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The Myths of Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead’
I didn’t really want to write about ‘Lean In’. What was left to say? The COO of Facebook’s new book is out this week accompanied by countless …
Posted in Career, Insights, Leadership
Tagged career women, lean in, sandberg, Sheryl Sandberg, success, women leaders, women's leadership, working women
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Don’t be Afraid to Be Afraid. Originality and Art in the Connected Age
On February 13, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the first event of the 2013 Social Innovation Speaker Series hosted by Dallas Social Venture Partners (DSVP). …
Posted in Talent
Tagged art, career, Innovation, originality, seth godin, success, talent, talent management, the connection age, the Icarus Deception, vulnerability
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Talent Development Super Bowl Style
Oh performance management – such a disappointment! Costs a fortune (in both time and $), takes forever and because its backwards looking and the feedback …
Do You Really Want Honest Feedback?
Most of us want constructive feedback like we want a punch in the stomach. We know that to be most effective we need others to …
Leaders’ New Year Check Point
‘Tis the season for reflection and goal setting. But before you pull out the to-do list and create some over-zealous or guilt-induced 2013 goals … …
Posted in Leadership
Tagged busy, fast forward, goals, Grateful, leaders, leadership, overcoming obstacles, pause, rewind, success
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Don’t Waste Your Organization’s Time and Money on Assessments
I have a love-hate relationship with behavior style assessments. Used appropriately, they can be fantastic tools for organizations to assess fit and to increase people’s …
Vulnerability – Its Not What You Think (part 2)
In part one of this blog series, I focused on chapters 1&2 of Brené Brown’s latest book Daring Greatly to lay out a basic definition of …
Posted in Talent
Tagged authenticity, Brene Brown, career, career development, communication, daring greatly, feedback, leadership, people skills, success, talent, talent development, vulnerability
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Is Your Company Culture Toxic?
No organization’s culture is perfectly healthy. But there are some organizations where the culture is toxic — way beyond the ‘normal dysfunctional’ level. These cultures …
Posted in Leadership, Organization
Tagged attrition, change, culture, dysfunctional, employee engagement, leadership, management, no llife, people skills, success, toxic, trust
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Talent Development: Too Scared to Fail?
“We are educating kids for careers in fields that don’t even exist today.” That was the message yesterday at the 5th grade curriculum night. That …
Posted in Talent
Tagged Adapt, fail-safe, failure, Innovation, John Hennessy, mistakes, Resilience, Stanford, success, Tim Harford
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SUCCESSion Planning
I’ve written a lot recently on the low ROI of the annual performance management process many companies have in place today, along with the idea …
Posted in Talent
Tagged career, career development, professional development, success, succession planning, talent, talent development
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