Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 23, 2014
'If you bring all of who you are to the leadership table, some people will hate your style. In fact, it’s likely that a few “important” people will not “like” you. Authenticity is intimidating, and scares those with the most to hide. Far easier to lead like everyone else and be groomed to fit a mold. Similarly, letting people see who you are and hear what you really mean makes you vulnerable.
General Leadership
JULY 21, 2014
'“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”. Winston Churchill. Richard Branson’s first business venture was a mail-order company started with funding accumulated by handing out leaflets outside of concerts. A 15-year old Bill Gates ditched school in Seattle to develop a traffic-measurement program called Traf-O-Data, netting $20k for himself and fellow student, Paul Allen.
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Terry Starbucker
JULY 13, 2014
'You know it when they walk into the room. There’s a gravitational pull towards them. Call it charisma, call it gravitas, call it whatever you want, but they have it. It’s the look and sound of an effective leader. How do they do it? The secret lies beyond just the words and actions, to the more subtle messages that leaders send every day through their actions (or inactions) with their teammates.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 24, 2014
'By Grant Wattie. President, N2Growth Australia. Being great, living an extraordinary life starts with waking up. Most people don’t even know they are asleep. As the Jesuit spiritual leader, Anthony De Mello said, “They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up.
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Change Starts Here
JULY 22, 2014
'In this episode, Dr. Linda Hoopes, President at Resilience Alliance, returns to the show to discuss the impact of change-related overload. She’ll share tips on how to avoid it, and how to manage it when you can’t. She answers questions like: Why does change cause overload? How can you tell when people are overloaded? How do you avoid overload?
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Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 2, 2014
'Angelle Albright had every reason in the world to say “why me.” Angelle was just 38 years old going through her second round of chemo treatment for the most aggressive form of breast cancer when she had to evacuate her New Orleans home during hurricane Katrina. While cancer was wreaking havoc on her life, the hurricane destroyed many of her family members homes.
General Leadership
JULY 11, 2014
'“ Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems and never giving up, even in the face of difficulty or failure.”. Lori Myers. More than two million people died, four million were displaced and thousands fled civil war. However, through faith and perseverance, one “lost boy”, who later grew to become an American Airman, returned home healthier and happier than ever before.
Erik Bernhardsson
JULY 29, 2014
Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the metrics for the two groups. The group with the highest conversion rate wins, right? Then, for a long period, I ran a lot of tests. I started using confidence intervals, and learned about all the pitfalls of A/B testing. What to think about when running many A/B tests , why you shouldn’t check your metrics every day , why you shouldn’t optimize for a local maximum, and so on.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 17, 2014
'By John R. Childress. Chair, Cultural Transformation – President, N2Growth Europe, N2Growth. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “ meetings ” ~Dave Barry. Everywhere I go I hear complaints about Business Review Meetings. Whether they are held monthly, quarterly or some other cadence, the comments from participants tend to be the same.
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Change Starts Here
JULY 1, 2014
'I originally published this post on July 4, 2010. I think you’ll find it bears reposting. Have you ever read the U.S. Declaration of Independence? It is as much an official document to the King of England as it is a case for change to the rest of the fledgling country it created. (Click the image to the right to read the full text.). It’s a great model and anyone who would like to compel people to break away from the current state of things.
CTOvision
JULY 19, 2014
'By ChrisScott. Last month I was approached by one of my favorite DoD colleagues, inquiring about opportunities “out there” in Industry. This guy is one of the smartest Civil Servants I know. He has been a mover and shaker for decades. You know, one of those rare technically inclined individuals who can also manage big programs, get funding, and motivate teams.
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 23, 2014
'If you bring all of who you are to the leadership table, some people will hate your style. In fact, it’s likely that a few “important” people will not “like” you. Authenticity is intimidating, and scares those with the most to hide. Far easier to lead like everyone else and be groomed to fit a mold. Similarly, letting people see who you are and hear what you really mean makes you vulnerable.
General Leadership
JULY 25, 2014
'“Never be so busy as not to think of others.”. Mother Teresa. One late spring morning, in a third grade classroom in a quiet, Midwestern town, a nine-year-old boy named Danny was sitting quietly at his desk. All of a sudden, a small puddle begins to appear between his feet. He struggles to imagine how this has happened, as he tries to hide the fact that his pants are wet.
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Erik Bernhardsson
JULY 29, 2014
Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the metrics for the two groups. The group with the highest conversion rate wins, right? Then, for a long period, I ran a lot of tests. I started using confidence intervals, and learned about all the pitfalls of A/B testing. What to think about when running many A/B tests , why you shouldn’t check your metrics every day , why you shouldn’t optimize for a local maximum, and so on.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 22, 2014
'By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity?
