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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. Transparency is an admirable goal. But the real goal is to solve problems. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. That wasn’t how GE had traditionally defined success. But numbers can hide looming issues until they don’t.

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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

This involves the commoditization of the industry where everyone is competing primarily on price — the key goals are to beat the competition and exploit existing demand. With the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007, they didn’t just create a successful product, they created a new category of product.

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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

One extremely successful leader who understands the importance of this best practice is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. As head of the U.S. Command and control of the Navy was quickly reestablished at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

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Are You Using These 4 Steps For Organizational Success?

Tanveer Naseer

Set clear goals independent of what your competition is doing When it comes to the ability to consistently surprise, delight, and transform customers into loyal advocates, there are few companies that succeed at this as well as Zappos and Apple. Zappos’ success and reputation is not simply because they were the first.

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Leading With Character: Gratitude

Michael Lee Stallard

The results were that the test group that kept gratitude diaries were healthier, more optimistic, happier, more generous and more likely to accomplish their goals. The test subjects who recorded their daily hassles experienced the least favorable outcomes. Examples of Gratitude in Action.

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Se7en Deadly Sins Blog Post Series: Sin #4 Detachment

leaderCommunicator

Leadership is personal, but in their focus on business goals, leaders often detach themselves from the human element of the workplace, thereby failing to show they care about their team members. Studies have shown that motivated and involved teams are measurably more productive and successful than disengaged teams. It sounds so simple.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He gave me the freedom to design my own role and the autonomy to accomplish my goals, only “interfering” to remove obstacles and create more visibility. Guide your people’s passion and get out of the way: the autonomy and freedom I was given to create and do my job exponentially increased my passion, excitement and success.