FLP: Resources
Session 1: Trust and Influence
- Article: Footprints We Leave Behind
- Article: The Demise of Civility in the Workplace
- TedTalk - Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability
- TedTalk - Simon Sinek - How Leaders Inspire Action
- Build relationships with strategies to remember people's names
- Book Review: Reality is Broken - Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
- Book Review: How the Mighty Fall
- Article - Business Etiquette: The New Rules
- Article: Lights, Camera, Action! Set the Stage for Leadership Excellence
- Article: Authenticity and Leadership Effectiveness
- Article: There's More to Leadership Than Knowing the Job
- Book Recommendations related to Session 1
- Article: Three F's of Leadership
- Article: The Courage to Act: Being a Maverick Manager
- Book Review: Leaders Open Doors
- Article: We Thought We Promoted the Right Person Into Leadership
- Article: Lose Your Cool, Lose Your Credibility
- Article: Can Managers Be Friends With Their Direct Reports?
Session 2: Communicating for Results
- Article: Email That Gets Results
- Emotional Intelligence through LinkedIn
- Article: Strengthen Your Communication Skills
- Article: What Do You Really Mean?
- Article: Mastering LinkedIn - It's Not Just for Job Seekers Anymore
- Article: Have You Heard the One About the Panda? Seven Tips to Boost Your Writing Skill
- Book Review: The No Excuse Guide to Success - No Matter What Your Boss - Or Life - Throws at You
- Article: Engaging a Multi-Generational Workforce - spotlight on Ayres Associates
- Article: Email - Are Your Employee Emails a Little Too Informal?
- Book Recommendations related to Session 2
- Book Review: Talk Like Ted
- Article: Emotionally Intelligent Leader: Bottom-line Idea or Group Hug
- Article: Business Networking and Continuous Learning Go Hand in Hand
- Emotional Intelligence Quiz
- Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques
Session 3: Culture, Motivation, and Aligning Goals with Strategies
- Article: Selling Your Innovative Ideas to Management
- Article: Building a Coaching Culture
- Article: Help Your Ideas Take Flight: A Five Step Process
- Article: Employee Engagement Surveys - If you're not planning to do anything with the results, don't ask.
- Article: Emerging Leaders - The Future of Your Organization
- MRA class Strategic Planning
- Porter's Generic Competitive Strategies
- Strategy book: Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors
- Leadership advice from Sun Tzu, great strategist
- Book on Strategy: The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- Motivation: do you use engagement surveys?
- Article: Drivers of Engagement in Action
- Article: Does Higher Employee Engagement = Higher Customer Satisfaction?
- Article: Motivation from the Top Down
- Article: Successful Strategy is Built on Understanding the Organization's Culture
- Book Recommendations related to Session 3
- Article: The Platinum Rule - Leadership Gold
Session 4: Training, Delagating, Coaching, and Managing Performance
- Article: How Am I Doing? Employee Expectations and Feedback
- Article: Boosting the ROI of Employee Training and Development
- Article: Managing by Walking Away
- Article: There's Always a Slacker on Every Team
- Article: Anti-Discrimination Law Compliance: Just Follow the Formula!
- Article: Use Coaching Strategy to Fuel Business Success
- Article: How To Delegate The Right Tasks To The Right People: Effective Management Skills For Leadership Success
- Book: Modern Mentoring by Randy Emelo
- Article: Identify and Develop Your High Potentials
- Article: To Train or To Coach?
- Article: Delegation - The Mark of a True Leader
- Article: Bad People or Bad Actions?
- Article: Talent - Make or Buy?
- Article: Taking the Dread Out of Performance Reviews
- Book Review: Multipliers - How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
- Book Recommendations related to Session 4
- Article: Performance Ratings Been There Done That: What's New for Performance Management
- Article: Coaching for Innovation
- Article: Pin the Tail on Performance
- Article: Having the Uncomfortable Dress Code Conversation
- Sample Performance Review Questions and Conversation
Session 5: Building Collaboration and Managing Conflict
- Book: The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
- Are some people more prone to drama at work?
- Forbes Article: 8 Tips for Collaborative Leadership
- Article: The Power of Collaboration - Lean Sigma
- Article: Engaging Remote Workers - Let Them Eat Cake
- Article: Instant Teams and Long-Term Challenges
- Book Review: Death by Meeting
- Book Recommendations related to Session 5
- Article: Teamwork - Get Grounded!
- Article: Inappropriate Topics at Work
- Article: Conflict Beyond Transaction to Transformation
Session 6: Leading Change and Putting It All Together
- Article: A Manager's Guide to Overcoming Resistance to Improvements
- Article: Leading Change: 5 CEOS on the Power of Culture
- Article: Change - Walking the Line Between Chaos and Stability
- Book Recommendations related to Session 6