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December 12, 2012 7:05 AM
How to start your day with joy ? Stop what you are doing and read this post. Think about someone you don't like, can you feel empathy and love for that person? if you can you will feel happier today #coaching
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December 12, 2012 9:54 AM
Fantastic scoop Anne! This will be great in my leadership topic!
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#FutureLeaders is the first step in providing a generation of young people with a framework of leadership development tools that challenge the status quo in our society.
As you may know, our schools and workplace cultures are plagued by bullying, negative bias and disengagement.
Our goal is to and help students leverage the natural talents while learning how to use authority and popularity to help others and lead positive change in their schools, places of work and their families.
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The GIVE Leadership Institute is an organization I co-founded a few years ago to help leaders everywhere improve the quality of their leadership.
With your help, we can help hundreds, if not thousands of young students, learn how to identify their stregths, develop trusting relationships and minimize conflict.
Any size contribution and or sharing this video will be greatly appreciated!
Al Gonzalez, co-founder, GIVE Leadership Institute. 
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March 28, 11:17 AM
Completamente de acuerdo, si potenciamos y facilitamos el liderazgo en la escuela, con herramientas de Coaching y enseñamos desde el corazón, a los profesores, a los padres,a las madres y los propios alumnos,reduciremos el porcentaje tan elevado de buylling, podremos aprender a ver un conflicto, como una oportunidad para mejorar las relaciones. Un buen líder coach, sabe manejar estas situaciones. ¿Los colegios son espacios eficaces para el aprendizaje de la convivencia y para gestionar los conflictos?. ¿Cómo resuelven los profesores sus propios conflictos?. ¿Establecemos un buen clima en el aula?. Es muy importante, saber ¿Cómo perciben los alumnos la relación que existe entre entre el centro educativo y la familia? Delete the scoop?
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Chris Gardner is my HERO. Thanks Robin!!!
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The most inspiring leaders are those who don’t work at a job but pursue a calling. In doing so they inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams. Sometimes those dreams might lead an employee to find another job position in the same company or, in some cases, to leave the company altogether.
And that’s okay.
If an employee leaves your company and can say that your leadership inspired them to find their true calling, you will be rewarded in far more ways than you can imagine. If anything, you’re more likely to attract the people who really want to be on the bus instead of those who are daydreaming about finding another ride.
I’ve also noticed that people who choose to remain with inspiring leaders admire those leaders for caring about their staff personally and professionally. Employees are more likely to stay with inspiring leaders (provided they are in the right roles) and more likely to speak highly of them.Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
True leaders satisfy our ‘chief want.’ 
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The same kind of advice Albert Eistein gave to his son... Do what you do with passion! Delete the scoop?
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Annoying coworkers top the list when it comes to workplace woes. You know who I’m talking about...there’s the guy one cubicle over who prefers to listen to his music as if he were
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You’re the rain cloud. Positivity and optimism aren’t realistic every day, but consistently exuding negativity will bring your coworkers down. Put a cap on your judgemental and critical nature. Instead, focus on sandwiching your criticism by giving a compliment prior to and after a criticism. 
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June 18, 3:01 PM
What's the lesson for you? As your company grows, realize that even if you do a great job of setting the vision and communicating it from the top, a different obstacle awaits when it comes down to the most important relationship in your business: the one between an employee and his or her direct supervisor. Delete the scoop?
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5 Transitions Great Leaders Make That Average Leaders Don't Via John Michel, Wise Leader™, David Hain
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Thanks to John, David and Wise Leader! Great scoop.
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Develop Awareness– Great leaders are self aware, organizationally aware, culturally aware, contextually aware, and emotionally aware. They value listening, engaging, observing, and learning over pontificating. They value sensitivity over insensitivity and humility over hubris. Leaders who come across as if they know everything haven’t fooled anyone – except themselves. 
Philippe Vallat's comment,
June 17, 12:10 PM
In fact, leadership is not that complicated, one just needs to be willing to truely lead
Doris Palomino's curator insight,
June 18, 10:24 AM
The 5 key transitions the author proposes make you think about how great human beings we expect great leaders to be: (1) find purpose, (2) people first, (3) develop awareness, (4) shun complexity, and (5) get personal. And I could not agree more about the fact how many people assume the responsability to lead but only a few can do it well: "Average leaders spend time scaling processes, systems, and models – great leaders focus on scaling leadership".
