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Twitter Adds Value

Twitter is pretty cool when people send out cool links. Like everyone that makes fun of Twitter, I don’t care to know when someone I follow is brushing his or her teeth, but I am interested in the links people send out that I might never see otherwise. I got one today, from executive coach [...]

12Jun2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Get to Know Their Names

I watched an ad for the Easy Button (Staples) tonight that I’ve seen a number of time previously. The ad shows an administrative assistant talking about how much money she’s saved or how quickly she got some office supplies, I can’t remember which, and about how grateful her boss is.  At that moment, her boss [...]

8May2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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The Best Leaders … Lead

The seventh leadership mistake to avoid on Mike King’s (Learn This) list, is “Complain or be negative.” Sometimes leaders need to share bad news with employees.  Employees want the truth in cases like this; they can deal with the truth, given time, but they can’t deal with being lied to. Just routine complaining and negativity, though, [...]

30Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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The Best Leaders Listen and Learn

The sixth mistake Mike King has in his list of leader mistakes (see January 19 post on Learn This) is “Don’t listen to or accept others’ ideas.”  This is, in fact, one of the mistakes so many leaders make.  In face, most of the ones in my experience, with the exception of one or two, have made this [...]

27Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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What Do the Best Leaders Do About Change?

The fifth mistake Mike King has in his list of leader mistakes (see January 19 post on Learn This) is “Avoid change.”  In today’s world, change seems to come at the speed of light, all the time.  So for a leader to avoid change is nearly impossible.  But it happens, nevertheless. Leaders can, along with their employees, [...]

25Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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For Some, Staying Busy Is All That Matters — But It’s Not Enough

The fourth mistake Mike King has in his list of leader mistakes to avoid (see January 19 post on Learn This) is “Focus on tasks, not results.”  This happens often, in all sorts of settings. Imagine yourself planning a trip.  You’re not sure where you’re going, but you know how to get ready.  You pack [...]

22Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Whose Fault Is It? Who Cares?

The third leadership mistake to avoid on Mike King’s (Learn This) list, is “Point the finger of blame.” Miss Brown, the Chocolate Labrador Retreiver that narrates A Dog’s Advice to Leaders knows that your employees will appreciate you and feel that you respect them if you do two things: 1) Give them public credit when [...]

19Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 3 comments | Continued
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Leadership Mistakes Can Be Costly, Part 2

I found a great list of leadership mistakes to avoid on “Learn This” (see January 19 post), a blog written by Mike King.  Here they are: Pull the power or authority card Do the work yourself because you are faster or better Point the blame finger Focus on tasks instead of results Avoid change Don’t [...]

17Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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Leadership Mistakes Can Be Costly

I found a great list of leadership mistakes to avoid on “Learn This” (see January 19 post), a blog written by Mike King.  Here they are: Pull the power or authority card Do the work yourself because you are faster or better Point the blame finger Focus on tasks instead of results Avoid change Don’t [...]

15Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 1 comment | Continued
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It’s Easy to Remember the Bad; Hard to Remember the Good

Today, I asked a friend to tell me about the best leader she’d ever had.  She was unable to think of one.  She laughed and said, “I could name the bad ones easily, but the good ones … they’re hard to think of.” What a sad comment! Here are some questions to think about: Why [...]

5Mar2009 | Jo Ellen Roe | 0 comments | Continued
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