N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Today marks the 11 th anniversary of 9/11. There is no doubt the United States is indebted to our active duty military, veterans and their families for the tremendous sacrifices they’ve made (and continue to make) on our behalf. What I’m struggling with is whether or not we as a country are deserving of their sacrifice….
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
“Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.” -Rudyard Kipling Twice this year someone has told me “I am proud of you.” Both times, I was surprised to find myself really choked up. My reaction was so strong that I got to thinking about why. I wanted to understand what it was about THIS [.] The post Recognition Power Words: The Phrases that Mean the Most appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
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Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
It’s September, and for sports fans that means the NFL season is starting, and the Major League Baseball pennant races are heating up as they head to the postseason. Since I’m one of those fans, I find myself reading the sports pages first this time of year, and recently I discovered one of the best (and most concise) leadership lessons I’ve ever come across in a piece written in the New York Times by Bill Pennington.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Guest Post by Georgia Garner, Freelance Writer at Essay Writing Services (learn more about Goergia at the end of this article). At some point in our life, we will repeatedly experience stress that arises from work with no set of plans and have low-priority goals. The first thing to fix it, is define your task and work on it. Lastly, learn to set your main priorities in your life.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
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.
Steve Farber
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
I know it’s a cliche to call anything other than The Bible, a “bible,” but The Leadership Challenge , by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner , really is the bible of leadership research and exposition. Their work is second to none, and–as many of my readers already know–my own body of work on Extreme Leadership is deeply informed by Jim and Barry’s foundational 5 Practices: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encour
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Terry Starbucker
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
(Note this post was originally published on September 8th, 2006; I’m republishing it today to honor not only the life of Tommy Swift, but the lives of all who perished on 9-11-01). I remember 9/11 and its immediate aftermath like it was yesterday – it was a beautiful late summer morning, and as I was getting my daily latte there was chatter about a plane hitting the World Trade Center.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Being an entrepreneur is hard and the sacrifices you will make will grow as the company does. I’ve encountered a lot of losses on my road and I was having an interesting conversation this morning where this question was asked. ‘Was it worth the costs?’ I didn’t have an answer then, I just knew that when I thought about doing anything else, I got this really heavy feeling in my chest.
Next Level Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post called Three Signs Your Slide Deck Stinks. I think it got the most comments in the history of this blog as I invited readers to share their pet peeves from presentation land. The Slide Deck Stinks post comes to mind because I‘ve attended a lot of presentations lately. While I’ve heard some great good ones, I’m sorry to say that there have been some bad ones too.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
There is much good research on the characteristics of high-performing teams. It is possible to structure teams in ways that maximize performance (e.g. small number, shared vision, complimentary skill sets…). A great resource for this is Katzenbach and Smith’s The Wisdom of Teams. I have been on teams that are identical in these criteria, [.
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Lead on Purpose
SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
Distractions happen. Things come out of nowhere that require your attention. It’s how you deal with them that makes all the difference. Because of (a few very important) distractions, I did not take time to write a new article for the blog. However, I found a great post by Michael Hurley that examines what he calls “squirrel moments.” So my distraction is your gain; check out Squirrel Moments and Leadership Communication on Michael’s blog. —.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Why are so many business women afraid of being called a b h? The team at Content Factory explains, “The term “b h” is really just a rhetorical tool for turning confidence, dignity and power into things that are unseemly. It’s a personal attack that’s used to make any woman who seeks or displays these characteristics into something ugly, fearful, even bestial.
Next Level Blog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
One of my favorite lines is that it’s important to understand the difference between what should be and what is. Stop for a few moments and think about how often that line applies in real life. You’ll hear someone say something like, “They should be doing that because…” and what comes after because is something like “it’s the right thing to do,” or “the answer’s obvious,” or “I’m in charge.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
I have been delighted with the dialogue and debate spurred by last Saturday’s post on Recognition Power Words, also recognized on Wally Bock’s 3 Star Leadership Blog this week. All week, people have continued to vigorously contribute and comment on the question and post on various LinkedIn groups. The debate is fantastic. People care about this [.
