Articles of Faith: Living In A Glass House!
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have had this topic of "living in a glass house" or "living in a fishbowl" on my mind for ...
Read More The Employee Engagement Game: Will you Win or Lose?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Employee engagement at work is one of the most important determining factors in overall health of an organization. --------------------------------------------- This is Part ...
Read More Mentoring: The Rules of Engagement
By L2L Contributing Author |
Building your career without a mentor is like climbing Mt. Everest without a guide or a Sherpa. Sure you can ...
Read More Leadership Standards: Industry and Politics
By L2L Contributing Author |
Super-rich corporate CEO's can hide behind slick ads and slogans, but it's wrong for a political candidate to try and ...
Read More Know Thy Leadership Talents, Skills, and Knowledge
By L2L Contributing Author |
What is the difference between these three things and what are the connections between them? Leadership Talents | Leadership ...
Read More Listen Your Way to Greatness
By L2L Contributing Author |
This past week, I was working with a client who was experiencing a very big change within his company. He needed ...
Read More Mentoring: Your Secret Weapon
By L2L Contributing Author |
As leaders, we appreciate the mentors, leaders, and role models upon whose shoulders we stood. We carefully consider the support ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Doing the Dirty Work
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 Roll Up Your Sleeves Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Being a leader can be fun. And it should be fun. Celebrating with your team an 18-month implementation of a new ...
Read More Do You Listen with Your Eyes?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do You Listen with Your Eyes? I had just finished providing instructions to one of my team members. As was ...
Read More Leadership and IT Transformation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership impacts everyone. And leadership takes its form in many different roles and departments within companies and organizations around the ...
Read More Who Are You? Who, Who?
By L2L Contributing Author |
You might recognize the following lyrics as the refrain from the 1978 song "Who Are You" by The Who. This song ...
Read More Managing Mondays: What Do You Want From Me?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Living up to other peoples' expectations can be difficult and hard to figure out! And this is even more pronounced if ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Lead Like Jesus
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 Hey Leader, Are You a Coward?
By L2L Contributing Author |
In the course of normal human behaviors, people act in a variety of ways when they are around others. Some ...
Read More Wu's Warriors – Waging War Against the Odds
By L2L Contributing Author |
Brutal competition, barbaric bloody battles for market share, an under-staffed and ill-prepared team, limited resources, challenged margins... They all add ...
Read More The Leadership Power Struggle: Part One
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership Power Struggle: Part One | Part Two | Part Three Power corrupts.” Lord Acton “Leadership is not about your job ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Uncommon Courtesy
By L2L Contributing Author |
I know you have experienced it… road rage, abusive language, people on cell phones everywhere you turn! Many of us ...
Read More Leadership Sabotage: Intentional or Not?
By L2L Contributing Author |
There are countless ways every day whereby leaders engage in sabotage. While it can be argued that much of this ...
Read More Articles of Faith: What Matters Most?
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 Hey Leader: You're Not Indispensable
By L2L Contributing Author |
The March 21 edition of the CBS show "60 Minutes" included an interview with Rahm Emanuel, current White House Chief ...
Read More Five Ways to Manage High Potential Gen Y Employees
By L2L Contributing Author |
Without a doubt, Generation Y is the workforce that requires the greatest amount of effort to manage when compared to any other ...
Read More Strategic Leadership Execution
By L2L Contributing Author |
Letter From the Editor 2009 is gone. For many, it was a real bummer. Many lost their jobs, their homes, ...
Read More Time Leadership and Your Bottom Line
By L2L Contributing Author |
How can your leadership impact the bottom-line? Take a look at the clock and see how "time leadership" can work for ...
Read More Leadership Recipe for Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
I am always inspired by stories with a Horatio Alger touch. Like how impoverished young people can believe in a better ...
Read More Managing Mondays: That's Impossible!
By L2L Contributing Author |
How do you get what you want and still make everyone happy? I have always been the kind of person ...
Read More Leadership Lighthouse: Go Lead!
By L2L Contributing Author |
A Leaderhip Urban Legend There is an urban legend that goes something like this. A proud U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ...
Read More How Do Leaders "Pay It Forward"?
By L2L Contributing Author |
We’re all familiar with the metaphorical statement “Pay it forward.” We use it to mean what you do is repeated ...
Read More How to Become an Intuitive Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Someone once asked me how I became such an intuitive leader. More specifically, they wanted to know how I managed ...
Read More Rebel Leadership – ‘Rebel With a Cause’
By L2L Contributing Author |
Rebel Efforts Pay Off ‘That is the best damn Store entrance I have ever seen.’ That was the day, the ...
Read More Tolstoy on the Common Instinct of Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
Lately, I've been reflecting on Leo Tolstoy's assessment of Napoleon: "And the genius Napoleon was defeated and taken to the island of St Helena, ...
