From the Independent Business Blogs: 1/28/15

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Independent business blogs are blogs that aren’t supported by an organization like a magazine, newspaper, company, or business school. Those people provide lots of great content, but they don’t need any additional exposure. In this post, every week, I bring you posts of quality from excellent bloggers that don’t get as much publicity.

This week, I’m pointing you to posts by Mary Jo Asmus, Julie Winkle Giulioni, Dorothy Dalton, Karin Hurt, and Jesse Lyn Stoner.

From Mary Jo Asmus: Is kindness as important as toughness in leadership?

“More and more data is showing that managers who focus on results while still showing kindness is what the world needs now:”

From Julie Winkle Giulioni: Has Professionalism Become Passé?

“Over the past several years, a focus on authenticity has touched nearly every aspect of life. At work and at home, we try to ‘keep it real.’ In customer and employee interactions, we’re encouraged to remain genuine. Open, frank conversation is sought after and candor is valued. But has the pendulum swung too far?”

From Dorothy Dalton: How to develop a lifelong learning habit

“Hard and technical skills we are told become outdated as fast as we obtain them, making a commitment to lifelong learning even more important than ever. Content learned in the first year of an engineering degree is said to be out of date before the end of the final year. It has become vital to stay committed to lifelong learning habits. This isn’t about keeping your end up in dinner party conversation.”

From Karin Hurt: 7 Ways to Show Your Team You Trust Them

“Trust begets trust. The best way to get your team to trust you is to trust them. Hire for trust. Require trust. Rid your team of untrustworthy players. And then, show your team how much you trust them. Here’s how.”

From Jesse Lyn Stoner: Do You Have a Blah, Blah, Blah Vision or a DRIVING Vision?

“Does your vision sound something like this? – Our vision is to provide aggressive strategic marketing with quality products and services at competitive prices to provide the best value for consumers. Bad news. You have a blah, blah, blah vision. Do yourself and everyone on your team a favor – take it down.”

That’s it for this week’s selections from independent business blogs. If you liked this piece you may enjoy my regular post on “Leadership Reading to Start Your Week” points you to choice articles from the business schools, the business press and major consulting firms about strategy, innovation, women and the workplace, and work now and in the future. Highlights from the last issue include what makes a good business leader, seven technologies that will change your business, teams with more women are smarter, how a broken toaster can help fix the world, and holacracy at Zappos.

How I Select Posts for this Midweek Review

The five posts I select to share in my Midweek Review of the Independent Business Blogs are picked from a regular review of about sixty blogs I check daily and an additional twenty-five or so that I check occasionally. Here’s how I select the posts you see in this review.

They must be published within the previous week.

They must support the purpose of the blog: to help leaders at all levels do a better job and lead a better life.

They must be from an independent business blog.

As a general rule, I only select posts that stand on their own, no selections from a series.

Also as a general rule, I do not select posts that are either a book review or a book report.

I reserve the right to make exceptions to the above.

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