When I read the book Influencer (now in its second edition) a few years ago, I became fascinated with the topic. So much so that I did quite a bit of research on influence and even put my own spin on the topic and created an e-book. (See sidebar to download your free copy.) One…
Communication
Employee Engagement is for Everyone
This is a multi-part series on employee engagement based on my interview with New York Times best-selling author Kevin Kruse. As a former business owner and winner of a “Best Place to Work” award, Kevin has a wealth of real-life experience. I found him to be funny, down-to-earth and very reasonable in his approach to…
Trust & Transparency – May 2013 Frontline Festival
We leadership bloggers love to talk about trust and transparency. Karin Hurt of the Let’s Grow Leaders blog has selected these intertwining topics to feature for her May Frontline Festival. It’s a fantastic compilation from over twenty active leadership bloggers. Topics include trusting your team, trusting yourself (HUGELY important, and often overlooked), how to building…
Feedback and Coaching – April 2013 Frontline Festival
Feedback and coaching – that’s the focus for the April “Front Line Festival” leadership blog carnival, hosted by Karin Hurt (aka @LetsGrowLeaders). Karin is a practicing leader for a Fortune 15 company and she writes the blog Let’s Grow Leaders. There are oh-so-many great posts to help you develop yourself and others as a leader. Karin has them…
Leadership Development Carnival Hosted by Jesse Lyn Stoner
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…