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Leadership

Leadership Development Carnival – November 2011

November 7, 2011

The November Leadership Development Carnival is up at Dan McCarthy’s Great Leadership blog. No theme this month, just a straight-up presentation of 45 great essays on leadership. Go on over to the carnival to see how leaders can be both bold and humble, 5 reasons for leaders to engage in social media and letting go [...]

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Tag-Team Workplace Coaching

November 3, 2011

Sometimes, a person’s boss just isn’t the right person to do the coaching. Consider this story, as told to me by my client Pete: Pete was part of a new product ideation team tasked with creating a proposal for the company president. On the day of Big Presentation to the president Liz, the team gathered [...]

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Creativity is a Vital Skill for Leaders

October 20, 2011

The following post is written by Erin Palmer, a recent college graduate. When she contacted me to ask if she could write a guest post on creativity and leadership, I was thrilled because of her point of view: that of the follower, not the formal leader. Please read on to find out what this young, [...]

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Three new HR and Leadership Resources for You

October 12, 2011

Hello, readers of The People Equation! Today I have three fantastic resources to share with you. First of all, please check out the Recognition at Work blog hosted by the recognition experts at Baudville. As you may recall, Cori Curtis wrote a wonderful three-part series for The People Equation on workplace recognition practices. Now, I’ve [...]

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5 Reasons Leaders Fear Embarrassment

September 30, 2011

And Three Ways to Deal with It “The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.” Douglas Engelbart, American Inventor I was in a strategic planning meeting being led by a Regional VP named “Henry”. His boss was there, as were all 55 of his team [...]

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What Type of Angry Boss Are You?

September 24, 2011

My kid came home the other day and showed me some artwork that he drew while waiting for his classmates to finish their math tests. He drew a series of random dots, connected them and then created a cartoon out the resulting shape. His first shape resembled an angry person screaming so he labeled it [...]

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Leadership’s Role in a Successful Employee Recognition Program

September 21, 2011

5 Ways Your Leadership Can Make a Difference This is the second in a three-part series on employee recognition, written by guest contributor Cori Curtis, Certified Recognition Professional. The first in the series was Employee Recognition: Why the Lighter Side of Business has Serious Results. Today, I’m writing to leaders. You may have dabbled in [...]

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HR and Leadership Web Roundup

September 15, 2011

Here’s a quick update on some really notable Human Resources and Leadership conversations going on throughout our online communities this week. First of all, Judy Lindenberger of The HR Locksmith hosts this week’s Carnival of HR with an interesting twist—she asked that all submissions address an HR topic using the number seven, as a [...]

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Employee Recognition: Why the Lighter Side of Business has Serious Results

September 14, 2011

I believe that employee recognition is a vastly underused tool in a leader’s toolkit. Recognition need not be expensive, elaborate or time-consuming—but that’s how many leaders see it. Therefore, I’ve teamed up with the recognition specialists at Baudville. They’ve agreed to pass along some great advice to the readers of The People Equation on how to [...]

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The Seven Moods of Employee Engagement

September 12, 2011

On this morning’s walk I saw a typical sight: kids waiting at a school bus stop. There were six elementary-aged kids, all lined up, hoods drawn up around their heads to ward off the chill in the Michigan air. Their body language telegraphed various attitudes: duty, sleepiness, and watchfulness. Six kids waiting for their day [...]

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