Leaders often have opinions and usually want them heard. They have also earned the right, so to speak, to be heard. But recently, in facilitating a management meeting for a company, I came to the keen awareness that no matter who you are, saying too much is like saying nothing at all. You see, there was one person in the group that monopolized most of the conversation. At first, he had a captive audience, but by the end of the meeting people weren’t even listening to what he had to say, some even were rolling their eyes when he went
Welcome to the July 1st, 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! We hope you enjoy these great posts from 32 of the best leadership bloggers from around the globe. Dan McCarthy from Great Leadership presents How to Overcome the 3 Organizational Barriers to Leadership Development. “Why is it that more organizations and executives don’t fully embrace the effective development of their leaders? It all comes down to 3 barriers: They either don’t understand why it’s important, how to do it, or they just won’t. This post reviews each barrier and provides tips for overcoming them.” Dana Theus from InPower Women presents Activating the
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been talking about what employers want in employees. (The 4 Cs of conscientiousness, creativity, communication, collaboration). After today, I feel like the things I talked about led me to jump to point C when I should have started at point A. Why should I be talking about these 4 Cs when most people don’t even do the basics like showing up? You see, I teach a Work Skills class at the local community college. It’s a 1 hour credit course designed to help students with resume writing, interviewing, workplace topics, etc. Basically, it’s the tactical stuff of getting a job.
Our church is doing 90 days with the Bible challenge. This is where the congregation is engaged in reading the entire Bible over the summer. I’ve struggled my way through Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy but found that reading the entire account of Moses through in a few days has revealed several leadership lessons from his life that I never noticed. Lesson 1: Get a wingman. Aaron was Moses’. A wingman is someone who complements you so that two end up being better than one. Moses had a stuttering problem and Aaron was a good speaker. They worked together to accomplish many
The First 2 Cs that all employers want-conscientiousness and creativity are about individual contributions. However, the second two, one which we have already discussed, communication and our final C, collaboration focus on how we interact with other people. I would argue the final two are more important. They, also, help people be more successful at the first two, creating even greater gains in your marketability as an employee. Consider a recent article, by George Anders that stated that empathy would be the number one sought after skill in the workplace is 2020. Empathy, or the ability to put oneself in