On Leadership and The Attitudes for Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
Attitudes are the very essence of a person’s relative success or failure on a human relationship basis. In most cases, ...
Read More 3 Traits Leaders Need to Shape a High-Performance Culture
By L2L Contributing Author |
Some businesses focus on creating a culture of fun, so leaders fill break rooms with kegs and fruit snacks. Others ...
Read More How to Easily Spread Leadership Love
By L2L Contributing Author |
Thanks to you, our readers, this Linked 2 Leadership Blogazine continues to provide excellent content in the areas of Leadership ...
Read More 5 Leadership Lessons During the Government Shutdown
By L2L Contributing Author |
What do you think about the US Federal Government shut down? Is this process fair to everyone? Is this an ...
Read More On Leadership and Balancing Intensity with Gentleness
By L2L Contributing Author |
Dr. Seuss called life “a great balancing act” in his book, Oh, The Places You’ll Go. And balance is a ...
Read More On Leadership, Commitment and Employee Engagement
By L2L Contributing Author |
A frequent complaint from supervisors is that an employee or team member should be doing something…but that they are not. ...
Read More Leadership Experience: Where Do Theory and Reality Meet?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I continue to read and learn from various articles, blogs and books on the subject of leadership. There really is ...
Read More On Leadership and Making Difficult Decisions
By L2L Contributing Author |
Decision making skills are one of the most important skills required from a leader. Leaders are constantly making decisions on ...
Read More Leading with Command: The Craft of Presence over Pushiness
By L2L Contributing Author |
Remember when you were a little kid and you knew exactly how you wanted things to get done? Amidst all ...
Read More Leaders – Don't Give In
By L2L Contributing Author |
New employee orientation (NEO), or onboarding, is one of the most critical aspects of a new hire’s beginning. But to ...
Read More Leadership Superhero: Is There Such a Thing?
By L2L Contributing Author |
When we hear the word Superhero we think of the fictional comic book, cartoon and movie creations. These characters are ...
Read More Leaders: 5 Best Practices For Increasing Employee Retention
By L2L Contributing Author |
Hey leaders, what employee retention strategies do you use to engage and retain employees? Statistics from research done by the labor ...
Read More Why Women Need to Be Two-Faced in Business to Get Ahead
By L2L Contributing Author |
My husband came home from work the other day looking stressed. When I asked what was wrong, he described a ...
Read More Why Parenting Is the Best Leadership Training
By L2L Contributing Author |
Being a dad is way harder than being an effective leader at work. After all, you don’t get to pick ...
Read More Organizational Health: The Optimal Leadership Diet
By L2L Contributing Author |
As much as a well-maintained human body is more apt to produce great physical results, a well-fed and rested leader ...
Read More Your Leadership Toolkit: The Top 3 Leadership Qualities
By L2L Contributing Author |
Most leaders possess a number of great qualities that make them an effective leader. They keep and use tools like ...
Read More 5 Ways Leaders Foster Innovation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership innovation happens all around us. As technology and tools improve exponentially over time, the ways that dreams come true ...
Read More Leaders: Opening a Window to the Unknown You
By L2L Contributing Author |
What did you see the last time you looked in the mirror? Were you surprised by (yet another!) new wrinkle? ...
Read More On Leadership and Overcoming a Crisis
By L2L Contributing Author |
Make no mistake about it, there will be moments when a crisis strikes. Life has a way of making sure ...
Read More On Leadership, Social Media and Building Brands
By L2L Contributing Author |
I recently participated in a webinar on HR.com that discussed how important it is for employees to be aware of ...
Read More Results vs. Relationships – Finding Your Balance on the Leadership Seesaw
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a child, riding a seesaw was fun, wasn’t it? Well, except when you didn’t have equal weight on both ...
Read More Learning How to Be a Thought Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Remember the last time you attended a conference and saw a really great speaker knock it out of the park? ...
Read More 5 Questions To Become a Better Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leading a group of people is not an easy endeavor. There are so many responsibilities, duties, and things to remember. And ...
Read More Leaders: Are You Serving Wine In The Office?
By L2L Contributing Author |
A while back the following question was asked by one of my team members who had resigned and I was trying to retain ...
Read More Anatomy of a Proper L2L Discussion
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever gone to a group discussion on LinkedIn and been dismayed at the lack of true discussion? And ...
Read More How to Be a Legendary Leader in 3 Steps
By L2L Contributing Author |
It's no secret that employee recognition is an important factor in worker morale. After all, management may make the big ...
Read More The Spiritual Leader’s Task to Maintain the Dream
By L2L Contributing Author |
The task of the spiritual leader is to serve others in the best and worst of times. Such a leader ...
Read More The Essence of Life and Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
“Emotions transform energy; energy creates movement; movement is change; and change is the essence of life.” ~Darren Weissman Did ...