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I have watched the Country of Guatemala change before my eyes over the last two days. The people of this Country now have the change they have waited for. Via David Hain
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this is what leadership development is all about! Gracias David!
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June 16, 2:55 AM
Catch Barry Smith's @BldWhatMatters for a wonderful story of hope and endeavour! Delete the scoop?
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What matters more than leadership, luck or serendipity for companies to succeed over the long haul? Being willing to change ANYTHING to stick to three rules, which a staggering amount of research shows are key to company sustainability. Via Kenneth Mikkelsen
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Great scoop Kenneth. Very interesting to learn that there are no strong correlations between specific behaviors and exceptional company performance; and there is no strong connection between innovation and exceptional outcomes for the companies. Very interesting.
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14. The greatest challenge for companies? To be willing and able to change any and everything about itself in order to remain aligned with the first two rules, despite familiar, embedded ways of doing business, including those that are contributing to their current success. Delete the scoop?
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Keep Going For Perfection, You May Never Take Any Action
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Very good story on how action and risks are necessary. A good friend of mine often says, "perfect is the enemy of good".
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I am a recovering “perfectionist”. How did I become a perfectionist? How did this all start? I believe it started at an early age when I was striving for something better. I had a good life, but I wanted more. I wanted to have a great career and be very financially sound. I knew that if I just went with the flow of life, I would have limited myself in what I accomplished in life. ... But since becoming an entrepreneur, I have learned that I must be a different way. Delete the scoop?
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Graphic and content quoted from LifeSpan Fitness!
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This is my first of a series of articles connecting fitness and exercise to our ability to lead. As a bodybuilder and leadership practioner, I am loving the opportunity to connect these dots!!!
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Exercise can improve your brain function! Studies conducted have provided insight into the effect exercising has on improving the function of our brains.
While improving the way our body breaks down and uses the healthier, more nutritious food we are consuming, the brain also enjoys various other benefits.
John Michel's curator insight,
June 12, 6:18 AM
The better your ability to think clearly, analyze options, and remember details, the better you will be able to lead. This ability applies whether you are leading an established team, your family, or starting a new business. Delete the scoop?
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AlGonzalezinfo's insight:
Thanks David, I will be studying this a lot.
Flora Moon's curator insight,
June 9, 10:44 AM
This is exactly the kind of information I need to help my client sort through system level complexity. One visual to aide understanding & provide a frame for conversation and discussion is worth many thousand words. 
MyKLogica's curator insight,
June 11, 4:42 AM
Muy interesante este ideagrama en el que nos muestra la efectividad de los "Modelos visuales" a la hora de solucionar problemas/retos complejos, ayudando a "seguir el hilo" y hacerlos tangibles. Delete the scoop?
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Do you want better results from any or all of the following: your team, your co-workers, your board, or just other people in general? Hopefully the answer is “Yes.” Otherwise, you can … Via Roger Francis
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Great list of areas to focus on. Thanks Roger!
From the article: If you’re serious about getting results …If you want to get better business results, look at your communication, both how you present your ideas one-to-many, and how you engage people in conversations.If you’re serious about getting better results, get better in these areas. 
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June 10, 8:00 AM
(From the article): You’re not connecting at the relationship level. This is one of the biggest obstacles I see getting in the way of managers and executives getting the result they want. They get so focused on the task to be accomplished, and so focused on all they have to do, they end up ignoring the human element of leadership and organizational effectiveness. They come across as very impersonal, self-focused, and disinterested in others. Since people tend to care about people who care about them, these leaders end up creating situations where others don’t care about what they want, because their “non-followers” don’t feel like the leader cares about them.
Are you being too “all business” and impersonal? Do you need to connect more “person to person” in your interactions? Delete the scoop?
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A new survey conducted by global management consulting firm Booz & Co. shows that a striking majority of corporate leaders are not able to keep their priorities straight. Via John Michel, Bobby Dillard, David Hain
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Very interesteing concept shared here about coherence ~ the fit between value creation for customers, its capabilities, and its products and services. Thanks David.
