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Leadership Autopilot

Michelle Braden — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:56 +0000

Posted in Career Development Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Self Leadership

Three years ago I moved to a new city. It was not until four weeks ago I realized that I don’t know my way around my city very well. The reason is simple and a little embarrassing. It is all due to my good friend named Garmin. For directionally challenged people (such as me) Garmin is a lifesaver; however, it can also create great challenges: mentally checking out while you are driving for one. You’re driving along and Garmin says, “turn right here,” then “turn left there,” and before you know it... “arriving at destination”. You have no idea where you even are or how you go there, but voila!, Garmin says, "you have arrived".

Top 3 Change Management Mistakes

Michael Friesen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:02:51 +0000

Posted in Change Management

Change is a healthy part of any enterprise intent on thriving long-term. Failure to adapt eventually means irrelevance, regardless of the organization. Here are two definitions to start. Mistakes in technique – With any change management effort, plan on mistakes in technique. This is the ‘how’ of change, the specific methods and experiments to move [...]

Defining Moments In Leadership

Chery Gegelman — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:00:54 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

The Lead Change Group is a global, virtual community dedicated to instigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. This summer Lead Change Tulsa hosted a panel discussion about Defining Moments in Leadership. As we engaged with the panelists and the audience, we heard stories about individual choices and workplaces challenges, stories that tested integrity, stories about tough [...]

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 [...]

A Challenge for Leaders

Heather Coleman-Voss — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:05:21 +0000

Posted in Leadership Coaching Leadership Development

“Despite the economic recession, more employees are looking for opportunities outside of their organization than in 2008, suggesting that 2011 will be a challenging year for retention (and a hot market for firms to attract top talent).” Blessing White, 2011 Employee Engagement Report What is happening? While salaries are an important component to work and [...]

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” [...]

When People Collide

Shawn Murphy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:02:38 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

“We’re always behind this metal and glass. Nobody touches you.” If you saw the move Crash you may recognize this line. The symbolism is piercing: We’re either tough like metal or ready to break with any pressure like glass. This is the fragility in life. People collide. The kicker, though, is in the second sentence [...]

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 [...]

Tulsa Event – Defining Moments Breakfast

Mike Henry — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:47:00 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://www.examiner.com/career-coach-in-tulsa/a-must-be-there-event-on-leadership

Check out this post by Teri Aulph over on the Examiner. She’s one of the organizers of the next Lead Change Tulsa breakfast, sponsored by TCC’s Department of Continuing Education. The topic of the discussion will be Defining Moments. What can you do to prepare for the defining moments in your journey as a leader? [...]