Read More Who Are You?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Who are you really? Who are you when you are in the dark... when no-one is looking….? When I first ...
Read More Leadership Lessons from Cinderella
By L2L Contributing Author |
Last weekend, my husband and I went to see the local high school production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. As I ...
Read More Jerk-in-a-Box Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Hey Jerk-in-a box leader, here's a notice for you: "I am an adult. Please don't treat me like a child. ...
Read More Leadership Integrity: I Am Responsible!
By L2L Contributing Author |
re·spon·si·bil·i·ty [ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee] –noun,plural-ties. the state or fact of being responsible. an instance of being responsible: "The responsibility for this mess ...
Read More Leadership Balance: The See-Saw Effect
By L2L Contributing Author |
When you were a kid, did you ever stand in the middle of the see-saw? While your friends were moving ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Facebook, a Viable Workplace Tool?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Can Facebook really be used as a serious workplace tool? The answer may surprise you… With so many virtual teams ...
Read More Leadership Trust: Your Secret Judgement
By L2L Contributing Author |
How can you be telling me this now? I was counting on you! If you had only told me this ...
Read More "Courageous Leadership?" What the Heck?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As with all of my blogs, I am writing today to ask for help and perspective on a term; some ...
Read More Leadership Insights: 10 Questions
By L2L Contributing Author |
Author Gary Cohen starts our new occasional series called Leadership Insights. We provide deep insights into the minds of thought-leaders, ...
Read More A Leader's Dilemma: Spinning the Moral Compass
By L2L Contributing Author |
Two summers ago my wife and I attended the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival with my mother. One of the many ...
Read More Managing Mondays: The Simple Banana
By L2L Contributing Author |
Did you ever notice how great the banana is? How it fits so nicely into your hand; how just by ...
Read More When Does the Season of Joy End?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Valentine’s Day is almost forgotten, Fat Tuesday calories are still being mourned, the season of Lent is in full swing, ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Mission Improbable – The Office Escape
By L2L Contributing Author |
Hello Reader. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to escape the 9 to 5 and join forces ...
Read More Managing Mondays: 12 LEGO Lessons
By L2L Contributing Author |
There I was, a young child, sitting in the middle of the floor in my parent’s living room with my ...
Read More Leaders: Abandon Ship or Row to Shore?
By L2L Contributing Author |
What is it that makes a high performing team? Imagine this... You have just started your new job post and ...
Read More Feline Leadership: The Art and Power of Observation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Being a leader in many aspects of life, I have long since developed the premise that every person demonstrates leadership ...
Read More Why Are Layoffs So Harmful?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I read an interesting Newsweek article titled “Lay Off the Layoffs - Our over reliance on downsizing is killing workers, the ...
Read More I Confess: I'm Addicted
By L2L Contributing Author |
Confession is good for the soul, so they say. So I confess, I’m addicted, addicted to watching the Olympics. From ...
Read More Properly Using the "F" Word at Work
By L2L Contributing Author |
Why the "F" word? Is that really allowed at work? Have you ever walked into one of those really uncomfortable ...
Read More Renew Your Resolutions
By L2L Contributing Author |
As the New Year loses its "newness," our goals and visions that were set at the end of last year ...
Read More Is Leadership a Popularity Contest?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Greetings Leaders! There has been a lot in the news lately about President Obama and his declining popularity ratings. In ...
Read More Leading mY Generation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Talkin' 'Bout mY Generation A topic currently getting a lot of attention lately is that of Gen Y entering the ...
Read More Leadership Dead Zone
By L2L Contributing Author |
I got busted. Busted in the Leadership Dead Zone. I signed up to be a Contributing Author here on the ...
Read More The Passing of a Legend
By L2L Contributing Author |
“If you want to have more, you have to become more.” Jim Rohn Jim Rohn spoke to more than 6,000 ...
Read More What's a Leader's Greatest Challenge?
By L2L Contributing Author |
A leader’s greatest challenge is the same challenge we all face everyday—making ourselves do the things we don’t want to ...
Read More Leadership Warts
By L2L Contributing Author |
Sometimes we can go through life thinking that we are a handsome prince or princess, charming the world by simply being alive ...
Read More Leadership Supply and Demand
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Law of Supply & Demand Reigns Supreme. It shows up everywhere. In the marketplace. In romance. In sports. And ...
Read More Attraction: How To Get What You Want To Come To You
By L2L Contributing Author |
Is your team getting what it wants and needs for organizational success? Are the individuals on your team doing what it takes to ...
Read More Leadership Wisdom or Pound Foolish?
By L2L Contributing Author |
“As you might imagine,” a prospective client told me the other day, “we’ve eliminated all training because of the economy.” ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Who Are You Listening To?
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 Managing Mondays: Virtual Team Bonding
By L2L Contributing Author |
A growing number of companies are instituting virtual workforces allowing the employees to be closer to their customers and working ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Betrayed
By L2L Contributing Author |
It was a begrudging incident the day we voted for fourth grade class officers. I remember it well… The year ...
