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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Safe at Home – Watch Your Words

March 28, 2011

Dwane Lay who blogs at Lean HR is hosting a unique HR Carnival this week. He’s asked all carnival contributors to write a post with the same title: “Safe at Home.” We’re to write about what that title means to us personally and publish it today. The carnival featuring all submissions with this title will [...]

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Flying without a Net

March 25, 2011

I had coffee the other day with a friend who leads a team of technical professionals. When asked “how’s it going?” she slumped slightly and said, “My best technician quit this week. He’d finally had enough.”  Good jobs are hard to find in this tough Midwestern economy, so I asked what company he moved to. [...]

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Driving with Values

March 22, 2011

Today’s post comes to us courtesy of leadership consultant and author David Burkus. His new book, The Portable Guide to Leading Organizations explores 39 different theories related to leadership, management and strategy.   By Guest Author David Burkus   I recently worked with a coaching client who had stalled out. This mid-level insurance broker had [...]

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Office Politics Resources for GRAPE

March 17, 2011

 Today I gave a presentation to the Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence on “Office Politics: How to Deal with Bad Actors in a Good Way”. Throughout the presentation, I made reference to books and blog articles that contained great information about navigating office politics while maintaining one’s integrity.    Here’s that list of resources: [...]

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Nourish Your Network

March 16, 2011

Do these four things and watch your professional network flourish   Last week I facilitated a conference break-out session on networking with a group of nutrition educators and health professionals. The conference was billed as “celebrating food, health and collaboration” so I titled my presentation “Nourish Your Network”. It was a fantastic audience. They were eager [...]

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Office Politics CAN Be Positive

March 14, 2011

Later this week I’ll be speaking with the Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence on the topic of Office Politics. It’s sure to be a lively event, as nearly everyone I encounter with has a story about colleagues maneuvering in some Machiavellian way to gain power, recognition or some form of “currency”. We love to [...]

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Networking Resources for Choices Conference

March 10, 2011

Today I facilitated a break-out session on the topic of networking at the Choices Conference in Lansing, Michigan.  Many thanks to Paul McConaughy for introducting me to the Michigan Nutrition Network , the organization sponsoring the conference. While preparing for the session, I revisited some of my favorite books on creating connections. I also found several great [...]

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Doing Things the Hard Way

March 8, 2011

Workplace Interactions Aren’t Always as “Easy” as They Seem When was the last time you faced a tough choice when deciding how to respond to a co-worker? Chances are it wasn’t very long ago.  Tricky interpersonal situations crop up all the time.  As you consider your options, no doubt some choices seem easier to make [...]

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