Imagine for a moment that top management at your workplace surveyed all members of leadership asking, “Who are the most respected and influential individuals regardless of job title in our organization?” Would your name appear at least 10 times in the survey results? If so, then you might be an opinion leader, as defined by authors…
Following. It’s the New Leadership
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…
TEDx Grand Rapids – 8 Ideas Worth Sharing
I’ve joined the ranks of TED aficionados. Last Thursday, along with 599 other lucky people, I participated (on-site) in the first-ever TEDx event in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A TEDx event is a spin-off of the popular TED Conference. For those unfamiliar with TED, it’s a unique conference format designed around “riveting talks by remarkable people,…
New Partnership – SmartBrief on Leadership and The Lead Change Group
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…
What Bugs Us At Work
I heard a great review on NPR the other day of a book called Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us. The book covers the science of why things like loud cell phone conversations and fingernails on a chalkboard are universally annoying to us. As I listened, I realized that a big part of my…