Read More Managing Mondays: More Done in Less Time
By L2L Contributing Author |
How are you possibly going to get everything done today? The answer is simpler than you might think: It's Focus. We ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Just Say NO!
By L2L Contributing Author |
We are pulled in many different directions in life. Be it a project at work, a bake sale for school, ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Move That Stone!
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 Articles of Faith: Giant-Slayer Leadership
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 Articles of Faith: The Number One Trait of a Leader Today!
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 Leaders Falling Off the Radar Screen
By L2L Contributing Author |
While walking to work on a cold and sunny December morning in Southeast Wisconsin, I was hit by a car. ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Finding Fearless
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 Articles of Faith: Leading With Peace
By L2L Contributing Author |
This post is part of our Sunday Series titled "Articles of Faith." We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See ...
Read More Articles of Faith: Leaders Take Responsibility
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 Leading "Paycheck People"
By L2L Contributing Author |
Paycheck People. We all know some. These are people who come into work and do the bare minimum so that ...
Read More Words Whisper – Actions Scream!
By L2L Contributing Author |
We have all heard the old adage, “Actions speak louder than words.” How does that apply to leadership? One of ...
Read More Leader-in-Waiting: Cometh the Hour, Cometh You
By L2L Contributing Author |
There is no "I am a leader" badge that will be generally believed. No "Head Honcho" title will cause people to say: "She's ...
Read More Leadership Lessons Learned from the Playing Fields
By L2L Contributing Author |
When I was in college, I played on a women's recreational touch football team. We were known as the Iron Ovaries. ...
Read More All Onboard!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Imagine your first day of work at Company A. There's no one to greet you and you don't know anyone ...
Read More The Pursuit of Happiness
By L2L Contributing Author |
How happy are you at work? How happy are those around you? There was a recent article from the Associated ...
Read More Leadership Integrity and the Broken Society
By L2L Contributing Author |
One of the things I talk about in my new book, The Leadership Test, is the fact that many, if ...
Read More Continuous Improvement of People
By L2L Contributing Author |
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him ...
Read More Are You an "A" Player? (not what you think…)
By L2L Contributing Author |
Sure, everyone's talking about "recovery" and "innovation" and "leadership" as being some of the biggest buzzwords this side of a ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Saying No by Saying Yes
By L2L Contributing Author |
It is never easy to tell someone “no.” You are never sure how they might react. They may lose control, ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Virtually Trustworthy
By L2L Contributing Author |
How do you trust someone you rarely see? When leading a virtual team it is important to build a trusting ...
Read More Leading Our Work Environment
By L2L Contributing Author |
Learning Your Environment My daughter recently was trained and certified for scuba diving. This experience reminded me of when I ...
Read More Did Somebody Move Your Cheese?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Unless you have been living in a cave for the last year or so (which actually may turn out to ...
Read More Managing Mondays: How to Make a Decision?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Here is your leadership scenario: You find yourself in a position where you have a decision to make. And the ...
Read More Managing Mondays: How to Win an Argument
By L2L Contributing Author |
People often disagree; but why? People have different thinking. I have my own thinking and I think it is right. ...
Read More Managing Mondays: 10 Steps to Long Term Conflict Management
By L2L Contributing Author |
You are infuriated! The situation is out of control and you just don’t have time to deal with it right ...
Read More Why We’re With CoCo
By L2L Contributing Author |
Who among us hasn’t been in Conan O’Brien’s present situation? An employer promises you a coveted prize—a promotion, let’s say—only ...
Read More Leadership Balance: It's About Spinning Plates!
By L2L Contributing Author |
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Albert Einstein Leadership is about spinning ...
Read More Solution to The Pink Elephant in the Room
By L2L Contributing Author |
Nobody likes to give bad news. But sometimes, that is exactly what is needed, as long as it is honest ...
Read More Leading In Dangerous Times
By L2L Contributing Author |
Imagine This: You have just moved into a new leadership role. One that is bigger, more exciting, and brings with ...
Read More Managing Mondays: 5 Steps to Keep Your Cool
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you been in this type of heated exchange... You find yourself in an argument with another person in regard ...
Read More “Maladjusted” Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
There are some things in our social system to which I am proud to be maladjusted.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In ...
Read More Devoted to Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean.” Robert Frost There is perhaps nothing ...
Read More Leaders Need Leadership, Too!
By L2L Contributing Author |
What separates your company from any other company? The people do. The people at your company are not the same ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Dealing with Team Conflict
By L2L Contributing Author |
"That’s it! I've had it!" "I can’t take it any more!" "I’m going to give him a piece of my mind!" But ...
Read More What Leadership DOES, is not What it IS
By L2L Contributing Author |
How do you define leadership? Many people think that the topic of "leadership" is contained exclusively within the behavior patterns ...
