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Leadership Character Webinar Episode 3 Influence – Leading Up

Mike Henry — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:00:12 +0000

“Leading UP – Put the Straw Away.“ Episode 3 of the Leadership Character Webinar Series is presented by Jane Perdue (@thehrgoddess). It will be offered on September 21, 2010 at 3 PM Eastern. One of the definitions for “leader” in the World English Dictionary is “a person who rules, guides, or inspires others.” Other words [...]

Meet LeadChange Jane Perdue

Mike Henry — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:15:31 +0000

Our guest for Meet LeadChange this week, September 9, 2010, at 3 PM Eastern is Jane Perdue (web, LinkedIn, @thehrgoddess). She’s the CEO and Chief Inspiration Instigator for The Braithewaite Group, a female-owned professional development and consulting firm. Jane delights in inspiring and challenging at the intersection of the art of leadership and the science [...]

We or Me – It’s Up to You

Jane Perdue — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:23 +0000

Social media, as with most things in life, can be exploited for personal gain or maximized as a tool for sharing, giving and inspiring others to live to their biggest and best potential. Are you in it to win it – for yourself, or for others? It’s that simple, and that complicated. At one end [...]

Leaders: Be Gr-r-reat!

Tristan Bishop — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:20:10 +0000

As a lad, I lived for Saturday morning cartoons. Long before DVR, a boy needed an alarm clock catch the Super-Friends at 6 AM. And though a wide assortment of cartoons whizzed by until Noon, there was a consistent message throughout: “They’re GREAT!” See that was the catch-phrase of Tony the Tiger, the cartoon pitchman [...]

Leaders Serving Leaders

Mike Henry — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:20:44 +0000

I was reminded this morning of the potential for good and bad through social media. I read these two posts (here, and one written to Christians here) about the narcissistic nature of involvement in social media and they made me think. With a bit of reflection, I am challenged to keep the focus of my [...]

Meet LeadChange Jen Kuhn

Mike Henry — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:54:04 +0000

Our guest for Meet LeadChange on September 2, 2010 at 3 PM Eastern is Jen Kuhn (web, LinkedIn, @JenKunhPR), co-founder of The Experience Factor. Jen and her partner, Kelly Ketelboeter (@KetelboeterPR) make the invisible visible at The Experience Factor; helping businesses understand their mission IS their customer experience. They help businesses make sure their leaders [...]

Change Never Starts “Out There”

Mark Oakes — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:10:25 +0000

Craig Lambert in his book Mind Over Water talks about that frictionless state that rowers achieve when things become effortless. He calls it ‘swing’. He goes on to say ‘…our job is to simply work with the shell, to stop holding it back with our thrashing struggles to go faster. Trying too hard sabotages boat [...]

Wake Up and Shake It Up

Mike Henry — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:25:12 +0000

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to contribute a post to a series conceived and published by Lead Change member Shawn Murphy called Wake Up and Shake It Up. The series was an eye-opener for several reasons. First, several Lead Change Group members contributed to the great series. In addition me and Shawn, [...]

Of Followers and Leaders

Mike Henry — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:53:09 +0000

The definitions of words intrigue me. Words can have multiple meanings. Think of one quick (clean) example, the word coast. It can mean someplace we hope the oil doesn’t ruin or it can mean to neither accelerate or brake (as opposed to break). I’ve spoken before about character-based leadership as leading from who you are [...]

Focus and Excellence

Mike Henry — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:18:30 +0000

“Other men will make other violins, but no man shall make a better one.” Antonius Stradivarius What type of work do you do? I’ve done a variety of things. In fact, sometimes I get caught up in what I’m doing so much that I stop doing what I do. I become someone else, or I [...]