Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
“What the world needs now is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.” -Oscar Levant We want to follow people with confidence, charisma and a strong sense of direction. Confidence inspires, attracts, excites and ignites. We think, “they sure do seem to know what they’re doing…” And yet, I have observed [.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Let’s cut right to the chase; stop focusing on being efficient – it’s a waste of time. Nobody other than perhaps you really cares how efficient you are, but everyone cares how effective you are. Not only do they care how effective you are, but they also care about the effectiveness of those whom you lead.
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Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 2, 2012
One of the greatest challenges of leadership is managing time, a limited resource that has to be used with the utmost care and consideration. As the saying goes, there are “ only so many hours in a day “, and the leader must be able to stay focused on those tasks and activities that truly matter. That task is complicated by the daily presence of many distractions that the leader must avoid, lest putting themselves (and their company) in jeopardy.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 19, 2012
I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. He wanted to get input from me on what he's doing, and he wants to begin to ask developers what it would take to build his product. I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs?
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Nathan Magnuson
DECEMBER 24, 2012
Home About Coaching Contact Guest Posts Archives. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader. by Nathan Magnuson. Home / Core Values / Coach Bill Snyder’s 16 Goals for Success. Coach Bill Snyder’s 16 Goals for Success. December 24, 2012. — 3 Comments. I’m a sucker for leadership philosophies embraced by successful athletics coaches. Whether it’s John Wooden’s Leadership Pyramid , Vince Lombardi’s What It Takes To Be Number One speech , or just catching up with Coach Burton and Coach Mo
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Next Level Blog
AUGUST 2, 2012
Most of the world knows by now that U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke the all-time record for most medals won by an Olympian in London this week. It’s a truly amazing achievement on Phelps’ part but, honestly, not one in which there are many legitimate leadership lessons. Seriously, how many of us have the gifts and abilities in our respective fields that Michael Phelps has in his?
Lead on Purpose
JANUARY 21, 2012
Integrity is one of the top attributes of a great leader. It is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcomes. It connotes a deep commitment to do the right thing for the right reason, regardless of the circumstances. People who live with integrity are incorruptible and incapable of breaking the trust of those who have confided in them.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Why is it that so many traditional companies with an enormous wealth of assets largely fail to transform them for the digital era? By assets here, I mean established customer base, closely held relationships with trading partners, mountains of data and IP, as well as their bread and butter, the actual products and services they offer. For large organizations, these assets typically represent many billions in long-term investment and accumulated value that is being stranded beneath a digital ceil
Steve Farber
JUNE 25, 2012
“It’s one thing to become involved in the business world; yet, it’s a completely different level to start a thriving business in a country that lacks the financial assets and resources. To be innovative is to allow yourself to expose your mind to something amazing that has potential to change the world.” –Jessica Steinberg, Founder, Giveable Giggles, reflecting on her current experience in Argentina.
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The Recovering Engineer
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
In my work with clients of all kinds, I have noticed five basic types of response to conflict. I see people who are… Conflict Rock Stars. Conflict Rock Stars are almost always in control of their responses. They know how to communicate calmly and assertively in nearly every situation. Their response seems easy and effortless to the outside observer.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 10, 2012
If you are just tuning in to Let’s Grow Leaders, we are in the midst of a Saturday Series about developing young leaders. On weekdays we return to our regular leadership fare. What Does Your Mommy Do? I have never had one of those jobs they sing about on Sesame Street. As with most of us, [.] The post Leadership for Kids: A Great Way To Teach Your Kids About Leadership appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 22, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . Leaders don’t offer, nor do they accept excuses. True leadership demands the character to demonstrate personal responsibility for one’s actions, and the courage to hold others accountable for theirs. Excuses attempt to conceal personal or professional insecurities, laziness, and/or lack of ability.
Terry Starbucker
MARCH 25, 2012
Since I moved to Portland about 16 months ago, I’ve hung out with a lot of entrepreneurs, in coffee shops all over town. (Yes, here I spread my coffee dollars around between the national chains and the local brews). For an hour or so, we just chat about their businesses, and about them – and I have to tell you, these discussions have been revelatory for me.
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QAspire
AUGUST 2, 2012
People are promoted to lead others based on their seniority in technical areas. Others become managers after getting a management degree from a b-school that never taught them the fundamentals of dealing with people. They end up putting off people through their behavior and set a wrong example for their subordinates to follow. In a business setting, the cost of having such leaders is invisible, but often huge.