Read More Happy New Year 2010!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Happy New Year 2010! Linked 2 Leadership welcomes the New Year with a new set of topics on which we ...
Read More Design Your Best Year Ever
By L2L Contributing Author |
No matter how last year was for you; this year can be even better. You can design this year to be ...
Read More Leaders: Dare to Ask for Help
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you need better results for next year? Then ask for help. You know you need it. So go ahead ...
Read More Random Acts of Courageous Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
One of the things that leaders do a lot of is to hold meetings. Terrible meetings. Miserable meetings. Boooooring meetings. ...
Read More Hey Leaders: What Are You Reading Now?
By L2L Contributing Author |
So many books...so little time! I have a passion for books. Real, hard cover books that I can hold in ...
Read More Where Will You Be Five Years From Today?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Five years. Think about it for a minute... 260 weeks; 1,825 days; 2,333,000 minutes. What will you do with it? ...
Read More On Leadership, Courage, and Ruby Slippers
By L2L Contributing Author |
How far does your courage stretch? As Leaders, we often have to make unpopular decisions that can have a devastating ...
Read More A Tiger's Only Human, After All…
By L2L Contributing Author |
Concerning the recent news about Tiger Woods and the trouble he is having these days, what’s the news that no one is ...
Read More What Color Is Your Leadership?
By L2L Contributing Author |
This time of year is filled with color. Strands of lights, garland & glitter, ribbons & bows; color can be ...
Read More We’re Not in Kansas Anymore!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Everyone remembers Dorothy, having just arrived in Oz and being awed by the beauty, saying “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re ...
Read More Leaders: 5 New Rules for Interviewing
By L2L Contributing Author |
With the end of a difficult economic year approaching and the beginning of a new decade just around that same ...
Read More Managing Monday's: Rudolph Was An Unlikely Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
So what makes a great leader rise up in difficult or unlikely circumstances? Let's take a look at one famous ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Better Leadership Workflows
By L2L Contributing Author |
Sitting at your computer, you open that dreaded email from Susie Windbag. Blah... blah... blah! I can imagine that you ...
Read More Managing Mondays: There's Karma in Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
"Karma is a funny thing." It displays itself in many forms, is caused by what you do and affects all ...
Read More Leadership Head's-Up: They Are About To Jump Ship
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you know what is really going on with employee morale at your company or organization? Or are you too ...
Read More Foot In Mouth Disease – Part 2
By L2L Contributing Author |
In my first post, I discussed what I called the Foot In Mouth Disease. It got me wondering this: ...
Read More Why Leadership Transparency?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have been wondering lately how important it is for companies, non-profits, and the government agencies that I deal with ...
Read More 'Twas The Night In The Boardroom
By L2L Contributing Author |
...With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore... ‘Twas a week before Christmas and all through the firm, The rumors were spreading ...
Read More Five Key Principles for Personal Success
By L2L Contributing Author |
From a career perspective, my personal journey has spanned from my first part-time job as a seasonal salesclerk, continued along ...
Read More I'm Just Not That Into You… (Part "duh")
By L2L Contributing Author |
I really want to be inspired! But where have all the cowboy's gone? My last post focused on why I'm ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Winning is Everything!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Winning or Losing...Does it Really Matter? "We tell our kids it doesn't matter if we win or lose, but let's ...
Read More Leaders – Are Your Open Doors Really Open?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As I was driving home from a meeting the other night, I passed a sign announcing an upcoming rest area. ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Wake Up and Smell The Stupid
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you deal with an organization or service provider whose performance is lacking, but somehow you continue to accept their ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Are You Ready For Winter?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Is your organization poised to make money on the coming recovery? Are you preparing now or planning to change when ...
Read More When A Leader Goes 'Rogue'
By L2L Contributing Author |
Lets face it, in order for any of us to grow or duplicate our services, products or offerings we will ...
Read More Happy Thanksgiving!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Happy Thanksgiving! In America, we take a moment each year to celebrate all the things for which we are thankful. ...
Read More Everyone Deserves Good Servant Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Be Honest How many people woke up this morning and said to themselves, “I’m going to be completely non-productive today”? ...
Read More Beyond Polarity: A Third Way of Thinking
By L2L Contributing Author |
Who really likes polarity anyway? Ok, maybe the TV pundits, but they’re being paid for it. I’m going to go out ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Motivating Morale On a Budget
By L2L Contributing Author |
Times are tough right now. Salary’s are stagnant, or are even being cut. 401K’s are not being matched. People are losing their ...
Read More Managing Mondays: Leveraging Gratitude
By L2L Contributing Author |
It's not difficult to allow the stress of your workday put you in a "fowl" mood. We often get wrapped ...
Read More Learn by Sharing
By L2L Contributing Author |
Typically, when people start blogging, the first thing they think of is sharing their ideas with other people. They may ...
