Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Have you ever noticed that sometimes life rhymes? Something happens to you that fits together so well with what happens next that (as my editor would say of another one of my other rhyming days) “That story is so tight no one is going to believe it.” But the truth is, our lives are full of true rhyming stories ready to knock a message into our hearts if we can listen well enough to hear them.
Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
I get included in a lot of lists ( 19 Blogs You Should Bookmark Right Now , Top 10 Aspergers Blogs , Top 100 Education Blogs , Top 50 Productivity Blogs ) but I generally don’t pay a lot of attention. Lists are subjective, I don’t know who put the list together, and I mostly measure my success by if people care about what I’m writing (I usually judge by comments and social sharing ) and if I’m making enough money to stay out of debt ( a seemingly impossible feat ).
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Creative Realities
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
There are three ascending tiers of innovation that you can pursue. The level you choose will dictate the simplicity or complexity of the journey you will undertake. Unfortunately, far too many companies expect to achieve the highest levels of innovation while only providing the strategy, tools, and support for lower-level success, at best.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Employees who get injured or sick on the job are returning to work much sooner than they did in the past, but companies have varied reasons for accommodating their injured workers.
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Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
Does this sound familiar? You went to a meeting where you had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, came up with a cool plan of action, everyone left the meeting feeling motivated, and then six weeks later you get back together. As everyone enters the room and takes their seat, there are sideways glances, “Did you do that thing we talked about?”.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
The minute I walked into their building, I could feel the excitement reverberating from the walls. Everyone was buzzing about the unveiling of their new company name, branding, and messaging. The IT Guy explained that they were “no longer” a start-up (true), and the designer clearly articulated how these changes were to take the company into the next phase of their growth.
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Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
Our MBA Orientation committee debated whether was this too much pressure. The second week on campus, teams of first year MBA students would have 48 hours to research and make recommendations on a real business challenge for a large, high-profile company and package and communicate their recommendation to a high-profile audience. Clearly, it’s more than a “game” when potential employers and university leadership are involved.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
I often start my speeches on employee engagement sharing prototypes of various kinds of disengagement. The favorite is always Barbara Boatrocker– “her life feels like a sad country song, every little thing is wrong”– for the appropriate audience I’ll even sing that line ;-). “She’s always stirring the pot. Nothing’s ever quite right when Barbara’s around.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of employee engagement results, you most likely know the, “how in the world could they feel THAT WAY after ALL I’ve done” head scratching frustration. I know I have. You’ve recognized, mentored, career-pathed, taken some bullets, helped them win… and yet, it somehow wasn’t enough for everyone.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you? Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited gives an A-to-Z list of positive character traits for work. Follow Beth. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says your peers can help you do a better job sooner. Here’s how to get the most from their experience.
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Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
I’ve written 640 blog posts and never had a response like I received from last Monday’s post, What Happens When We Really Listen. Notice I didn’t say “reaction,” I’m not counting up social shares or page views, I’m talking about real human beings from around the world reaching out in deeply personal ways. First was the executive who picked up the phone as soon as he read it. “I’ve never done this before, and I’m a bit surprised I’
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
I often start my speeches on employee engagement sharing prototypes of various kinds of disengagement. The favorite is always Barbara Boatrocker– “her life feels like a sad country song, every little thing is wrong”– for the appropriate audience I’ll even sing that line ;-). “She’s always stirring the pot. Nothing’s ever quite right when Barbara’s around.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
I wasn’t going to weigh in on Marissa Mayer’s choice to take a 2 week maternity leave, because quite frankly, I’m conflicted. I know the choices I’ve made (and continue to make) as a working mom leave some of my friends scratching their heads. “Why would she want to travel like that?” “All this time working on that book can’t be good for her kids.” Sometimes they say it, sometimes I just see it in their eyes, or hear it as subtext to their q
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. Our August Festival is all about communication. Thanks to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! Next month’s Festival is a special edition! See details below. Twenty-two Ways to Strengthen Peer Relationships. What one word would your co-workers use to describe you?