Read More Leadership Rocks
By L2L Contributing Author |
I’d much prefer to be led by a leader who loves rock ‘n roll than one who doesn’t. A ...
Read More Characteristics of a Good Leader Infographic
By L2L Contributing Author |
Characteristics of a Good Leader See more on Characteristics of a Good Leader here.
Read More Leading Colorblind – The Strength of Belief
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leading people when you have "belief" as one of your top strengths makes you stand out in any environment. It ...
Read More Articles of Faith: My Seemingly Schizophrenic God
By L2L Contributing Author |
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/22966706 w=468&h=351] 12Stone Church - "In The Beginning" with Pastor Kevin Meyers This year I embarked on probably the ...
Read More Workplace Bullying…A Leadership Tragedy
By L2L Contributing Author |
Many studies now show that workplace bullying is a very real, all-too-common and incredibly harmful practice in workplaces world-wide. Shocking ...
Read More Wishy-Washy Leadership! How To Tell If You're Too Inclusive
By L2L Contributing Author |
Today, many leaders are suffering from too inclusive of a leadership style. They look to their team to vote on ...
Read More On Leadership and Ownership
By L2L Contributing Author |
In a conversation the other day someone asked a question in a “by the way” fashion. The question was this: ...
Read More Three "I"s for Team Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
You need more than your own two eyes to be great.In fact, there are three very important "I"s that are ...
Read More Leadership Nostalgia: The Perils of Leading in the Past
By L2L Contributing Author |
Are we leading organizations, ministries, groups or teams as though we are living in 1990 – or worse yet, 1950? ...
Read More On Leadership and Creating the Perfect Messaging
By L2L Contributing Author |
Effective leadership means that your vision, mission, and shared goals are clear for everyone involved. There is no room for ...
Read More How to Avoid Two Dangerous Traps in Leadership – Listen and Engage
By L2L Contributing Author |
We often read or hear in the media about leaders whose lack of courage reaped painful consequences. But these “spectacular” ...
Read More On Leadership, Global Events and Your Local Business
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a leader, you must continually understand that the world is getting smaller and global events and issues can now ...
Read More On Leadership, Workshops and Organizational Health
By L2L Contributing Author |
There are many ways to provide continuing education for your employees, sharpen their skills, and keep them immersed in new ...
Read More The Five Key Benefits of Leading the Learning
By L2L Contributing Author |
After 25 plus years developing and facilitating training for clients in a wide variety of industries large and small, a ...
Read More Hey Leaders: X Marks the Spot…or Does It?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Recently I have been reading a lot of business best sellers, both current and classic (and while I would argue ...
Read More On Leadership and Vulnerability
By L2L Contributing Author |
For some reason, people in leadership roles have this idea that they have to be impervious – that showing emotion, ...
Read More On Leadership, Teamwork and Following a Common Vision
By L2L Contributing Author |
A team isn't a few people that just work on the same thing together. A team is a group that ...
Read More Leadership Lesson: Do You Hear Me?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you hear me? Are you listening? Many people use these two questions interchangeably, but they’re two significantly different questions. ...
Read More On Leadership, Loyalty and Listening to Your Customers
By L2L Contributing Author |
When it comes to leadership, every leader needs to understand that they are on the front lines with everyone looking ...
Read More The Arranger: Making the Impossible Possible
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Office Juggler How often have you longed for an extra arm to help you get everything done? Or for ...
Read More The Seven Pillars of Transparent Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
The need for transparency in society is at an all-time high. Trust and transparency are crucial elements to every leader. ...
Read More Articles of Faith: On Spiritual Leaders and Their Call to Love
By L2L Contributing Author |
Spiritual leaders insist that people and relationships precede structures and tasks. This implies leaders need to think positively of others, ...
Read More Organizational Health: Curing Crippling Leadership Behaviors
By L2L Contributing Author |
Poor leadership behaviors can cripple the very health of your organization and the development of your future leaders. Such crippling ...
Read More The Power of Latino Leadership, History Lessons for Future Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Can Latinos play a role in overcoming many of the challenges affecting our society? Can the rich, festive and collaborative heritage ...
Read More 4 Ways Leaders Build Camaraderie
By L2L Contributing Author |
“Enhancing trust, pride, and camaraderie in the workplace is the central task of effective leadership in today's organizations." ~ Michael ...
Read More Leaders and Difficult Decisions: The Syrian Crisis Scenarios?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Hard choices come with the job of a leader. Imagine almost 1 million Americans dying in a modern American civil ...
Read More On Leadership, Generations and Social Media Policy
By L2L Contributing Author |
These days, almost every orientation handbook has it: the dreaded social media policy. Does your company have a social media policy ...
Read More On Leadership and Leading in the Present Moment
By L2L Contributing Author |
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now” ~ Martin Luther King ...
Read More Articles of Faith: The Christian Humanist Epidemic
By L2L Contributing Author |
—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. ...