Read More Programmed for Failure: Leading Our Knowledge Workers
By L2L Contributing Author |
Geeks are different from other people. If this comes as a shocking statement to you, you’re either oblivious to others or ...
Read More Managing Mondays: A Cut Above The Rest!
By L2L Contributing Author |
You may have heard the phrase "Sharpen the Saw" in Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. ...
Read More It’s Selfish to Help Others!
By L2L Contributing Author |
You heard me right, IT'S SELFISH TO HELP OTHERS! "Sure others gain from your help, but ultimately why are you ...
Read More 44 Seconds
By L2L Contributing Author |
44 seconds. That was the difference between first and second place in a nearly six and half hour race. It ...
Read More We Created Them… Now What?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As I walk the halls of organizations today, I hear comments like: "They want to be promoted as soon as ...
Read More Golfing Your Way to Success as a Leader – Part One
By L2L Contributing Author |
I love using sports analogies to help drive home a point. I use batting averages in baseball and shots-on-goal in ...
Read More Leadership Leaderboard: What If Leaders Were Ranked?
By L2L Contributing Author |
It seems our society has a tendency to rank nearly everything. Here are just a few to help make the point: ...
Read More Managing Mondays: “Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown.”
By L2L Contributing Author |
A crown is a symbol of leadership dating back many centuries. The bearer of the crown has traditionally been a ...
Read More Managing Mondays: "HELP! I'm Buried Under Here!"
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you ever feel like you are getting buried under a ton of bricks by your work? Does it feel ...
Read More My Achy Breaky Boss
By L2L Contributing Author |
Once upon a nightmare, in a distant place called CorporateLand, there was a bright and shiny new emperor who came into the ...
Read More "Dana" and Goliath: A Leadership Story
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership starts with leading yourself. King David wasn’t always a king. When he was an adolescent, he was an unimportant shepherd. He ...
Read More In Defense of Negativity
By L2L Contributing Author |
There’s good reason to not feel so positive these days. ============================================ war in Afghanistan nuclear threats swine flu market ...
Read More One Wedding…Four Funerals!
By L2L Contributing Author |
When I was 16 I had the opportunity to work for a florist, one of the oldest businesses in town. ...
Read More Leaders: Are You Embracing Life?
By L2L Contributing Author |
There is a fine line between patience and procrastination... Which is it for you? Do you feel life is passing ...
Read More Take These TIPS to Heart To Be an Extraordinary Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Did you ever just have to get it off your chest? Recently I was having a detailed, rational, intelligent conversation ...
Read More Foot In Mouth Disease
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever had one of those moments when you said something that seemed perfectly reasonable inside your head, but ...
Read More Always a Bridesmaid…
By L2L Contributing Author |
In the early half of the twentieth century, the makers of Listerine had a problem. Their amber-colored concoction tasted terribly ...
Read More Managing Your Stress
By L2L Contributing Author |
2009 has been a very stressful year for the workforce, from the front line worker up through the highest executive. ...
Read More Who's In Your Race?
By L2L Contributing Author |
While watching ESPN last night, I heard Coach Mike Ditka make this statement: You can't win the derby with a ...
Read More Just Do It, Just Doesn't Cut It Anymore
By L2L Contributing Author |
The culture in America values action over almost everything else. Our desire here to do something, sometimes anything, is strong. ...
Read More What Will Matter
By L2L Contributing Author |
Does Linked 2 Leadership matter? That's why I read the many blogs posted by regular contributors. How much of this ...
Read More Are You Ready to Ride the Wave?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Now more than ever today’s leaders are challenged with examining how they should respond and guide their organization through turbulent ...
Read More Ready, Set, GOal!!!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Goal setting; what a waste of time, right? WRONG! Every year without fail, I grieve over this process. And every ...
Read More Leaders: Go With The Flow
By L2L Contributing Author |
I was having coffee with a close friend of mine this week and we started talking about the notion of ...
Read More 6 Steps To Leadership Courage
By L2L Contributing Author |
Courage defined: cour·age [kur-ij, kuhr-] 1. The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery. (dictionary.com) What comes to mind when you think about these courageous acts: Speaking in public ...
Read More Grow Up and Lead Us Already!
By L2L Contributing Author |
Most people watch other people. People are interesting. This happens in large scale arenas like at the mall, in the ...
Read More Leadership: Being Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
By L2L Contributing Author |
My husband and I recently decided to change our lifestyle quite dramatically so we could live the life we wanted ...
Read More On Leadership and Egg Cartons
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Mighty Mighty Egg Carton To Serve, Protect, and Defend! Do you think of your boss as a superhero? Someone ...
Read More I'm Just Not That Into You… (Part I)
By L2L Contributing Author |
Is it just me, or has "leadership" become a laughable offense you tag onto someone when you want to engage ...
Read More Leadership: Screaming Your Way to the Top?
