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May the Force Be With You: A Frontline Festival

by | Dec 18, 2015 | By Karin Hurt, Frontline Festival |

Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. This month is co-hosted with my Winning Well co-author, David Dye.

In honor of the new Star Wars movie, we begin with Star Wars-themed posts and then wrap up the year with our “Best Of 2015” posts from our contributors  Thanks. to Joy and Tom Guthrie of Vizwerx Group for the great pic and to all our contributors! For fun, in the comments, please add your favorite Star Wars leadership quotes.

Next month, we turn our thoughts to vision and strategy to kick of the new year. Please submit your links here.  Submissions due January 15th.

Star Wars

“Do or do not, there is no try.” -Yoda

Michelle Cubas, CPCC, ACC, of Positive Potentials, LLC shares that the Star Wars saga continues in a galaxy far, far away! It is our contemporary fairy tale filled with didactic teachings that never expire, especially about leadership. We continue to enjoy the characters that represent elements of our personalities and personas. Follow Michelle.

Lisa Kohn from Thoughtful Leaders Blog In the post, There is no Try, only Do. There is no Do, only Be. Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares Yoda’s wisdom (from Star Wars) that it is essential for leaders to not only just “try” but to also “do”and “be.” More importantly she shares a few pointers on how to do this, especially in this busy world and busy season. Follow Lisa.

Greg Marcus of American Mussar brings us Five Mussar Lessons from Star Wars.  Follow Greg.

David Dye and I bring you a leadership interview with Chewbacca.

 

Best of Leadership Posts for 2015

“Never tell me the odds.” -Hans Solo

Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited: Beth shares several things she’s learned after 10 years in business. 10 Things I Learned in 10 Years of Business, Part 1  Part 2 Follow Beth.

Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership: You can’t lead others if you can’t lead yourself. Here is a baker’s dozen of things to master to be the best leader you can be. Follow Wally.

Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building: I was surprised by how dirty and brown I was at the finish line, by how cold the wet clothes I was wearing felt, and by how much my legs and chest burned from the over two hours it took us all to finish. But I was also surprised by how proud our family smiles were when they took our photo. Follow Sean.

John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement: Successfully shepherding change within an organization is often a challenge. Often change management strategies are mainly about how to cope with a toxic culture but exclude the option of fixing the toxic culture. Why not address the root causes instead of trying band-aids?  Follow John.

Paul LaRue of The UPwards Leader recognizes those intangible and not-so-tangible traits that help measure a leaders ability to succeed. Follow Paul.

Scott Mabry of Soul to Work:  Learning to lead lightly is a series of practices that can help us manage our energy and act in alignment with our best intentions. Follow Scott.

“Once you start down the dark path, forever it will dominate your destiny.” -Yoda

Jon Mertz of Thin Difference: Big issues face us. We latch onto shallow statements and thoughts. Logic lacks. Depth disappears. Civility dissipates. How can we begin to think more deeply?  Follow Jon.

Michelle Pallas of MichellePallas.com: Put energy into transparent communications and #LeadON!  Follow Michelle.

LaRae Quy of Mental Toughness Center!:  As our world becomes more and more complex, mental toughness will become an essential mindset. Building mental toughness is a life long task, but here is the good news: Mental toughness is not something we were born with, it is something we can learn. Follow LaRae.

“All mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It’s the only way we grow.” Padme

Dr. Artika Tyner of the Planting People. Growing Justice Institute gives us Three leadership lessons from the legacy of the late B.B. King.  Follow Artika.

 

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Karin Hurt

Karin Hurt helps human-centered leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results.  She’s the founder and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders, an international leadership development and training firm known for practical tools and leadership development programs that stick. She’s the award-winning author of four books including Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates and Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict, and hosts the popular Asking For a Friend Vlog on LinkedIn. A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers. Karin and her husband and business partner, David Dye, are committed to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells – building clean water wells for the people of Cambodia.

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