This means having a couple of short meetings with the leadership team to talk about the issues that recently cropped up. . Apparently, operations managers were suddenly being pressured by accounting heads to justify the ROI for purchases. . Follow up on all the next steps in weekly leadership team meetings.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. Provide Autonomy in Execution – Monitor progress and be available to help your direct reports, but refrain from “micro managing” unless they ask for specific help. This meets the human need for autonomy and allows people to experience personal growth.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

This according to a recent survey by Right Management. Without going too far into the psychology of connection, let me just summarize by saying simply that we are humans, not machines. Connection is diminished when we feel we are being micro-managed or over-controlled by others. This is consistent with other research.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Early in my career, I reported to Harold, a leader who proudly described his MBE approach – “management by exception.” I look for problems and people that need correcting. . Why did I need to keep saying it then?” ” Last week I wrote about our basic human need to be appreciated and recognized.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2017

What if it’s about normalizing real human experiences in a work-appropriate way? How about addressing the real human needs to be seen and to belong? Humanity at work — this means you. Let’s revisit that email subject line, “How to Be Human at Work.” There’s other work needed first. Let’s not go there.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Do your employees trust the company’s leadership? This includes the relationship between a manager and employee. According to Great Place to Work , the best company cultures are where employees believe that their leadership is made up of people they can trust. Leadership is not about being a great leader.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 20, 2019

Ideally, the work you do every day should be energizing, but part of leadership is making it happen when it isn’t happening naturally. Recognition is a fundamental human need that reinforces positive actions. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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Energy Motivation Teamwork Human Needs 168

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Guest post from David Hiatt : Lack of effective communication skills has done more to keep good people from being promoted into leadership roles than any other skill deficiency. Communication is a basic human need. Interacting with other humans has been the core of human progress throughout the ages.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 23, 2021

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. Mary’s mission is to create work cultures where organizations and human beings can both thrive. Mary has a B.S.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 1, 2020

In order to be fully engaged and bring our best selves to work, there are four basic human needs that must be met. Meeting these needs has become even more critically important during this time of uncertainty and change, and if we lose sight of them, we run the risk of losing our best people.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 9, 2017

Plans are critical to any leadership endeavor, but they aren’t inspiring. Humanize Your Message. But it will for a solution to a human need. It takes discipline to think big – especially when many leaders are overloaded with putting out fires and managing the daily grind. Cast a Fascinating Vision.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Freedom is a universal, basic human need. So why is when it comes to managing employees in the workplace, so many managers still think it’s their God-given right as a boss to micro-manage every aspect of their employee’s work? As a manager, it’s hard to let go. Everyone hates to be micromanaged!

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ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I had my master’s in HR and was acting as HR manager at an R&D lab, with over 500 constituents. Those in charge expected me to push more employment-related tasks to employees and managers. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage. The word “humanely” often gets fed back to me. So, let’s clarify.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 26, 2020

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Free Connection and Employee Engagement Webinar Oct. Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Free Connection and Employee Engagement Webinar Oct. why is everyone smiling?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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Self-aware Training Quality Project 65

QAspire

MARCH 2, 2015

Being understood is a fundamental human need. Turning off technology when meeting a fellow human being is a way to tell them, “ I respect you.”. Also read: The lost art of fine conversations by Kavi Arasu which has some excellent ideas on conversations, leadership and learning.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 28, 2016

This management approach combines a high degree of team-based training, autonomy, decentralized decision making, and responsibility for continuous improvement. Recognize the human need for work/life balance. Leadership Insights of a Hostage Negotiator. Closing Your Company’s Leadership Gap. You May Also Enjoy: .

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Human Resources. Leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 31, 2010

After defining connection, we identify the “Connection Culture&# as the environment that produces emotional and rational connections that, as The Conference Board’s definition says “influence [people] to apply discretionary effort to [their] work.&# The Connection Culture meets universal human needs.

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