If you truly want to create a work group, team division, or organization that produces world-class results, treat your employees like celebrities.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/07/Rock-Star-Recognition
A review of Leadership Conversations: Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders by Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Books-Leadership-Effectiveness-Through-Dialogue
Learning to be an active listener will increase your leadership capabilities—and guide you on a path toward personal and professional success.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Active-Listening-Leads-to-Business-Success
Here are some tips for being a more influential communicator, based on what behavioral psychologists know are reasons why people take action, believe certain ideas, or change their mind.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/07/Influencing-Your-Audience-Crafting-Messages-That-Motivate
Choosing the right executive coach for you is important. There are many people who offer coaching services; some have completed formal training, while others offer specific business experience. Whoever you choose to work with it is important that you feel comfortable and confident that the investment will enable you to successfully achieve your goals.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Selecting-An-Executive-Coach
When employees are having fun, they are happier and more productive. It improves communication, enhances team spirit, and reduces boredom, conflict, and absenteeism. Here are some suggestions for livening up your day-to-day operations
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Dr-Ts-Fun-Manifesto-for-Goodness-Sake-Loosen-Up
Blog #1: The nature of organizations has changed, and the leaders they require in the future will be fundamentally different from those they require today. It is time to recreate leadership for the requirements of the modern organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/06/Rereate-LeadershipBlog-1-of-4
Government managers struggling to cope with a perfect storm of a shrinking workforce, arbitrary budget cuts, and increased demands for service delivery are finding some new answers in an old solution—collaboration.
A recent round of in-depth interviews with the federal government's top human resources officials uncovered a daunting array of challenges facing federal managers and leaders—and government in general—in 2013 and beyond. The impact of sequestration, inadequate resources, increasing workloads, an aging workforce, and demands for improved government outcomes can seem overwhelming. (See Challenges and Opportunities for 2nd Obama Administration in the spring 2013 issue of The Public Manager).
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2013/Summer/Collaborative-Government-Managers-Succeed-Where-Others-Fail
CEO Connection has been running boot camps for new and rising CEOs since 2005. Almost every long-standing CEO that has addressed this group has said their number one job is to own and drive vision and values. At the same time, their common regret is not moving faster to get people in appropriate roles. They also realize the less they do themselves, the more they will be able to inspire and enable others.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Where-Should-You-Guide-Your-New-CEO-to-Focus-First
If you realize the importance of internal relationships, and you know how much our emotional intelligence helps to put people at ease, create trust and respect, align people and further a can-do attitude, then I believe you will appreciate this blog post. If you are not especially familiar with emotional intelligence and the part it plays in highly effective leadership, I hope you will read this blog post carefully. Either way, I would certainly welcome your feedback and ideas.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Workforce-Development-Blog/2013/06/Emotional-Intelligence-Is-Key-to-Our-Success