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TS: The D5M Ruzuku Report (and 2 New Challenges!)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:52:47 -1000

TS: The D5M Ruzuku Report (and 2 New Challenges!):

Earlier this month I created a free, 15-day habit-building challenge on Ruzuku aimed at helping people begin the D5M habit (or solidify it) and we had 30 people sign up. Here is what happened, and what we will be doing next having learned from the experience.

Tiny Revolutions | Chris Brogan

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:22 -1000

Tiny Revolutions | Chris Brogan:

Every step towards success requires a tiny revolution. Evolution is too subtle. Revolution is too drastic. In between, let’s add “tiny revolutions.”

The Wisdom of Peter Drucker from A to Z

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:18:16 -1000

The Wisdom of Peter Drucker from A to Z:

Known widely as the father of management, Peter Drucker formulated many concepts about business that we now take for granted. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Inc.com takes a look at Drucker’s contributions, from A to Z.

TS: Tickle Your Toes

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:29:37 -1000

TS: Tickle Your Toes:

My goodness. In doing my Weekly Review this weekend I had that moment.

You know the one: The moment you realize Thanksgiving is mere days away, which means that holiday season is here whether you are ready for it or not, which means there are only six weeks left to the end of one year and beginning of another one. 6 Fridays from now, it will be January 1, 2010.

I’m not freaking out about it… I’m not freaking out about it… I’m not freaking out about it. If I say it enough, I won’t. Right?

Good Coaching…Not For Sissies « You’re Not the Boss of Me

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:52:01 -1000

Good Coaching…Not For Sissies « You’re Not the Boss of Me:

Coaching is one of those words that tends to lace everyday language at work but I wonder how many people who are supposed to be doing it actually know what it means or what it takes to be a good coach?

JJL: Is Writing to Learn a Tool, Process or Choice?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:17:24 -1000

JJL: Is Writing to Learn a Tool, Process or Choice?:

When I think about our November learning theme, writing to learn, the first thing which comes to mind for me is a question which can seem very unempathetic at first take: “Why doesn’t everyone do it?”

Writing to Learn is so easy, so accessible and portable, so quick.

Well, maybe. Maybe not…

TS/SA: Shy About Your Success?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:38:29 -1000

TS/SA: Shy About Your Success?:

Don’t be!

As 2009 draws to a close, many of us are dealing with an uninvited visitor who is angling for an invitation to our holiday celebrations. I cannot call this visitor a guest because I do not welcome it as I would welcome a guest: It is an unsettling emotion called Guilt About What We Have (when others don’t have it)…

Where Have All the COOs Gone? | Directorship | Boardroom Intelligence

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:39:01 -1000

Where Have All the COOs Gone? | Directorship | Boardroom Intelligence:

Interesting question I had not thought about before…

"The Hawai’i Convention Center has announced an alliance with the New York Society of..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:52 -1000

“The Hawai’i Convention Center has announced an alliance with the New York Society of Association Executives that the center says will expose Hawaii to the largest association market in the United States. As part of the alliance, the convention center will be the exclusive sponsor of the NYSAE’s monthly luncheon on Jan. 20, will deliver the opening remarks, will highlight Hawaii with tabletop displays and will present Hawaii business book author Rosa Say as the keynote speaker.”

- Business Briefs - Hawaii Business - Starbulletin.com

Going to New York in January…

"I do think that’s something that we forget — as leaders, probably the most important role we can..."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:34 -1000

“I do think that’s something that we forget — as leaders, probably the most important role we can play is asking the right questions. But the bit we forget is that it is in itself a creative process. Those right questions aren’t just kind of lying around on the ground to be picked up and asked. When I go back and look at the great leaders — Roosevelt, Churchill — one of the things that occurs to me is they somehow had the ability to frame the question in a way that nobody else would have thought about. In design, that’s everything, right? If you don’t ask the right questions, , then you’re never going get to the right solution. I spent too much of my career feeling like I’d done a really good job answering the wrong question.”

- CO2Partners - Just Ask Leadership: Tim Brown Chief Executive of Ideo - It’s all about the Question

The 10 Faces of Innovation | Fast Company

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:14:00 -1000

The 10 Faces of Innovation | Fast Company:

Need to study this. Recommended by Abe Crystal of Ruzuku.com.

Starts with explaining how dangerous the devil’s advocate is to innovation and new ideas seeing the light of day. It then goes into the “10 people-centric tools, talents, or personas for innovation” developed at Ideo.

