Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2014

Being able to clone the best people in an organization would have tremendous value for any organization. In general, there are two types of approaches to change in an organization: top-down and bottom-up. Next, every person in the organization is encouraged and inspired to adopt these attitudes and behaviors.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT (Selfless, Empathetic, Resolute, Virtuous, Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. What Selfless Looks Like for Leaders.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

W HEN David Cote became CEO of Honeywell in February of 2002, the company was a train wreck. The quality of thought in a team or organization matters. As we’ve seen, winning today and tomorrow requires extraordinary effort and commitment on the part of leaders, teams, and organizations.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2016

Passionate Leadership is Courageous. It comes from leadership that takes its lead from a dogged commitment to a principle as well as an insatiable desire to stand for that principle. The dearth of value-based decisions has left too many organizations with a “character deficit.”. Passionate Leadership is Conviction.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous, Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. Virtuous Attributes of Servant Leaders.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic, Resolute, Virtuous, Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. Empathetic Attributes of Servant Leaders.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. What Authentic Looks Like for Leaders.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic , Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. Systems Thinker (Frick & Sipe).

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute, Virtuous, Authentic, Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Organizations of all sizes and industries are reimagining work cultures in this relationship economy. Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. It’s all about the people. Here are three profound ways great leaders go about valuing their people.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. Imagine if a serious IT project such as implementing a new database at your organization goes even 50% over budget, which is much less than the average cost overrun. In turn, a 2014 study of IT projects found that only 16.2% Of the 83.8%

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Transparency, candor, compassion, playfulness, ongoing face-to-face feedback, connection, mutual respect and genuine affection are newcomers to old-school organizations. How can an organization develop successful products or services while also nurturing human beings, flesh and blood, not just business plans and KPIs? Think agility.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic , Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. The only constant is change.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 10, 2017

In a 2002 survey of 1,104 employees in organizations around the United States, 86% said their bosses thought they were good communicators, but only 17% said their bosses actually communicated effectively. Work on your communication skills One of the seven attributes of magnetic leaders that I mention in my book is strong communication.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

They sought to pinpoint the leadership competencies differentiating the top 10 percent of leaders from the bottom 10 percent of leaders. From dozens of leadership competencies, they found 16 that reliably predicted those outcomes. This edition featured 20 key insights on leadership development. Women are better leaders than men.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

You could easily predict the performance of your leaders, your teams and your organization ? Such a solution exists and can unleash the potential and performance within your organization. Your underlying (and often unconscious) attitudes and motivations determine what you pay attention to and focus on in your leadership role.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 13, 2012

Listed are 4 reasons why the use of external assessments can be damaging to your team and leadership. The accountability and authority of a direct Manager and Managerial-Leadership team is removed and placed into the hands of an external source. 4 areas in bold are from Elliott Jaques Human Capability 1994 p 27. Jaques 1994).

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Long-term Report 147

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

CEO tenure in the Fortune 500 has fallen from an average of 11 years in 2002 to six years today. But speed and urgency, although necessary attributes of leadership, are not sufficient. They are also more likely to hold leadership positions within their teams. Sally Blount is dean and the Michael L.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The leaders of the organization were trying to articulate their vision for the next big thing despite the dreadful economic outlook. If you remember the eras of 1987 or 2001-2002 or 2007-2008 your experience might be similar. There is no substitute for a clear vision when leading a team, an organization, or a family.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2021

Debbie Laskey is my trusted resource for expert advice on marketing, customer service and leadership. To me, employee engagement is, perhaps, the most important aspect of an organization. If employees are not engaged, then the entire organization will suffer, and possibly fail. How do you define employee engagement?

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Fostering the formation of positive relationships in organizations is a topic that has been well examined. Increases in oxytocin cause people to seek social contact with others (Taylor, 2002), so that a virtuous cycle of positive social interactions is created. People learn how to become positive energizers.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 16, 2017

To find the best business, communications and leadership books to add to my "to read" list for 2017, I reached out to some of the best experts in the field. Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition since 2002, and has been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Branding Experts."

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Finding What is Relevant About Your Work and Organization from Michael Cardus. Hjørland & Sejer Christensen, 2002). And will eventually try to stop doing because they are of little value to you – causing unmotivation. How do I do that? The Relevance Enneagram Process may be helpful. Then moving to the team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

People either have natural leadership ability or they don’t. Regardless of default leadership abilities – the combination of natural wiring and how someone was parented/taught/led up to now – everyone can get better as a leader. Without these, there’s no point in embarking on leadership improvement. in the organization first.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is true for all leaders no matter their level in the organization or years of experience. EQ [or EI], on the other hand, has been found to be directly responsible for between 27 and 45 percent of job success …” 2 And that percentage is even higher for those in leadership positions! In the classic HBR article “ What Makes a Leader?

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LDRLB

JANUARY 18, 2013

In many organizations, bypassing structures to sell an idea to someone higher up is taboo, and may get the person fired. 2) The organization uses internal prices, markets, and marketlike devices to coordinate the complexity of multiple teams. (3) 3) The organization forms partnerships to secure capabilities it does not have.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I’ve been reading through The Boundaryless Organization this week, and the chapter on hierarchies quite intrigued me. Ashkensas et al (2002) devote a considerable amount of space to healthy hierarchies, and to “rewiring and retuning the hierarchy”. No one wants to work in an organization where no decisions get made.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 18, 2017

The message is this: the role of leadership and the practice of change are intertwined. Effective leaders facilitate change; effective change takes good leadership. But, is there a component of leadership that does not change…that stands pat and is unwaveringly constant? The Jewel of Leadership Character. My dad resigned.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

For 150 years, corporations, governments and militaries were built for up-and-down leadership, with incentives and rewards that discouraged cross-organization thinking and, in many cases, actually created or encouraged internal competition. Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

The largest, best-educated generation in history has become an under-utilized resource, vastly unprepared to move into positions of responsibility and leadership. The lack of skill development and leadership development among Generation Y affects every generation. She has authored four books on the topic and numerous research papers.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amidst all the revenue numbers and share valuations that companies wear as a badge of honor, the concept of employee relationship management has emerged as another undeniable sign of a successful organization. The employer should be clear about the function of the employee and the goals of the organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2013

Sigal Barsade (2002), currently a Professor of Management at The Wharton School, conducted seminal work into the positive and negative effects of the emotional dance that takes place in every group. The effect occurs in every type of organization, in every industry, and in every large and small work group.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 23, 2011

In Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances, published by what was then Harvard Business Press (2002), J. Richard Hackman sets out five basic conditions that leaders of companies and other organizations must fulfill in order to create and maintain effective teams: 1. Teams must be real.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 21, 2011

Should these commercial athletic enterprises be treated as nonprofit organizations for tax purposes, given their substantial revenues and liberal spending practices? College football is set to start its new season Sept. More money equals more problems.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 17, 2012

Gardner Perhaps no writer on leadership has made a greater contribution to American life than John W. Gardner (1912-2002). I learned about him through his books, Excellence (1961), Self-Renewal (1964), In Common Cause (1972), On Leadership (1990) and others. I studied leadership and practiced what I learned.

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