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With the increased interest in reskilling and upskilling existing workforces, companies are looking for more training and development content and realizing that higher education has a lot to offer. Similarly, companies are finding value in providing training to students and preskilling their future workforce. The challenge is that the technology and platforms used to serve these two audiences have never had to work well together—until now.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
The outdoor wedding on the water was beautiful, the bar was open and the line for the fanciest version of a port-o-pot I’ve ever seen was long. Which is why so many heard the screams of the little boy who couldn’t escape from the pottie on wheels. His cries grew more frantic as his dad and others tried to calm him down. “Lucas, it’s going to be okay… Just turn the knob… Please stop crying… ” Lucas stayed stuck.
Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
I wake up at 5am and while I wait for the coffee to brew, I do a yoga pose. Not so much to do yoga, because yoga’s been torturing me for years and I’m sick of it. I do the pose to celebrate my kitchen floor. It’s so clean. I do a sun salutation and push back on my hands to downward dog. I spread my fingers on the smooth wood floor. And as my head hangs I see the gleam of the grain in morning light.
Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Where’s the return on investment for that a bachelor’s in art history or an MFA? How do artists support themselves. What can I do if I’m a visual thinker? You can answer those questions with, “Get a day job.” But there’s a lot more you could do besides that. Here are some career paths that are open to visual thinkers, whether or not you have a degree.
Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
This live, online course runs Nov. 9 – Nov. 12 at 8pm ET. The cost is $195. But if you sign up in the next four days, the cost is $145. Sign up now! Whenever I feel like I am a social aberrant because of how many corners I cut, I think about my ENTP friend Cassie. What do you call it if you are cutting more than the corners? Slicing and dicing?
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Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Every year I write about 9/11. Because I was there. But this year, I didn’t want to. But then I woke up today and decided that I want to. I didn’t want to write about it because I’m sick of it. I don’t want to keep identifying with it. I think maybe I needed to when I didn’t feel like I really belonged on a farm and I didn’t feel like I belonged in New York and I needed some way to explain to myself how I got to where I am lost.
Creative Realities
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
There are three ascending tiers of innovation that you can pursue. The level you choose will dictate the simplicity or complexity of the journey you will undertake. Unfortunately, far too many companies expect to achieve the highest levels of innovation while only providing the strategy, tools, and support for lower-level success, at best.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Many corporations reduced their investments in sustainable initiatives during the recent recession -- but some relatively high performing firms actually increased their long-term commitment to CSR.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
A new book describes how Israel has relied on technology and smart incentives to turn a water deficit into a liquid surplus. Can California and other arid areas learn the same lessons?
Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager
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Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
The pharmaceuticals industry is facing a radical transformation in the way it manufactures medicine. Companies that want to succeed in the future need to move from the current pharma manufacturing paradigm to one that includes new technologies such as continuous manufacturing and 3D printing.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Online peer-based fundraising tools have the potential to disrupt traditional investing models, but entrepreneurs and investors must overcome existing cultural and government barriers.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
University of Michigan professor Kentaro Toyama, a self-proclaimed "recovering technoholic," believes that society is putting too much stock in the transformative power of technology. In this interview with strategy+business, he argues that to solve human problems, human skill is needed more urgently than ever before.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
Former CEO Bill George has encapsulated his knowledge about leadership development into one short book. In sum, it says that leadership is a journey that requires a special compass if it is to be authentic.
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HIA Technologies announces the launch of Qvio™️ - transforming video engagement with two-way interactivity. With Qvio viewers can ask questions and get instant answers from the content owner's Author-Controlled AI™️.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
Coca-Cola's Derk Hendriksen says his company wants to lead the way in positively affecting communities. The company has initiated the Ekocenter program -- producing a series of off-the-grid, modular "community markets in a box" -- in Asia and Africa to improve the well-being of communities in which it operates, achieve water-neutrality in its products and production, and empower women entrepreneurs.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
Firms on the forefront of innovation often concentrate on introducing new products to younger consumers, but an aging population gives companies fresh opportunities as well.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Ever-smarter computers may be poised to steal the jobs of a rising number of people. In a new book, Geoff Colvin argues that humans can deploy a secret weapon: their ability to care.
Strategy+Business
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
The health insurer is leading the way for the reformation of the U.S. healthcare system by saving consumers money and testing innovative ideas.
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