Tacit Approval: Don’t you dare give it! | TS/SA

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:09:00 -1000

Tacit Approval: Don’t you dare give it! | TS/SA:

Tacit approval has come up in my coaching discussions with managers three times over the last week, and this will not be a strike-out for us! Let’s play ball…

What is it?

Let’s say you are the manager. Tacit approval happens when:

a) a direct-report of yours does something wrong
b) you become aware of it
c) that direct-report and/or others within your workplace are aware of both a) and b)
d) you do nothing about it and let it slide

As a result, you have given tacit approval for that wrong which was committed.

Your silent message to everyone else can be interpreted in several different ways, and none of them are good…

TS/SA: Students Need the Life Skill of Caring and Speaking Up

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:39 -1000

TS/SA: Students Need the Life Skill of Caring and Speaking Up

All Things Workplace: One More Time: What Do People Want At Work?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:04:01 -1000

All Things Workplace: One More Time: What Do People Want At Work?:

By Steve Roesler:

Every employee survey I’ve seen over the past 30 years shows the same results as this, conducted in 2007 by Towers Perrin. The survey population was 90,000 employees, worldwide.

What do Employees Want?

The #1 element on a global level was an employee’s belief that senior management was interested in his or her well-being.

Imagine.

Employee’s relate their success on the job to feeling cared for and about. Not money, not flex time, but feeling that people above them care about their well-being.

[…]

We’ve Done The Work For You

It’s only a bit more involved and systematic than I’ve described. After reviewing volumes of research in performance, productivity, effectiveness, and change, we’ve boiled down the findings into five categories of what employees say they want in order to “be their best”:

1. Employees want to have a “good fit” in the organization, one that matches their skills and interests at a given time.

2. Employees want to be clear about their job: what is really expected and how it will be measured.

3. Employees want managers and organizations who support what they’re doing and get roadblocks out of the way.

4. Employees want to feel valued for who they are and what they bring that is unique.

5. Employees want to be part of something that inspires them. There are lots of ways to earn money. But over the long-term, they (we) want to be part of something that lifts us up because there is something personally meaningful about it.

So, how do you develop sustained performance and satisfaction?

Scratch the survey. Sit down and talk with your people about these five things and how each one is going. Then listen. Then, figure out together how to move things along the great curve of life.

Let’s cut to the chase: Do The Daily 5 Minutes!

Listen: Be a Better Manager/Colleague | The blog of RTSL.eu - Development with SAS®

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31:53 -1000

Listen: Be a Better Manager/Colleague | The blog of RTSL.eu - Development with SAS®:

Very cool…

You can practice your listening skills on a day-to-day basis. I’ve seen success with the adoption of Rosa Say’s Daily 5 Minutes (D5M) working pattern. It’s aimed at managers but is equally effective when used amongst peers.

Now, discover your passion | another step forward

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:51:43 -1000

Now, discover your passion | another step forward:

Another Ruzuku challenge, this one based on Dave Pollard’s Finding the Sweet Spot.

Already have 3 challenges going there, and hesitate to take on another, but it will only last for 5 days, and wow… Dave Pollard…

Rands In Repose: The Foamy Rules for Rabid Tools

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:35:56 -1000

Rands In Repose: The Foamy Rules for Rabid Tools:

Love this. Love it, love it love it.

(and if you didn’t already know, the Daily 5 Minutes is my chainsaw).

My stuck isn’t talking, and things get weird. Also there is a trapeze.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:22 -1000

My stuck isn’t talking, and things get weird. Also there is a trapeze.:

By Havi Brooks at FluentSelf.com and likely to be one of her classics.

I also notice she calls herself a “habits educator” now. Cool.

TS/SA: Guilt-Free Self-Leadership~ 12 Possibilities

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:12:16 -1000

TS/SA: Guilt-Free Self-Leadership~ 12 Possibilities:

Had a conversation yesterday with a work team who had tackled the Sweet Closure initiative with us in October. Not only did they tackle it, they nailed it.

So yesterday they were asking, “Now what?” wondering if there was specific goal-setting I recommended for them through November and December […] How’s that for a great problem to have?

I feel no guilt whatsoever about shedding professional goals early so that I can have the time for tackling some personal ones – neither should you.

Grab onto some guilt-free self-leadership…

Lose Touch with Your Inner Whining Artist | Lateral Action

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:18:31 -1000

Lose Touch with Your Inner Whining Artist | Lateral Action:

As tweeted… this article is yet another example of what an articulate and wise creative Mark McGuinness is.