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Leading Teams to Greatness – Part 3

General Leadership

Planning for greatness is very important, but just like the surfer sitting in the lineup at some point you have to actually drop in and ride the waves. For leaders, this idea means we have to implement the plans we make. Perfect plans don’t accomplish anything–implementing them does! ” -Gen George Patton.

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Three Tips for Leading Your Team Into a New Year

Michael Lee Stallard

As the current year draws to a close, now is the time to establish your plan to begin the new year on a strong note. Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark’s Top 5 priorities in 2003. Here are three tips for leading your team into a new year of goals. STEP 1: REFOCUS. Why five priorities? Navy accomplished. STEP 2: RECONNECT.

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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another. At the risk of oversimplifying, here’s a 9 step process to improve gender balance through succession planning and development: 1. Both are equally important and go hand in hand. Viability of candidates.

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3 Insights into Supporting Low-Income Employees

Lead Change Blog

Back in 2003 I read Ruby Payne’s book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty. Planning the steps, it would take to achieve a future outcome was often not in their skillset. I used to run a moving company and many of my crewmembers came from a low-income background. Relationships. Reciprocal relationships are worth more than money.

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Great Leaders Give Direction Not Directions

Next Level Blog

If you want to see a great example of that, take a look at the letter that former Secretary of Defense and retired Marine Corps four-star general Jim Mattis wrote to his Marines the day before they crossed the Line of Departure in the 2003 Gulf War. Mattis’ letter is a model of expressing commander’s intent.

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New Prescription Drug Increases Employee Productivity by as Much as 25%!!

Great Leadership By Dan

In a 2003 study conducting by the Learning and Development Roundtable (now the CEB Learning and Development Council ), it was found that managers who are very effective at employee development can outperform their peers by up to 25%. ROI productivity coaching managers coaching manager-led development employee development development plans'

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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

Great Leadership By Dan

Source: Consulting Psychology Journal, 2003, “The Return on Investment of Leadership Development: Differentiating our Discipline”. Most telling, 92% of leaders being coached say they plan to use a coach again.” “Companies reporting strong leadership development programs are 1.5 Source: Fast Company. Source: Great Leadership.