Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Attrition wasn’t vacating enough positions to stop the bleeding of weekly layoffs, but the executive team knew this was not the time to put down the paintbrush and fold up the canvas. This was the time to bring paint in 50 gallon drums, roll out a canvas the size of Texas, and put brushes in the hands of innovative designers.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). Listed in no particular order. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989).

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

If You Want Remarkable Teams… Build for Collaboration. If you want great teams, you build them for collaboration. All of what I describe here applies to building remarkable teams as well as building a remarkable culture in your organization. But, do not underestimate the value of continued individual and team learning.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 9, 2012

This is an extraordinary book on leadership from the experts in extraordinary leadership. It became the foundation for Zenger Folkman’s thriving leadership development and consulting firm. There are countless opinions, platitudes, theories, anecdotes, and leadership models competing for attention today.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Plenty of people — including here on Harvard's blog — espouse the theory that big companies can't innovate. A look at any performance measure shows that innovation can come from either size, and that both arguments are oversimplifications. And the CEO sees enabling a culture of collaborative innovation as key.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2015

The days of the ‘Great Man’ theory of Leadership – where one sole leader rules over the masses from their ivory tower, are long gone. Some of us quite literally lead with another person – we co-lead a project, a team, or an organization with a peer. Success in co-leadership begins with commitment.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Health care providers must respond with as much information as possible to ensure appropriate care is delivered, quality and safety are top of mind, and patients and their care team can make thoughtful care decisions. The most effective way to build a culture of transparency begins with those in leadership positions.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In fact, I see at least six ways in which your organization, whatever it is, is like the 2002 A's, who won 20 games in a row and made the playoffs—though not the 2002 World Series —despite a very low payroll. Analytics can help you recruit your best team. Analytics alone can't carry the day.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Norway has had a quota since 2002, and women now make up more than 40% of board members. as a land of opportunity and innovation. But when the leadership of teams is homogenous — read: dominated by white males — the risk of trouble soars. Both presidential candidates portray the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

The Avon Products Foundation — the charitable arm of the Fortune 500 cosmetics company, illegally appropriated our Breast Cancer 3-Day concept, and on August 11th, 2002, announced their plans for a multi-day walk for breast cancer with full-page ads in major papers across the country. million in 2002 with us, to $11.1

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Labor Secretary Robert Reich, in the 2002 race for Massachusetts governor. So in late 2002, I encouraged my campaign colleagues to send in their resumes; I submitted mine, too, and expressed a particular interest in working with Foy. I never heard back from the Romney team, but perhaps it was just as well.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. The steroids usage norm in some team sports has the effect of institutionalizing breaking the rules, even though the health of some is seriously endangered.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

But in a world in which bringing managers in every year for a week of offsite training is so 1960s, how do you make the leadership development process relevant to the global economy? Randy MacDonald: "We observed that 80% of leadership development is based on work experience. In developed countries, such as France and the U.K.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Fast forward a few years, and lower growth means fewer interactions with new, demanding customer groups and less inspiration to innovate. For many companies, this means extending their repertoire beyond the classical approach to strategy that relies on securing durable advantaged market positions through cost leadership or differentiation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. Fix: Make sure people outside the design team have used the product; work tirelessly to remove barriers to set up and improve usability; often these weaknesses can be fixed, but only if they are caught before launch. No innovation remains innovative for long.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

But HP is no longer a values-driven, family-like, innovation-oriented company that inspires commitment. A technology company without strong internal innovation capabilities is a company on the verge of disappearing. Surround yourself with a really strong team at the top and showcase them. HP Invent is an empty slogan.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

And they face an even greater challenge: maintaining flawless consistency, while simultaneously being innovative and cutting-edge. The preparations, produced by small teams or individual cooks, are progressively assembled, with sous-chefs (akin to middle managers) controlling the quality at every step.

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