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Leadership Turn

Archive for January 2008

January 31st, 2008

Win a book at Slacker Manager

My good buddy Phil Gerbyshak over at Slacker Manager has an offer you shouldn’t refuse, “…a guest post from Michael Lee Stallard author of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity. At the end of his article you will have the opportunity to win the book this post […]

By Miki Saxon -- 2 comments

January 31st, 2008

Attn leaders/managers: people are people

Ideas from Leadership Turn
Ignoring for the sake of this post that I think leading and managing are heavily intertwined, consider the biggest thing they have in common—people.
Call them followers or employees/volunteers/staff they’re all people. No matter their age, attitude, education, economic status, gender, etc., they’re still people. And it doesn’t change with country, industry, or […]

By Miki Saxon -- 8 comments

January 30th, 2008

Wordless Wednesday: Proof of global warming

Every subject needs some levity, but for real information visit Greener Assets.
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January 29th, 2008

8 steps to mentoring success

In the comments on Learning to lead Luke says, “…Anyway, after having the ability to look back with 20/20 hindsight I can see a great deal of improvements that could’ve been made if I had the benefit of some well thought-out guidance. At what point does doing need to be tempered by hearing and seeing […]

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January 28th, 2008

Leading the Millennials

Last week as part of the Odd Blog Couple, I wrote Can youth lead? and over the weekend I had an interesting email discussion with Jim Gordon over at BossHatch. (See all the Odd Blog Couples.)
Jim is midpoint in the youth demographic and mentioned that he had attended an Obama gathering at his campus.
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How […]

By Miki Saxon -- 3 comments

January 27th, 2008

Is Wal-Mart a leader in hypocrisy and social irresponsibility?

OKaaaaaaaay. Here’s Wal-Mart as white knight riding forth to save the masses and bring relief to the environment and health care crisis.Wal-Mart is positioning itself as a do-the-right-thing leader. In a speech yesterday “…president and CEO Lee Scott today said the company would continue to demonstrate leadership and work for change on major issues important […]

By Miki Saxon -- 11 comments

January 26th, 2008

Learning to lead

 
Regarding my Jan 17th post about why leadership training doesn’t provide leaders, Wally Bock comments, “Leadership is an apprentice trade.”
So true. His comment reminded me of an ancient Chinese proverb that holds the true secret of learning and growth.
As with most real wisdom, it hasn’t lost its meaning or its value over the ages.
I hear […]

By Miki Saxon -- 5 comments

January 25th, 2008

What leaders DO: cut through the BS

Don’t you just love it when a CEO charts a course that proves his belief in the intelligence and common sense of his employees? I’m not talking about a small company with a couple of people, but media powerhouse Tribune Co. with its 20,000 employees.
Sam Zell did just that.
Everyone who works knows what a typical […]

By Miki Saxon -- 6 comments

January 24th, 2008

Leading factors: Chez Panisse

Image: ian_ransley
Being at the forefront and engaging the minds and hearts of others isn’t limited to people, companies and ideas themselves can lead, whether long-term or in the instance.
Three cheers for Alice Waters and her restaurant Chez Panisse.
The leader in all things sustainable, organic and environmental has stopped selling bottled water.
It’s about time a high […]

By Miki Saxon -- 6 comments

January 23rd, 2008

Wordless Wednesday: war, social security, healthcare, election, Super Bowl…

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