Leadership

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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Announcing the Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge

June 15, 2011

Dan McCarthy, host of the blog Great Leadership is trying out something new. This month, he launched the Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge and I think it’s something you’ll want to check out. This is how it works: Once a month, a leadership blogger will host a “challenge” question that highlights a typical dilemma or challenge [...]

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Is Faulty Wiring Frying Your Gut-Check?

June 10, 2011

Even the most plugged-in leaders get it wrong sometimes. This fact was driven home to me the other day as I listened in on a phone conference led by a regional manager named Pete who manages a group of customer service teams spread across the northern half of the United States. My purpose in joining the [...]

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June 2011 Leadership Development Carnival– Commencement Edition

June 5, 2011

 In early June, a ritual occurs at many high schools across our country— graduation ceremonies, aka the commencement exercise. Commencement means “the act of starting something” and I can think of no better metaphor for leadership development than that of getting something started.  This carnival is dedicated to the Class of 2011—they are the future [...]

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Following. It’s the New Leadership

May 19, 2011

If you find yourself still thinking about a three-minute video clip six days after you first saw it, chances are it had a pretty powerful message. That’s definitely the case for me as I reflect on the hilarious, but insightful video clip shown at the TEDx Grand Rapids event last week. The video features Derek [...]

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New Partnership – SmartBrief on Leadership and The Lead Change Group

May 10, 2011

Here’s an excellent leadership resource for you: the SmartBrief on Leadership blog. It’s curated by SmartBrief, which is a media company that aggregates the top news from a variety of industries. You can receive a daily digest via email on industry topics of your choosing. For example I subscribe to their Leadership and Workplace editions. It’s [...]

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8 Ways for CEOs to Tap Their Insiders

April 30, 2011

The concept of MBWA still has legs. Here’s how to capitalize on it. How much time should a CEO spend interacting with company employees versus external partners? More than you might think, according to research conducted by the Harvard Business School faculty.  There is evidence interacting with “insiders” (employees and their board of directors) is [...]

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April Leadership Development Carnival

April 3, 2011

This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is being hosted by Sharlyn Lauby, author of the highly lauded HR Bartender blog. Sharlyn is also the president of ITM Group, a training consulting firm that specializes in curriculum design and leadership development. Because I play in that sandbox too, Sharlyn and I have “talked shop” many times via [...]

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Safety in the Workplace

March 30, 2011

5 Tips for Creating a “Speak Up” Culture   Phil is the president of a mid-size company that has a huge safety problem. If you were to tell him this, Phil would scoff and proudly show you his company’s OSHA records. It’s true that Phil’s company does a great job protecting the physical safety of [...]

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