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3 MVP’s of the Wisdom Economy

Chad Balthrop — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:00:06 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

We live in an Information Economy, but a revolution is taking place. As knowledge doubles exponentially, you’re one Google search away from being an expert on just about anything. And so is everyone else. These days experts are easy to find. Turn on CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC. Open up the Wall Street Journal, the [...]

7 Best Practice Best Practices

Chad Balthrop — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:01:04 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

Have you ever watched an artist or athlete who made what they do look easy? Their performance comes so naturally that, as you watch you think, “I could do that.” Whitney Houston opens her lips, amazing music comes out. Michael Jordan goes in for a layup, jumps from the 3-point line and soars through the [...]

Mentor…mentor …everywhere

Will Lukang, CLDC, PMP, CSM — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:42 +0000

Posted in Career Development Leadership Coaching Value Creation

Will Lukang, PMP, CSM, CLDC In 2000, I left my job at a big five accounting firm because I was frustrated that my career was going nowhere. Because I was eager to move on, I took an opportunity to go back and work as a consultant. Two years earlier, I had quit a consulting [...]

Employee engagement: a three-legged stool

Leigh Steere — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:01:14 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Resources Reviews Value Creation Workplace Issues

Many authors have written about people management, project management or corporate culture as separate topics. But a new book by Ben Snyder ties together all three subjects and paints a clear picture of how they interact to nurture (or damage) employee engagement and organizational performance. Read this review, find the book and set fire to the status quo.

21st-century leaders make 19th-century mistake

Leigh Steere — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:09 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues

Your corporate culture is your soil. It’s where your employees grow or wither. Are you cultivating it? Or are you washing it away in your quest to maximize this year’s profits?

9 ways to sink employee engagement

Leigh Steere — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:03:50 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Value Creation Workplace Issues

In recent weeks, several articles have offered worthwhile ideas on how to boost worker motivation. But experts have been sharing this counsel for years, and employee engagement continues to decline. This post focuses on nine specific things that damage engagement. What’s at play in your organization?

The Unemployed Leader

Angie Chaplin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:03:09 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

“Can you drive down for a budget meeting?” my boss asked. Even though it meant a two-and-a-half-hour drive, I wasn’t surprised by the request. I compiled my budget materials accordingly. Walking into my boss’s office, the President/CEO was there. “He’ll be right in,” he said. The air in the room felt heavy, and we sat [...]

Gutting the Talent Bench

Leigh Steere — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:19:40 +0000

Posted in Career Development Value Creation Workplace Issues

What is your organization’s claim to fame—operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership? How are you doing in the other two areas? If your focus is customer intimacy, do the employees who personally excel at operational excellence and product leadership feel engaged or disenfranchised in your workplace?

You Throw Like A Girl

Heather Coleman-Voss — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:06:05 +0000

Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

This post originally appeared on LeadSwag and is reprinted here as part of the Lead Change Best of Blogs series. How many of us have heard this? How many of us have said this? I remember being about eight years old and having a kid yell this at me on the playground. I remember thinking, [...]

Hockey, Teams and Self-Leadership

Heather Coleman-Voss — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:04:43 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

We are a hockey family. That’s for sure, and most of the time we are knee deep in it. Yes, for eight months out of the year our time is devoted to coordinating the crazy hockey schedule while still making sure dinners get made, homework gets done, the kids are getting enough sleep and making [...]