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When was the last time that a fighting, bickering, self-serving group of people or their leader inspired you to do ...
Read More Intentionally Increase Your Failures
By L2L Contributing Author |
What if starting today, the word no stopped shutting you down? What if every time you heard the word no ...
Read More Leadership Evolution, You Ape
By L2L Contributing Author |
In needing to kill some time while on vacation, I stepped into a used bookstore. Right away the book I ...
Read More Fashionable Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
One day you’re in; the next day, you’re out.” ~Heidi Klum Fans of the hit television series Project Runway will undoubtedly ...
Read More Teaching Caterpillars to Fly
By L2L Contributing Author |
Two caterpillars are conversing while enjoying a warm day in the sun. As they are talking about the wonders of ...
Read More Are You a Born-Again Leader?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you been born-again? I am not speaking in religious terms, but in terms of authenticity. Who are you? And, where did ...
Read More Passing the Leadership Baton
By L2L Contributing Author |
I recently attended a retreat that kicked off a nine-month leadership development program for fifty women in Greater Cincinnati. The ...
Read More Justice, Mercy, and Grace: Tear Drops on the Wall
By L2L Contributing Author |
I live in the suburbs. I have a two-car garage. I have 5 kids and a wonderful wife. They have ...
Read More Reading and Writing and Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
[slideshare id=438638&doc=are-leaders-born-or-are-they-made-linked-2-leadership-1212201772189329-8] The age-old question asks, “Are leaders born or made?” There was a time when the great-person theory of ...
Read More On Leading Leaders
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Do you lead other leaders? If you answered "Yes!," then you know there are some unique challenges in leading leaders. ...
Read More Observations of Greatness: Strumming the Leadership Blues
By L2L Contributing Author |
What does it take to become “world-class”? How do you become a world-class performer? Is it destiny, or can anyone ...
Read More On Leadership and Doing Dishes
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you remember your first journey into a role where you were not the leader in the beginning of the voyage, but ...
Read More You're a Leader – Now Grow Up
By L2L Contributing Author |
While people get into leadership and leadership roles for many different reasons, one thing that most leaders go through is ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Someday One Day
By L2L Contributing Author |
Are there things in your life you have left undone? Do you regret not trying out something new? Are there ...
Read More On Leadership and Laundry Tags
By L2L Contributing Author |
I see you walking from your car in the parking lot to the front door of the building at work ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Does My Butt Look Fat in These Jeans?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you tell people the truth even when it might hurt them? When something is wrong do you say so? Or ...
Read More On Leadership and Facebook
By L2L Contributing Author |
I was resting this past weekend watching an NFL football game on TV and I picked up my BlackBerry to ...
Read More On Leadership and Wristwatches
By L2L Contributing Author |
Does your boss really need you? Does your company need you? Why are you so important that your company or ...
Read More Natural Laws of Leadership: Empowerment Through Inaction
By L2L Contributing Author |
Recall the Scenario In my last article I introduced you to a scenario where two people, Ben and Chris, are ...
Read More Professional or People Development?
By L2L Contributing Author |
In a tough economy, now is the time to develop your people. It is your best hedge against competitive forces. ...
Read More Leading With the Lost Art of Rhetoric (like… whatever…)
By L2L Contributing Author |
I am a "rhetoric snob." I admit it. It's not pretty. I listen to how people speak (leaders in particular), ...
Read More Stop the Madness
By L2L Contributing Author |
In a widely distributed article appearing in the Academy of Management Journal, management professor Steven Kerr observed the following: Numerous ...
Read More It's Not All About You. Really!
By L2L Contributing Author |
As I coach aspiring leaders, one common theme that comes up often is an inordinate self-focus when looking at development. ...
Read More On Leadership and Wife-Beaters
By L2L Contributing Author |
Why is it that inanimate objects can control how we think, feel, and react sometimes? I am talking about the ...
Read More Leadership Follies – Part of the Pack
By L2L Contributing Author |
Part of the Pack As we brought our first puppy into the house, I realized that there were a couple ...
Read More Leadership Follies– Cutting through the Meat
By L2L Contributing Author |
Why is most training not effective for very long? There is a lot of time and effort put into training, ...
Read More The Micro-Meddler or the Egregious Ego
By L2L Contributing Author |
A Challenging Leadership Scenario Below is a profile on leadership that tells of two different types of leaders. Both leaders ...
Read More Honesty Four Times
By L2L Contributing Author |
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, researchers Jim Kouses and Barry Posner asked people a simple, open-ended question: “What ...
Read More So This Leader Walks Into a Bar: Leadership Lessons From Stand-Up Comedy
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leaders can gain leadership knowledge in all kinds of unexpected places and through a variety of experiences. Previously, I've posted about ...
Read More The Kids are Back in School. Are You?
By L2L Contributing Author |
We live in a knowledge-powered economy. And if we're not continually upgrading our capabilities we become obsolete. The good news ...
