Welcome to Part Three of the Leadership Development Carnival. If you missed Part Two, read it here. If you missed Part One, read it here. I am loving the opportunity to slow down and savor these posts. I hope you are, too. I am going to start out today with another first-timer to the carnival.

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First visit to this carnival? Read Part Two here. Read Part Three here. Read Part Four here. Read Part Five here. Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival! I’m pleased that we are hosting the Carnival this week. If you are a long time Leadership Development Carnival reader, you will notice something different this time around.

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One of the roles of a leader is to provide the perspective that the rest of the team or organization might not see.  It is easy to get caught up in the daily to-do list, the quarterly objectives and the rhythm of the calendar, and lose sight of the bigger picture, the larger goals, the

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People often talk increasing the return on investment for training, and generally, most people point to others to be responsible for that return, or measure that return.  The reality is that there are three groups and one other factor that have significant impact on that rate of return, and they work together like the four

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Have you ever felt like you were treading water, or maybe just floating?  You are active, maybe even busy, and you are likely meeting all of your commitments, but you aren’t making any progress, not making any new progress.  Several years ago my sister-in-law Kara stated this as being in maintenance mode.  The description seemed

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Leaders lead others, usually in groups or teams. So, any conversation about effective leadership can’t go too far without discussing how leaders help their teams. People have spent their lives studying the dynamics of teams. These studies include team interactions, how teams form and develop, and the skills needed for team members to be successful. So,

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I’m not a travel agent, and I don’t work for an airline or cruise ship company. This article isn’t about where you should vacation, what places you should visit or what foods you should eat.  For the important point I hope to make in the next few hundred words, those parts of our vacation matter

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I’m in Orlando with most my team athe American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Convention.  Last night, our first night here, we went to B.B. King’s Restuarant and Blues Club. Of the many cool things in the place (and how can the place not be cool if it has B.B. King’s name attached to

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Voltaire is attributed with the aphorism “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” You’ve heard others say, “Ready, fire, aim.” I say, “Messy success is better than perfect mediocrity.” And while you may be nodding your head in agreement with one or more of these statements, it doesn’t take long to think, “yes, but what about

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