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The modern working world doesn't leave much time for reflection. Leaders in particular are encouraged to speed ahead, make quick decisions, and seek swift solutions to any problem that may arise. However, the full-speed-ahead approach can backfire. By taking time to pause and reflect, it's possible to notice new pathways and develop innovative solutions that allow for impactful results. Executive coach Janet M. Harvey has worked with leaders and teams around the world to explore the common tensions that arise in the workplace.

Our leadership development programs teach necessary skills, yet we often train individuals who do not have the character to lead, which is a weakness because a leader with skills but no character can be dangerous. But a leader with character but no skills is useless. In this book, author, consultant, and entrepreneur Tim Clark shows how anyone can develop both character and competence.

Serve Up, Coach Down tells leaders in the middle just how powerful they are without pretending that leading employees and reporting to bosses don't require different skills. It fills the gap between the books those leaders consume and the information they actually need and answers the big questions that constantly confound leaders and their companies: Why do leaders who care about their teams still struggle to gain their boss's approval? Why do those same leaders who feel they serve their teams have so much difficulty getting teams to step it up and go beyond the basic requirements of their jobs?

As the workforce ages and younger trainers and managers emerge, facilitation skills take on a new importance and, with the increased use of social networks, new facilitation skills are needed. Written by two facilitation gurus, this audiobook shows how to make any learning environment come alive. It outlines proven guidelines any trainer can use to unify groups, inspire creativity, and get audiences, teams, and colleagues to speak up, talk back, participate, and engage in meetings.

Esta guía te aconseja paso a paso, basándose en principios demostrados, y ofrece ejercicios prácticos, directrices para charlas de equipo estructuradas, y ejemplos extraídos de diversos ámbitos industriales y organizativos.

Expert business consultant, international speaker, and podcaster Allison Walsh delivers a practical and hands-on guide to evolving into the person you want to be. Allison draws from her expertise in positive psychology, the science of happiness, well-being, and success, pouring her wisdom and advice into every story, strategy, and suggestion. You'll learn actionable tools to elevate your mindset, enhance your confidence, and create a clear success plan for your future.

One of the best-recognized and admired brands in the world, Starbucks singlehandedly transformed the ordinary delivery of coffee into a cultural phenomenon - a result of the company’s exemplary leadership practices. Joseph Michelli explains that the international success of Starbucks begins with a promise: To inspire and nurture the human spirit - one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time.

Did Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? Answer: no. Not only is free-market capitalism good for the economy, it is our only hope for recovery. As the nation’s longest-serving CEO of one of the top 25 financial institutions, John Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis.

Globalization and advanced technologies have given ever greater power to the person who decides if your business will succeed or fail - the customer. Whether your company serves consumers or other businesses, you can no longer compete on price and quality alone. To gain profits and market share, you have to deliver an experience that makes customers want to come back - and that sets you apart from the competition. You need to seize The Customer Experience Edge.

People believe that working hard is enough to have success without realizing they need to create personal visibility for themselves. A pivotal feedback conversation Susan M. Barber had with a mentor led her to find a way to create authentic visibility for herself. Barber created a successful process that helped her build visibility for herself, her teams, and now her clients. This process is broken down into easy-to-follow steps in her new book, The Visibility Factor, a guide to shape the visibility that you want for yourself and your career.

This practical, actionable guide to success at the executive level helps readers understand what they need to pick up and let go of to achieve the results that are expected at the next level. Along with simple and immediately applicable tools and frameworks he's road-tested with thousands of coaching clients, Eblin offers clear, practical advice reinforced by interviews and case studies from executives who know what it takes to succeed.

We all know them. The people who have an opinion on everything, or those who don't express any opinion at all. Our coworkers and bosses who have to be in charge of every project, or those for whom every decision and every action is a test of their self-worth. These are the control freaks and approval-holics of our organizations and our lives and the people who often drive us crazy! You'll learn the six challenges that people face because of high needs for control and approval.

A lifelong curiosity in learning and teaching led me to journaling as a deliberate process to accelerate my insights through detailed recording of ideas and reflection upon their significance. Over 20 years, my passion for journaling grew and I saw how my reflections and learnings could amplify and heighten my expertise in Leadership Development. The recorded contents of 68 journals in the past 20 years has allowed me to find innovative ways to help other leaders achieve their own leadership goals and ambitions.

Anxiety is the real pandemic of our modern ages. Our brains were simply not built for the all of our modern stressors. What can we do about it? It's time to take a deeper look. Understand yourself through 10 sample therapy dialogues that you will 10000% be able to relate to.

You’ll find a contemporary approach to developing managers explained, all in concise, plain language. The focus is on helping you design, produce, and deploy a program that really delivers. You’ll understand what makes great online learning, along with how to blend it in with group sessions and coaching and mentoring (remotely and face-to-face). It’s all driven by the need for modern organizations to be flexible, responsive, and, above all, measure the impact of what they do.

Leading in today’s dynamic, ever-changing environment is harder than ever. The stakes are high. Expectations of leaders have increased. Competitive landscapes are evolving at a quickening pace. The real challenge of leadership isn’t creating a vision for your team or building the right culture. It isn’t goal setting or communicating effectively. The real challenge isn’t even hiring or firing people. No, the real challenge of leadership is doing all these things at once when deep down you feel like an impostor.

As more organizations adopt a remote workforce, the challenges of leading at a distance become more urgent than ever. The cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, show leaders how to guide their teams by recalling the foundational principles of leadership whether their teams are remote, hybrid, coworking, or something entirely new! The authors' "Three-O" Model refocuses leaders to think about outcomes, others, and ourselves-elements of leadership that remain unchanged, whether employees are down the hall or halfway around the world.

In this insightful audiobook, Joe Britto shines a spotlight on the qualities and behaviors that embody a leadership mind-set and inspires leaders to step out of their comfort zone as they take on the challenges faced by their teams and organizations. With the help of engaging stories, practical challenges, and an acute sense of humor, Joe guides you through six key attributes of leadership: flexibility of mind, mindfulness, resilience, genuine curiosity, creating leaders, and enterprise thinking.

Great leaders know that investing in their people boosts results and increases retention. We are mildly obsessed with relationships, organizational culture, learning and development, connection, trust, and team performance. We design and deliver interactive keynotes, team-building retreats, programs, and workshops that have real impact.

We are all leaders in some form or fashion. Whether you are leading a team at work, involved in your church or community, caring for your family, or pursing personal goals and aspirations in life, you are practicing some form of leadership. The quality of your results and the amount of fulfillment you get out of such pursuits depends on how well you understand and apply a set of timeless and universal leadership principles. The Transformative Leader is accessible and chock full of entertaining stories that will put you in touch with the extraordinary leader in you.