This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted by Jesse Lyn Stoner of Seapoint Center. Jesse recently celebrated her blog’s second anniversary with this great list of leadership quotes derived from her blog posts. Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Jesse better. One of the things I most appreciate…
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Small Business Owners – The Difference Between Managing and Leading Your Company
Today I have the pleasure of having a guest post featured on the Biz Thinking blog. This site features savvy business strategies for small business owners. My post is called “Small Business Owners – Are You Leading Your Company or Simply Managing It?” Go check it out and tell me what you think. Food for Thought…
Mapping the Passage to an Upside Down Organization
Guest post by Marilyn D. Jacobson, Ph.D To be competitive in this global environment, leaders must go against the tide to ignite and maintain momentum. I believe that organizations benefit from an engaged workforce, and the only way to achieve that is to flatten the organization structure. The hierarchy gets in the way of change…
Women Who Talk, Write and Live Leadership
When I wrote the post 37 Women with Interesting Things to Say About Leadership, I knew there would be many women within my network that I overlooked. Thankfully, my community helped out and offered these examples of women who offer leadership resources and commentary – via their blogs, their social media presence and their daily…
How to Be Irresistible
This quote comes from a presentation I attended for using LinkedIn more effectively. This quote from Michael Yoder‘s presentation to the Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence really had me thinking. Mike was saying, in effect, when you approach things with a “helping” mindset, then people are naturally drawn to you. His point related to LinkedIn…