Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 19, 2013
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less” -C. S. Lewis Is humility teachable? Is humility developed by nature or nurture? Am I really audacious enough to write a post on teaching humility? Apparently yes. Let me add a caveat. I don’t have humility handled. I have the best intentions, but [.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 23, 2013
So much of the world is based on how much people like you. For example, when you are in a job interview, there are three or four other candidates. All are qualified, because no one interviews people who cannot do the job—that would be a total waste of time. This means that interviews are about being enchanting. Whichever of the four candidates who the hiring manager most wants to hang out with all day is the one who gets the job.
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Eat Your Career
MARCH 7, 2013
Your “stamp of approval” is precious. When you recommend someone for a job—whether a friend, family member, colleague or anyone else—your professional reputation is on the line. Your contacts trust you and you’re essentially asking them to transfer that trust to another person. If that person loses their trust for any reason, it transfers right back to you.
Lateral Action
MARCH 21, 2013
Painting by Natasha Wescoat licensed to Murals Your Way When I began as an artist, I was really enjoying the experience of selling my work directly to people. It was so much more exciting than hanging it on a wall in a gallery. I had more control over my work, when it was available and […]. The post How to Start Licensing Your Art (and Why You Should) appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
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TED
MARCH 5, 2013
Phil Hansen has tattooed bananas, drawn a portrait on stacked Starbucks cups and created a Jimi Hendrix portrait out of matches, which he then burned. In other words, he isn’t the kind of artist who feels bound to paint on canvas. So how did Hansen happen upon such fascinating methods? By embracing a major limitation — a hand tremor that made it impossible for him to do the pointillist drawings he loved.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 14, 2013
According to the 80 20 Rule, 20% of your team is carrying 80% of the load. If that’s the case, 80% could do substantially more. Have you come to except the Pareto Principle as a given? Of course, your performance management structure counts these slackers to make for a nice bell curve. So maybe it’s easier to [.] The post How to Break the 80 20 Rule appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 15, 2013
I am delighted and humbled by the response to the Frontline Festival. I asked my friends and colleagues to share their best advice for frontline leaders. Wow! Read these posts and you will emerge stronger. Perhaps read one a day, you’ve got enough for a month. I am pleased to share their gifts with you. [.] The post Frontline Festival: A Leadership Carnival for Frontline Leaders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 5, 2013
“If you want them to understand and catch your passion, you’ve got to give them more than the facts. Tell them the story behind your own excitement, and they’ll begin to latch onto your vision” -Jeremy Kingsley, Inspired People Produce Results I’m assuming if you’re reading this post you’re passionate about leadership or the vision [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 7, 2013
Are you good at angry? Or, do you waste your “mads?” Angry informs. Angry teaches. Mad makes us care. Unless it doesn’t. Use anger to fuel passions and accomplish change. Don’t respond with frustration, outbursts, or retaliation. All you’ll have then is embarrassment, regrets and apologies. When you are really ticked off, don’t just get [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 28, 2013
Words uncover meaning. Words inform. Words create community. I’m always looking for ways to keep my remote team connected, growing, and thinking. So, I sent a quick email off to my organization: “what’s one word that inspires your leadership?” The responses came pouring in… within 24 hours, over 40% of my organization had whittled [.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 20, 2013
If you are a leader, you will frustrate your team. You don’t mean to. You likely frustrated someone today. I know, I know, you’re boss frustrates you too. I asked our community through Let’s Grow Leaders Facebook, Twitter and other social media forums, about “how leaders frustrate their teams…” Please feel free to add yours [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 18, 2013
A “stand and deliver” presentation on your results is always nerve-wracking. But– watching your team do one is down right scary. You care about your people, and these things can get ugly. Leverage your own experiences. Help your team to build more powerful presentations. Help your team to talk strategy. Remember when you… couldn’t sleep [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 11, 2013
Apparently this is an attractive and dangerous fantasy. This month the Harvard Business Review LinkedIn Discussion Forum has been visualizing “the ideal boss.” The discussion has attracted over 300 comments from thought leaders around the globe. Top 10 Characteristics of an “Ideal” Boss As I read the comments, I did a rough stroke count of [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 21, 2013
You care deeply. Change must happen. They need you. You are qualified. You have big ideas. “I’m not sure I’m ready.” “I might fail” “I’m scared” “It’s too much work” “I’m too busy” “No One Asked Me” My friend ran up to me while we were waiting to pick up our kids. “I’ve got this [.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 27, 2013