Read More Lost in Translation: How Being Uncomfortable Can Improve Your Communication
By L2L Contributing Author |
Picture yourself exploring a foreign land when a hotel employee runs to you with a worried look on his face ...
Read More Reaction or Reflection – A Leadership Question
By L2L Contributing Author |
Recently I was watching the classic movie, Get Shorty. This 1995 picture features an intriguing character, Chili Palmer (played by ...
Read More 5 Things to Discuss Before Deciding on a Partnership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Whether your business is just starting out or currently booming, the idea of a partnership may have crossed your mind ...
Read More How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Feedback
By L2L Contributing Author |
Creating a culture of feedback is vital to any organization. Giving and receiving feedback is something every leader should be ...
Read More On Leadership and Living a Below Average Life
By L2L Contributing Author |
His mother dropped out in the 3rd grade and then married at age 13. When he was 18, his parents ...
Read More Escape: How To Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
By L2L Contributing Author |
[youtube=http://youtu.be/_ccVu992CYE] Watching Steve McQueen jump over a high wood fence on a motorcycle in the 1963 classic film The Great Escape ...
Read More On Leadership, Sherlock Holmes and The Analytical Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Being Holmes Known particularly for his shrewd logical reasoning, Detective Sherlock Holmes most certainly possesses a strength both envied and ...
Read More Hey Leaders: People Are People
By L2L Contributing Author |
It’s important to see that people are people. Sounds like an easy concept, doesn’t it? But it’s not! On Leadership ...
Read More On Leadership, Control and Moving Beyond the Struggle
By L2L Contributing Author |
I don’t know about you, but I know too many people who are struggling right now. People who are working ...
Read More On Leadership and The Lifecycle of Mentoring
By L2L Contributing Author |
Mentoring is an enormously effective and an irreplaceable way to grow people, teams, and organizational health. If done poorly, it ...
Read More Edward Snowden: Courageous Leader, or Lack of Morals and Accountability?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a former POW in the camps of North Vietnam, I think my comrades and I saw the purest example ...
Read More On Leadership, Humility and Authentic Spiritual Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Corruption, greed, and addiction to power and control over others ooze from the pseudo-leadership of so many contemporary leaders. ...
Read More Developing Employees – The Role of Personality
By L2L Contributing Author |
One day when I was working as Learning & Development Manager in a German corporation, an executive approached me to ...
Read More Leading in HR: The Power of a Professional Conduct Policy
By L2L Contributing Author |
There’s not much in the way of employee behavior that would surprise an experienced Human Resource Manager. What is far ...
Read More On Leaders and Accountability (Part 6): How to Take Action When Expectations Aren’t Met
By L2L Contributing Author |
Here’s the scene. Joe Staff Member is on your team, and you have done all of the right things to ...
Read More Managing Up by Speaking Up
By L2L Contributing Author |
Managing your job and career can be difficult at times. And one of the biggest difficulties for many is managing ...
Read More Gian = Leadership: Timeless Advice on Competitive Advantage
By L2L Contributing Author |
In his book, The Art of War for Executives, author Donald G. Krause provides interpretations of author Sun Tzu’s writings from ...
Read More To Mentor or Not to Mentor, That is the Question
By L2L Contributing Author |
Albert Einstein once said, "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." If one agrees ...
Read More The Simple Wisdom of the Lens Grinder
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Lens Grinder: Guiding You on the Noble Journey to Becoming the Person You were Meant to Be Big "L" ...
Read More Leadership Perspective: To Ride the Wave, or Lead the Wave
By L2L Contributing Author |
Let’s venture into a world where plans constantly change. In this place, nothing goes the way it should. Every potential ...
Read More The 5 Admired Female Business Leaders of the Past Year
By L2L Contributing Author |
As gender equality becomes more of a priority in world society, more women are becoming prominent business leaders. Women prove ...
Read More L2L Book Review: "Leaders Open Doors"
By L2L Contributing Author |
Using his own personal experience, author and veteran consultant Bill Treasurer wrote "Leaders Open Doors" to encourage leaders to accept ...
Read More On Leadership, Positivity and Notions of Power
By L2L Contributing Author |
What makes for a “powerful” leader? Is it authority, position, or seniority? Could it also be personal gravitas in the ...
Read More Lead like Water
By L2L Contributing Author |
Think of water for a second. What is your first impression when you come across this term? >>> Weak? Common? ...
Read More 35 Fun and Affordable Team Appreciation Ideas
By L2L Contributing Author |
"35 Fun and Affordable Team Appreciation Ideas" is now available as FREE L2L Premium Content! As an effective leader, you are ...
Read More On Character, Compassion and The Heart of a Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
The heart has been written about thousands, if not millions, of times over the years. We are fascinated by the ...
