9 Leadership Quotes From Great Military Leaders [Infographic]

by John Walston December 7, 2015

When you think of the military, you think of discipline, battlefield tactics, logistics, etc. It’s a complicated task to move a million people, thousands of airplanes and hundreds of ships around the world.

But what sets a great general or admiral apart from the rest is leadership.

And their leadership philosophies can apply to every organization, whether you’re managing five people in the warehouse or a thousand employees in a corporation.

These nine great U.S. military leaders share their thoughts in these leadership quotes.

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Leadership

Find Your ‘Discomfort Zone’: Sometimes You Gotta Kiss A Few Frogs

by Rich Henson November 29, 2015

It’s said that to be at your best, you must get out of your comfort zone.

So then, the place you are looking for must be your … discomfort zone?

So how do you find it? Where is it? If you’ve not been there before, how do you know when you find it?

And lastly, once you’ve been there a while and adjusted, does it simply become your “comfort zone” again?

It takes planning. So it helps to have little signposts to spot along the way to let you know you are on course.

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Professional Development

Stop! 9 Emails You’ll Wish You Could Take Back

by John Walston November 22, 2015

If you haven’t figured it out yet, then sear this into your brain:

There is no such thing as a private email.

Or a private text message either.

Don’t believe it?

Just ask the embarrassed folks at Sony Pictures whose email server got hacked, and juicy stuff about Angelina Jolie (minimally talented spoiled brat), Sylvester Stallone (Social Security number), Adam Sandler (mundane, formulaic) and others leaked out.

Not worried about getting hacked by some 16-year-old in his mom’s basement?

How about an old-fashioned subpoena issued by a judge?

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Professional Development

Death By Meetings: 29 Reasons People Feel Like This [Image]

by Rich Henson November 15, 2015

So you resisted your better judgment and went to that meeting after all.

And just as you feared, it ran off the rails in the first five minutes and rambled on for another 90.

It started with the usual awkward silence, but was soon filled by the guy from down the hall droning on and on about GAAP or something.

GAASbag was more like it.

You shouldn’t have been surprised. It happens way too often.

In fact, I just read an article which said bad meetings are usually the result of one of three things.

But when I did an unscientific poll with my colleagues and friends, we came up with 29 things.

And here they are, In no special order

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Professional Development

7 Fabulously Devious Ways To Wreck Your Next Slide Presentation

by Renee Cocchi November 1, 2015

Leaders, supervisors, managers, etc., have been doling out information via slide presentations for eons.

And the majority of these presentations have been bad.

I’m talking “pull your hair out” bad!

I was always under the impression you want your audience to pay attention to your presentation and absorb the knowledge you’re imparting, but I’ve seen so many slide presentation mistakes that I guess I was wrong!

So if you want to join the masses and make your audiences wish they were deaf and blind, here’s exactly what you need to do.

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Employee Engagement

How Motivated Is Your Staff? Take The Quiz

by John Walston October 26, 2015

A motivated and engaged staff is energized, more productive and a lot of fun to be around.

Does that sound like your team? If so, you’re not only luckly, you must be a management genius!

Because only 29% of most employees are highly engaged, says a Gallup survey. In fact, 54% of employees are considered disengaged and another 17% are actively disengaged. And that is costing companies billions each year.

So take this motivated employees quiz and find out how motivated your staff is.

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Leadership

5 TED Talks That Will Change The Way You Think About Work [Videos]

by John Walston October 18, 2015

It’s easy to get swallowed up in the day-to-day business of managing your team.

Dealing with the daily crises alone can fill the day.

But ResourcefulManagers are the kind of people who take time to consider new ideas and expand their thinking.

TED Talks are great for reminding you there’s a bigger world out there.

I set aside some time every month to click through the latest ones.

Here are five TED Talks that might just change the way you think about work. And make your workplace a lot better, too.

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Performance Management

7 Workplace Rules That Border On The Ridiculous

by Nick Pipitone October 12, 2015

A good workplace needs good rules. Otherwise, there would be total anarchy … instead of just the usual partial anarchy.

HR folks will attest that a solid employee handbook can help keep employees in line – and employers out of legal trouble.

They’ll also tell you that, for the most part, a company’s rules tend to reflect its values and ethics.

So, when an employer enforces draconian or even silly rules, what does that say about the business?

We scoured the globe looking for unusual rules at real workplaces.

Some seem a bit mean-spirited. Others are just plain quirky.

But they all have one thing in common: You’re probably glad you don’t have to follow them.

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Leadership

13 Leadership Ideas Worth Stealing From Your Sales Team

by Rich Henson October 4, 2015

Accomplished salespeople are some of the most highly sought-after (and sometimes misunderstood) creatures on the business planet.

And, coincidentally, the same is true for great leaders.

When it comes to leadership, it’s clear there is much that can be “borrowed” from the world of business-to-business sales.

Here are 13 ideas to grow your leadership skills, borrowed directly from well-established and proven tactics from the B-to-B sales bible.

In each, we simply substituted “leader” for “salesperson” or “employee” for “customer”, etc.

And they made total sense!

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Leadership

The Tina Fey Guide to Management: 5 Practical Lessons from Ms. ‘Bossypants’

by Renee Cocchi September 27, 2015

Most people know Tina Fey as a comedian, actress, writer and producer. Best known for her roles on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” she has made us laugh till we cry.

But she’s also a role model for business leaders.

This once self-proclaimed “supernerd” turned sexy Weekend Update anchor has many practical lessons to impart for managers, supervisors and leaders.

These words of wisdom come from having an unrivaled sense of humor about everyday life and being the first female head writer in SNL’s history!

Here are a few practical lessons from Ms. “Bossypants” to mull over:

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