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Leaders, Influence and Family

Mike Henry — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:03:32 +0000

http://www.drangelabisignano.com/blog/leadership-influence-and-family/

Lead Change Member Dr. Angela Bisignano (@AngelaBisignano) published a challenging blog post recently. How often do you consider your influence in your family? Do you work as hard on your leadership at home as you do at the office or in your other social settings? Check out Leaders, Influence and Family over on at www.DrAngelaBisignano.com. [...]

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 [...]

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?

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 [...]

How To Stop Sucking (By Building A Personal Leadership Brand)

Josh Allan Dykstra — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:00:05 +0000

Posted in Career Development Leadership Development Self Leadership

Nobody wants to suck. At the same time, the world of work is changing in ways that make it harder and harder to stand out. As a leader in this strange climate, we must constantly be finding new ways to differentiate ourselves in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace. In order to thrive, we must [...]

How Noisy Is Your Leadership?

Tara R. Alemany — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:02:33 +0000

Posted in Light Your World Self Leadership

Popular views of leaders focus primarily on positional leadership. Those of us in the Lead Change community prefer to focus on character-based leadership, which enables anyone to become a leader, regardless of their station in life, simply by the actions they take and the effect they have on the people around them. Many of my [...]

Effective leadership begins with professional intimacy

Ace — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:30:57 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/11/01/effective-leadership-begins-with-professional-intimacy/

Today’s SmartBlog for Leadership post is by Christina Haxton, who combines psychology with humor and brain science to enable newly promoted executives to harness the power of their potential to become authentic and sustainable leaders. “Effective Leadership Begins with Professional Intimacy” discusses three-step process in which you can become a more sustainable, resilient leader while building [...]

Straight talk on workplace prejudice

Ace — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:26:07 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/10/18/straight-talk-on-workplace-prejudice/

Today’s post on the SmartBlog for Leadership is by Leigh Steere, co-founder of Managing People Better. She unabashedly challenges the status quo. In this article, Leigh observes “the most dangerous stereotypes are the ones we act on without realizing our prejudice. Who are you writing off, consciously or unconsciously?” Please click on the title above to read and share [...]

Faith, Football, and the Future

Deborah Costello — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:01:47 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

“Aw man… don’t call a time out. Coach, are you a moron?” This one sentence, shouted from the stands at my son’s football game last weekend froze me. I was suddenly ill at my core. We were down 22-0, but I couldn’t believe it. Were the fans actually attacking our coach during the game? Who [...]

3 reasons to kiss being perfect goodbye

Ace — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:54:17 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/09/06/3-reasons-to-kiss-being-perfect-goodbye/

This post is by Jane Perdue, founder of Braithwaite Innovation Group and a leadership and women’s issues consultant. Are you trapped in the paradox of perfection? Do you want to crank out perfect outcomes yet fear failure so much that you quit trying or give up or never get anything finished? Aim for excellence rather than [...]