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3 Reasons NOT to Quit (part of the Great Resignation series)
Tools for influencing up, down, and across the organization from Scott Mautz, author of Leading from the Middle
10 Stories Great Leaders Tell
Good leaders ask, “How do I tell better stories?” Great leaders ask, “What stories do I need to tell?” Will you be a more effective leader if your stories are well-crafted and delivered? Of course. And I spend most of my professional time teaching leaders exactly that. But the truth is, the story you tell…
Unto the Least of My Brothers: The Unforgettable Stranger I Met in a California Hot Tub
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_085.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSShttp://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_085.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSIt wasn’t the experience I expected twenty minutes earlier when I stepped into the hotel hot tub. I stopped to pause on each step for a few seconds to get used to the heat. I looked…
13 Rules for Being a Grown-up on Facebook
Contrary to conventional wisdom, it is possible to have intellectual, adult conversations on Facebook. In fact, I think it’s imperative that we do. Because while social media has reunited old friendships and provides a seemingly limitless variety of amusement, it’s also been used to spread conspiracy theories and fake news like wildfire through partisan echo…
How to Turn a Reorganization Into a Leadership Disaster
Today’s guest post is by Mike Figliuolo, co-author of Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results (you can get your copy by clicking here). You can learn more about Mike and the book at the end of the post. Here’s Mike: Quite often, departments are combined, split, or a…
"Papers please." A John Ray birthday lesson worth remembering
Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho once said, Everything will be okay in the end. If it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end. It’s become one of my favorite inspirational quotes, for a number of reasons. I’m enamored with the reassuring persistence it promises when offered by someone committed to helping his or her fellow human beings.…
Top 10 most inspiring moments from robotics in 2015
As follow up to my article on the Top 10 Differences in High School Sports and Robotics – and just home from the FIRST World Championships in St. Louis – I thought I’d share the top 10 most inspiring moments from my first year as a parent of a robotics team member. Thank you to…
The Banking Exchange reviews Parenting with a Story
Mallory Barbee, AVP at CBC National Bank in Beaufort, South Carolina, wrote the most insightful review of Parenting with a Story I’ve seen to date. It’s encouraging to an author for someone to notice all the things we hope come across to the reader. Well done, Mallory. See her review here.
Daddy's last dance
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/PWAS_023.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSI don’t remember exactly how it started. But at some point when my first son, Matthew, was two or three years old, we developed a lovely habit every time we went to the movies. At the end of the show, as the credits rolled and…