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A New Definition of Leadership for the Next Generation of Leaders
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APRIL 27, 2015
The definition of leadership is changing. Societal expectations of the workplace, fed by economic and demographic trends, are morphing the leadership job description. From emerging organizational structures like Holacracy , to changing expectations of the Millennial generation, your kid’s boss isn’t going to resemble the one you reported to the first day of your job. Image credit: Pixabay.
Leadership Truths to Empower Millennial Leaders
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AUGUST 3, 2015
This is one of my favorite quotes from the book. Are you crystal-clear on your purpose? Jon Mertz is. His purpose is to guide, challenge and inspire people of the Millennial generation to fully realize their leadership potential. Mertz realized this purpose in an unlikely place: a grove of Aspen trees while he was snow-shoeing in the American Rocky Mountain range.
Emerging HR Trends for 2015 – News You Can Use
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JANUARY 19, 2015
From the HR Trend Institute – 9 Emerging HR Trends for 2015. Read her other forecasts at HR Trends for 2015: Retention of Key Employees. To get to the trends in this post, scroll to the bottom and read the section titled, “What do you see as the top issue facing human resources in 2015?”. And business leaders – you aren’t exempt from this list.
6 Truths about Training and Development
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FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Helping people learn new things is super-fun. It isn’t always easy, but it’s always gratifying. For over two decades, I was a corporate trainer, conducting in-person learning programs and later, webinars, to a wide array of employees. I’ve facilitated programs in warehouses, stuffy conference rooms, outdoors, and with simultaneous translation to groups of non-English speakers. Don’t work so hard.
Are your managers ready for a world without formal performance reviews?
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The future of the formal performance review sparked a lively debate in 2015. SETTING. EXPECTATIONS: My team members are clear on. their roles & responsibilities. 2. DELEGATING: I effectively identify tasks that. others can take on to develop their. capabilities and free my time for. more strategic activities. 3. COACHING: I support my team members by. challenging and encouraging them.
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Leaders Who Serve Others Drive Superior Results
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MARCH 16, 2015
As a leader, how well have you served others? Serving others requires you to be daring, but not in the ways you might imagine. You probably won’t need to bungee jump off a bridge, or engage in some sort of epic battle. But you will need the courage step out of the spotlight, admit your mistakes, and focus instead on serving those you lead. Of course, the notion of “servant leadership” isn’t new.
Tips for Running a High-Potential Leadership Development Program
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AUGUST 17, 2015
Back in the day when I worked for a large corporation, there were employees who had been selected for some sort of quasi-secret leadership development program. It was this weird situation in which Suzanne (or Jose, or Robert) was reportedly in “the program” but they couldn’t talk in detail about it with people outside of the program. What is a High-Potential Employee? They know. The sweet spot?
4 Key Skills Employees Need for the Workplace of the Future
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JULY 27, 2015
This year, Spherion’s “ Emerging Workforce Study ” was conducted between March and April of 2015 by Harris Poll, a Nielsen company. I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s Emerging Workforce Study. All opinions are mine. What are the top skills that the employee of the future needs?
Are Loose Cannons Driving Down Your Employee Engagement Scores?
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MARCH 30, 2015
Have you ever worked with a “loose cannon”? This high-energy person moves ahead too quickly without checking facts. Loose cannons mean well, but their unpredictability causes collateral damage. Typically, loose cannon employees are seen as a liability—and management is often looking for ways to help them “find new employment opportunities.” Interesting.
Ditching the formal performance review? Kineo shares 3 Elements for Success
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KnowledgeAdvisors (2015) reports. in all these areas in 2015 and beyond. In his August 2015. From Performance Management. to Performance Development eGuide 2Part 2: A Roadmap. for Change In Part 1 of this eGuide, we explored the confluence. of factors that’s driving change in how performance. is managed and how organizations are moving. away from the traditional annual review process to. more real-time dynamic approach. This all sounds. very logical, of course, until an organization starts to. push forward with change then finds that there may. elements in more detail.
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6 Reasons Why #WorkHuman 2017 is a Must for Your Leadership Team
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MAY 16, 2016
Word of the inaugural event in 2015 had spread like wildfire in my HR community, with many of my conference-weary colleagues proclaiming this event one of the best—if not the best—conferences they ever attended. WorkHuman Executive Director Julie Zadow welcomes participants to the event. High praise indeed. Here are six reasons why: It isn’t a cheesy love-fest. Top-notch breakout sessions.
What You Learn When You Tell People No
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NOVEMBER 19, 2015
How good are you at saying “no?” It’s a fascinating subject to me. This is probably because I’m still a work in process when it comes to being 100% comfortable saying no. One way to look at saying “no” is from the standpoint of you as the individual declining a request or setting boundaries. For example, here are four different ways to say no and still keep your job. Think about this for a minute.
Women and the Politics of Promotion
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MARCH 23, 2015
Research indicates that ambitious women are in a double bind—if they’re too aggressive, then they’re seen as threatening; if they’re too accommodating, they’re not seen as senior leadership material. Even though this bind is easing as more women assume top leadership roles, it’s still evident in many organizations, particularly those that are traditionally led by men.
