Andrew Chen
DECEMBER 18, 2017
1/ After 10+ years of publishing professional writing at [link] , I have a couple opinions on how to get your stuff read. — Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) July 26, 2017. Building your personal bat signal. I want to cross-pollinate a tweetstorm on lessons I’ve learned from a decade of professional writing. In a way, it’s a followup to some more general life lessons from 10 years of living in the Bay Area.
Tanveer Nasser
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Without question, one of the common tasks organizations everywhere have to deal with is leadership development. Whether it's due to an aging workforce or the growing numbers of Millennials now moving their way through the workplace, there's no question that developing the next group of leaders will play a key role in an organization's growth and success in the coming years.
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Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 11, 2017
You produce weakness in others when you exercise power unless you use power to fill others with confidence. You cannot empower people by exercising power over them.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Last week, I released my list of skills that employees need to focus on and improve on to make the biggest impact in 2018. Today, I release a similar list for leaders. Actually, leaders would be best served to improve on all skills on both lists – or at least consider all in their professional […]. The post Eight Ways to Be a Better Leader in 2018 appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
Mind Tools Problem Solving
DECEMBER 14, 2017
A big problem has somehow landed in your lap. Everyone’s looking to you to make the final decision , the ripples of which will extend far beyond your little team. But the boss went on holiday with a clear “do not disturb” notice. What do you do? How Urgent Is the Decision? Is the boss’s unavailability really a problem? Or are you worrying about nothing?
Management30 Change Management
DECEMBER 4, 2017
by Shahin Sheidaei Change is only constant in the world we live in, and you are a part of it! In fact, you are in the business of Change. You may be influencing the change of people’s behavior and/or their processes. You might be directing a change, focusing on the process versus people aspect of. The post Try the community-driven approach for lasting change management appeared first on Management 3.0.
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15Five
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Companies both big and small want to steer management decisions away from dangerous half-truths and recycled best practices. Stanford professors, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Bob Sutton brought data-based decision making to the world of business through evidence-based management to help these companies make better people decisions. Here’s how you can do the same… What’s Evidence-Based Management?
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Most words that enter your ears have little impact on your life. But I’m still inspired by words I heard six years ago. It was 2011. Five leaders: Jay Elliot, former Sr. V.P.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 11, 2017
If you work, you are an employee. Much of what I write about here is about leadership and how to be more effective in helping others choose to follow us in the pursuit of desirable outcomes. But every leader is a member of the team too. Even the CEO, even the owner. For the next […]. The post Eight Ways to Be a Better Employee in 2018 appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Vantage Circle
DECEMBER 8, 2017
FinancesOnline, a leading B2B software review website that has examined countless applications, has recognized Vantage Circle as a great HR system. Aside from landing a spot in their top 15 popular HR management software solutions, we received two prestigious awards. The Great User Experience award for HR software solutions is ascribed only to efficient and well-designed solutions.
Implementing new tools or business processes in your organization? Lemon Learning put together a practical 3 part guide to prevent the pitfalls of change management. Drive a successful change management project from diagnosis through to measurement.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Throwing in the towel feels like relief when hope turns to disappointment. Sometimes the voice in your head says, “It’s not worth it.” Disappointment: Meaningful achievement includes disappointment. Hard-fought battles taste sweet but include frustrations, setbacks, and disenchantment. People disappoint. Good people leave. Bad people stay. Results disappoint.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 5, 2017
People in the middle are forgettable. Obsessed people are remarkable. Danger: Average leaders want everyone else to be average. Leaders face the danger of domesticating remarkable people.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 30, 2017
New Years Day arrives and leaves like every other day. It’s different for one reason. We make it different. New Years is different because you do different things.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Disconnected leaders are captains on the Titanic. Comfortable disconnection in the present signals failure in the future. Isolation may feel comfortable – especially in difficult situations – but it sinks leaders and organizations.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 16, 2017
Dear Dan, I’ve followed your blog for along time and have used many of your thought-provoking ideas. But I have run into something I’ve never come across before and would appreciate your thoughts.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 19, 2017
People don’t want advice. They want the pain to go away. They want to keep doing the same thing but get different results.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 2, 2017
There are three types of people who want solutions but don’t find them, even though answers knock at the door. Finding a solution starts with who you are.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 8, 2017
Old sneakers feel like home. Rituals are an oasis in turbulence. Rituals are stability. But rituals enable you to sleepwalk into the desert. What worked in the past is perilous now.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Conversations that begin, “I remember when,” are about recreating the past. But you can’t create the future while longing for the good ole days.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 14, 2017
New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies of Destination Facilitation: A Travel Guide to Training Around the World.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 17, 2017
Secret Sauce Sunday’s are my opportunity to invite leaders who I respect to share ideas that have changed their leadership. This post is by Abe Klassen, President of MC3 Manufacturing in Ontario, Canada.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 4, 2017
Most of the talk about leadership style is futile without first understanding the answer to this question. Most leadership development is hollow until those learning are clear on their answer to this question. And while the answer to this question may seem easy or obvious, the results in the world around us prove that we […]. The post Compliance or Commitment, Which Do You Want?
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 12, 2017
End of year conversations carry unique weight. Why not stoke some fires? A forward-facing conversation with you transforms attitudes. A good word from you energizes effort.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 18, 2017
This morning, I’m thinking about gifts that touch us deeply and change us profoundly. I’m not thinking about a bottle of wine or tickets to a play.
15Five
DECEMBER 5, 2017
This month, we’re excited to announce the latest addition to 15Five, the Best-Self Review. Best-Self Reviews are 15Five’s answer to the traditional annual performance review, which is often biased and counterproductive. Traditional performance reviews were created during the Industrial Revolution, a time when producing efficient and repeatable outcomes were valued most.
15Five
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Life as I once knew it is now over. Oh it’s not as terrible as it sounds. Veteran parents will scare the newly initiated with horror stories of dirty diapers and sleepless nights (all of which are true). But those challenges are coupled with a renewed sense of purpose and a whole lot of love and cuteness. Despite the new constraints on my time, I am still far more productive than I have ever been.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 26, 2017
If you’ve been to this blog before or read anything I’ve written really, you’ve no doubt heard me talking about the most unlikely places that leaders can learn from and today’s episode is no different. Truth is that mistakes are a highly valuable learning opportunity and today I’ll explain how exactly how we can best […].
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 10, 2017
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath Have you ever wondered why when you go on a vacation, certain moments seem to encapsulate how you feel and what you remember about the entire trip? Have you ever thought about exactly why some moments have been so memorable and important in your life’s journey? This book by […]. The post The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Dear Dan, I hope you can help me with my question. It is related to the impact of the job titles/ levels in companies while you are negotiating.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 17, 2017
There are lots of lists this time of year, this one isn’t based on opinion or conjecture. There is no bias included or editorial license taken. This is the complied list of our most-read, new blog posts of 2017. Because I have been blogging so long, these aren’t the most read overall, just in 2017 […]. The post The Best in Leadership Reading – Most Read Blog Posts for 2017 appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 12, 2017
The greatest gifts a leader gives are a caring heart, a listening ear, and a forward-facing approach. It’s better to run to the light than splash in the mud.
Kevin Eikenberry
DECEMBER 12, 2017
When we think of “leaders going first”, we often think of those emergency scenes that we normally only see on television – the platoon leader going first; the fire chief leading his team through danger. But the truth is all leaders can be “heroes” and can go first. In today’s video, I’m sharing every day […].
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