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Leadership

Leaders, Change is Hard. Don’t Make It Harder by Being Stupid.

September 1, 2011

“Change is hard. It’s even harder when you’re stupid.”   This quote is often attributed to the actor John Wayne, famous for his cowboy image and attitude. Even though my research indicates that the attribution is most likely bogus, I think the quote is a good reminder for leaders. I believe that even smart leaders [...]

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A Coaching Dilemma – Results of August Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge

August 24, 2011

The results of the voting for the latest roundtable are now up at Mary Jo Asmus’ blog. Mary Jo offered us a challenge related to the hiring of a business coach: what should the coach do when the person being coached “falls off the [coaching] wagon”? See what fellow roundtable bloggers Art Petty, Dan McCarthy, [...]

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Excluding the Unemployed is No Silver Bullet

August 3, 2011

In recent weeks The New York Times, NPR and Slate have covered what I see as a very disturbing trend for job seekers: the practice of stating “only the employed need apply” on job postings. I wrote an op-ed piece about this from a human resources perspective called Unocverting Unemployment Bias on the Women of HR blog. [...]

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Leaders – Keep Your Mind Clear for a Magnetic Personality

July 29, 2011

Whenever there’s a discussion of “what makes a great leader?” invariably the trait of “charisma” surfaces— that special “something” that is appealing and makes people want to follow that leader. I recently read something that helped me think about the ways in which leaders attract people to their cause. The reading comes from an essay1 [...]

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July Leadership Development Challenge – A Healthy Debate

July 21, 2011

It’s the second month of the Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge and things are starting to get interesting, thanks to a compelling and nuanced case study offered by Art Petty. Art presented us with what he calls the “Brilliant Problem Child” case study. The case inspired vigorous debate, which is the hallmark of a well-written scenario. [...]

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8 Dimensions of Leadership Book Offer

July 19, 2011

If you read The People Equation with any regularity, you know that this blog is about helping leaders and organizations “master the people equation”. And, although this isn’t really a commercial site, today, I’m bending the rules a bit to share with you an offer that might be of interest to you. . .one that [...]

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July Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge

July 13, 2011

We’re in the second month of Dan McCarthy’s new leadership blogging brainchild, The Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge. Each month, a group of leadership bloggers give their advice on how to handle a dicey leadership development dilemma. This month’s host is Art Petty and he’s served up a dilemma worthy of debate: “What price, brilliance?” Go on [...]

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Leadership Development Carnival – Firecracker Edition

July 4, 2011

This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is now up at Great Leadership, hosted by Dan McCarthy. In honor of the U.S. Independence Day holiday, Dan has bestowed firecracker nicknames upon all of this month’s contributors. There are 45 outstanding essays on leadership featured. So, head on over to the July  Leadership Development Carnival to find out [...]

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Leadership Lessons from the Birthday Boy

July 1, 2011

I got the idea for this post from fellow Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge blogger Scott Eblin, who wrote a post as a tribute to his wife on their 24th wedding anniversary about the leadership lessons he’s learned from her. Today is my husband’s birthday. Because I write a blog, I’m in the position to give [...]

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June Leadership Roundtable Challenge Winner

June 22, 2011

Last week I announced a new blogging leadership forum in which seven leadership bloggers weigh in on a leadership challenge issued by the host blogger. The first challenge was offered by Great Leadership blogger Dan McCarthy and featured “Rob”, a newly hired manager with a mandate to “shake things up” a bit in his new [...]

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