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The Recovering Engineer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
I’m conducting two-day Conflict Confidence courses — sponsored by my friend, colleague and co-author Kevin Eikenberry. Here’s a quick video I created about my personal journey to develop conflict resolution skills… You can get more info about the workshop here. Related Posts Communication Tips: Connecting With Reserved, Task-Oriented People.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The Workplace Gender Equality act is before the Australian Senate this week. If enacted, the law will require all businesses with more than 100 employees to report how many men and women they employ and whether male and female employees are paid the same amount. Clay Lucas of The Sydney Morning Herald shares some insights into the law from Helen Conway of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency: ”Women are paid less, they aren’t as prominent
The Accidental Successful CIO
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
'Image Credit Where does the CFO want to lead the CIO to? The good folks over at Gartner and the Financial Executives Research Foundation have just completed another one of those big studies. What they found is that in companies that have less than $50M in revenue, 47% of their CIOs report to the company’s CFO. In firms that have $1B or more in revenue, 46% of CIOs report to the CFO.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
This is a guest post from Jonathan Green. Jonathan is a culture evangelist who focuses on leadership development behaviors and communications strategies. His expertise is service models that provide world-class experience. He has worked in a variety of verticals including Finance, Utilities, Tech, and Telecom. Green has spent the last seven years working for [.
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Mills Scofield
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
This is a guest post by Kona Shen , Founder of GOALS Haiti , mentioned here. What she has done for youth and their families in Haiti demonstrates courage, compassion, purpose and leadership savvy few CEO’s of any age possess. Kona shares the starkly different definitions of ‘basic needs’ between the USA and Haiti and how it affects her productivity and impact…a lesson for us all!
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
Customer Service, When to Take a Break. Another piece of my personal life, but then again, when you work at home, its all personal. I was having a particularly rough day, but had shut the computer for now to go pick up my daughter from school. She got in the car, and I started the now regular routine of drilling her with questions to try and get any piece of information about her day besides what lunch and snack consisted of.
The Recovering Engineer
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
I’ll be conducting a two-day Conflict Confidence course — sponsored by my friend, colleague and co-author Kevin Eikenberry — in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 30-31, 2012. Here’s a quick video I created about my personal journey to develop conflict resolution skills… You can get more info about the workshop here. Venue & Registration Details.
Steve Farber
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
I know it’s a cliche to call anything other than The Bible, a “bible,” but The Leadership Challenge , by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner , really is the bible of leadership research and exposition. Their work is second to none, and–as many of my readers already know–my own body of work on Extreme Leadership is deeply informed by Jim and Barry’s foundational 5 Practices: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encour
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Coalfire
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
This year has been a year of firsts for me and for Coalfire. I was recently hired to my first Information security job as a penetration tester for Coalfire Labs, the forensic and app/network testing side of Coalfire. Many of the Coalfire Labs team attended DEFCON in Las Vegas in early August. Not only was it my first visit to DEFCON as an attendee but this was my first time speaking at a conference.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
Guest Post by Linda Hildebrant, Associate Director of Internet Marketing for Resume.com (learn more about Linda at the end of this article). Working toward a promotion requires more than simply exception skills in your line of work. You may have a fantastic resume and be a master of task completion, but leadership skills play a huge role in landing a promotion.
Strategy Driven
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Conference calls are integral to our way of conducting business. This type of meeting allows geographically separated individuals to readily share information as though they were at the same location. However, this audio-only form of communications presents several unique challenges. Consequently, we recommend several protocols to heighten the effectiveness of conference call communications.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Did you know that 70% of successful entrepreneurs were employed by someone else before they started their own businesses, and one of the main reasons they became entrepreneurs was to stop working for other people? As Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explains in The Harvard Business Review, polls show that most employees are unhappy at work and most bosses are intolerable.
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Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Women are diverse. There is no one size fits all category. Anyone that thinks so should simply look at our shoe closet or visit the local hair salon. Tall, short, round, slim, quiet, loud, introvert, extrovert… you name the personality or physical trait and there is a woman to match it. Similarly our career and family decisions are as unique as we are.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: In a document representing 20 years of research, Opportunity Now has released “Changing Gear,” which includes 10 of the most impactful factors influencing the speed of change for women’s progression in the workplace. The complete document offers the how, why, and who related to key messages that matter as well as 10 steps towards a diverse pipeline.
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The most successful leaders have great ideas and skills, but they also have charisma. Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter explains that charisma comes to some people naturally while others have to work to develop it. She writes for the Harvard Business Review, “Leaders can hire for spreadsheet skills, but they can’t outsource relationship skills.” In other words, you need to take ownership of developing your own charismatic qualities
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