Leaders Create Human Workplaces
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MARCH 3, 2016
Their first WorkHuman Conference was in 2015 and my colleagues who attended said it was top-rate. I’ve worked with a lot of leaders. A few are card-carrying members of The Bad Boss Diaries but most of them are decent people. In the workplace, I’ve found that even good people sometimes make really stupid leadership decisions. And this sucks the humanity out of the workplace. Want to join me?
4 Ways to Close the Learning-Doing Gap for Front-Line Managers [GUIDE]
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According to BearingPoint Institute (2015), “The. KnowledgeAdvisors (2015) reports that “41% of training. Redesigning the Organization, 2015). FOUR WAYS TO CLOSE THE. LEARNING-DOING GAP FOR. FRONT-LINE MANAGERS 4FOREWORD We’re in business to help organizations. achieve their goals by making sure their. employees have the knowledge and skills. they need to succeed. managers.
Even Good Leaders Lose Against a Bad System
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JUNE 8, 2015
“The other day I had a revelation at work.”. That’s my friend Sally , chatting with me at lunch. “Oh? How so?”. That’s me, ever the inquisitor. Sally took a new job a few months ago and we were catching up on life. Well, the VP of my division stopped me in the hall the other day to ask how it was going. I was immediately on alert – I’m thinking, what had I done wrong? That’s it?
Blueprints for Nine Essential Business Meetings
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AUGUST 10, 2015
Let’s just put it right out there: pretty much everybody loves to hate business meetings. I’m on the record in support of meetings if they’re held for the right reasons and are run effectively. So, count me in the minority of people who think (some) meetings are OK. The problem is, we humans can muck things up pretty fast. When it comes to meetings, the list of blunders is endless. Disclosure.
Being Neighborly Builds Trust – #Sprinkles by @ChipRBell
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FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Service that delights, surprises, and amazes—it’s what we crave as customers. And, we are all customers. We’re service providers, too. Whether it’s as an office professional, an entrepreneur, a restaurant manager, a volunteer, a manager, a parent—there is always the opportunity to serve. That’s why it’s always refreshing to revisit the idea of “service” when a new book arrives on the scene.
Tips for Improving Your Company’s Leadership Development
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
When I interviewed Devin Lemoine for the Smartblog on Leadership article, Is your star player ready for a promotion? she offered up excellent advice for companies seeking to develop their leadership talent. Lemoine, who is the President of the leadership development consulting firm Success Labs , had so many great ideas that I couldn’t use them all for the Smartblog post. This is Jennifer.
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
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2015 Harvard Business Review article, a pair of GE. 1Why Your Company Will Need to. Rethink Performance Management eGuide Part 1: The Argument. for Change 2 3About this Guide Organizations are increasingly. moving from traditional performance. management systems (organized as. an annual review process) to newer. performance development systems. organized around real-time dynamics). If the.
5 Reasons You’re Over-Thinking Your Leadership Decisions
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JUNE 1, 2015
How much time each week do you spend making decisions? Likely, many of the choices you make are almost automatic, requiring little thought: attend that meeting or not? Stay late to finish the report tonight, or come in early tomorrow? And then, there are more challenging choices, such as whether or not to terminate an underperforming employee’s employment. If it does, learn to let it go.
Leading Yourself on the Path to Employee Engagement
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MAY 19, 2015
Do employees really want to be engaged? If you define “employee engagement” as author Kevin Kruse does (“The emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals”), it’s likely that yes, all employees want to feel some level of connectedness to the work they do. Employees also must take on ownership for designing their level of satisfaction with their work. Wait, what?
What Type of Employee is a Good Fit for Holacracy?
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MAY 26, 2015
Do employees really enjoy working in a self-organized structure? Holacracy —sometimes touted as a “leaderless” environment—eliminates traditional management titles and functions. The degree to which employees enjoy this organizational structure depend on many factors. Some people take well to this extreme level of self-organization, others don’t. What type of employee is a good fit for Holacracy?
The Many Benefits of Gratitude
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NOVEMBER 25, 2015
What are you grateful for? Our national holiday of Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so naturally, gratitude is on my mind. I was curious about the tangible benefits of gratitude. Can the act of being grateful have mental benefits? What about physical benefits? Turns out that yes, giving thanks provides more than just a temporary “feel good” state. Image credit: pixelsaway / 123RF Stock Photo.
The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change
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2015 Harvard Business Review article, a pair of GE. 1Why Your Company Will Need to. Rethink Performance Management eGuide Part 1: The Argument. for Change 2 3About this Guide Organizations are increasingly. moving from traditional performance. management systems (organized as. an annual review process) to newer. performance development systems. organized around real-time dynamics). If the.
49 Ways to Make HR Better
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JANUARY 16, 2015
The ever-positive Steve Browne, who blogs at Everyday People, is hosting the week’s Carnival of HR. Steve, whose day job is VP of HR for a restaurant chain, asked bloggers to contribute their advice for “how to make HR better.” ” And, wow, did people crawl out of the woodwork with ideas. Go on over and check it out at Carnival of HR: Make HR Better Edition !!
