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Leadership Development Carnival – Super Bowl Pre-game Edition

Ace — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:59:51 +0000

http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/leadership-development-carnival-super-bowl-pre-game-edition/

The February Leadership Development Carnival is up! When you get a chance, take a look at the posts that were contributed. You’ll find that they are not the same-old, same-old, but thoughtful, illuminating ideas and advice that can really make a difference. We’ve witnessed over the last few years perhaps some of the egregious examples [...]

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".

Do CEOs Really Have All the Power?

Jennifer V. Miller — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:35 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

In a blog post titled “C is for Silly: The New C-Suite Titles” Forbes.com blogger Jenna Goudreau explores the proliferation of titles elevating people to “Chief” or “C-level” status. The central premise of her piece was to question the relevance of so-called “vanity” titles like Chief Internal Evangelist or Chief Listener. In Goudreau’s post, marketing [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

4 Choice Leadership Acts for 2012

Ace — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:15 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/01/19/4-choice-leadership-acts-for-2012/

This weeks SmartBlog for Leadership post is by Shawn Murphy, president of Achieved Strategies and a learning and organizational development consultant. In his article, “4 Choice Leadership Acts for 2012,” Shawn discusses that you have the opportunity for a new start, to positively influence and make where we work better. Read about his 4 choice [...]

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.

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 [...]

5 Not-Quite-Rocket-Science Ways to Build Leadership Trust

Jane Perdue — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:04 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

This statistic stopped me cold: 60% of the participants in a 2009 international study trusted a stranger more than they trusted their boss. Yikes, how sad. In doing a quick mental tally of bosses I’ve had, unfortunately this figure didn’t seem too far off my experience. Many of those bosses didn’t grasp that in times [...]

Hacks and Square Pegs

Mike Henry — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:20:23 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://www.managementexchange.com/hack/enough-already-square-pegs

Our own Instigator, Jane Perdue (@thehrgoddess) has a “hack” posted over at Gary Hamel’s Management Information Exchange titled Square Pegs, Sacred Cows and Starting Over with Leadership that you should check out. Jane has some radical ideas about how to transform some the workplace by overturning some generally accepted practices and sacred cows in modern [...]