Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 17, 2015

'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our April Festival is all about spring cleaning. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pics and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is all about energizing leadership. New contributors welcome. Spring Cleaning Our Priorities, Attitudes and Skills. “We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself–your own house–which we never do.”

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APRIL 3, 2015

'This course includes four days of live video sessions and additional email-based course materials. The course meets May 11 – 14 8pm – 9pm EDT. You can watch the video on demand if you can’t make the live session. The price is $195, but if you sign up in the next five days, the cost is $145. . Sign up now. . INTJs are only 2% of the world’s population, and female INTJs are the most rare of all types.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 22, 2015

'Conventional wisdom suggests that delays during the new product development cycle can hinder a project, or even kill it entirely. It''s time to rethink this narrow outlook.

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Profitable Problem Solving

APRIL 23, 2015

What a great week. Since the Amazon release of my new book, Profitable Problem Solving™, many people have reached out to share their problem solving stories with me. Most of the stories are great examples. The post Next stop – problem solving forum appeared first on Profitable Problem Solving.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Teenage cancer innovator Jack Andraka stands proudly with his mom, Jane Andraka. In this Q&A, Jane shares how she encouraged her sons to be resilient in the face of rejection. Photo: Courtesy of the Andrakas. Jane Andraka has raised two remarkable sons. Luke, age 20, is studying electrical engineering at Virginia Tech. “He was always tinkering and taking things apart — wondering how they worked, wondering how they could be made better.

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Lateral Action

APRIL 13, 2015

Why do you create? For love? For money? or both? Balancing creative inspiration and professional ambition The surprisingly creative potential of business models Selling books – getting the basics right Beyond selling books – creative ways to grow your income These are some of the topics covered in this 45-minute video I recorded with my […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 22, 2015

'You’ve tried everything, and the bad behavior continues. You don’t want to say “You need to change this behavior or else,” but the truth is–there will be consequences. Keep that “feedback-is-a-gift-and-I-care-about-you” loving feeling in mind, while having a direct conversation about specifically what must change.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 20, 2015

'I was giving a keynote on Saturday to large group of administrative professionals. My speech followed the recognition lunch. In addition to their formal awards, they did one of my favorites, “stand up if __” “Stand up if you’ve received your certification (nearly everyone in the room stood).” “Stand up, if you’ve achieved another important professional milestone (again, the room looked like a standing ovation).” “Stand up if you made a signi

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2015

'Kendra is late because she was at the hospital with her sick child and barely got home to take a shower… got it. Every now and then managers must make exceptions, no doubt. But now, John is late too, and you feel bad saying something to him, since you just let Kendra off the hook. Before you know it, late is the new black… to work, to meetings, and the envelope is being pushed in other arenas as well.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 3, 2015

'From my perspective, the new system was genius. Instead of our enterprise customers typing in their service orders in an email for call center reps to retype them into our systems (which almost always contained errors) the customers now had an easy interface that would “flow through” to the backend systems. Faster, with higher quality, and an added bonus of working on weekends.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 8, 2015

'Recognizing that some members of the newly formed call center engagement task force may not know each other very well, I reached for one of my favorite, go-to, get-em-talking and laughing icebreakers, two truths and a lie. My selection was met with a few “Oh, not that again” grimaces. “Ah, you’ve done that one before, huh?” Twelve heads nodded a quick yes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s tricky for all of us. I’m teaching the only leadership course these accounting students will take as part of their masters programs. The class runs from 5-10 PM after most have worked all day in their internships, and we’re crammed into a room too small for the big moving around that is critical under such conditions. All but a handful are on visas from China.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 27, 2015

In the Q&A after my keynote the other day, a woman (ironically after refusing to use my microphone) asked, “You know that part where you talk about Professor Lupin and facing your fears? What if your biggest fear is that you won’t be heard… how do you make that feel ridiculous?” We chatted for a moment about really considering what “the worst thing that could happen” was in this scenario.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 13, 2015

'Within three years, Mike had gone from an excited, creative new hire full of passion, energy and ideas, to a guy with one foot out the door with disengagement like carbon monoxide: invisible and impossible to smell. Here is his story. My first year, my ideas and alternative views were “refreshing.” I was quickly viewed as a rising star and invited to the right meetings.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2015

'I had just been promoted to manager and head swim team coach of our neighborhood pool. My staff and I had spent the week brushing algae off tiles, making bulletin boards, and organizing schedules–we were ready for the launch of an amazing season. I locked up my bike and unlocked the gate, a bit nervous, I was excited to lead the first practice of the season.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2015

'It’s been a long day, turning into tomorrow, but I can’t get her out of my mind. Ling (not her real name) bravely raised her hand in my Masters level leadership class tonight. “Professor, I see how these techniques would be important for someone who could accomplish something great, but it’s hard to apply for someone like me…” I gave more examples and stories of how these basic techniques are easily used in motivating frontline teams or to stand out in an in

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 2, 2015

'Many companies were caught unawares by the threat of online music piracy in the 1990s. But the lessons they learned then can teach them about how to deal with new technological dangers.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 9, 2015

'Large companies are recruiting an increasing number of top executives with experience in supply chain management. But the financial payoff remains elusive.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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APRIL 14, 2015

'As we get older, deciding to pursue our dreams becomes more difficult--but it''s never too late to do something that''s important to the world.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 26, 2015

To thrive amid rapid change, authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler argue, companies must quickly establish credibility and approach the future with a fearlessness that borders on hubris.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 5, 2015

'Veteran management guru Fred Kiel uses hard data to prove that soft factors like integrity, forgiveness, and compassion energize employees and customers -- and deliver better returns.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 5, 2015

'"In the absence of other information," says UCLA Anderson School of Management professor Corinne Bendersky, "personality sets expectations. But as we work together, the experience enables us to make informed status assessments. As a result, extroverted colleagues fail to live up to the high expectations that their colleagues have for them. The opposite is true for neurotics.

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Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 16, 2015

'Job ads that specifically seek team players can have the unintended downside of scaring away potential hires with technical rather than collaborative skill sets.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 12, 2015

'The chairman and chief executive officer of Aetna -- one of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S. -- talks about the disruption affecting his industry, the resulting impact on cultural evolution, and why he just raised the wages and improved the medical benefits of Aetna''s lowest-earning employees.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 13, 2015

'How the Mexican company developed the global capabilities needed to support its international business strategy. For more insights, read the related article.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 19, 2015

'To profit -- indeed, to survive -- in 2015 and beyond, companies must adopt new, unanticipated, and more decentralized forms of digitization and technological innovation.

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Profitable Problem Solving

APRIL 8, 2015

Hi – welcome back to my blog. Thank you to those of you that have corresponded with me and shared comments. I have enjoyed our focus on improving the bottom line for. The post Welcome to the Profitable Problem Solving™ Blog appeared first on Profitable Problem Solving.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 7, 2015

'Winning companies are made by leaders committed to solving important problems with innovative ideas -- against all odds.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 27, 2015

New platforms linking investors and entrepreneurs could have a dramatic effect on the banking industry and on economic growth.

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Strategy+Business

APRIL 12, 2015

'One of the most profitable materials enterprises in the world has redefined itself as a solutions provider, particularly in emerging economies and focusing on environmental sustainability. This roundtable with CEMEX senior executives tells the story of how the Mexican cement company developed its remarkable global capabilities and its international business strategy.

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