The Promise of Leadership
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DECEMBER 28, 2015
People expect things of you when you become a leader. When we step into leadership, we may not be aware that it comes with implicit promises in the form of expectations,” says Bob Anderson, co-author of the recently published Mastering Leadership. Delivering on those promises is what makes a leader highly effective. What follows is an edited and condensed version of our conversation.). BA: Right.
Want to Land that Job? Pay Attention to the “Big 4” of Hiring
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NOVEMBER 30, 2015
This year, Spherion’s “ Emerging Workforce Study ” was conducted between March and April of 2015 by Harris Poll, a Nielsen company. I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s Emerging Workforce® Study (“EWS.”) All opinions are mine. Want to find a new job? Resume- 13%. No surprise here.
What’s Your Trust Building POV?
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JANUARY 29, 2015
Welcome to Trust-Building Thursday, a new series on The People Equation. Each month, we’ll explore trust in the workplace and offer practical tips for building trust with your boss, colleagues, peers and team members. You can see other installments of the series here. When I was sixteen, my family moved across the state. No curfew?! And it was true—they did trust me. And guess what?
Leaving performance reviews behind: Where to start [Guide]
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For example, KnowledgeAdvisors (2015) reports that “41%. in all these areas in 2015 and beyond. 1Making Dynamic Performance. Development a Reality eGuide 3Introduction Does your organization want to adopt. more dynamic approach to managing. performance and developing employees? We see a stampede of organizations. moving in this direction. At the same. point: setting expectations.
The One Minute Manager – A New Leader’s Story
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MAY 7, 2015
Leave a comment here on the blog by 5:00 PM (eastern time) Friday, May 15, 2015 and I’ll do a random drawing and notify the winner by email. In 1984, as a college senior, I was employed by my university as an Assistant Residence Hall Director (AD). It was the first job in which I had a staff that (dotted line) reported to me. felt a mixture of emotions: excited, proud, scared, disbelieving.
How to be A Great Leader
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FEBRUARY 9, 2015
A few months ago, I reviewed Frank Sonnenberg’s latest book, Follow Your Conscience : Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others. It is my great honor to host Frank’s guest post here today. Guest post by Frank Sonnenberg. Great leaders achieve success by setting the bar high, encouraging teamwork, promoting win-win relationships, and demanding everyone’s best effort.
Are These 5 Signs of Trust Evident in Your Workplace?
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FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Welcome to Trust-Building Thursday, a new series on The People Equation. Each month, we’ll explore trust in the workplace and offer practical tips for building trust with your boss, colleagues, peers and team members. You can see other installments of the series here. Do you work with people who trust you? Do they trust others? How can you tell? Sometimes, it must be done. Go ahead. trust you.”
People Are Looking to You for Leadership
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MARCH 19, 2015
“Every leader has exponential opportunity for influence,” writes Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen CEO Cheryl Bachelder in her book Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others. Considering that Bachelder believes that we all have the opportunity to lead at some point in our lives (at home, in the community or at work), this means we all can be influential. Are you providing it to them?
Move Beyond Learning to Applying: A Modern Management Development Program
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1 kineo.com [email protected] 312-846-6656 Hard to believe that it’s been almost 20 years since the term “eLearning” entered the corpo- rate learning lexicon. And just in the last five years, the velocity at which new solutions have entered. the market has gone through the roof. We now. have the ability deploy video, virtual role-plays, and. learning nuggets. rate content. Right? Wrong! impact.
New Leadership Articles at HR Answers
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JANUARY 5, 2015
Answers.com has added a “leadership” category to my HR Answers page. As you might imagine, this is exciting news because it’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart. So for December, I jumped right in and wrote two leadership articles. The second is 10 Leadership Lessons from Accomplished Women in which I specifically highlight quotes about leadership from a woman’s perspective.
The Real Meaning of Engaged Leaders
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JULY 13, 2015
Much of what’s written about “employee engagement” focuses on how to get your employees more involved at work. As a leader at your company, you’re also an employee; how “engaged” are you? And, are you engaged in the right things? Undoubtedly, you’re busy, but is that the same as engagement? It makes sense that there is a correlation between your interaction as a leader and employee engagement.
Mastering Leadership – A Roadmap for Personal Transformation
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DECEMBER 1, 2015
Few would argue that “leadership effectiveness” is one of the most important elements of business success. Yet, how many leaders in their organizations make their own leadership development a top priority? Even fewer set out to make a monumental personal transformation along the way. An ambitious new management book aims to help those willing to partake in self-reflection towards personal mastery.
16 Stories to Energize Your Leadership
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APRIL 21, 2015
Feeling burned out as a leader? It’s a common feeling: work life is hectic and leaders feel especially “squeezed.” This constant pressure can suck every last bit of energy from you and the people you lead, with unfortunate results. This anthology of 16 essays is written by a group of leadership development experts who first met online. Energize Others. Energize Your Workplace. Energize Your Future.
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