Coach John G. Agno is your own cultural attache; keeping you abreast of what's effective in leadership. People learn better and are positively motivated when supported by regular coaching.
PERSONAL COACHING Leadership onboarding coaching helps the executive adapt to the employer's culture, create rapport with their team and develop productive ways to achieve necessary goals.
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WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.
LEADERSHIP TIPS “The crux of leadership development that works is self-directed learning: intentionally developing or strengthening an aspect of who you are or who you want to be, or both.” Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee (Harvard Business School Press)
Most people believe that one works so that he or she has time and money to enjoy family, recreation, and other pursuits that are supposed to be the source of happiness.
In her book, "Unlocking Happiness at Work", Jennifer Moss reveals that being happy in one's work is what is essential to living a productive, fulfilling life.
Drawing on research from the fields of organizational psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, and illustrated with case studies from organizations such as Whole Foods, Zappos, and the US Navy, the book provides a foundation for achieving happiness at both the individual and corporate levels.
This book provides a framework for engaging in a happiness strategy that is accepting, inclusive, and real. "My job throughout this book is to debunk some of those pervasive happiness myths that hold us back from feeling like we can be our authentic selves," says Moss. "Happiness is a scientific discussion that should be assessed against any other people investment you're currently making."
Citing research from the field of neuroplasticity, which deals with how the brain is capable of rewiring itself to foster behavior modification, Moss shows that people have the power to choose happiness more frequently so they can imbed the behaviors in their brains. "By building habits, we can turn the emotional states and bundle those fast-firing neurons together to make happiness a permanent trait," say Moss.
There's an undeniable and oft-proven statistic out there: The more diverse an organization, the better it works. Period.
Specifically, more women in leadership means more profitability.
In "WomenMakeGreat Leaders: Real World Lessons to Accelerate Your Climb", you can read about great women who tell their stories in industry and as wildly successful entrepreneurs. All have much in common: bravery, the willingness to step out of line, a strong belief in themselves, great relationship building skills, and much more.
These are women who have beaten the odds. Early on, they heard the whispers..the inner-call to leadership. They answered, and continue to answer it, with fierce passion and the courage, boldness and resilience required to rise to the next level.
These women are doers and risk takers. Many become devoted wives, partners and mothers while still building careers and influence. They all remain true to their work as leaders in the world, carrying it out with the grace, diplomacy and fortitude it requires.
Applying technology to provide easy access for societal dialog has the promise of peer-to-peer co-creation of knowledge and rapid consensus solution-building. Today's technology holds the promise of quickly connecting problem solvers with problems, converting actionable knowledge into value that transforms the world.
Back in October 1971, an engineer (who I knew when we both went to a small high school in Upstate New York during the late 1950s) named Ray Tomlinson chose the '@' symbol for email addresses and wrote software to send the first network email.
At the time, it must not have seemed very important because Ray didn't bother to save that first message or even record the exact date.
Ray Tomlinson has been called the father of email because he invented the software that allowed messages to be sent between computers.
Ray made it possible to swap messages between machines in different locations; between universities, across continents, and oceans.
At the time, he was working for Boston-based Bolt, Beranek and Newman, which was helping to develop Arpanet, the forerunner of the modern Internet.
Now, over 46 years later email messages are a large part of our lives in today's network society and I bet you can't remember the first e-mail message you ever sent?
At Ray's 50th Broadalbin High School reunion, I told Ray that I forgave him for all those emails that end up in my mail box every day. He enjoyed the joke.
However, while email and the Internet have "changed everything" in the way we work and communicate, many are finding that reading and answering email messages can consume too much time; time we would rather spend doing something else. Wouldn't it be great if we could harness the good parts of email communication and do away with the bad parts?
Today, a number of emails strengthen relationships, build careers, enhance influence through effective online communication.
Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, the author of "Before You Hit Send", tells us, "There came a point in my life when I realized I wanted to be an effective communicator. Not just on stage or in public, but in all areas of my life. Over four decades ago I discovered principles that created a lifelong framework that brought me freedom. I've written this book to share these insights because effective communicators are needed today more than ever."
"Before You Hit Send"is all about what to do instead of sending that impulsive communication so you can actually say what needs to be said in a way that increases the odds of being heard and increasing your influence.
Learning a trade can be more valuable than earning a college degree. Today, most students try college but half never complete degrees. A tight job market has turned people into hot prospects.
According to the study on State of Independence in America 2017, the independent workforce is now 41 million people strong, representing about 31 percent of the private U.S. workforce. These independents represent every age, demographic, gender, skill and income group.
Let's start at the beginning and develop a common understanding of what the Gig Economy is and what it is not.
A single professional engagement, usually of short duration, as of jazz or rock musicians.
Any job, especially one of short or uncertain duration.The first reference became widely used in the 1920's as jazz became more popular in America. Musicians would refer to the work they would secure with a band, whether for one night or for one month, as a "gig."
The new world of work, the Gig Economy, operates and grows. Thriving in the Gig Economy will hone in on the most important aspects of these trends and the implications for individuals and businesses. It will explain the digital talent marketplaces and how they fit into the talent landscape, outlining their features and cost structures.
Moreover, companies must organize differently now to effectively deploy these gig workers.
More importantly, they must empower their workforce in new ways, because not only are they engaging gig workers, they are preparing their own employees to become the gig workers of the future.
Today, entrepreneurship is not a job, it's a life. And choosing to work on one's own is every bit as much entrepreneurship as starting a venture backed company.
"No more procrastinating or complaining," urges Corrie Shanahan. "It's time to work less and care more."
In "DO IT, MEAN IT, BE IT", author Shanahan will help you clarify what is really important to you, help you identify the things you want to change, and give you all the practical tools to get there.
Reflect, Renew, Repeat
It a nutshell: Once you have embarked on this path and are beginning to create the life and career you truly desire, you need regular milestones and sustenance as you go.
Build it in now, before you start.
Like an athlete on race day, you'll see the markers up ahead and know there will be water coming soon. Set aside time for reflection to see the progress you've made, adjust course as needed and enjoy.
You are doing what you really want to be doing and life is rich and good.
Their tried-and-true methods of connecting with consumers are failing in the new economy where customer service and customer experience are paramount to any business's success.
The truth is, older brands need to acknowledge that the world has changed. If they are going to survive in this era, they need to start acting more like startups.
In "UNLASHING THE INNOVATORS", author Jim Stengel offers valuable insight from the front lines of many Fortune 500's biggest corporations. Stengel writes: "In a sense, we have discovered the corporate Fountain of Youth--and it is located not among the mangroves and sawgrass of south Florida but in the workings of successful partnerships between iconic companies and energetic startups."
Okay, you've decided to form a partnership with a startup or two. The key question to ask yourself is, how will it serve your needs? And which startup is the ideal partner?
At IBM, Watson(its artificial intelligence platform) is creating the most exciting business opportunity for Big Blue in a generation--and it's spawning all kinds of new relationships with young companies. Target, like Wells Fargo, has selected a handful of commercial themes to pursue, all focused on growing its core business.
A couple of common themes emerge. Whatever their different approaches, these legacy companies have a sure sense of why they're choosing to ally themselves with startups: they have problems to solve, they want to explore new lines of business in particular areas where they feel they lack experience, and in many cases they're trying to revitalize or reinvent themselves with the help of young companies.