Read More Technical Foul: Leadership Lessons from the Rutgers Basketball Scandal
By L2L Contributing Author |
What leadership lessons can we learn from the recent firing of Rutgers coach Mike Rice? If you have been following ...
Read More Resolving Work Conflicts: The 7 Step Solution
By L2L Contributing Author |
Problems exist for everyone. This is because we live in an imperfect world designed to keep throwing wrenches in our ...
Read More On Leaders and Accountability (Part 5): 6 Tips to Celebrating the Big Payoff
By L2L Contributing Author |
Think about this scenario: A momentous payoff has just occurred in your team as you've applied the guidance in this ongoing series ...
Read More Servant Leadership: Authenticity and the Spiritual Journey
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leading with a Noble Purpose and pursuing a life of service to others only becomes authentic, dynamic and revitalizing when ...
Read More Effective Leadership: Just Do It
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Anticipation You sit on the edge of your seat, foot tapping, hands clenched, eyes shifting around the room, just ...
Read More Are You A Sleep Sick Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
An important aspect that helps lower our stress levels is getting regular, restful sleep. Sadly, many leaders experience periods of inadequate ...
Read More 7 Ways Leaders Can Hack Into Their Own Life: Tips From A Former FBI Counterintelligence Agent
By L2L Contributing Author |
As an FBI undercover and counterintelligence agent, I spent twenty-four years investigating people. But the most important life I ever ...
Read More Leading Customer Service
By L2L Contributing Author |
Good customer service doesn’t begin nor end with the customer. It begins with the leader and, well, I don’t ...
Read More When Businesses Grow But Leaders Don’t: Become a Conductor
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever thought of an organizational leader being a conductor of an orchestra? Or if you prefer, any type ...
Read More Secrets of Succession Planning: Don't Hide Your Talent
By L2L Contributing Author |
If you are in an organization, it is wise to understand that the people you have on board are the ...
Read More Leaders: Treat Them Like Adults and Watch What Happens
By L2L Contributing Author |
What is it about management that turns some good managers into nannies? Sometimes the role of a manager or team ...
Read More The Leadership Comb-Over: Dealing with Denial
By L2L Contributing Author |
Here is a leadership challenge for anyone who leads people: Step 1: A Deeper Look Take a look in the ...
Read More Articles of Faith: The Gifted Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Know Thyself —————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from ...
Read More Email Etiquette (Netiquette)
By L2L Contributing Author |
It's no secret that email has completely changed the way we communicate. It's an immediate and convenient tool. One click ...
Read More Preparing For Your Next Job
By L2L Contributing Author |
Years ago, I read an article that advised the reader to begin the search for their next job as soon ...
Read More Goal Setting
By L2L Contributing Author |
I like to separate goal setting into two distinct categories; long-term and short-term. Long term goals are things that you ...
Read More Webinars as an Effective Training Tool
By L2L Contributing Author |
Technology in Training The issue of distance, time, and availability has always existed and quite possibly prevented people from attending ...
Read More Be the Change You Wish to See
By L2L Contributing Author |
Mahatma Gandhi said this: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." This directly applies to ...
Read More How Are You Communicating?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Take a minute to think about how you communicate, and the results you achieve. I’m often surprised at how people ...
Read More Hug Your People!
By L2L Contributing Author |
What? And break every rule in the book? Okay... so I don't mean an actual hug! I mean something that ...
Read More Values Intelligence – Online Values Sorting
By L2L Contributing Author |
Linked 2 Leadership is introducing a new online tool to help our L2L community become better leaders. It is called the Values ...
Read More Leadership Looking for Balls—Crystal and Otherwise
By L2L Contributing Author |
The goal of this blog topic—Future Leadership Issues, in the Linked 2 Leadership constellation of conversation, is to uncover future ...
Read More The Science of Leadership Collaboration
By L2L Contributing Author |
Working in the Lab From the late 80's until the mid 90's, I would go into my polymer resin compounding ...
Read More Trust in Networking
By L2L Contributing Author |
In a recent post on the MSN Career site, Eve Tahmincioglu, MSNBC.com careers contributor, tells us to beware of social ...
Read More L2L Blogger Info
By L2L Contributing Author |
Your Recipe for Success! So, you wanna' be a leadership blogger... Can you create stimulating conversations? Can you speak from ...
Read More Leaders: How to Deal with Control Freaks
By L2L Contributing Author |
Haven’t we all come across control freaks in our lives at one time or another? If you say that you ...
Read More Wake Up! Leaders are Dreamers
By L2L Contributing Author |
Risky Dreams “The limitations you are willing to accept determine the boundaries of your existence.” ~ Erwin McManus, Wide Awake As ...
Read More On Leaders and Accountability (Part 4): How Mentoring and Coaching Builds Trust
By L2L Contributing Author |
In part 3 on accountability, we talked about the importance of clarity. This is about making sure that people are clear ...
