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9 Telltale Signs of an Engaging Leader

Engaging Leader

The Burnham Rosen research team, who identified the importance of the Impact motive in leadership, also identified that the most successful leaders have progressed through four stages of leadership. ” Interactive (like a sports team’s captain) : focused on outcomes that make a difference for and with others.

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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. The workshop was a success. Align your team as you stay the course of change. Change is Like a Slinky: 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization (2004) by Hans Finzel.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. Disengaged teams stem from disengaged leaders. Leaders are expected to move things forward: the organization (business), the teams that do the work, and each individual on those teams.

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President Reagan is Still Teaching Me About Leadership

Kevin Eikenberry

Your team deserves it. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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Leadership is About Engagement

Kevin Eikenberry

Here is the research he cited : A 2004 Yale study found that a highly likeable sales rep will earn 40% more than an equally educated or experienced counterpart. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable!

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3 Practices to Protect Your People from Toxic Stress and Burnout

Michael Lee Stallard

My wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in 2004, a year after being treated for breast cancer. By combining Value in the culture along with sound management practices, Dr. Pardes and his leadership team turned around the hospital system. Sloan Kettering’s Connection Culture. billion in 1999 to $3.7 billion in 2011.

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Three Reminders from the Arlington Cemetery Mess

Next Level Blog

The problem was compounded in 2004 when the structure was changed to expand oversight of the cemetery from two organizations to four. Because the Army general overseeing Arlington changed every few years, there was no consistent pressure applied to change the things that needed to be changed at the cemetery.