Nathan Magnuson
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Home About Coaching Contact Guest Posts Archives. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader. by Nathan Magnuson. Home / Inspiration / Resilience and the PanAm Flight 73 Hijacking. Resilience and the PanAm Flight 73 Hijacking. December 10, 2012. — 6 Comments. A couple summers ago I had the incredible opportunity to attend a one week Dynamics of International Terrorism course with the Air Force Special Operations.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to a recent survey of 300 women entrepreneurs, 23% of women entrepreneurs left their secure, well-paying corporate jobs and struck out on their own to escape what they believed to be a toxic culture in the corporate world. Furthermore, 68% of those women entrepreneurs who left corporate jobs claim they [.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 10, 2012
With a seemingly impossible shot off the pine straw, Bubba Watson set himself up to win the Masters on Sunday. After he sank the winning putt in a playoff, he stood on the green, hugged his caddy, hugged his mom and wept and wept. As has been widely reported, Watson and his wife just adopted a baby boy a few. Click headline to continue.
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Lead on Purpose
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward.” If you’re moving backward, who’s fault is it? Who is responsible? We all know the answer to this. The people whose careers seem to grow the fastest follow similar patterns of behavior. They understand competition exists, they recognize the steps they need to take to succeed, and they understand who is responsible.
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2012
This afternoon at a workshop in Stuttgart, Germany at the KnowTech conference I explored our latest conception of the many transformative technology changes happening within our organizations today. The majority, if not most of these trends, are now being driven by the so-called “big shifts” — and our response to them as people, organizations, and society — that are largely being imposed from outside the walls of the enterprise.
Steve Farber
JANUARY 14, 2012
This declaration, written with the input of a team of passionate educators around the US, lies at the heart of the conversation we’ll be launching on February 2, 2012 aboard the USS Midway in San Diego. ( See my previous post ). It is, of course, closely related to the broader Declaration of Extreme Leadership that I posted a while back, but focused on the specific mission of lifting up our kids to magnificent heights.
The Recovering Engineer
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Nearly everyone irritates me to some extent. Even the people close to me — my wife, my kids, my friends, and my professional colleagues — irritate me from time to time. All of them have body gestures, word choices, and tones that get under my skin because I see them as rude, impatient, inconsiderate or pushy. Everyone, and I do mean everyone , frustrates me some of the time.
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Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 3, 2012
What children’s books are the most helpful in teaching leadership to kids? I posed this question in my online leadership communities, as well as to parents, and a children’s librarian. The suggestions came pouring in. So many of us have fond memories of reading as a child and of reading with our own children. [.] The post Children’s Books on Leadership– Questions to Inspire Young Thinking appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth . Today’s post is a short rant, but one every leader should take to heart – STOP CHECKING BOXES. To believe leadership can be reduced to task management is simply flawed thinking. Here’s the thing – you can manage to a list, but you certainly cannot lead to a list. A check the box approach to leadership accomplishes only one thing – it limits your ability to lead.
Terry Starbucker
OCTOBER 14, 2012
For the last 10 months I’ve been an investor in the Oregon Angel Fund (OAF). We invest in startups and early-stage growth companies in the Pacific Northwest, and as you can imagine, we hear a lot of pitches. Because there are many interested companies and applicants, and only a small number of actual annual investments (just a handful), that first 3 minute summation of “ why you should invest in us ” is absolutely critical.
QAspire
JANUARY 8, 2012
Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on.
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Mills Scofield
JUNE 17, 2012
This is just a quick post on something that hit me yesterday. In preparing for a strategic planning session this week, I realized that no matter how many of these I do, there is always a paradoxical feeling of being nervous about doing an excellent job for my client and being confident (hopefully not arrogance) in being great at what I do. After all, the stakes are pretty high: people’s livelihoods, families, safe working environments, taxes paid to schools, police, etc. and the rest of a
Women on Business
DECEMBER 1, 2012
What’s really happening to women executives in the business world? According to Catalyst, women held just 2% of Fortune 500 CEO positions in 2011. Jump ahead to 2012 and women held a record 20 Fortune 500 CEO positions. That means only 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs are currently women. Motif Investing put together an infographic that visually explains the stage of female executive.
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Over the past couple of years, I've been in one yoga class or another five or six days a week on average. That might sound like a lot, but it's pretty much the only form of exercise I do anymore so it's a good way for me to keep the lights on. As I've written here several times, I've made a number of connections between what I learn on the yoga mat and leadership development in general.
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