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Stop greasing these 3 squeaky wheels

Leigh Steere — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:41 +0000

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development

“A ‘squeaky wheel’ isn’t the highest priority project. It’s the loudest or most noticed. In many organizations, it gets the grease, while projects with greatest potential to bring about business results get delayed or set aside.” This quote, from the book Everything’s A Project, is playing like a mantra in my thoughts. We focus on squeaky wheels because they are irritating, not because they are important. We want the irritation to go away. But oil isn't the answer.

5 ideas for improving how you manage people

Peter E. Friedes — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:35 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development

As a manager, you are responsible for a wide range of activities. Recruiting. Establishing a positive work environment in your group. Setting expectations. Managing performance. Making decisions. Coaching. Dealing with poor or marginal performers. Each of these responsibilities requires a unique blend of Relating and Requiring skills. Are you using the right combination, in each situation, to get great business results and foster strong relationships?

Introverts Lead Change

Mike Henry — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:05:10 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Resources

I had a chance to conduct a brief interview with our own Lisa Petrilli (LCG Author Profile, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+) CEO of C Level Strategies. In case you haven’t heard, her new e-book launched this week. It’s titled The Introvert’s Guide to Success in Business and Leadership. At the end of the post, you can [...]

5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization

Chery Gegelman — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:03:36 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues

5 Reasons Curious Leadership Will Strengthen Your Organization: Exploring fills you with a sense of adventure, learning how things work and why they work that way makes your every cell in your body dance! In your explorations, you turn things over and look underneath them. You dig in the dirt and examine everything you find. Squiggly things [...]

Where do you get your energy?

Monica Diaz — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:44 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

If you are a character-based leader you will strive to be the best you can be. You will be leading with integrity, and courage and regard to others. You will be after a noble cause or at the very least a noble way to reach your objectives. You will feel committed and responsible for the [...]

Leadership, Reward and Culture

Mike Henry — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:03:03 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership Value Creation

There is an intrinsic reward that is received by the giver. We all know this is true. When you help someone who can’t possibly repay you, an immeasurable benefit, almost a force, provides benefit back to you. It may not come at the same time or in a specific sequence. Sometimes your good fortune or [...]

Inspiring Challenge

Mike Henry — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:29:27 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

This series on inspiration just keeps going and going. Here’s a third post. Who knows how long I can go with this? Have you chosen to inspire people. Leaders inspire. Did you accept the thought I reported in the previous post that Simon Sinek stated that there are only two ways to get someone to [...]

Impossibly Good

Mike Henry — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:14:03 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Resources Reviews

Linchpin is a fairly important recent book by Seth Godin. Most of the concepts in the book aren’t new and have been presented in many other books including The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. Many times the way the author makes a point or the current state of the economy may serve to add impact [...]

Miracles

Mike Henry — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:32:05 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

Have you ever witnessed a miracle? It isn’t every day that a planet is formed or a spaceship lands in Mississippi or someone walks on water. But I’ve started asking people that question. I don’t have a lot of results in yet, but there are only about 4 different answers you can give: never, once, [...]

Let’s Start Some Global Warming

Mike Henry — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:50:05 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

Maybe it’s time we started a little global warming. Oh, I’m not talking about the planet’s surface temperature. I’m talking about a different kind of warmth. When people know one another and share a mutual appreciation, there is said to be a warmth between them. When those people actually work together to make a positive [...]