Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
As leaders… self-talk is important. We must listen to our inner voice. But what if our inner voice gets scared…and wants to grab the mic? What if our inner voice wants too much affirmation? What if our inner voice needs excessive feedback? Can an extraverted inner voice get in the way? Loud Inner Voices Why [.] The post When Your Inner Voice Grabs the Mic appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Penelope Trunk
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
Alphabet Horse In his last State of the Union speech President Obama proposed that we have universal preschool in the US. It’s appalling to me that he wants to pour money into preschool programs that are so out of sync with what families need. Women have been very vocal about not wanting to work full-time while they have kids. And we have recognized as a nation that our school system is out of date and a waste of time for kids.
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Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Some of you aren’t going to like this article. I can hear you now: “Chrissy, who cares that my desk looks like a tornado hit it? I can find everything I need and that’s all that matters.”. I’ve got a sobering newsflash, my friend. Brace yourself. My response to that argument? Nope. Wrong. Not true. That’s not all that matters. Organization is as much about others as it is about you.
Speaker: Brian Richardson, Brian Richardson, Founder and CEO of Richardson Consulting Group
Let’s face it—most ethics and compliance trainings aren’t winning awards for engagement. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be effective, relevant, and maybe even enjoyable! Join expert Brian Richardson for a dynamic session on how to breathe new life into your ethics and compliance training programs. You’ll discover creative strategies to turn traditionally dry topics into meaningful learning experiences that resonate and drive real change.
TED
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Once you dream , you have to do. The speakers in Session 6 have spent their careers giving form to ideas. They are makers, builders, artists and implementers — all with fascinating ideas about what it means to be a creative person. The speakers who appeared in this session. Click on their name to read a full recap of their talk: In his film “Mars et Avril,” Martin Villeneuve brings his sci-fi romance graphic novel to glorious life.
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Image by Oleg latsun via BigStock Did you set a ‘Big Hairy Audacious Goal’ this morning? No, me neither. What about your ‘Great Work Project’? No? OK, what about deciding ‘How will you measure your life’? No? This article is for all of you who did not wake this morning consumed with desire to reach […]. The post How To Do What You Really Want (Instead Of What You Feel Like) appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
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Penelope Trunk
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
I’m fascinated by the idea of judging whether you are on a good path. Because everyone wants to know if they are doing okay. The problem is that if you look at things out of context, you can’t really see what’s going on. See the picture up top? You can’t totally tell what they are doing until you see other pictures, pictures of similar but different paths.
Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Perhaps you’ve heard the term “social resume” floating around. Well, I addressed this very topic in my recent interview on Fox 31 Denver’s Good Day Colorado. Watch the video below and learn how to use online tools to raise your visibility, expand your network, and establish yourself as a expert in your field. (Note: These new resources DO NOT replace the traditional paper resume.
Strategy+Business
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
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TED
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Filmmaker Martin Villeneuve shares the secrets behind his film, “Mars et Avril.” Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Martin Villeneuve’s Mars et Avril is a luscious sci-fi film, set in Montreal 50 years in future, where the subway line takes you straight to Mars. It’s a dreamy love story in which the acting is top-notch, the shots are stunning and the visual effects unreal.
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Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
After a terrorist attack destroyed New York’s World Trade Center and left lower Manhattan a shambles on September 11, 2001, utility company Con Edison faced a herculean task: rebuilding the utility infrastructure of this densely-packed urban area. As part of this effort, Lisa Frigand of the utility’s economic development department was serving on a committee […].
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
“Our cultural instinct is to wait to get picked…No one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.” –Seth Godin, The Icarus Deception Are You On the Grid? Do you know where you stand in your organization’s succession plan? Most organizations use a deliberate approach like the 9 box Performance Potential Grid (great tool, for more visit [.] The post The Secret Behind the 9 Box Performance Potential Grid appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Penelope Trunk
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Thank goodness someone finally had the courage to stand up and say that telecommuting is officially banned. Because telecommuting has been implicitly banned for a long time in Silicon Valley, but only Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has the courage to say it , point blank , without apology. And her honesty is going to help all of us. Telecommuting has been dead for a while.
Eat Your Career
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Here’s a question I get all the time: “I feel unchallenged at work. I keep looking for new things to do and new responsibilities to take on, but I’m having trouble. How do I get my superiors to better utilize me and my skills?”. It’s a great question because it shows that you want to contribute to your organization in a meaningful way and you have more to offer.
Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC
Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult
TED
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson. In art school, Phil Hansen developed a shake in his hand. He couldn’t so much as draw a straight line anymore. After years of excelling in pointillism, his tight grip of the pen had caused permanent nerve damage. “To me this was doomsday. This was the destruction of my dream of becoming an artist,” says Hansen in his talk in Session 2 of TED2013. “I left art school and, then, I left art completely.” Hansen was lost.
Lateral Action
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Let me guess: You’re busy. You receive too many emails. You’ve got people coming at you every day, asking for things, urgently. You’ve got a head full of great ideas, but there’s never enough time to work on them properly. Every time you go near the internet, you find even more demands and diversions. Even […]. The post How to Tell if You’re Really Overloaded (and What to Do About It) appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
I don’t know your boss. She may be great. He may be a pain in the neck. He may be supportive. She may be a real witch. I’ve been that boss. I’ve had all those bosses. All leaders have “bosses” of one sort or another. Sometimes you are the boss of you. Most of the [.] The post 5 Ways to Support Your Boss (Without Kissing Up) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Yesterday we talked about “Unnecessary Roughness: What Happens When Leaders are Mean:” On the flip-side… have you ever had a boss that was just too nice? Have you ever been too nice in your role as leader? What happened? Did you inspire? How were results? Would those folks want to work for you again? Nice [.] The post Is Your “Nice” Leadership Style Counter-Productive?
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Leadership grows with conversation. It’s Valentines day– How about spreading the conversation with a few candy hearts? I still get nostalgic for the doily decorated lunch bag full of cardboard valentines in elementary school, coupled with that sickening feeling from eating too many candy hearts. Perhaps you’ve upgraded your Valentines Day to more sophisticated endeavors.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
A side effect of being a leadership blogger is that people go out of their to tell me stories of “bad leadership.” Unfortunately bad leaders are everywhere, and show up in all kinds of organizations. Lately my readers and others have been sending me examples of what I call, “unnecessary roughness.” “It was Superbowl Sunday, [.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Do you bore your team with finance slides full of terms they may not understand? Does your frontline team know how your business makes money? Do they understand enough about the basic financials of your business to make the right decisions? If they have incentive-based pay, do they really understand how it works? Do you understand [.] The post Frontline Finance Fundamentals: How To Talk With Your Team about Money appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
“Our supervisors just need to get more disciplined about administering the attendance policy.” “We are just being too lenient with FMLA” “There’s no way he’s really sick… again.” Attendance issues can be frustrating. In fact, the traditional methods of trying to “fix” such problems, often aggravate them.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
Have you ever been in a meeting where 2 people said exactly the same thing … but one person got heard and the other did not? Have you ever been on a conference call and felt like you were speaking to the mute button? Perhaps you know that feeling of being ignored. Sometimes its position. [.] The post Is This Phone on Mute? 6 Tips for Speaking To Be Heard appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
In Friday’s post, How To Transform Mid-Team, we talked about you how prepare your team for your evolving leadership style. But what if you also have new expectations for your team? Not only are you evolving, but you need them to as well. That’s even more difficult. Perhaps you will be… asking them to make [.] The post How To Reset Your Team’s Expectations appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
“C**k your hat. Angles are attitudes.” -Frank Sinatra Today I begin a month-long speaking tour at kickoff events around the country, 5 events this week. As I pack my bag for this 6500 mile trip, I’m feeling excited, optimistic, energized… and nervous. I believe in large team “kickoffs” to inspire, energize and align.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
My parents have a wonderful Groundhogs Day tradition. That’s when they celebrate their love with snuggly stuff and romantic gestures. Somehow, early on, they preempted Valentines Day, and it stuck. Hey, it was the 60s… who needs Hallmark when you have a groundhog? This rodent continues to inspire… As for me, somehow each Groundhogs Day, I wake [.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
When’s the last time you sat in a meeting and heard a “little white lie”? Sure, what they presented was “technically” the truth… the statistics they presented were real, but no one walked away with the full story. Perhaps you found yourself wondering… ”do they really think I’m that stupid?” We all have different [.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it seeks into the mind.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Ever given? What advice do you wish you had ignored? What guidance do you wish you could retract? I recently met Raul Valdes-Perez, [.] The post Advice on Advice appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The best time to transform to a radically new leadership style is when you start fresh with a new team. But that’s not always practical or feasible. You’ve been reading blogs, books, and maybe attended a course or got some 360 feedback… but your team doesn’t know all of that. If you transform your style [.] The post How to Transform Mid-Team appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk
In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?
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