Read More On Leadership, Stress and Maintaining Vision
By L2L Contributing Author |
The profound and rapid changes in modern life challenge leaders to constantly change and be creative in responding to the ...
Read More Leaders: 6 Steps to Use a Positive Attitude to Strengthen Your Resilience
By L2L Contributing Author |
A couple of months ago a good friend suffered a major heart attack. While in the emergency room, he had ...
Read More Finding Your Leadership Secret Sauce
By L2L Contributing Author |
Authentic leaders inspire us. They build strong teams with complimentary skill sets. They drive high levels of trust and commitment ...
Read More The More You Know, the More Likely You Are to Be Hired
By L2L Contributing Author |
The best consultants — and the ones who draw the most business — are conversationalists. We all know people like ...
Read More Emotional Intelligence: The Leadership Difference-Maker
By L2L Contributing Author |
A true story: In March 2013 Susanna Rohm’s seemingly-healthy two month old baby had stopped breathing causing mom to go ...
Read More 10 Steps to Create a Killer Succession Plan
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a matter of age and evolution, every 10 to 20 years or so almost every business is forced to ...
Read More Leaders: The Art of Giving Feedback
By L2L Contributing Author |
Giving feedback is a tricky thing to master. No matter which position we hold in our workplace, we will need ...
Read More Leadership In At The Deep End
By L2L Contributing Author |
A great deal of my work is with so-called ‘experienced’ managers. The use of the word experience in this context ...
Read More A Leader and a List Lover
By L2L Contributing Author |
As human beings, we all have natural strengths, and we all have areas where we lack in skill. And most ...
Read More Communication Breakdown: Are You Thinking About Your Audience?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Over the course of my career many leaders have lamented this: “Little I say seems to be resonating!?!?” Although this ...
Read More Changing Corporate Culture To Enable Women’s Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve been hearing the recent debate about barriers to women’s career success. ...
Read More Defeating the Fear Monster! Part 2
By L2L Contributing Author |
In my last article, Defeating the Fear Monster! Part 1, I listed the fears that make up what Jim Haudan, ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Doing is Not Developing
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you wonder why the folks that report to you rely on you to solve their problems? Probably because you ...
Read More Hey Leader: Whose Expectations Are You Trying to Meet?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Sometimes, a question can strike you with such clarity that it remains with you for life. The following question was posed ...
Read More At a Loss With the Boss
By L2L Contributing Author |
One of the toughest adjustments new managers have to make is managing their transition from specialist or expert operator to ...
Read More Top 5 Most Important Leadership Traits
By L2L Contributing Author |
Whether you are responsible for a thousand employees or just starting an online business with a few friends, you need ...
Read More Hey Leaders: Are You Anti-Fragile?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I am just in the beginning pages of a book that I know I will find to be fascinating, Anti-Fragile: ...
Read More On Leaders and Accountability (Part 3): Cheating Scandal at Harvard and Clarifying Expectations
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Feb 1, 2013 revelation that more than half of the participants in the “Government 1310: ‘Introduction to Congress’” class at ...
Read More Leaders: The Importance of Rewarding Your Employees Regularly
By L2L Contributing Author |
Anyone who has built a successful business knows that at the core of a well-run company is a good workforce. ...
Read More Leadership Guidance: As Parents and Mentors
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership points to ponder for teenagers are just as relevant to adults, especially new leaders, viewed via a father's letter ...
Read More Hey Leader: You Are A Role Model
By L2L Contributing Author |
The media had generally ignored the personal lives of athletes up until the 1990’s. This is when athletes began having ...
Read More Leadership Formula: Learn, Connect, Influence
By L2L Contributing Author |
Over the past four years I have analyzed people and processes to develop a better leadership model. This leadership training ...
Read More Your Leadership Quotient
By L2L Contributing Author |
During my 40-year career as a senior manager in the general insurance industry in Canada, I was often confronted and ...
Read More 8 Steps to Help Teams Master the Waves of Change
By L2L Contributing Author |
Helping your team thrive during change takes a plan that is certain and reliable. After all, change is difficult enough, ...
Read More Middle School Leadership Lesson: I TOLD YOU SO!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Wisdom not heeded is wasted. Often times we seek advice or "wisdom" from others, but we don't take that advice ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Who Do They Say that You Are?
By L2L Contributing Author |
—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. ...
Read More It’s Lonely at the Top – 4 Ways to Help Employees Make the Step Change to Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
In a recent National Post article Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, where shown riding the subway with the ...
Read More On Leadership, Reality and Monday Morning Quarterbacking
By L2L Contributing Author |
DATELINE: FEBRUARY 3, 2013 | ATLANTA, GEORGIA USA | SUPER BOWL SUNDAY So, it's the day of the big game! ...
Read More Creative Leadership: Discover New Training Games
By L2L Contributing Author |
The brilliant thing about leadership is that it's creativity is only limited by the means in which it's lived out ...
