Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Whenever I take over a channel or team, one of the first questions I ask is “what is the vision?” Most of the time, this is tough to answer. There is usually strong alignment and attachment to the greater organization’s vision and values, which is vital. However, what I find frequently missing is a sense [.] The post How To Build a Strong Team Vision appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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 9, 2012
It was 1987 - I had just arrived in Los Angeles to start my new job as the VP of Operations for a cable TV company. This job was a big leap for me, given that my previous position was an auditing manager at an accounting firm. I’ll never forget that first day, walking into my new office and being suddenly thrust into the role of “leader” I’m sure many people noted the slight trembling in my voice that day as I jumped into the pool headfirst, shuffling budgets and rear
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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Change Starts Here
DECEMBER 18, 2012
My guest this month to The Change Agent’s Dilemma is Linda Hoopes of Resilience Alliance. She joins us to share how to help yourself and others adapt to change. Listen below to hear why it’s important to help people adapt to your change initiative. Learn the five “change muscles” people have that help them adapt and learn the steps you can take to help them build those muscles.
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Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 13, 2012
If you are just tuning in this week, we are in the midst of a series on Building Results That Last Beyond Your Tenure. An important component to achieve your vision and accomplish your goals, is identifying the right behaviors at every level. Just as with creating the vision, you have choices. You can identify the [.] The post Building Behaviors that Inspire Sustained Results appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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
Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 16, 2012
We all have them – those annoyances that really gnaw at us, (affectionately) known as pet peeves. Most are petty and not worth much time or deep discussion. (Here’s a good example – I once had a boss that would fly into a rage if we used smooth paper clips instead of ridged ones. Never quite understood the problem, but after a couple of chew outs you can bet I stuck with the ridged ones.).
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 10, 2012
I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. I LOVED it because, the presenting part was over quickly and we got into specific issues that the founders had in terms of getting things built. It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room.
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 6, 2012
'When a handful of people from GSA became famous for waste and fraud in a lavish conference in Las Vegas, DoD was forced to peer inside a can of worms. As we grappled with providing support to two simultaneous war.
Erik Bernhardsson
DECEMBER 4, 2012
This was posted on the Twitter Engineering blog a few days ago: Dimension Independent Similarity Computation (DISCO). I just glanced at the paper, and there’s some cool stuff going on from a theoretical perspective. What I’m curious about is why they didn’t decide to use dimensionality reduction to solve such a big problem. The benefit of this approach is that it scales much better (linear in input data size) and produces much better results.
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 24, 2012
One of my favorite leadership classics is Jesus CEO by Laurie Beth Jones. It’s an intriguing read on servant leadership. And so, as a Christmas Eve offering, I share some thoughts on Jesus as leader. Laurie Beth reminds us that in addition to everything else, Jesus inspired sustained results through very human leadership techniques. 1. [.] The post Jesus on Leadership: Leading By Example appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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.
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Terry Starbucker
DECEMBER 23, 2012
It’s that time for reflection – on the year that is about to pass, and what’s to come in the year ahead. I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately, because I’m in the middle of writing a book about leadership that I hope to publish in 2013 (stay tuned on this!). What I’m realizing through this deep dive in my cranium is that leadership should never be a “static” thing.
Women on Business
DECEMBER 30, 2012
A new year is just a couple of days away and with the start of a new year comes reflection and resolutions. If you’ve been thinking about entrepreneurship as your next career step but you’re not sure if it’s worth the risk, then the infographic below that made the rounds online a couple of months ago might help you make your decision.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 14, 2012
'DHS Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Ozone Widget Framework to be on GitHub now by year's end - The Ozone Widget Framework is an open source project that allows developers to create lightweight.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 22, 2012
Guest post by Dr. Andrew L. Thorn. I recently participated in two very different but similar meetings. The focus of each of the meetings was exactly the same, but the complexity of each group was completely different. In one group, the people embraced a very similar philosophy and mindset on the proposed topic. The other group was filled with people who represented very different perspectives, viewpoints and backgrounds.
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Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 15, 2012
Today I present our final post in this year’s Leadership Padawan Saturday series, Growing Leadership in Kids. On Monday, I return to our normal leadership fare. Today I offer a guest post from Eric Dingler, a great example of a Thermostat leader. Eric has been the Director and lead communicator for an expanding Christian summer [.] The post Thermostat or Thermometer?
Next Level Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2012
The late Stephen Covey was fond of saying, “You can’t talk yourself out of a problem you behaved yourself into.” He definitely had a way with a phrase. I’ve been thinking about Covey’s line lately because I’ve been teaching leadership coaching to students at Georgetown and to executives in a few different companies in the past month. One of the things we’ve been talking about is establishing behavioral practices that lead to more effective leadership.
Nathan Magnuson
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Home About Coaching Contact Guest Posts Archives. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader. by Nathan Magnuson. Home / Inspiration / The Value of Asking “Why?” The Value of Asking “Why?” December 17, 2012. — 4 Comments. Why? It’s one of my all-time favorite questions. I’m told I asked my parents, “why?” over and over again as a kid and apparently I’ve never grown out of it.
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.
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CTOvision
DECEMBER 11, 2012
'thetus Savanna by Thetus is a powerful suite of tools that let you work through the lifecycle of analytical issues, including some very complex, knotty problems.
Change Starts Here
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Depending on their job and organization, change agents have different relationships with the people who are going through the change. Some organizations have centralized departments of internal change consultants that do work for other departments. Some change agents work in roles where it’s their job to change the way others work, like IT, HR or project management, for example.
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Joe (not his real name) began the team meeting by covering the team’s scorecard and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). ”Great work on your sales KPIs, we’re in the top-tier across the board. We are so close to beating Sharon’s district. If everyone just sold one more today, I think we can do it! Also, we [.] The post The Problem with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Lead on Purpose
DECEMBER 15, 2012
Essential Leadership Traits in the Successful Small Business Owner — Guest post by Linda Forshaw. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John Maxwell. In the course of an ordinary working day, a small business owner might wear many hats, but rarely is there one as important as that of leader. All businesses, no matter their size, require a strong leader at the helm.
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Next Level Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Given my history on this blog, I never thought I’d write anything positive about anything to do with the Washington Redskins. After all, one of the most widely read posts I’ve ever written was one back in 2009 called Learning What Not to Do from the Leadership of the Washington Redskins. Heck, I even did a television interview on the topic. There is no denying that I’m on the record as thinking that the Redskins have had some pretty bad leadership for over a decade.
Women on Business
DECEMBER 27, 2012
The year is almost over, and as we prepare to enter 2013, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the data that quantifies the gender gap that women in business face. With that in mind, I went through all of the research-related articles published on Women on Business during 2012 and pulled together 20 articles that provide the most compelling data.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 27, 2012
'Friends at Cloudera are lead sponsors and coordinators of a new Big Data Forum focused on Apache Hadoop. The first, which will be held 30 January 2013 in Columbia Maryland, will be focused on lessons learned of use to.
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