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Meet the Coach: Giuseppe De Simone

Agile42

Following the announcement of the public launch of agile42 in Sweden , we bring our series "Meet the Coach" to Stockholm to meet Giuseppe De Simone. Born in Italy, Giuseppe is a Certified Enterprise Coach and Certified Team Coach and his relationship with agile42 goes way back. We exchanged a few words while he plans for busy weeks ahead. How did you start as an Agile coach and how many times did you cross path with agile42?

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How Apps Can Shape Your Future Self

Nir Eyal

Nir’s Note: This guest post is written by Jeni Fisher, a London-based Googler who consults startups on applying behavioral insights to achieve business and user goals. Early on in my role as an Apps partner manager at Google Play, I was drawn towards the Self-Improvement apps space because their persuasive influence transcends screen-level interactions.

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Doug Sundheim | How Leaders Get More Comfortable With Taking Risks

Tanveer Nasser

While there's little question that organizations need to be more responsive change, the real question today's leaders need to address is are they at ease with taking risks, and more importantly, are the risks they're taking the right ones? This question lies at the heart of my conversation with my guest Doug Sundheim in this latest episode of my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”.

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Today a Reader – Tomorrow a Leader

Leadership Freak

“Today a reader. Tomorrow a leader.” W. Fusselman Recent Reads: Great at Work: How Top Performers Work Less and Achieve More by Morten Hansen.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

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!

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A journey in Agility beyond IT

Agile42

In 2017, Gia-Thi Nguyen attended a Certified ScrumMaster course in Berlin. What follows, in his own words, are his experience, success, and joy. I have been with Siemens for about 16 years and worked in different functions. At the moment I am the Head of Operational Excellence within the Digital Factory (DF) division and responsible for several processes in our regional companies all over the world.

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How Apps Can Shape Your Future Self

Nir Eyal

Nir’s Note: This guest post is written by Jeni Fisher, a London-based Googler who consults startups on applying behavioral insights to achieve business and user goals. Early on in my role as an Apps partner manager at Google Play, I was drawn towards the Self-Improvement apps space because their persuasive influence transcends screen-level interactions.

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Talented People Have an Annoying Side

Leadership Freak

“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” Noel Coward, English Playright Three reasons talent becomes annoying: #1. They’re too much of something.

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Why Well-Meaning Managers Burn Out When Leading Remotely

Kevin Eikenberry

There are many leaders and managers who want to do good work and serve their teams and organizations well. They are well-meaning and hardworking, but too often they burn out – for both organizational and personal reasons. While this has always happened, it is happening far more often now as managers lead remotely. The stressors […]. The post Why Well-Meaning Managers Burn Out When Leading Remotely appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Resilient Organizations at Agile Piano Meetup Berlin

Agile42

Last Thursday, April 26, I spoke at the latest event of the Agile Piano Meetup Berlin, taking place in the former piano factory, where Aperto (an IBM Company) is based, in the heart of Berlin Mitte. It’s a meetup that brings together agile employees from digital agencies and companies from Berlin and Brandenburg. In this session, I introduced the foundation of ORGANIC Agility by presenting the 5 core principles, and how they have been successfully or not implemented by some well-known organiza

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The Top 7 Pre-Call Sales Planning Meeting Questions

LSA Global

Pre-Call Sales Planning Meeting Questions Matter. The varied amount and inconsistent quality of pre-call sales planning creates a wonderful opportunity for hungry sales teams to outperform their peers. Why? Because sales reps who prepare by knowing the answers to critical pre-call sales planning meeting questions are more likely to add value, handle objections and secure the next steps required to move the sale forward.

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Change Management 101: A Practical 3 Part Guide

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.

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If You Don’t Know How to Make Work Fun

Leadership Freak

I’ll never forget the day my wife said our family was more peaceful without me. The kids were still home and I was always upset about something. Tragically, life was better without me.

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Coaching, Not Performance Reviews – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

While I mention Performance Reviews in the title of this post and throughout the video many times, that is NOT my biggest focus today. Today, I am talking about coaching and giving four specific pieces of advice to help you focus more on the coaching and less on the performance review. Tweet it out: Leading […]. The post Coaching, Not Performance Reviews – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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How to Burst the Illusion of Perceived Knowledge and Help People Grow

Leadership Freak

Those who don’t do – believe they know. It’s easy to feel you know how-to-do something you’re not doing. The things you aren’t doing seem easier than the things you are doing.

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7 Ways to Gossip Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

Malicious gossip builds silos and weakens relationships. There’s research that says gossip has a good side. But I’ve heard people crying in their cubicles because of rumors.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

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.

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How to Help Cautious Decision-Makers Make Commitments

Leadership Freak

Great results require meaningful commitments. A commitment is saying NO many times in service to a meaningful YES. The truth about MAYBE: I hate MAYBE. Just say yes or no!

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How to Say No and Still Get Where You Want to Go

Leadership Freak

Leaders who can’t say no are spread thin and overwhelmed. Pleasers can’t say no. Ultimately everyone is unhappy.

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Coaching, Not Performance Reviews – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

While I mention Performance Reviews in the title of this post and throughout the video many times, that is NOT my biggest focus today. Today, I am talking about coaching and giving four specific pieces of advice to help you focus more on the coaching and less on the performance review. Tweet it out: Leading […].

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How To Get a Consult With Me

Kevin Eikenberry

Years ago, early in my consulting career, it was easy to get a spot on my calendar. If you wanted to get some insight into a problem or a challenge, you could email or call me, and we could have a quick consultation. Today, it isn’t so easy. Fast-forward through 20+ years of business growth […]. The post How To Get a Consult With Me appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

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.

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Dear Dan: How Do I Get My Team to Participate in Meetings

Leadership Freak

Dear Dan, How do I get my team to participate in meetings so that I am not the only one talking.

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How to Say No Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

Tony Blair said, “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes.

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3 Ways to Shine a Light on a Healthy Organizational Culture

LSA Global

A Healthy Organizational Culture Matters. A healthy organizational culture can have a huge influence on the success or failure of your business. The Harvard Business School recently reported that a healthy culture can account for up to 50% of the difference in performance between organizations in the same industry. Our own organizational alignment research concluded that culture accounts for 40% of the difference between low- and high-growth companies.