Read More How to Manage Conflicts the Emotionally Intelligent Way
By L2L Contributing Author |
Conflicts are present in our lives no matter whether we are at work or home or in a volunteer position. ...
Read More Authentic Leadership: Living and Leading Outside-the-Box
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have worked for a long time only to find too many people with little passion for change. They simply ...
Read More Help! How Do I Lead In a Land of Conflict?
By L2L Contributing Author |
In today’s workforce, members of an organization and team come in different flavors. Today’s workforce is not only diverse ethnically, ...
Read More 3 Great Ways to Scare Off Potential Employees
By L2L Contributing Author |
Here are three sure fire ways to not only lose the people you have but also scare off any great ...
Read More Leaders: How to Dig Deep and Treasure Your Trials
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a leader, are you going (or have you been) through tough times? If so, it may be time to ...
Read More On Leadership and Handling Difficult Life Challenges
By L2L Contributing Author |
My life has been filled with very difficult challenges. Some of them could be used to excuse myself from being ...
Read More On Leadership, Growth and Doing it Anyway
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you know that song by Martina McBride titled "Anyway?" In the very first verse of the song she ...
Read More On Inspiring Future Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have observed that work environments are distinctly different from those of a learning environments. And the difference is leadership. ...
Read More On Leadership, Lying and Breaking The Honor Code
By L2L Contributing Author |
When a large, trusted and well-established institution gets caught in a public lie, the entire code of honor is at ...
Read More On Leadership, Soaring and Embracing the Power of Belief
By L2L Contributing Author |
A while back I was in Oshkosh, WI attending the 2012 AirVenture event, a week-long airshow and exposition of experimental ...
Read More On Leadership and The Politics of Onions
By L2L Contributing Author |
There's an interesting dynamic taking place in India right now. It's a lesson about creating political change, but it also ...
Read More On Leadership and Knowing Your Audience
By L2L Contributing Author |
Imagine this in your current role: You have taken a position on an issue that really matters to you. And ...
Read More On Leadership, Change and Transition
By L2L Contributing Author |
Change is never easy. Change is a bumpy process. Change is uncomfortable. And it create problems. But why is change so hard? ...
Read More On Leadership and Counting Carrots
By L2L Contributing Author |
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” ~ Dr. Robert Anthony So What's Your Carrot? Do ...
Read More Putting You First: Leading Yourself
By L2L Contributing Author |
One of the toughest lessons a leader must learn is this: You must learn to lead yourself before you lead ...
Read More Leading Clean: Killing Your Conflict Phobia
By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
If you began reading this article because you like to eat fried chicken, or because you enjoy gambling, then I must apologize. ...
Read More Leading Yourself to Likeability
By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More Is Friendship a Leadership Quality?
By L2L Contributing Author |
If you had asked me ten years ago if “friendship” is a leadership quality, I doubt I would have given ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More Little Johnny in the Workplace
By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
A Long time ago…… The “Jedi Generation” are people defined not by age, but by commonality in belief and behaviour; ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
No matter what you read on the subject of leadership, the question of what qualities a leader should have usually ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
In the last twenty years a new profession of coaching burst upon the scene. From the local workout gym to ...
Read More How To Deal With Water Cooler Talk
By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More Leadership Ripple Effect
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you ever think about how the decisions you make as a leader affect others? Do you ever consider the far-reaching effects ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More The Real Thing: 9 Ways Successful People Build Rapport
By L2L Contributing Author |
Recall a time when you are the outsider—trying to find real ways to connect with the crowd, feeling different, and ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Leading through Challenges
By L2L Contributing Author |
—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
I help organizations improve their "game," and I love my job. In fact, my hobby is reading and learning about ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
The members of the demographic, commonly known as Generation “Y” were born between the years 1981 and 1994, which makes ...
Read More Guerrillas in the Midst
By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
I often hear from managers that employees have more power than their bosses. Studies have shown that the majority of workers ...
Read More Leadership: A Big Fat Who Cares?
By L2L Contributing Author |
In recent years, some employees have felt the hard and harsh blows dealt by their leaders as their employment positions ...
Read More Leadership in 6 Key Words
By L2L Contributing Author |
As I read the many great posts on this blogazine (and elsewhere), it seems we often take for granted a ...
Read More What Leaders Can Learn from Lt. Columbo
By L2L Contributing Author |
The recent passing of the actor Peter Falk (age 83) reminded me of a useful technique for leadership effectiveness, which I ...
Read More The Silent Language of Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
Communication is difficult. Sometimes the message you intend to get across is understood by others, but many times it is ...
Read More Take Me To Your Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Okay. How many of you just read the title of this blogacle sounding like an alien or a robot? C’mon, ...
Read More Leaders: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
What is the single most important advice you would offer a person new to leadership? Big Question How would you ...
