Sunday, April 30, 2017

How to Be a Terrible Leader (Hint: It's Easy)



They say that leaders are born, not made, but a couple of decades at the helm of multiple companies has taught me otherwise. I've made every leadership mistake in the book and probably invented some new ones along the way.

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Leadership Lessons For Dadpreneurs



More often than not, successful entrepreneurs and young children share quite a few character traits. As a society, we spend a lot of time teaching our children, but how often do we take a step back and see what children can teach us.

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Honest Co. Replaces CEO with Clorox Veteran



Honest Company has appointed Nick Vlahos, chief operating officer at Clorox, to serve as CEO of the consumer products company co-founded by actress Jessica Alba.

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Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it. By VILAIWAN SUVANMANI Trust your journey. We don’t always end up in places where we want to be but we will definitely end up at places where we are supposed to be.

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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Leadership lessons from lean overview (slides)



Upcoming SlideShare Loading in …5 × Leadership lessons from lean overview (slides) 1. Leadership Lessons from Lean Scott Downs – VP Enterprise Agility Advisory 2. From the 1940’s through to the 1970’s, a revolution took place. It started in Japan. We now think of it as the Lean Revolution.

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We believe that Jesus is God. We take him at his word. Because of this, everything we do is all for Jesus. We invite you to learn more about this man who is God and how you can find forgiveness and new life in him. How to Know God Lives Changed by Jesus Need Prayer?

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4 Leadership Lessons Learned On a Dysfunctional Team



For 20 months, I was on a team so dysfunctional I sometimes wondered if everyone else secretly met up before work to schedule the day’s fights. Coworkers were openly verbally fighting with each other in the middle of meetings.

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Friday, April 28, 2017

5 Leadership Lessons from the Bible



Esther: How do leaders handle risk? “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.

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How Innovation Has Kept a 134-Year-Old Company Relevant



"Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow." -William Pollard Compaq, Sears, Kodak, PanAm. These are all famous companies and some would say household brands. They also have something in common.

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5 Smart Ways To Learn Faster



Today, business is inherently more complex than it has ever been. Yves Morieux, senior partner at strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group, has developed an index to show how business complexity has increased sixfold during the past 60 years alone.

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Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste (Great Advice I Got From A Retired CEO)



If you are a leader in a business, crisis happens. I've lived through them when I was at a leadership level in "Big Corporate America" as well as when I've been running my own small business for the last eight years.

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10 Real-Life Habits of the Coolest Bosses Most of Us Only Dream About



Ouch. But looking back, she was absolutely right. A few months after I left, I reflected back on my experiences under her leadership in comparison to the executive boss that came after her. This was a case of two polar-opposite leaders as different as the cultures they helped create.

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7 Big Mistakes You're Probably Making With Your Employees



Do you think you're a great boss? Probably--most people do. But there are some extremely common mistakes that keep good bosses from being great bosses. There's a good chance you're doing at least some of these things wrong--even though you have the best possible intentions.

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

10 Insightful Quotes (and Great Business Lessons) From 'Billions'



I may or may not have seen every episode of the Showtime series Billions at least twice. I may or may not have participated in Billions-related email conversations where, for once, I don't mind if the number of people in the CC: field steadily multiplies.

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Here’s When This CEO Takes on Her Hardest Tasks



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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

4 Things to Focus On After Making a Mistake at Work



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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Why Hudson Yards is the Future of New York City (and Why You'll Want to Work There)



That's Jay Cross, President of Related Hudson Yards, referring to the massive project underway to transform the the 28-acre Hudson Yards site at what was once referred to as the Far West Side of Manhattan.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

What to Do When Boredom Creeps Into Your Career



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Richard Branson on Leadership



In an exclusive Inc. video interview, Sir Richard discusses his management style and the part of it that people imitate the most.

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Why Did Trump Win? Leadership Perspective



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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

What the Boston Marathon Bombing Heroes Teach Us About Leadership



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Monday, April 17, 2017

Leadership Lessons From Military



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Leadership Lessons From SEAL Team Six



A former Navy SEAL shares lessons from his time with the elite group that he says will enable any team to improve performance and outcomes – even on limited information and in stressful situations.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

11 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn From Tim Cook



All eyes were on Apple CEO Tim Cook after he took over from the iconic and masterful Steve Jobs. People did not believe he possessed the necessary leadership qualities required to help Apple continue as a tech powerhouse.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Co-Founder Compatibility: What Every Founding Team Should Know



In her TED talk, Kathryn Schulz, journalist and author of Being Wrong, raises a critical question: What does being wrong feel like? You may say it's terrible, embarrassing or awful, but that's not what it feels like. That is what discovering you're wrong feels like.

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Leadership Lessons from United Airlines



United Airline’s recent fiasco continues to spiral out of control. The dragging of a fare-paying doctor from the flight was recorded by many other passengers.

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Leadership Lessons from Executive Coaching



You’re most likely giving coaching feedback wrong; probably because you’re still using that old “sandwich technique.” You know, start with a positive comment, give the criticism you really wanted to deliver, and then close with another positive comment. It’s a crappy sandwich.

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Leadership Lessons from Catch-22



Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 is one of the most famous books and movies from the second half of the 20th century. While it may  not seem apparent on first blush, it has several lessons for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to learn going forward.

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Leadership Lessons from the Real World



The best way to build leadership skills isn’t to read leadership books, attend training classes or watch instructional videos.

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Leadership Lessons I Learned as a Quarterback and Coach



Before becoming a speaker and leadership advisor, I coached college football for 30 years, and played quarterback in both high school and college for eight years. That’s 38 years worth of sports lessons, which has proved to be a rich repository for lessons in both life and business as well. 

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Ten Leadership Lessons



You might not consider yourself a leader but chances are at some point in your life you will be asked to lead others. No matter if the context is work, school, sports or your family, a valuable question to ask yourself is, “what does it look like to lead well?”

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Quote of the Day



People will believe you if you believe in yourself.

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How to Turn a Mission Statement Into Sales



Say "mission statement" and most people think of a social mission company.

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Where Was the Pilot On That United Airlines Flight?



I’m as horrified as everyone else watching that video of a United Airlines passenger being forcibly dragged from his seat, knocked down and bloodied, to make room for a crew member.

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Develop Grit and 6 Other Skills to Become a Better Leader



Leading isn't always natural. In fact, more times than not it's uncomfortable. There's a misconception that great leaders are born with certain qualities, that make them so.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

7 Leadership Lessons From the CEO of a Multi-Billion Dollar Company



In many ways, the current beliefs and thinking around leadership are amazing compared to the leadership beliefs of prior generations. No longer does it feel like leaders have to rule with an iron fist, not care about their people, or have to be afraid to show vulnerability in front of those people.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The 3 Things You Need to Overcome Any Crisis



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The No. 1 Fortune 500 leadership trait is…



This is what General Electric (ge) CEO Jeff Immelt said when I asked him the following question on The Chat, Fortune's new video interview show: What is the most important trait for a leader to be successful today?

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4 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Children



Experience teaches a lot of valuable lessons on how to deal with different people, work with a team and manage a project. But we also tend to lose some valuable lessons we learn as children. Kids have a natural instinct when it comes to leadership.

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For leadership lessons, CIOs can learn a lot from athletes



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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Black Lives Matter Activists Turn Attention to Statehouses



A new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter activists seeks to re-focus the movement's efforts on state capitols, building on momentum at the national level to push back against President Donald Trump's political agenda on issues such as policing and immigration.The online platform OurStates.

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