Change Starts Here
JULY 29, 2014
'Ready to gain some traction? People who implement change at work use common phrases to describe the frustration they feel at times: Herding cats. Swimming upstream. Banging my head against the wall. Spinning my wheels. Walking through quicksand. Pushing a boulder uphill. In other words, it seems like a lot of effort for little or no result. Sound familiar?
CTOvision
JULY 9, 2014
'By Jeremy Glesner. Since the birth of Hadoop in 2005-06, the way we think about storing and processing information has evolved considerably. The term “Big Data” has become synonymous with this evolution. But still, many of our customers continue to ask, “What is Big Data?”, “What are its use cases?”, and “What is its business value?”. The Internet is overloaded with definitions, characteristics, and benefits; however, few discussions synthesize all three of these topics in one place.
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Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 4, 2014
'You don’t need to win the lottery or quit your day job to experience a sense of freedom at work. I was recently interviewed about how “being an entrepreneur makes me feel independent.” I answered joyfully. But the truth is, I’ve been making a lot of my own freedom in a corporate day job for the last 2 decades. Much freedom comes from getting clear on who you are and taking control over your corner of the world. 6 Ways to Feel Freedom at Work.
General Leadership
JULY 28, 2014
'“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it“. Thomas Jefferson. As a young fighter pilot, I metaphorically held two bags in my hand each time I took to the skies; a luck bag and an experience bag. As I found myself in difficult situations, I could pull wisdom from either bag to help extricate myself and be successful in my mission.
Terry Starbucker
JULY 27, 2014
'If you listen closely enough, you can hear it. The struggle. The grunts and sighs. The intensity of effort. The gnashing of teeth. It’s the classic (and critical) business tug of war, and leaders need to be on the winning side, or their business will be banished to the dustbin of mediocrity. What are the opposing sides on this tug of war? Let’s take a look… On the left, there’s the formidable “Done fast” After all, in any business, time is money.
Toptal
JULY 7, 2014
At first blush, JavaScript may seem quite simple. Yet the language is significantly more nuanced, powerful, and complex than one would initially be lead to believe. Many of JavaScript's subtleties lead to a number of common mistakes -- 10 of which we discuss here -- that are important to be aware of and avoid in one's quest to become a master JavaScript developer.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
Change Starts Here
JULY 8, 2014
'As change agents, we tend to believe our change initiatives are worthwhile and important. Any negatives we see are eclipsed by the benefits. Otherwise, why would we try to implement them? But even the best change can annoy or anger those whom it impacts. Why? From our vantage point, we don’t always see the negatives that others will experience. And all the benefits and cheer leading don’t make the negatives go away.
CTOvision
JULY 30, 2014
'By Eugene Borukhovich. With U.S. agencies mandating that healthcare providers engage their consumers through patient portals, data science may be the secret weapon for physicians and health care organizations to not only comply with that mandate, but provide a level of service that bonds them to patients under their care. Combined with electronic health records (EHR), patient portals allow physicians and patients to collaborate, providing a means for patients to meaningfully participate in thei
Let's Grow Leaders
JULY 25, 2014
'While I was getting worked up at all the stupidity, my colleague always had the same response: “fascinating.” He had a strange sense of calm, while my head was exploding. I knew he was as deeply invested in the scene as me, and I often wondered– I’ll admit with a bit of envy– what was going on. Finally, I blew “don’t you see how stupid this is?
General Leadership
JULY 18, 2014
'“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.”. Rosabeth Moss Kanter. “Houston, we have a problem!”. These five words, originally spoken over forty years ago by astronaut Jack Swigert of Apollo 13 on April 14, 1970, immediately captured the attention of citizens the world over. The warning to the Houston Space Center of a major technical fault in the electrical system of one of the spacecraft’s oxygen tanks certainly caused well founded concern.
Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University
You know that sinking feeling. You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic! It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar, and it exemplifies one of the biggest struggles with individual product strategies.
Terry Starbucker
JULY 20, 2014
'“Profit is not an event, it’s a habit. Profit happens through small wins, strung together.” – Mike Michalowicz. My guest on the latest edition of the More Human Podcast is Mike Michalowicz. By his 35th birthday Mike had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune.
Steve Farber
JULY 6, 2014
'A declaration is a powerful thing. By making a declaration, you not only announce something, you proclaim it to be a true and accurate representation of who you are and what you believe in. You make a vow to anyone who reads or listens that you will abide by and live up to the words. And they can count on you for it. Here in the US, we’ve just finished celebrating Independence Day, which was codified for posterity (that’s us) in the Declaration of Independence.
Change Starts Here
JULY 23, 2014
'Next month, I’m relaunching the Irresistible Change Guide change management toolkit in a new format with several new templates and even more e-templates. As part of that launch, I’m changing the bonus people get when they subscribe to my newsletter: 12 free change management templates! That’s one PDF template per month for the next 12 months.
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