Read More 6 Ways To Build Your Strategic Network
By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office – Part 2 Losing Our Purpose
By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More Are You a Servant Leader or a Leadership Warrior?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have recently called upon the leaders of the world to start a LEADERSHIP REVOLUTION (Post 1) (Post 2). In ...
Read More Another Nail in the Leadership Ethics Coffin?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Once again the personal ethics of a national leader is brought into question. Leaders are legendary for moral lapses and ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
Recently I was reading yet another news story of how radically the world had changed in past few years and ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
We admire people with inner strength—we make them our heroes and call them by names like John Wayne. Heroes don’t ...
Read More The Mind of a Servant Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
A new leadership idea was introduced not too long ago that is impacting the world in which we live and ...
Read More Leadership Hybrid Theory: Dawn of the "Leadager"
By L2L Contributing Author |
It’s the 21st century and, being an ‘evolved species’, we’ve come to recognise the need for progressive adaptation in response ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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Read More Handling Conflict at Work: The Leader’s Role
By L2L Contributing Author |
Are you having people problems at work? So how does this make you feel? How many of you look forward ...
Read More The Time is Now for Women to Lead
By L2L Contributing Author |
Now, more than ever, leadership takes all kinds. We need all kinds of leaders in all kinds of roles. We ...
Read More Let's Start A Leadership Revolution!
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have dedicated the last decade of my life to the proposition that there are no bad employees…just bad leaders. ...
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
I have been called a “purist” for believing that the training / learning function within every company is vital to the ...
Read More Social Loafing – People Don't Add Up
By L2L Contributing Author |
The term “social loafing” is synonymous with social psychology. And this term is equally apt, if not more, to the corporate ...
Read More Got Glue? How Leaders Build Strong Teams
By L2L Contributing Author |
As an FBI counterintelligence agent, developing good information networks around the foreign spies I pursued was the secret to my ...
Read More What I Learned About Courage from a Night in Jail
By L2L Contributing Author |
It wasn’t supposed to start this way. London was supposed to be the launching point of my Global Courage Tour. ...
Read More Getting Leadership Direction: 3 Reliable Sources
By L2L Contributing Author |
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By L2L Contributing Author |
"Luke, Stay Away from the Dark Side . . ." Have you heard of these leaders: Adolph Hitler, Jim Jones, Thomas Jefferson, Donald ...
Read More On Leadership and Memorial Day
By L2L Contributing Author |
In America, we take a long weekend each late spring to celebrate Memorial Day. It is a time of somber ...
Read More Go Back, To Go Forward
By L2L Contributing Author |
“Take a step back to go forward? Are you nuts?” Well . . . that’s beside the point. But I ...
Read More Leaders: Who Needs Wisdom?
By L2L Contributing Author |
This is my favourite definition of wisdom: “Good Sense; the ability to make sensible decisions and judgments based on personal ...
Read More The Three Hardest Words for Leaders to Say
By L2L Contributing Author |
As leaders, we all know the importance of setting a good example. Posner and Kouzes, in The Leadership Challenge, refer ...
Read More LeaderBrief Q&A: Core Leadership Skills
By L2L Contributing Author |
LeaderBrief Q&A is a continuing interactive dialog between the 1.6 million subscribers of the LeaderBrief Leadership Newsletter and the expert ...
Read More Finding the Leader Within
By L2L Contributing Author |
A friend of mine is a successful businessman and entrepreneur who also serves as a board member of a non-profit ...
Read More Keep an Eye on Your Reputational Risk Radar
By L2L Contributing Author |
No More "Made by Kids!" When my friend Sarah embarked on taking her 13-year-old son Pascal to H&M to do ...
Read More WANTED: An Un-Corruptible (Servant) Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
I live and work in Southern California where as of late the newspapers have been full of stories for months ...
Read More Change Your Values…Tame Your Gremlins
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever found yourself experiencing a challenge or failure that had a déjà vu feeling as if you have ...
Read More The Leadership Formula for Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
Starting around July every year, training departments begin receiving e-mails and phone calls around the same topic: “Such-and-such course is ...
Read More Managing Your Time In The Cyber World
By L2L Contributing Author |
There is a lot of talk about time management these days. In fact, in these times when technology is bringing ...
Read More Leaders: Focus On Questions, Not Answers
By L2L Contributing Author |
As an FBI counterintelligence agent, I spent considerable time learning about the people I was investigating. The more I knew ...
Read More Your Upcoming Leadership Train Wreck
By L2L Contributing Author |
We have heard “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” We have heard this for many years in ...
Read More Do You Recruit Into Hell?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a new assistant lacrosse coach this year for our local high school team, I was eager to bring my ...
Read More Five Things Leaders Need to Know about Innovation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leaders commonly speak the word innovation. It conveys a sense of excitement and newness that motivates people. But let’s be ...