Read More Help! I Need Somebody
By L2L Contributing Author |
Many of us are familiar with these familiar lyrics from The Beatles. They evoke memories of a time when we ...
Read More Take A Break – You Need It
By L2L Contributing Author |
Taking a break is a very important part of your success. You need to disconnect from the office, your customers, your staff, ...
Read More Toy Box Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
If you've read some of my past posts, you know that I enjoy learning and sharing through stories. I like ...
Read More Little League Rules!
By L2L Contributing Author |
O.K...I'm a sports dork. I readily admit it. As I write, I am watching the Little League World Series game, ...
Read More Getting On The Same Page
By L2L Contributing Author |
How do you define leadership? How does your immediate supervisor define it? How do your direct reports define it? Why ...
Read More How To Be A Leadership Sissy
By L2L Contributing Author |
What's the matter here? Are we a bunch of Leadership Sissies? Why can't we face the truth sometimes and just ...
Read More Diamonds: A Leader's Best Friend
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leadership Questions: Is today’s economic and business environment to hot to handle for you? Is the intense heat and pressure ...
Read More Lead Like a Viking
By L2L Contributing Author |
You know you do it. You talk at people, rather than with them. We all do. But is there a ...
Read More Leading: Out of The Forest
By L2L Contributing Author |
I spent a couple days near the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest this past weekend, trying to enjoy what remains of a ...
Read More Naming Rights
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a small boy growing up in Scotland, one of Andrew Carnegie’s hobbies was raising rabbits. Soon after convincing his ...
Read More Don’t Talk Too Much – Clarity vs. Transparency
By L2L Contributing Author |
How many times have you been in a meeting and somebody asks a seemingly simple question that deserves a simple ...
Read More Clueless is No Excuse
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever had a relationship that you thought was going well, but somehow over time it just ended without you ...
Read More Can't We All Just Get Along?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I had a manager once tell me that, "Every time a new member joins a team, there is a power ...
Read More Time Flies:Time Soars
By L2L Contributing Author |
Could you do with managing your time better? Would you like to be more productive and set and lead a ...
Read More The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 (1-2)
By L2L Contributing Author |
The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 #1 How to Lead Ugly People (April 12, 2009) by Tom Schulte Just the ...
Read More The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 (3-4)
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The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 #3 A Mother of a Leader (May 12, 2009) by Erin Schreyer Have you ...
Read More The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 (5-6)
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The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 #5 On Leadership and Prom Dresses (May 20, 2009) by Tom Schulte Having 5 ...
Read More The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 (7-8)
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The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 #7 Hierarchy of Organizational Needs - Continued (3 of 3) (February 27, 2009) by ...
Read More The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 (9-10)
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The Best of L2L Blogazine 2008-2009 #9 Capturing Time (April 27, 2009) by Kristi Royce "If I could save time ...
Read More “Seat” of the Pants Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Without question, one of the toughest leadership roles to step into is that of an outsider brought in to manage ...
Read More On Leadership and Cheeseburgers
By L2L Contributing Author |
So what does it take to become The Big Cheese in an organization? Or to become it in life in ...
Read More Too Stupid to Lead?
By L2L Contributing Author |
Why is it that every time I talk to someone about their manager, what I hear from them is how ...
Read More My Boss's Boss
By L2L Contributing Author |
My daughter who is 17-years old recently had the honor of getting a job at a wonderful seafood restaurant called ...
Read More Bullets:Corn
By L2L Contributing Author |
How should you lead yourself and your organization in this global down economy? Better yet, how should you lead in ANY ecomomy? ...
Read More Leadership is Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
I had the privilege of attending a luncheon today at Otterbein College, hosted by the Westerville (OH) Area Chamber of Commerce Women ...
Read More The Perfectly Imperfect Leader
By L2L Contributing Author |
Enough of this myth that leaders have to be super-human people who can do it all! In protest! I hereby present ...
Read More Spending Time and Money
By L2L Contributing Author |
Many say that time is money. And that money is time. And money is also described as a lot of ...
Read More Timeout
By L2L Contributing Author |
Sometimes a timeout is appropriate and deserved. If you have kids or if you play(ed) sports, you can probably relate ...
Read More Judge For Yourself!
By L2L Contributing Author |
I must admit that I am somewhat embarassed about the story that follows. However, as is often the case in ...
Read More Expense:Invest
By L2L Contributing Author |
With the world of organizational mangement in a great state of flux, uncertaintly, and upheavel because of global economic conditions, ...
Read More Leaders: Fear Is a Four-Letter Word
By L2L Contributing Author |
I have a few friends that are all facing challenges today. Although the challenges are quite different, they all seem ...
Read More Kaizen: Small Steps to Greatness
By L2L Contributing Author |
Think about a problem in your company that has been nagging at you for ages. Now, imagine being able to ...