“Okay, we need everyone’s full attention… so here are the meeting rules. No texting. No sidebars. Full participation…” If you have to start your meeting with ultimatums, something is wrong. Sure you could scold the team into paying attention. Better yet, figure out why they don’t want to. 3 Reasons Your Meeting is a Waste [.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 4, 2013
Have you ever received frustrating feedback? Have you ever wanted to shout, “are you freaking serious?…” “Have you looked at the impact YOU are making?” ”I don’t want to roll like you…” How do you know if the feedback is frustrating because it’s wrong… or because it’s exposing a sensitive blind spot.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 1, 2013
What questions cause you to pause? What questions lead to helpful reflection? Today I share two questions I find helpful… What questions do you use to guide your daily leadership? Q1: How can I be most helpful? “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would [.] The post 2 Helpful Questions to Ask Yourself Each Day appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 22, 2013
You’re the best at what you do. You’re a technical genius. You skip to work. And now…you’re feeling pressured to move to the next level. You’re honored, and humbled. It would mean more money. But, you see what your boss goes through. All those people problems. Questions of job security make you queasy. You are [.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 12, 2013
It was March over a decade ago. I had just finished singing Amazing Grace and was headed down from the choir loft back to my pew. My Dad began the eulogy for my Grandma, who had died that week. He looked at his brothers and sisters in the first row and said, “I am thankful for expectations.” Me [.] The post The Power of Great Expectations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 29, 2013
Being agnostic to trolls, I took a day off work for growth and adventure. As I stepped off the train in Manhattan, my phoned beeped of a “tweetup” at the “Black Door.” A Tweet Walks into a Bar I got to the hotel and asked the concierge for directions. He looked at me… “change your [.] The post Trolls in Chelsea: How to Manage Meanies appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 26, 2013
I had lunch with some old friends– the kind you miss deeply without even knowing. I was once their leader. Now, I feel powerless to help. I am grateful for the heavy, important hearts entwined in conversation. Their frustrated hearts continue to survive the downsizing. Other friends have not made out as well. Perhaps… So [.] The post Optimistic Hearts on a Disappointed Road appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 13, 2013
Tight shoulders. Strained relationships. Visions not yet achieved. Public disclosure of private struggle. Tension is exhausting… unless… It’s invigorating. What’s A Tension Map? After reading Steven’s Snyder’s new book, Leadership and the Art of Struggle, I wanted to know more about his theory of positive and destructive tension.
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Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 9, 2013
As a “growing” leader I am always inspired by the work of other leaders and thinkers. The online community stretches me beyond my own experiences and thinking. I engage in several leadership tribes … and bring their thoughts and challenges back to you and the Let’s Grow Leaders Community. It’s fun to stir [.] The post Let’s Grow Leaders as Shared In Other Growing Scenes (a Sunday Supplement) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 6, 2013
The Waiting Place……for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or a No or waiting for their hair [.] The post Waiting Wisdom: 5 Ways to Become a Better Wait-er appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 19, 2013
No one wants to seem old and outdated. The key to avoiding this is learning how to think like the next generation. So recognize what you care about that younger people don’t care about. Not like a house and mortgage – that stuff is dependent on what stage of life you’re in. I’m talking about things that are not dependent on stage of life - values and your outlook, which tend to be more generational.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 13, 2013
I get so many books in the mail to review , and the way I evaluate which ones are worth my time is to first read the jacket flap. So I’m not even going to pretend that I have read Tipping Sacred Cows , by Jake Breeden, but I’m going to tell you that it has an amazing jacket flap. He lists sacred cows in corporate life that we should reconsider: Balance: Disguising indecision as a bland compromise that attempts to achieve many things but ends up accomplishing nothing Collaboration:
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Penelope Trunk
MARCH 9, 2013
I’m at my son’s cello lesson, thinking about this week’s Time magazine. Sheryl Sandberg’s on the cover. I never used to write about women on my blog. I wrote for three national magazines about careers before I even acknowledged that I was a woman aside from saying 1. I got the column because I was a woman running tech companies.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 5, 2013
I took the kids to New York City for a week, and while Melissa was trying to figure out what to do with the kids for the day I was working, she came up with this idea that my seven-year-old son should do an internship with a stylist. He wants to be a stylist. He talks about it all the time. And it’s hard for me because I’m so bad at dressing myself that he has actually reprimanded me: “Mom.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 16, 2013
I get up at 5am to drive my son to his cello lessons in Chicago. On Saturday he’s in lessons for four hours. I wake him and he says, “No. It’s too early. It’s too hard to drive to Chicago all the time. I can’t do it.” I don’t say anything. I sit on the side of the bed, in the dark, and I can’t force a seven-year-old to drive sixteen hours a week for cello.
Penelope Trunk
MARCH 28, 2013
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