Tag: Leadership
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Change-Friendly Leadership (Book Review)
Change Friendly Leadership by Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan When I got my review copy of Change Friendly Leadership, I was transported back to my college days of studying change management. It was a great course and I had a phenomenal teacher, so my thirst for ideas related to managing change well started early. Good thing…
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Why Do You Keep Hiring Poor Candidates? (Leadership 101)
So you made a bad hire. Lesson learned. Eventually it happens to everyone. But why haven’t you moved them on yet? Why are they still hanging around and leeching the morale from your team when you know good and well that they just aren’t going to fit? Every day that you keep a “poor fit”…
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How to Take Action and Get Results
How to Take Action and Develop an Action Oriented Culture We recently had a new employee start on our executive team, and her fresh take on things is incredibly valuable for us in our quest for continuous improvement. One piece of our action-oriented culture that I have taken for granted was especially interesting for her.…
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Playing the “Boss” Card (Leadership 101)
How the “boss” card damages your leadership potential and how to avoid it Why? Because I said so, and I’m the boss, that’s why. If you’ve ever heard those words, you’ve probably transported yourself back mentally to a time when you were a young child being chastised by an adult. If you spend any amount…
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Turn The Ship Around! (Book Review)
I was very excited to read my copy of�Turn the Ship Around! How to Create Leadership at Every Level by L. David Marquet (here on Amazon). I actually found out about the book through a random link that I followed on Twitter. The link led me to a video interview of the author, and it…
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Thinking On Your Feet-The Hidden Leadership Skill
As I’ve been pulled into more meetings and face-to-face interactions with our leadership team, I’ve noticed two things. Some of our leaders are very, very good at thinking on their feet. Me? Not so much. Okay, I get that perspective is a big part of this discussion, but it’s really been interesting to observe some…
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HR-Stop With the Problems Already
“I don’t like going to HR meetings. They are always about problems, not solutions.” I heard that comment at the SHRM conference earlier this summer, and it’s stuck with me ever since. There is nothing quite like having to sit in front of your CEO and tell them about some problem that is coming at…