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Feeling Appreciated? Why It Can Make All The Difference
The Tuesday Reading for today “Feeling Appreciated? Why It Can Make All The Difference” <http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/05/16/feeling-appreciated-why-it-can-make-all-the-difference/> comes from the pen of Margie Warrell, author, leadership coach, and keynote speaker. Warrell focuses on empowering people to live and lead with greater courage. This essay first appeared in Forbes. Worrell notes that Donald Peterson, the former chair of […]
The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything
Today’s Reading is “The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything” <http://www.fastcompany.com/3003945/one-conversational-tool-will-make-you-better-absolutely-everything> from the pen of Shane Snow, a New York City-based technology writer and co-founder of Contently.com. The article first appeared in Fast Company. “Most people are terrible at asking questions.” We talk too much. We accept bad answers. We […]
The 15 Most Important Minutes of the Work Week
Today’s reading, “The 15 Most Important Minutes of the Work Week” <http://www.fastcompany.com/3008912/work-smart/the-15-most-important-minutes-of-the-work-week>, is from the pen of Lydia Dishman, business journalist covering innovation, entrepreneurship, and style. She regularly writes for FastCompany, CBSMoneywatch, and the New York Times. Dishman begins her essay by asking “How often do you and your boss have a real one-on-one conversation […]
You Need to Take Care of Each Other (One Hand)
Joe Bajek, Director of Enterprise Cloud Services at the University of Colorado and an Advanced Leaders Program participant, submitted this reflection on leadership. I would add that you should look for opportunities to help those around you. Both you and they will benefit. . . . jim One Handby Joe Balek, Director […]
Bring Courtesy Back to the Workplace
Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Schaffer Consulting and author of The GE Work-Out and Simply Effective begins his essay in the HBR blog with the declaration that “Respect towards others should be standard behavior in the workplace, regardless of role, rank, or reputation.” Sounds like a reasonable proposition, not only for work but for all of life. Certainly, in the […]
How to Win a Bitter Leadership Contest
Anna Mar, engagement manager and senior writer at simplacable.com posits that open positions in your organization are precursors to contests. This piece was suggested by Bill Allison, an ITLP alum who is Director, Campus Technology Services at the University of California, Berkeley. Bill noted that the short piece is valuable even when the leadership contest isn’t bitter […]
Four Lessons From the Best Bosses I Ever Had
Deborah Mills-Scofield, writing in the Harvard Business School Blog, talks about four lessons she learned from the best bosses she had. Scofield calls herself a status quo challenger, an innovator, a strategist, and a disrupter. Her principle interest is in creating and implementing “highly actionable, measurable, and profitable strategic plans and cultures that foster innovation.” […]
The #1 Fatal Flaw of Uninspiring Leaders
Jack Zenger is the CEO and Joseph Folkman is the president of Zenger | Folkman, a leadership development consultancy. They are the authors, with Scott K. Edinger, of The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate. In their blog posting, they report that shortly after The Inspiring Leader was published, a prestigious journal expressed interest in publishing […]
Are You Learning as Fast as the World is Changing?
The Tuesday Reading today is “Are You Learning as Fast as the World is Changing?” http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2012/01/are_you_learning_as_fast_as_th.html, written by Bill Taylor for the Harvard Business Review blog. Taylor is William C. Taylor is cofounder of Fast Company magazine and author of Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself. […]
10 Resolutions to Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever
There’s a rule you really have to make New Year’s Resolutions. Today’s Tuesday Reading, “10 Resolutions to Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever” http://www.fastcompany.com/3004179/10-resolutions-make-2013-your-best-ye…, will help you get started. It’s from the pen of Shawn Parr, CIO of Bulldog Drummond, a San Diego based consultancy focused on innovation and design. Parr notes that we […]
Success Will Come and Go, But Integrity is Forever
The Tuesday Reading today is “Success Will Come and Go, But Integrity is Forever”, an essay by Amy Rees Anderson which appeared recently in Forbes. Anderson is the Managing Partner and Founder of REES Capital which provides entrepreneurs and business executives critical guidance and support to help their companies grow. Previously, she founded and managed number of […]
Are You an Introverted Boss?
The Tuesday Reading today, “Are You an Introverted Boss?”, comes from the pen of a confessed introvert, Douglas Conant, President and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company. As an introvert, Conant enjoys being by himself, he needs quiet time to be alone with his thoughts and recharge, yet his job requires him to be “out […]
One Thing Employees Need (But Rarely Get)
The Tuesday Reading today is “One Thing Employees Need (But Rarely Get)”. Today’s reading, was written by Jeff Haden who says that he learned much of what he knows about business and technology by working his way up in the manufacturing industry and by ghostwriting for smart leaders, and appeared in Inc. Haden makes a very […]
On Gratitude
Several weeks ago while reading the Leading News leadership letter I found today’s reading “On Gratitude.” It’s author, Patricia Wheeler <Patricia Wheeler [email protected]>, is an executive and team coach who helps smart people become more effective leaders. As Managing Partner in the Levin Group LLC, she has spent 15 years consulting to organizations and coaching senior leaders and their […]
The Flight from Conversation
Today’s reading is “The Flight from Conversation”by Sherry Turkle. The article appeared in the April 21, 2012 edition of the New York Times. Professor Turkle is a psychologist and Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. She is the author of a number of books including “Alone Together: […]
Why Appreciation Matters so Much
Today’s reading – “Why Appreciation Matters so Much” – comes from the pen of Tony Schwartz, President and CEO of The Energy Project and author of Be Excellent at Anything. Schwartz observes that a recent world-wide study by Towers Watson found that the single highest driver of engagement is whether or not workers feel their managers […]
How to Really Listen
We all need to have a “listening” tune-up from time-to-time. Today’s reading “How to Really Listen”serves that purpose. The article is from the Harvard Business Review Blogs and was written by Peter Bergman, author (“Get the Right Things Done”) and strategic advisor to CEOs and their leadership teams. Listening is hard, one or the hardest of the […]
I Was Impossible, but Then I Saw How to Lead
For today’s Tuesday Reading, we turn to an Adam Bryant interview of Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons which appeared in the December 3, 2011 NYTimes. IT Leaders Coach Greg Anderson called this interview – which can be found at <http://nyti.ms/tw4lR0> – to my attention. It seemed to be a particularly fitting way to begin the […]
Three Questions for Effective Feedback
This week’s Tuesday Reading, “Three Questions for Effective Feedback”, comes from the pen of Thomas J. DeLong, the Phillip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School. His research focus is on the challenges facing individuals and organizations in the process of change. No leader improves without […]
The Secret of Dealing with Difficult People: It’s About You
Today’s reading “The Secret of Dealing with Difficult People: It’s About You” comes from Tony Schwartz’s blog at the Harvard Business Review. Schwartz is the president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent At Anything. Almost everyone of us has someone who routinely triggers us. It may be the cynic in […]