From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Boundaries of Fearlessness

March 27, 2010

In his book Linchpin Seth Godin draws a distinction between the words fearless and reckless. Fearless people, he says, are “unafraid of things one shouldn’t be afraid of.” They push through any imagined “threat” to make a presentation to a difficult customer or conduct a challenging conversation with an underperforming employee. On the other hand, [...]

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It’s Only “No”

March 23, 2010

When I was a kid, struggling about going for a new opportunity my mom would say, “What’s it hurt to ask? The worst they can say is ‘no’.”    Same message by Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership in his post Career Advice Part 4: You Have to Ask for It. . .  . . . [...]

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Beyond Diversity Training

March 21, 2010

Ways to encourage diversity on your team beyond race, religion or sexual orientation.  Several weeks ago, I got an unexpected Skype call.  It was from my long-time client Pete. He was calling from Germany to say “hi” and let me know he’d just landed a new job as Director of Operational Excellence for a large [...]

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Leadership: It’s a 50-50 Deal

March 16, 2010

The “are leaders born or made?” debate. Said I wasn’t going to go there, but it’s just too irresistible.  A couple of weeks ago on the HR Happy Hour, we had a discussion on this very issue. The Twitter backchannel was ablaze with people debating the topic. Personally, I grow weary of the debate because [...]

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Leadership Carnival: Academy Awards Edition

March 8, 2010

Have you ever received a nomination for an award that was totally unexpected?  You know, you’re just sitting in some meeting and all of a sudden, they’re announcing your name and you’re thinking “did they just say my name?” I had that experience this morning when reading Dan McCarthy’s blog Great Leadership .  This month, [...]

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Leadership, Writing & Office Politics

March 6, 2010

Activity on The People Equation has been light recently due to my many offline projects. Here’s a quick run-down on what’s been happening and how you might benefit from knowing about them: The HR Happy Hour Tackles Leadership Earlier this week I was a guest on the The HR Happy Hour radio show (Episode 35: [...]

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Mentors: Your Words Matter

March 5, 2010

In January  I wrote a post for National Thank Your Mentor Day in which I publicly thanked several of the people who had mentored me over the years. Not surprisingly, they all reached out to thank me for the recognition. Here’s what was surprising: not a single one of them remembered the advice that I [...]

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25 Free Leadership Development Resources

March 3, 2010

As part of my gig as a guest on the HR Happy Hour’s Leadership Show , I agreed to pull together some leadership resources for the Happy Hour listeners.  When I talk with clients about leadership development, they often say one or both of the following: a)      We don’t have the time to develop something [...]

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Twitter Round-Up: Leadership

March 3, 2010

Tomorrow, I’m going to be a guest on the HR Happy Hour radio show.  The topic is Leadership Development.  Of course, it’s a huge topic and time will be limited on the show, so I decided to create some resources on my blog for the Happy Hour listeners to check out after hearing the show. [...]

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