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Casting a compelling vision-The key to building your customer service brand!

Casting a compelling vision-The key to building your customer service brand!

Originally posted on Leadership Cafe:

Casting vision is one of my favorite things to do as a leader.  As we sat down and articulated our goals for the New Year, we needed to think about a compelling vision for 2015. Great leaders cast a vision for their organization. Whether you are leading a department or a big division in your business, your employees want to know where they are heading and…

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Linked 2 Leadership has Moved!

Linked 2 Leadership has Moved!

Please note that L2L has moved from our WordPress.com site to a self-hosted WordPress.org site. To read fresh new content, simply click here: http://linked2leadership.com

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6 Common Leadership Practices That Are Sooo Last Year

6 Common Leadership Practices That Are Sooo Last Year by @dawnellis191 #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

The reputation of your business is the biggest asset of your company; it’s the reason people are willing to buy your services, respect your better judgement, and favour you over other companies.

The quickest way to destroy the reputation you have acquired is to follow practices that are bad, wrong, or just plain stupid.

Following lousy practices will result in complaints being issued and your…

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Leadership on the Road: 6 Key Ideals

Leadership on the Road: 6 Key Ideals by @dthorpeJMS #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

I have recently been out on client assignment at a remote job site. Being that far off a beaten path can often leave you in rural farmland or cattle country.

It’s all been great mind you, but for a life-long city boy, the surroundings can be challenging.

A Tale of No City

At my new assignment, the locals I had the chance to meet and work with have been wonderful people. Their hearts are bigger…

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Three ways leaders drive the Brand Promise!

Three ways leaders drive the Brand Promise!

Tom Schulte:

Great post about leading a “Brand Promise” from L2L Contributing Author Tal Shnall.

Originally posted on Leadership Cafe:

Last week I ran into a customer who relocated his hotel reservations from another hotel in the city to our hotel. He calls himself a “Marriott Junkie”. Robert loves staying within the Marriot brand for its family spirit of service. He took the time to tell me…

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On Leadership and The Integrity Test

On Leadership and The Integrity Test by @elbiddulph #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

All of us, at one time or another, have been asked to do something that made us pause for a moment before proceeding.

Success will come and go, but integrity is forever.  ~ Amy Reese Anderson

Understanding Opportunity

When new opportunities or situations arise, we may be:

Feeling some excitement: “What an opportunity! What a challenge! This is such a great idea!”

Formalizing a plan: “Who to…

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Overcoming Leadership Barriers in 2015: Three Lessons from Unbroken

Overcoming Leadership Barriers in 2015: Three Lessons from Unbroken by @LeonLeeEllis #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

The long awaited movie, Unbroken, came out during the holidays. And while I read the book and enjoyed it very much, I looked forward to the movie with mixed emotions for a couple of reasons.

I knew that the film would be good, but I wasn’t sure that I wanted to experience the pain of viewing so realistically what Louis and his mates would endure.

Painful and Personal

When I saw it, it was…

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Effective New Ways to Learn and Develop Leadership Skills

Effective New Ways to Learn and Develop Leadership Skills by @RobertCordray #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

At times,  it is easy to forget that the Internet is more than a source of cat videos and celebrity gossip. Indeed, it’s a gathering place for all of human knowledge.

To learn the most online, however, you need the right techniques, and you must know precisely where to go.

Great Leaders Don’t Stop Learning

Great leaders are ahead of the curve. Getting ahead of the curve requires out-thinking…

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On Leadership and Healing the Toxic Leader

On Leadership and Healing the Toxic Leader by @LeonLeeEllis #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

Earlier this year, someone sent me a Washington Post article about the Pentagon’s investigative actions to remove abusive leaders.

One general was described as a profane screamer who was “cruel and oppressive.”

Another leader was singled out as a verbally abusive taskmaster and still another was “dictatorial,” “unglued,”a master of “profanity-fused outbursts.”

A power-hungry senior Department…

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Rudolph Was an Unlikely Leader

Rudolph Was an Unlikely Leader #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

So what makes a great leader rise up in difficult or unlikely circumstances? Let’s take a look at one famous example of an unlikely Christmastime leader named Rudolph. So legendary was his rise from outcast to front-man, Johnny Marks penned a simple song to tell his story simply titled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw him,

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6 Leadership Lessons From Rudolph

6 Leadership Lessons From Rudolph by @elbiddulph #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

‘Tis the season! One annual tradition in my house is gathering to watch Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This year, I watched it through the lens of leadership.

Imagine Burl Ives, as the voice of Sam the Snowman, applying the lessons of Rudolph to the workplace…

6 Lessons in Leadership Scenario 1

Rudolph first apppears as the new deer at the playground. The other reindeer notice Rudolph’s shiny…

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It's All About the Boss

It's All About the Boss by @andyuskavitch #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

Leaders open doors, not force everyone behind one.  Bill Treasurer, author of Leaders Open Doors, says that, Leaders open doors of perception, possibility, and most importantly opportunity. 

Everyone can’t be locked behind the same door.

Boss vs. Leader

If you’re not privileged enough to work for a great leader, but rather locked behind a door working for a “boss,” you can still put a positive…

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Christmas in the POW Camps and Clarifying Your Culture

Christmas in the POW Camps and Clarifying Your Culture by @LeonLeeEllis #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

During this special season of gift-giving, today’s post is an excerpt from leadership consultant and former Vietnam POW, Lee Ellis’ latest book, Leading with Honor in the chapter on “Clarifying Your Culture.”

We wish you a peaceful and joyful Christmas season from Linked2Leadership –

“The day I received my first package from home is a case in point. As the guards spread the already opened,…

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On Leadership and The Reflections of An Aging Leader

On Leadership and The Reflections of An Aging Leader

At my age, I have a realization that I don’t really want to contemplate too much in my mind. The brutal fact for me is that I have fewer years to live than I have lived thus far. However, the invincibility that I assumed in my youth has transformed into the freedom of not caring what other people think of me.

So my challenge then becomes mediating a “don’t care” mindset with a mindset of…

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L2L: How to Motivate Employees Infographic

L2L: How to Motivate Employees Infographic #Leadership #Linked2Leadership

L2L: How to Motivate Employees Infographic 

Infographic Source: Business-Management-Degree.net

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L2L: How to Motivate Employees Infographic #Leadership #Linked2Leadership L2L: How to Motivate Employees Infographic  Infographic Source: Business-Management-Degree.net