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How can companies be more successful and executives less frustrated? They need to find what Booz calls “coherence.” That means a fit between the way a company creates value for customers, its capabilities and its products and services. Not surprisingly, at coherent firms, 57% of survey-takers said they enjoyed above-industry-average revenue growth. At firms that were rated “incoherent,” only 18% reported growth above the industry average, and 36% of that group reported growth below the industry average. Booz has run this study before. Last year it got similar results, though this year was even worse. For instance, last year 53% of managers didn’t feel their company’s strategy would lead to success. That’s a poor showing, but not as bad as this year’s 64%.
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June 8, 9:27 PM
A new survey conducted by global management consulting firm Booz & Co. shows that a striking majority of corporate leaders are not able to keep their priorities straight. They are also pursuing strategies they don’t believe in, and many of their strategies fail to build on the things their companies are especially good at, compared with competitors. It’s like everything that can go wrong already has gone wrong for them. Delete the scoop?
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Technology has changed the way we plan and Via TechinBiz, Ray Weaver
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Walks viewers through the strategic planning process and details important parts of a strategic plan. Via paulgreen
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Love this infographic ~
"Tactics are the day-to-day and week-to-week actions we take to implement our strategies, meet our objectives and accomplish our goals"
John Michel's curator insight,
June 5, 4:11 PM
A great picture illustrating the value (and path) of strategic planning. Delete the scoop?
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The game of life involves more rejections than selections. If you're always getting chosen, you're not shooting high enough. You get it. But, rejection still sucks. I am interviewing for a su
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Excellent post from Let'sGrowLeaders!
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4 Ways To Handle Rejected:
1. Stop The Negative Self-Talk
The harshest words won’t come from the person doing the rejecting. They’ll likely come from you. Don’t over interpret the “rejection.”
~“I’m never going to get promoted” ~“I will never be successful at this company” ~“I don’t have what it takes” ~“I don’t know how to play the game” ~“Maybe I’m not that smart” ~“It’s too late” ~“I’m not cut out for this”
David Hain's curator insight,
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Happens to us all - how we deal with it is the issue, and there are some good tips here.
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The game of life involves more rejections than selections. If you’re always getting chosen, you’re not shooting high enough. You get it. But, rejection still sucks. Delete the scoop?
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Informational Infographic on the decline of employee loyalty.
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Interesting perspective on the effects of benefits communication on employee loyalty. Personally, I think this is only ONE issue that affects employee loyalty, but the Infographic is very informational, nonetheless. Delete the scoop?
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As a kid, I was an overt and mean bully. As a manager, I learned ways of bullying covertly by hiding behind my authority. Although I may not have been as bad as
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This is my own personal story. I hope it helps communicate the difficulty of changing bullying behavior both in our schools and places of work.
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June 18, 10:59 AM
A tale of learning and growing in an easy to find podcast. Delete the scoop?
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» Does Your Leadership Have Termites? | "…on the shoulder of giants."
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Protecting Your Leadership
Before your Leadership suffers here’s a few ideas on how to protect it. Inspect your Leadership frequently. On a regular basis seek the help of your team to evaluate your Leadership. It’s OK to ask, “How am I doing?” That’s not a sign of weakness. Far from it, it’s a sign of strength. How open are you to feedback? Does your team feel safe in calling attention to your potential weaknesses? Do you welcome constructive criticism? - See more at: http://www.leadwithgiants.com/leadership/does-your-leadership-have-termites/#sthash.Z3iCrPA7.Z2sfXTmJ.dpuf Delete the scoop?
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Entrepreneur Via Roy Sheneman, PhD, Wise Leader™
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Good tips on how to do effective feedback.
2. Set feedback expectations early and often.
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Performance reviews supposedly enlighten subordinates about what they should be doing better. But instead, they destroy morale, kill teamwork and hurt the bottom line. Via Kenneth Mikkelsen, Scott Span, MSOD
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Very interesting read. 
george_reed's curator insight,
June 16, 5:44 PM
I don't think I've ever had a performance review that was particularly motivating for me, whether it was glowing or not. 
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June 18, 9:11 PM
Oh how true this is...I have my review tomorrow! Ugh. Delete the scoop?
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First things first: Confidence is not bravado, or swagger, or an overt pretense of bravery. Confidence is not some bold or brash air of self-belief directed at others.Confidence is quiet: It’s
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Excellent resource for all of us as a tool for self-reflection.
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2. They listen ten times more than they speak. Bragging is a mask for insecurity. Truly confident people are quiet and unassuming. They already know what they think; they want to know what you think.
