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Influencer - The Power to Change Anything
Whether you need to change something in your life or make changes at work, influence is your friend.  I just finished a 2 day course on influence.  It exceeded my expectations.  It was jam packed with insight and action I can use on the Read More...
Posted 10 June 09 06:56 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Ken Sylvester on Top 5 Characteristics of Leaders
I'm honored to have a guest post at Sources of Insight from Dr. Ken Sylvester on The Top 5 Characteristics of Leaders .  Dr. Sylvester has taught Negotiation Strategies at Microsoft for many years.  He's president of Organization Strategy Institute Read More...
Posted 16 March 09 04:50 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Questions and Answers on The Top 10 Leadership Lessons
Jim Kouzes, author of The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition , wrote a guest post for me at Sources of Insight on The Top 10 Leadership Lessons .  Jim's post generated a lot of feedback and some great questions.   As a follow up to some Read More...
Posted 02 February 09 04:36 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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The Enterprise of the Future
While researching the future, I came across IBM's Global CEO Study: The Enterprise of the Future .  It's a compilation and distillation of insights from more than 1,130 CEOs, general managers, and senior public sector and business leaders from around Read More...
Posted 02 January 09 05:29 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Eight Big Trends
While researching the future, I came across the free E-Book, What Comes Next? A Trends Perspective for Our Future , by Jim Carroll .  I think Jim shined the light on some very key trends that are reshaping and redefining today's business. The 8 Trends Read More...
Posted 02 January 09 01:43 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Character Trumps Emotion Trumps Logic
One of the simplest ways to improve your effectiveness is to know the pecking order of persuasion.  I wrote a post on Sources of Insight about how character trumps emotion trumps logic .  This is a pretty important piece of information, considering Read More...
Posted 23 December 08 11:34 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Tests for Success
How do you identify the bull's-eye among your stakeholders?  Nothing's worse than finishing a project and missing the mark you didn't know was there. At patterns & practices, one of our effective project practices is to use "tests for success" Read More...
Posted 26 March 08 03:28 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Use the System to Educate
Hitting a wall?  Sometimes pushing an idea from the inside-out, doesn't work.  Sometimes you need an outside-in approach.  One of my mentors has a simple way to phrase this -- "Use the system to educate." Examples Use customers Read More...
Posted 02 February 08 09:25 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Success Strategies
As part of my improvement sprint focused on leadership, I'm making my way through The First 90 Days , by Michael Watkins. In a nutshell, it's a guide for how new leaders can be successful. I think it's actually relevant for any new role or situation. Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 04:39 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Leadership Styles and Development Levels
One leadership style doesn't fit all. According to the Situational Leadership II model, the leadership style depends on the development levels within the team. Here's a summary: Scenarios If there's high competence and high commitment, use a "Delegating" Read More...
Posted 03 January 08 04:27 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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Expectation Shapes Reality
How much do your expectations shape what you get? A lot. David Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz write about how your expectations and attitude play a larger role in your perception than previously understood in their article, "The Neuroscience of Leadership", Read More...
Posted 02 January 08 06:23 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Leading and Influencing Mindful Change
Why do many leadership efforts and organizational change initiatives fail? Are there any new insights that might shape new management practices? David Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz summarize some counterintuitive conclusions in their article, "The Neuroscience Read More...
Posted 02 January 08 05:24 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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The Five P's
How do you design an org? While there's lots of approaches, one of my mentors shared the 5 Ps approach with me. To think about the org, you need to enumerate the 5 Ps to define the organization, the type of talent you need, overall organizational competencies, Read More...
Posted 19 December 07 11:29 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Outlook Reminder for Leadership Practices
I created a recurring appointment in Outlook for Fridays. It's a checklist of key leadership practices from The Leadership Challenge . Each Friday, I scan this checklist and reflect on how well I've demonstrated the practices and where I need to tune Read More...
Posted 04 December 07 09:37 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Pattern-based Leadership vs. Fact-Based Management
I found an interesting article about contextual decision making. "A Leader's Framework for Decision Making," an article in Harvard Business Review , is about tailoring your decision making approach based on the context. You can use the Cynefin Framework Read More...
Posted 19 November 07 02:11 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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