Leadership Friday Favs 12.30.11

leadership light from aboveWe hope you enjoy our leadership favs from this past week!

Mastering the Art of Living Meaningfully Well (Umair Haque, HBR Blog Network)

Whether we define and measure success with things or outcomes or feelings, the choice is ours. There’s no right or wrong answer. The key to fulfillment comes with knowing what our personal success target is. That way, when we claim our prize, we’re getting what we truly wanted. Yearend is typically a time for reflection, and Umair offers some compelling reasons for thinking about how we define success…is it via economics or something else?

The “Inner Game” – 10 Steps That Lead to Success (Marty Wolff, guest post on Elegant Leadership)

OK, we admit it, we got hooked on the topic of “success” this week. Only natural, we say, as the year winds down, and we ask ourselves how we’ve made a positive difference this year. If you’re seeking some inspiration for that, Marty offers ten tips for upping your “inner game.”

10 Hidden Benefits of Smiling (PsyBlog)

Let’s hope you don’t need a reason to smile! However, if you do, you’ll find ten good ones here – a solid mix of topics for those who lean toward logic and for others motivated by the heart.

Persuading, Storytelling and Leading (Colleen Sharen, Thinking is Hard Work)

We stumbled across this blog while researching storytelling and leadership. Colleen offers up a real life example of how a story, not PowerPoints or numbers or money, pushed a group of her students to success. The BIG team hopes all of Colleen’s class took note of the power of authentically touching emotions…a great lesson to carry into the workplace.

Find Someone Who is Willing to Advocate for You (Joel Garfinkle, Career Advancement Blog)

One of BIG’s findings in its research (with Germane Consulting) on power was that people passively wait for mentors and sponsors to magically appear. Won’t happen! We love two things Joel does in this post: reinforces the message to pro-actively seek out those who will advocate for you, and paying it forward.

Quote of the week: “Some folks go through life pleased that the glass is half full. Others spend a lifetime lamenting that it’s half-empty. The truth is: There is a glass with a certain volume of liquid in it. From there, it’s up to you!” ~Dr. James S Vuocolo

 

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