So they ask open-ended questions that give other people the freedom to be thoughtful and introspective: They ask what you do, how you do it, what you like about it, what you learned from it… and what they should do if they find themselves in a similar situation. Truly confident people realize they know a lot, but they wish they knew more… and they know the only way to learn more is to listen more. 
Helen Teague's curator insight,
June 13, 11:09 AM
I like the article's inclusion of the quiet, reflective aspect of confidence. 
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June 13, 7:02 PM
Reflective style hungry to learn more from others as good leaders always seek to learn more from others. Delete the scoop?
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Internet Talk Radio | Leading Beyond the Status Quo – The case for #FutureLeaders | WebTalkRadio.net
Did you know that the the majority of managers attend leadership training 10 years after they start supervising people. 10 YEARS. On average, supervisors attend leadership training at the age of 42!
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Feeling unhappy? Learn how increasing your happiness is within your power, and how doing so directly influences your success.
Recently a client shared with me the riveting TED Talk by the world’s leading positive psychology expert and bestselling author Shawn Achor on The Happy Secret to Better Work. His TED talk is one of the most popular of all time with over 4 million views, and he has a new lecture airing on PBS called “The Happiness Advantage.” When my client told me about the talk, I questioned whether there would be anything new that I hadn’t already heard about happiness in my training as a therapist, but wow, was I wrong. I asked Shawn what I wanted to know about happiness and success. Here are his answers... Via Ariana Amorim
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Great list of areas to focus on in this article, realistic and relevant. 
Ariana Amorim's curator insight,
June 10, 8:07 AM
From this article: "Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work." "In the end, happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change. It is the belief that we can." There are five key steps that we can take each day to increase our experience of happiness: 1) Bring gratitude to mind – Write down three NEW things that you are grateful for each day 2) Journal – About a positive experience you’ve had recently for 2 minutes once a day 3) Exercise – Engage in 15 minutes of mindful cardio activity 4) Meditate – Watch your breath go in and out for 2 minutes a day and 5) Engage in a random, conscious act of kindness – Write a 2-minute positive email thanking a friend or colleague, or compliment someone you admire on social media.
Do these steps for 21 days, and you will begin to see a lasting shift in your mindset towards more positivity. 
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June 11, 6:35 AM
I love this research and used it recently as the basis of a workshop for which the a feedback was amazing! 
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Happiness is important to being productive and successful. Delete the scoop?
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In commemoration of a year in print, we present the Startup of You in visual summary. The last year has continued to demonstrate how work and careers need a ne
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This is one of the best presentations I have ever seen, if not the best. It reads like a book and almost every slide has a message of its own.
Thank you David Hain! This is educational and inspirational in so many ways...
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June 8, 7:36 AM
If you do intend to read one book this year, this deck is highly recommend
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14 Ideas to Help Establish Yourself as a Grade A Jerk. If your aspirations run towards the other end of the spectrum, these might be good behaviors to avoid!
Via Jose Luis Yañez
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Good read, Gracias Jose Luis!
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12. Immediately assume that most of what is going on is wrong…and make people prove the value of their priorities. After all, people like face-time with the boss.
13. When things go wrong, make certain to sacrifice to someone. Your bold action to “solve the problem” will be appreciated by your boss.
14. Success is clearly an outcome of your deft leadership and super-normal management skills. Don’t be shy about guiding the spotlight to shine on you. Your team will enjoy the glow from their great leader
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June 6, 6:43 AM
Creo que esto puede ayudar a más de un directivo...
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Have you ever heard the phrase, eople join organizations but leave managers?
Are you the type of manager people leave or the type of leader that people stay for and want to work with?
In today’s show, we will be exploring a model called Appreciative Inquiry that can help leaders approach difficult issues in a positive manner and inspire others instead of making them feel like they have a problem.
David Hain, Director Transformation Partners based in Cardigh, Wales, will join us to share some scary statistics about the declining level of trust in organizations around the world and how the Appreciative Inquiry model can be used as a way to develop trust and inspire others. David will also talk about how Frito Lay was able to lead through the challenges of the 2008 economic downturn by developing and leveraging trust.
As you may know, our schools and workplace cultures are plagued by bullying, negative bias and low employee engagement. Join us today to learn tools that can help you lead sustainable teams by caring about the triple bottom line, our people, our planet and our profit.
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Its so easy to blame but kindness and empathy are better for our health and well-being.