Achieved Strategies http://achievedstrategies.com/blog Shifting how change happens in business Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:57:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights ReservedAchievedStrategieshttp://feedburner.google.com Ted and Shawn Launch New Blog http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/Pf0UTqnX3dE/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/ted-and-shawn-launch-new-blog/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:57:23 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3653 An overused cliche says there is strength in numbers. And in this digital age where tribes, communities spring up reveling in a shared purpose, it’s not hard to find strength in numbers.

Over the past 1.5 years, Ted and I have found that we have a shared purpose: help managers and provide insights into a more human-centered, customer-focused approach to business.

Given a similar yet different enough arc in our message for leadership in the 21st century, or for a new era of leaders, we’ve decided to launch a new blog together.

So, as of today, we will be sharing our insights, our message at our new blog: Switch and Shift. We’ll both stop posting content at our individual blogs.

We invite you to join us at SwitchandShift.com.

  • Same thought-provoking messages.
  • Same passionate drive to help people succeed through people.
  • New channel to connect, share, and make wiser managers who are willing to draw a line in the sand to lead newly in the 21st century.

Come join us as we explore what it takes to switch and shift how we lead. We need your voice.

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/ted-and-shawn-launch-new-blog/feed/ 0 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/ted-and-shawn-launch-new-blog/ Top Blog Post 2011: 5 Workplace Buzz Kills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/oLd6QU45GXE/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/top-blog-post-2011-5-workplace-buzz-kills/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:30:31 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3625 Telling someone their “baby” is ugly is not easy. Baby can be a project. It can be one’s leadership style. It can be the workplace.

To face up to the ugliness pervasive in your company or team is a bold leadership act.

In our most popular post in 2011, we identify five contributors to workplace ugliness.

Read here for the five contributors, or buzz kills.

Thank you for making this our break out year. We value your interaction and insights shared here.

We’ll announce a big change that will amp-up our message for 2012. Details coming within the next day.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/top-blog-post-2011-5-workplace-buzz-kills/feed/ 2 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/top-blog-post-2011-5-workplace-buzz-kills/ 2nd Top Blog Post 2011: Inspire. Don’t Wait for Upper Management http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/ImAONGrB27g/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/2nd-top-blog-post-2011-inspire-dont-wait-for-upper-management/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:30:13 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3612 You can make a difference. You don’t need to wait for someone to encourage you to believe this and act on it. You can simply chose right now to make a difference.

Our 2nd most popular blog post of 2011 encourages you to stop waiting for upper management to do something about low morale, low employee engagement or satisfaction.

Read the post here for inspiration.

Tomorrow we share our top blog post from 2011. Hint: it’s about workplace environment and impact to employees.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/2nd-top-blog-post-2011-inspire-dont-wait-for-upper-management/feed/ 0 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/2nd-top-blog-post-2011-inspire-dont-wait-for-upper-management/ 3rd Top Blog Post 2011: Your Leadership Brand http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/SWm6wIN3cAw/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/3rd-top-blog-post-2011-your-leadership-brand/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:00:56 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3600 What do you stand for as a leader? Or another way to ask this question is what’s your leadership philosophy. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner include this as an important behavior for Model the Way – a leadership practice.

The ambiguity and rate of change in companies can swallow leader-identity if we don’t lead from an evolving sense of awareness of who we are.

This is what leaders in the 21st century must reconcile. Your leadership brand is one way to address the complexity in today’s world.

Our third most popular post from 2011 explores leadership brand. Read here for more insights.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/3rd-top-blog-post-2011-your-leadership-brand/feed/ 0 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/3rd-top-blog-post-2011-your-leadership-brand/ 4th Top Blog Post 2011: 4 Ways to Recover after Being a Jerk http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/SeLBMZ0NyVQ/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/4th-top-blog-post-2011-4-ways-to-recover-after-being-a-jerk/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:30:41 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3586 As we continue to countdown our top 7 blog posts of 2011, we come to #4.

We’ve all had those moments when we say something we regret as soon as it comes out of our mouth.

How you recover can make a big difference. Our fourth biggest blog post of 2011 identifies how to recover from being a jerk.

Read the full post here.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/4th-top-blog-post-2011-4-ways-to-recover-after-being-a-jerk/feed/ 0 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/4th-top-blog-post-2011-4-ways-to-recover-after-being-a-jerk/ 5th Top Blog Post 2011: 4 Outdated Business Practices Limiting Growth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/JJqWnOiiZGU/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/5th-top-blog-post-2011-4-outdated-business-practices-limiting-growth/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:38 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3582 A shift is occurring in businesses, public and private, around the globe. Employees want more meaning out of their work.

For a company to thrive, its people must be viewed as vital “energy” to help the company grow.

The 5th most popular post from 2011 takes a look at four outdated business practices that could use a makeover and help businesses make the shift..

Read the full post here.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

]]> http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/5th-top-blog-post-2011-4-outdated-business-practices-limiting-growth/feed/ 0 http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/5th-top-blog-post-2011-4-outdated-business-practices-limiting-growth/ 6th Top Blog Post 2011: Leadership Resonance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AchievedStrategies/~3/ukusvJ6KOWA/ http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/6th-top-blog-post-2011-leadership-resonance/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:30:06 +0000 Shawn Murphy http://achievedstrategies.com/blog/?p=3571 2011 brought turmoil to business. Yet, the irony is turmoil provides leaders an open door to evoke images of possibility, to make change.

As we position ourselves to enter into 2012, I ask you to think about how you resonate with those in your life, in your team, in your company. Change has greater chance of success when you connect with people and create momentum towards a shared goal.

Here is a deeper look at resonance and your leadership.

Graphic by Shawn Murphy

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