Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2015

'Trust begets trust. The best way to get your team to trust you is to trust them. Hire for trust. Require trust. Rid your team of untrustworthy players. And then, show your team how much you trust them. Here’s how. 7 Ways to Show Your Team You Trust Them. 1. Set Audacious Goals. Oh sure your team may grumble. But there’s no greater gift you can give your team than leading them toward head-turning results.

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Creative Companion

JANUARY 5, 2015

January 6, is a special day! Epiphany day – the 12th and last day of Christmas. For me it is also the day of changing perspective. The holiday season is over and we can focus on the coming year.

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IT Creative Thinking Creativity 100

Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2015

'My husband tells me that when the tractor was invented, farmers who spent their lives learning to be great with horses had to rely on young farmers who understood machinery. It was an era when young people looked like experts in farming almost overnight. Or at least they felt that way. Really, though, they were experts in the machinery of farming , but machinery so quickly became a focal point of farming that being an expert in machinery meant you could get by.

Career 111

Career Consulting Recruitment Management 111

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 30, 2015

'The kind of decision making that works when you know what''s likely to happen won''t suffice in a world of geopolitical crises. Sustaining a business in uncertain times requires executives to prioritize stability, resilience, and relationship management. Underneath all three is a shift in strategic direction--from a focus on growth above all else to a focus on having enough.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 30, 2015

'Your team is smarter than they look. I promise. If they’re not learning as fast as they you would like, stop and consider. What if it’s not them– but you? Here are three ways to make your team 10% smarter. 1. Stop Interrupting. I didn’t get this right away in my growth as an executive. I figured these were seasoned leaders. If they were busy when I called, they’d tell me.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2015

'“Do you trust me?” What a loaded question. It’s tough, even with people we love. “Sure, I trust you to be faithful, but do I trust you’ll remember to pick up the dry cleaning?” Even small actions can build or diminish trust over time. Defining the behaviors that breed trust can go a long way in encouraging more of the good stuff on teams.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 14, 2015

'I’ve been noticing a pattern with some of my clients when I utter the word “HR”–the proverbial eye roll. “What does HR say?” Queue the eye roll. “I think an important next step would be to bring HR on board.” An eye roll rapidly followed by, “Do we have to?” Now before I completely tick off the entire SHRM organization, please know I’m on your side.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 7, 2015

'Getting there early is one of the simplest ways to get ahead of the competition. And yet this simple leadership tactic is often lost in the frenzy of overbooked schedules. Getting up early gets work done. Getting to the race early positions you for a fast start. Getting to the show early gets the best view. When Early is the New Late. “I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.” - Franklin D.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2015

'Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our January Festival is all about Confidence. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is all about Humility. New contributors welcome. Confidence: Explaining It. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2015

'I’d much rather take over a team with results in the toilet than one executing on all cylinders. Sure they’ll be some long days and sleepless nights, but there’s nothing better than the electric feeling your team experiences when they accomplished what no one (particularly them) thought could be done. Inspire results like that, and your “A” players will follow you anywhere, and you get to do it all again.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

'Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. A great action learning program (ALP) has tremendous benefits: New ideas from fresh perspectives. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual. It doesn’t feel like training. Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Terrific opportunity to showcase talent to the executive team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 21, 2015

'The hard-sell is so old school. Anyone with a passing interest in what you’re saying has 17 ways to get 17 different perspectives on what you’re saying in 17 seconds. Your customers and employees have become conditioned to respond to any hard sell with a google search for the truth. The minute the google-search has begun, you’ve inadvertantly outsourced your explaining authority to the vortex.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2015

'A guest post from LGL tribe member, Tom Eakin, about confidence, resilience, and the courage to keep going. As a U.S. Army Ranger-qualified Combat Engineer Officer, I learned how to find the confidence and conviction to do what it took to accomplish the mission even when it was really hard… especially when it was really hard. Later, I applied what I’d learned in the corporate environment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 5, 2015

'Done well, action learning projects are one of the very best forms of leadership development. A great action learning program (ALP) has tremendous benefits: New ideas from fresh perspectives. Real work gets done. Learning is contextual. It doesn’t feel like training. Participants must manage through complex situations and team dynamics. Terrific opportunity to showcase talent to the executive team.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 12, 2015

'I am a child of the feminist revolution. My mom tells me this story. She hated being home with kids. She always dreamed she’d be a journalist. She she got a full scholarship to go to college. But when she was graduating, she realized that if she didn’t get married she’d have to go home to her impoverished family. So she looked around for men to marry, and while my mom dated a lot of really hot men (I am paraphrasing now) my dad was the one who she thought she could for sure ge

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 3, 2015

'I spend a lot of time complaining to my husband that he never leaves the farm. When I was dating him I thought it was charming that he talked about how “city traffic is exhausting” when he was driving in Madison, WI. When I moved to the farm I grew increasingly annoyed that that I had to do all the driving because he always had a good reason that he had to stay home. “Farmers don’t leave their farms,” is what everyone told me.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 20, 2015

'The course will be 8pm EST Mon. Feb. 23 through Thurs. Feb. 26. It’s $195 but if you sign up in the next seven days, the cost is $147. The course includes four days of live video sessions, live chat and email-based course materials. If you miss the live sessions you can view them on demand. . Sign up now. This course is a peek into the inner workings of my life; how I figure out how to make money no matter what situation I’m in.

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 16, 2015

'CPG companies are good at the early stages of innovation where they develop new products, and the late stages of innovation, where they commercialize them. But they''re not so good at the middle stage of learning which product features, prices, and packaging a consumer will be attracted to buy.

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 23, 2015

'Data can be your key strategic asset for long-term growth. Just as the "quantified self" builds awareness of progress toward health, your comprehensive data strategy can help you lead your industry.

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Strategy 76

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 30, 2015

'To be a truly effective chief financial officer, you have to learn to be the champion of strategic discipline. Interviews with leading CFOs at Caterpillar, Philips, Sainsbury''s, Verizon, and Wells Fargo bring five traits of the strategic CFO to light: value chain insight, business driver leverage, attention to talent, cultural engagement, and integrity and interpersonal skills.

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 15, 2015

'A chief executive with a diverse background usually brings innovation and new ideas to a company, but the shake-up doesn''t necessarily pay off.

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 14, 2015

'In The Reciprocity Advantage, Bob Johansen and Karl Ronn argue that the most successful partnerships start with sharing, not protecting, your intellectual capital.

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

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Management

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 11, 2015

'Jeff Sutherland, codeveloper of scrum, explains how to raise the success rate of your company''s projects using the software development method.

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Management Management Development 72

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 7, 2015

'While compensating managers generously might induce more of them to stay, paying anyone too much can upset the balance of the executive suite.

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Management Management 71

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 27, 2015

'In Against the Tide, retired rear admiral Dave Oliver examines the management techniques of Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy.

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Management Management 71

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 18, 2015

'As 3D printing becomes more common, many products, their parts, or the raw materials needed in their manufacture can be made locally--reducing or eliminating the need to ship them to market. Certain products, those that are both highly suitable for 3D printing and have a relatively high cost of shipping, are particularly vulnerable.

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Professional development

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 21, 2015

'Thomas Koulopoulos and Dan Keldsen argue that companies should bridge gaps among various age groups, not reinforce them.

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Management Management 73

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 14, 2015

'Are you ready for what''s coming in your industry this year? For more insights, read the full collection of perspectives from Strategy&.

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Strategy 68

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 4, 2015

'High-tech blogger Nir Eyal describes a positive feedback loop for getting customers hooked on your products and services.

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 2, 2015

'C-level transitions can be difficult, especially when preserving a company''s character is critical.

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