Read More Barbie Marries The Hulk and We All Hate Our Bodies
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership education requires us to really take a deep dive into gender stereotyping. It does not matter if we think ...
Read More Vaccinating for the Training Virus?
By L2L Contributing Author |
“I’m so sorry to tell you this,” said the doctor to the CEO, “but your company has very little time ...
Read More How to Lead an Adversarial Peer
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever experience an office situation where regular interpersonal discord, or even daily combative behaviour was the order of ...
Read More Blankity-Blank-Blank Nerves!!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Nerves! Those blankity-blank-blank nerves! Yes, you heard me. Nerves. Those darn nerves! Always around, never a dull moment: “nerves” have ...
Read More Positive Passion Leads To Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
“Genuine leaders never pursue or expect adulation or “star” status. When they receive it, they accept it graciously and move ...
Read More Leadership: Courage to Know Your Strengths
By L2L Contributing Author |
I recently took part in a mock interview process with some high school seniors. One of the questions I asked ...
Read More Easter Is For Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
Easter is a holiday celebrated each spring in many countries throughout the world. It is a Christian religious celebration based ...
Read More Slacker Talent: Your Recipe for Disaster
By L2L Contributing Author |
The number of employees that are highly disengaged has doubled since the beginning of 2008. It’s tough enough to make ...
Read More How To Lead Yourself
By L2L Contributing Author |
Natalie Portman won an academy award for her portrayal of a ballet dancer who based her worth on perfect performances. ...
Read More Check-the-Box Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Does your leadership style sometimes end up blurting out on you? blurt (blûrt) tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts To utter suddenly and impulsively ...
Read More Harassment…A Leadership Dilemma
By L2L Contributing Author |
The world of business and industry has improved dramatically for women over the past two decades, but we are still ...
Read More Understanding Real Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Put That Leadership Book Down, It Could Hurt You! From the Mouths of Leaders Spend enough time in leadership roles ...
Read More If Babies Ruled The World
By L2L Contributing Author |
On April 2, 2011 my daughter gave birth to a bouncing baby girl. I put a photo of the little ...
Read More Your Leaning Tower of Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
What's wrong with this picture? The picture above of the Leaning Tower of Pisa reveals the normally bent-over tower shown ...
Read More What Makes A Superstar Employee?
By L2L Contributing Author |
The secret to success that all great employers have discovered is as simple as, “right person-right job.” When people are ...
Read More Leaders: 7 Things, Traits, Characteristics and Definitions
By L2L Contributing Author |
Healthy Teams After a recent staff meeting, I was thinking about what makes our team at Grace Community Church healthy. I ...
Read More Leadership According to Leroy Jethro Gibbs
By L2L Contributing Author |
Human resource directors who watch the hit television series NCIS must cringe at the leadership style of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. ...
Read More The Leadership Element in Management
By L2L Contributing Author |
Recently I was doing a Q & A session with a wonderful ministry in South Africa called Living Hope. There ...
Read More LeaderBrief Q&A: Greatest Leadership Challenge Today
By L2L Contributing Author |
LeaderBrief Q&A is a continuing interactive dialog between the massive 1.6 million subscribers of the LeaderBrief Leadership Newsletter and the ...
Read More SIMPLE. CONFLICT. MANAGEMENT.
By L2L Contributing Author |
THE HIGH COST OF WORKPLACE CONFLICT Conflict has become so much a part of western culture that when it is ...
Read More Employee Engagement: What Do the Jobs Data Have to Do With It?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Is your organization ready for the economic turnaround? History has demonstrated that it is a follow-the-leader kind of world. As ...
Read More Top 10 Ways to Keep Your Talent
By L2L Contributing Author |
Why do employees stick to stupid? Have you ever noticed that some employees will stay in jobs that they do ...
Read More Hey Leaders: It's A Dog's Life
By L2L Contributing Author |
As I travel through my life, I have often noticed that dogs have some interesting effects on people. In the ...
Read More Leading with Courage
By L2L Contributing Author |
Both inside and outside of work, these are fearful times. Over the last few years, the world has suffered through ...
Read More Psst – You Want to Know a Secret?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Anybody looking? Can anyone hear us? Good, then let me tell you a secret. Here it is . . . ...
Read More How to Lead Opportunity in a Downhill Market
By L2L Contributing Author |
Lessons From a Start-Up in the Music Industry Leadership starts with first leading one's self. This is a compelling story ...
Read More John Wooden’s Winning Principles
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have always been a BIG follower of John Wooden! I have read every book on him and have worked ...
Read More The Exceptional Strength of Followership
By L2L Contributing Author |
This month marks a remarkable time in all of our lives. It doesn't matter where you live, how you were ...
Read More Leadership: Idealism vs. Realism
By L2L Contributing Author |
Balancing the emotional, psychological, and empirical aspects of what it takes to be a strong leader is always at play in the ...
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