Read More Leader Coach: The Diamond and The Office
By L2L Contributing Author |
Yesterday afternoon, my husband and I went to a local high school baseball tournament. As I watched the games, I ...
Read More Icons, Heroes, and Leaders
By L2L Contributing Author |
i·con (ī'kŏn') n. An important and enduring symbol; one who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol. ...
Read More Trust The Badge: Information Environmentalism
By L2L Contributing Author |
Is transactional management of people an effective tool for your leadership toolbox? Or is there a better way when dealing ...
Read More Be Good
By L2L Contributing Author |
Do you remember the scene from the 1982 movie “E.T. : The Extraterrestrial”, when that adorable creature from another galaxy ...
Read More Back Yesterday: Reclaiming Social Media
By L2L Contributing Author |
As leaders, it is our responsibility to know what is valuable from the past and make sure it continues on ...
Read More Mentoring is a Privilege and an Obligation
By L2L Contributing Author |
Mentors are everywhere; parents, siblings, friends and colleagues. We have grown up looking to others to support us through our ...
Read More On Leadership and Vibrating Pants
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever had the unsettling sensation of your pants pocket, or breast pocket, or purse, or other personal item ...
Read More 53 Miles to Abilene
By L2L Contributing Author |
"Exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it.” ~Warren Bennis It’s a steamy July afternoon, and Jerry Harvey and his family ...
Read More Paradoxical Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
As leaders, we encounter many different types of questions, problems, and challenges during a typical day. Often, we deal with ...
Read More Stick and the Streamer Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Have you ever had front row seat to watch a good initiative fail? It can be breathtaking. Literally. Several years ...
Read More Fail:Succeed
By L2L Contributing Author |
How many of us started out in life hearing the words from peers, parents and professionals that failure is bad? ...
Read More Securing Your Legacy
By L2L Contributing Author |
What’s your exit strategy? "What? Who? Are you talkin' to me??" If you are about to jump ship or you ...
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On Leadership and Blind Mice
By L2L Contributing Author |
Which way do we go? This is a great question that comes up almost every day from people looking for ...
Read More Leadership Straight from the Horse's Mouth
By L2L Contributing Author |
Leaders can significantly improve their skills by having outside hobbies, passions and pursuits. It helps them channel their energies, frustrations, ...
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On Goal:On Target
By L2L Contributing Author |
"Oh no! Not another article on goal setting?" Well until we have everybody clear and focused on how to reach ...
Read More Small Moments in Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
Keep in mind that your everyday actions are influencing people. Even on the smallest scale. People are watching you, noticing ...
Read More Yes, No, Maybe So
By L2L Contributing Author |
In his recent post titled “The Wobbliness of Maybe," Michael Niell suggests that one of the reasons people are overwhelmed ...
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Self-Serving Leadership
By L2L Contributing Author |
A few years ago, I was listening to an audio book Masterful Leadership - Leading Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard and was ...
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On Leadership and Lawnmower Blades
By L2L Contributing Author |
I re-learned a lesson this past weekend. It was the same lesson that a friend recently re-learned, too. That lesson ...
Read More Your Leadership Limits
By L2L Contributing Author |
The frustrated director of a public transit system once described his expectations for employees to me. All he asked of ...
Read More Predicting Excellence
By L2L Contributing Author |
It’s the worst kept secret in the business world that what you know is worth only about 25% as a ...
Read More Be Here While Looking There
By L2L Contributing Author |
I am fortunate to work for a company that is still growing, still hiring, still exploring. That is very appealing ...
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Leadership Lessons from Ballroom Dancing
By L2L Contributing Author |
Many leaders are so focused on leading their own organizations that it becomes all-encompassing. That’s a shame because by regularly ...
Read More On Leading Your Weaknesses
By L2L Contributing Author |
There is a myth going around in many industrialized countries - especially in the United States - that we need ...
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Leadership Bliss
By L2L Contributing Author |
At a time when many business leaders are retrenching, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos is thinking big. Hsieh is widely ...
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Leaders Needed: Apply Now!
By L2L Contributing Author |
I often get great ‘reminders’ at church. And this past weekend did not disappoint! I listened intently as a Cincinnati-area eye ...
Read More Are you Prepared to be Wrong?
By L2L Contributing Author |
What if you’re wrong? What if an idea, approach, solution, thought, or answer you have at this very moment is ...
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Wally Who?
By L2L Contributing Author |
As a former vice president of a Fortune 500 company, and as a current professional leadership trainer, I can say ...
Read More What's Next?
By L2L Contributing Author |
I was speaking to a business coach this afternoon and we were chatting about my upcoming college graduation (only 34 years ...
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Is Trust a "Transaction"?
By L2L Contributing Author |
There is an old Russian proverb "doveryai, no proveryai" (Russian: Доверяй, но проверяй) - Trust, but Verify. This was a ...
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