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Automatic vs. Manual – Putting It in Gear

Ace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:02:41 +0000

http://www.thindifference.com/2012/03/07/automatic-vs-manual-putting-it-in-gear/

Check out this post by Instigator Jon Mertz on how you can’t just cruise through life on automatic. Jon describes the ‘gears’ you must successfully ‘shift’ through to get the most out of life.

Women and the Paradox of Power

Mike Henry — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:41:03 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Resources

http://www.braithwaiteinnovationgroup.com/BIG_business_women.html

Instigator Jane Perdue (profile, posts, website, @thehrgoddess) and Dr. Anne Perschel (website, @bizshrink) have recently published an important new research report titled Women and the Paradox of Power: 8 Keys for Transforming Business Culture (scroll down a bit to find the “Download” link). A post that says more about the research paper and has a [...]

Employee Engagement by Exhortation

John Bernard — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:49:01 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development

http://www.massingenuity.com/2012/01/22/employee-engagement-by-exhortation/

The underlying belief of exhortation is that people simply are not giving it their all, and so management’s job is to entice and encourage people to do a better job than they previously have. The great search for ways to engage employees involves many well-intended but misguided approaches. Exhortation. Management by objectives. Tools and techniques. [...]

The Future Of Coaching

Josh Allan Dykstra — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:02:22 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Workplace Issues

There’s a cottage industry called “coaching” that’s sprung up over the last few decades (it’s quite a large cottage, but still). On the surface there’s nothing wrong with this. But I have come to believe that the fact this industry exists at all is an indication of a dirty and not-so-little business secret. Before I go any [...]

3 Things Great Leaders Know About Managing Change

Mary C Schaefer — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:01:17 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching

I’m working with a client right now who is leading his organization through a massive restructuring. He engaged me to help with the inevitable human reactions to monumental change. My favorite line I heard from him on enabling his employees to accomplish the transition successfully is: “I can’t just hand them a business card with [...]

Leading in the Midst of Change

Mike Henry — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:16:59 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

Change is given. The rate of change varies but change is always happening. What can you do to expand your leadership impact in the midst of a constantly changing environment? How can you keep your head and make a positive difference when chaos reigns and people are defensive and fearful? Join us in Tulsa at [...]

Pocket Change Leadership: How Do You Use Change?

Jon Mertz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:51 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

We all have it: pocket change. It is the leftover amount that goes into our pocket or pocketbook. Where it goes from there, who knows. Pocket change is never core to a major purchase yet, as it is collected and stored, we are always amazed about how much we have “saved.” As leaders, we talk [...]

Causing a Flap

Deborah Costello — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:00:57 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

A long time ago, say 500 BCish, there was a mathematical society known as the Pythagoreans, with Pythagorus (of Pythagorean Theorem fame) as the front man. The society was a combination of intellectual study and religious belief and most people of the time really didn’t understand much about their ideas. The impact of this work [...]

Leading Change – LeadershipChat October 18, 2011

Mike Henry — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:35:29 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://www.lisapetrilli.com/2011/10/17/leadership-lessons-5-critical-requirements-when-leading-change/

Tomorrow night, I’m the guest of Lisa Petrilli (LCG, LinkedIn, @LisaPetrilli) and Steve Woodruff (@swoodruff) for LeadershipChat. Check out this great post as an intro to the discussion. Then, join us Tuesday, October 18 at 8 PM ET by going to Twitter and following the hashtag #LeadershipChat on Twitter or on Tweetchat. We’ll be “discussing” [...]

Think Different

Mike Henry — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:54:00 +0000

Posted in Change Management

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t [...]