Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2014

'Today I bring you a guest post from LGL Tribe member, David Tumbarello. I often find his comments could be a post in themselves. His views on confident humility are so rich, I invited him to share more deeply. Thanks to LGL Tribe member, Joy Guthrie for the art. Confident Humility: The Conversation Continues. My hope in writing this guest blog today is to respond to Karin Hurt’s post about Humility and Leadership.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 11, 2014

'Today Brigadier General John E. Michel relinquished command of his team in Afghanistan after over a year of amazing successes and honorable command-service. The following is the final “Soundbite” he shared with his team, the last in a series of 52 he crafted each week for the members of his command. As all of you have likely heard me say since my arrival, human beings are moved by stories.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 10, 2014

'Bill Bresnan. And this month, we hit our goal of 98%. After saying this, I sat back in my chair at a quarterly review meeting feeling pretty good about myself, and awaited a positive reaction from my colleagues. I was especially hopeful for an acknowledgement from the CEO, Bill Bresnan, who had been my mentor for many years. He was also an industry titan, a leader and pioneer in the cable TV business for nearly 50 years.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 14, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Editor’s note: The use case articulated here is important on its own, but is also one that can be repeatable across multiple other medical research activities and diseases. Thanks Intel and Cloudera for the technology and thanks to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) for what you are doing here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2014

'Unsticking your team is one of the biggest challenges of a leader. When inertia sets in, there’s almost always a breakdown in belief at some level. When teams stop believing they stop doing. If your team has lost that magic feeling, look for signs of lostbelieving. 6 Reasons TeamsStop Believing. 1. They Stop Believing in You. This can take a variety of forms, but it almost always comes down to a matter of trust.

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Change Starts Here

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Today’s the last day to get FREE registration. for the Define Your Change webinar. when you order your Irresistible Change Guide toolkit. Two years ago, I introduced the Irresistible Change Guide  as an easy-to-use change management toolkit to help people with the essential yet often elusive components of implementing change. Since then, it’s helped scores of change agents design and influence change at work.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 11, 2014

'By Shannon Perry. The American media has never paid more attention to data breaches and cybersecurity than it does today. Major breaches in the last year  at large companies like Target and eBay  have made information security discussions more worrying and more widespread, albeit still not universally understood. On August 5 th , Nicole Perlroth and David Gelles with The New York Times published an article titled  Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords. According to

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 13, 2014

'You see her talent and potential. She’s not convinced. She has great ideas, but seldom shares. She could be contributing so much more, you know it. But for reasons you don’tunderstand, she’s not ready. It’s crushing you to see her shying away from possibilities. But building confidence is complicated. You’re not a psychologist and this stuff can get messy.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 14, 2014

'Balance changes with different circumstances. A leader must evaluate the situation and make a decision…each and every day. What worked yesterday may be completely inappropriate for today. A leader exercises the right to stoke the fire as needed. Determining the appropriate balance to obtain the maximum performance from your team while keeping them motivated, energized and ready for the next challenge is the key to excellent leadership.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 9, 2014

'Guest post by Willy Steiner The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2014

'By William McElmurry. For healthcare professionals participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services electronic health record (EHR) incentive program, you’ll soon need to demonstrate compliance with the Stage 2 Meaningful Use requirements in order to continue receiving incentive payments. Stage 2 requires expanded use of patient portals, as well as implementation of secure messaging, allowing patients to exchange information with physicians regarding their health care.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 14, 2014

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General Leadership

AUGUST 13, 2014

'Dont ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.. Howard Thurman. When I was the Commanding Officer of a Navy flight test squadron, I drove home a simple but effective leadership philosophy that has framed my personal life. This philosophydrove effective results inour squadron and also impacted my marines, civilians, and sailors beyond my wildest dreams.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 15, 2014

'It turns out that CIOs can transform the IT department into a revenue generator Image Credit: Joe+Jeanette Archie. One of the biggest challenges that the person with the CIO job has is that the department that they are responsible for is more often than not viewed as being a cost center. What this means is that the IT department spends and spends and spends and never seems to actually bring in any money.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 14, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. We have previously written about the Security Innovation Network ( SINET ) and the yearly SINET Showcase. This is a group every technology firm should have some familiarity with now. Startups should track SINET as a way to learn and perhaps expose your technology to the community. Established security firms should track SINET to learn of emerging capabilities to partner with.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2014

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General Leadership

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Cruise over to PodBean to hear our latest 200-Second Soundbite entitled Life Lesson From a Farmer or subscribe to our PodCast directly via iTunes at the following link. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn. AssociateCurator and GeneralLeadership.com CGO, Col Chris R. Stricklin shares a life lesson learned from a corn farmer. by. … Read the rest.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 13, 2014

'Given his track record in Crimea and Ukraine over the past several months, you wouldnt think there is much that leaders could learn about trust from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The shoot down of the Malaysian Air flight, the Russian-backed rebels, the troops massed on the Ukrainian border, the government-stoked propaganda in Russian media and the current humanitarian convoy that the Russian army is driving into Ukraine have blown the international communitys trust in Putin out

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CTOvision

AUGUST 11, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. Tapping Global Threat Intelligence To Secure Enterprise Networks. Cyber Security Symposium. August 27, 2014 | 11 AM -1:30 PM EST. Ruths Chris Steakhouse, Arlington, VA. For more and to register see: [link]. On July 9, 2014, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) passed the Senate Intelligence Committee in a 12-3 vote.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 15, 2014

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The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 13, 2014

When you are hiring, make sure that you hire the right people… Image Credit. As the person with the CIO job, one of your most important jobs is to hire the right team to help you run the IT department. The importance of information technology is understood by CIOs, but the importance of the hiring process all too often is not. CIOs will often try to perform this job based on their “gut feel” What we all need to understand is that hiring the right people is a process.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2014

'The most emailed article on The New York Times website today is an article called Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain. Its by Daniel Levitin of McGill University and it explains the findings of research that he did with a colleague at Stanford. The big headline is that theyve identified a part of the brain called the insula that controls the interplay between focused attention and daydreaming.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 12, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. The video at this link and embedded below shows Kirk Borne at TEDx GeorgeMason. From the YouTube description: Dr. Kirk Borne is a Multidisciplinary Data Scientist and an Astrophysicist. He is Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science in the George Mason University School of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences (SPACS).

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Women on Business

AUGUST 14, 2014

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QAspire

AUGUST 11, 2014

'Pablo Casals was a great Spanish cellist and conductor who is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time. He believed that music has the power to save the world. When he was 93, he was asked why he continued to practice the cello three hours everyday. Pablos response to this question, in my view, is the hallmark of excellence. He said, Because I think I am making progress and improving..

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 10, 2014

'Thank you Switch and Shift for this series on trust! "We usually think of great leaders as strong, unflappable, all-knowing, all-confident and ready to forge ahead. They have all the answers, they know where they are going, and we trust them without doubt and question. Wrong! Great leaders are strong but don’t hide all their emotions. They know a lot but not everything, they are confident but not arrogant and they are ready to forge ahead – with the help of their team’s insigh

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CTOvision

AUGUST 11, 2014

'By Bob Gourley. The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute is a national treasure. One of the great bastions of the discipline of enterprise grade software engineering.This is the home to the first computer emergency response team (CERT), a group formed with DoD funding to enhance the coordination of computer emergency response teams in the wake of the famous morris worm.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 13, 2014

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