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4 Elements of Leadership That Are As Impactful In The Office As On The Battlefield

15Five

“What?!”. We couldn’t believe what we were hearing. This officer wanted our team of mentor-Marines to patrol the route that held the record for greatest number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ever found in our area of operations. On foot. At night. With Afghan military partners we had just met, and who we didn’t fully trust yet. Our previous set of partners had attacked us, their own mentor team, inflicting 25 percent casualties.

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10 lessons from a serial entrepreneur

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, The Serial Entrepreneur — investors want to back them, newbies want to learn from them, and people want to work on their teams. It turns out that, yes, being a repeat entrepreneur comes with big advantages, but there are difficulties too! And when you go through a tough experience like launching a new product, it’s often the case that you want a “do over” on many aspects.

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Decision Fatigue- Have You Fallen Prey To It?

Vantage Circle

Steve Jobs had always been seen to wear a black turtleneck, jeans and sneakers. Barack Obama on most days wears dark formal wear. Director Christopher Nolan favours a blue shirt and blazer. The reason? To prevent decision fatigue. “ You’ll see I only wear grey or blue suits. I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing.

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A Leadership Swimming Lesson – Remarkable TV

Kevin Eikenberry

This week, I am continuing to answer the challenges that our viewers have given me – asking me to derive leadership lessons from everyday, random objects. And today is especially appropriate given that it’s summer: Check out the video below for four ways that we can connect a swimming pool and leaders! Tweet it out: […]. The post A Leadership Swimming Lesson – Remarkable TV appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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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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Best-Self Management Podcast, Episode 4: Present and Impactful Leadership

15Five

At some point in our lives, we’ve all experienced what it feels like to be around someone who, for lack of better words, sucks the energy out of the room. Their negativity has an overpowering presence in even the best of environments. While this attitude can be hard to ignore, someone with magnetic positivity may be even harder to look past. Either way, our energy is what most affects the people around us, more so than the words we use.

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4 Reasons Leaders Don’t Notice Good Performance

Leadership Freak

What goes unnoticed gradually loses value. What gets noticed improves. 4 reasons leaders don’t notice good performance: Ignorance. Upper-level leaders don’t know what front-line employees and middle-managers are doing. Personality.

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Five Movies with Leadership Lessons

Kevin Eikenberry

You can watch a movie for entertainment, inspiration, or even to learn something. Sometimes a movie provides all three. While not a complete list, I have compiled five movies for leaders. Call them leadership movies that you’ll be glad you watched or re-watched. They come from different genres and different eras. While you might not […]. The post Five Movies with Leadership Lessons appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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10 lessons from a serial entrepreneur – Justin Kan, Atrium, YC, and Twitch

Andrew Chen

Dear readers, The Serial Entrepreneur — investors want to back them, newbies want to learn from them, and people want to work on their teams. It turns out that, yes, being a repeat entrepreneur comes with big advantages, but there are difficulties too! And when you go through a tough experience like launching a new product, it’s often the case that you want a “do over” on many aspects.

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The Untapped Power that Connects Successful Teams

Leadership Freak

Teams that connect with each other go further with greater satisfaction. What creates and strengthens connection? Shared purpose: Purpose is a matter of heart. Purpose is bigger than goals.

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7 Reasons That Lead to a Hostile Work Environment

Vantage Circle

What comes to your mind when you think of a hostile work environment? Most probably you’ll think of a workplace where one is prone to. Offensive conduct and verbal abuse. Sexism and gender inequality. Discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity. Poor human resource management. Sexual harassment and so on. Employees and job seekers have many aspirations regarding their workplaces.

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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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Mission Driven Leadership: My Life as a Radical Capitalist

Kevin Eikenberry

Would you like to learn from a former Fortune 50 CEO? How about one who has moved through both personal and family tragedy and still led at the highest levels? Most books by CEOs and former CEOs are more about their ego than helping their audience. Mission Driven Leadership: My Life as a Radical Capitalist […]. The post Mission Driven Leadership: My Life as a Radical Capitalist appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Miserable Leaders Spread Misery

Leadership Freak

Miserable leaders spread misery everywhere they go. Enjoy leading or get out of leadership. Stop spreading misery. Decide to enjoy leadership.

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Four Beliefs of Dingbat Leaders

Leadership Freak

There are smart leaders, stupid leaders, and then there are dingbat leaders. Leadership Freak definition of dingbat: A ‘dingbat’ is a smart person doing something stupid.* Smart people do stupid things.

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How Imagination Ruins Leaders

Leadership Freak

Imagination destroys some and beats others down. Phantoms pollute thinking and poison reality. When imagination ruins you: #1.

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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.