Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

R OBERT IGER has worked for the same company for forty-five years: twenty-two of them at ABC, and another twenty-three at Disney, after Disney acquired ABC in 1995—the last fourteen of those years, as the CEO of Disney. These priorities have guided the company through all of the growth and acquisitions since he was named CEO.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 3, 2014

At big companies, bad news travels fast. . For example, at General Motors , former Vice Chairman Bob Lutz''s "Fast Lane" blog generated 10,000 reader responses in January 2005 and received 4,000 to 6,000 daily visitors. More than 900 readers asked Lutz, who overseen product development, to revive the Chevrolet Camaro.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s an example of a servant leader that brings the force of connection to life. Navy from 2000 until 2005. As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. Retired CNO Admiral Vern Clark was formerly the chief of the U.S.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Kathleen Wilson-Thompson: Ensuring the health and safety of our team members, customers and communities is our top priority, and I will provide just a few examples. We are an iconic brand company with more than 400,000 team members, spanning across the globe in 25 countries and territories.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As futurist Ray Kurzweil observed in 2005, in the near future, machine intelligence is going to exceed human intelligence. If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. He was the CEO of two New York publishing companies, Tudor and Knightsbridge.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

You were a pretty darn good leader and checked all your boxes, but you were a poor diplomat, and thus, the company as a whole did not succeed. So how can we maximize peer-to-peer and department-to-department relations, and thus maximize our company’s chances for success?

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Goes With What It Knows: Making Stuff,” centers on how Immelt is leading the company away from financial services and “soft services” like broadcasting and back to its historical roots of technology driven manufacturing.   Seeing that clean energy was going to be a growth market, Immelt launched ecomagination in 2005. 

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 24, 2010

Because this elephant can take on so many faces, there is a good chance that all of those points of view exist within the management ranks of many companies – even the ones that already have some kind of SM presence. Social Media has its own language protocol, and “company-speak” isn’t one of them. So what to do? Blog about it.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 31, 2014

In today’s competitive world, top executives increasingly understand that sustaining peak performance requires a commitment to developing leaders throughout the organization. Leaders need to develop other leaders. ” A classic example is the performance appraisal process.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. You can find examples of servant-leaders historically and today. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : I love it.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Here is what he said back in 1996 about a leader’s responsibility: “You must set an example. Thank you for highlighting such a great example of loving leadership. John Wooden is such a wonderful example of love in action. He’s an amazing person and an amazing example. I don’t think so.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

I can say this with confidence, because my decision to jump into Social Media headfirst back in 2005 has played an important role in my personal development as a leader -nearly as important as the direct leadership experience itself. A great example is Tom Peters. I don’t need to rely on others to do this for me.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

Consequently, a lot of companies take a pass on any organized programs and let on the job training do most of the work for them. Some supervisors figure it out fast enough, and fend for themselves very well. On the other hand there are many examples of companies who make this commitment, and prove that the investment is worth it.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Developing Servant-Leadership Skills Developing 6:52 27:28. But, you can’t get to that point I think realistically, without having invested some time in your own personal growth and development. You can find examples of servant-leaders historically and today. Larry : It’s a good example. Ben : I love it.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 8, 2010

Every single person in the organization possesses “pure imagination&# , and a leader would be remiss not to encourage, and then tap into, that collective brain power. ( A personal example: I’ve lost count of the ideas we’ve implemented from teammate suggestions across our entire employee base ).

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 4, 2010

That’s our version of a scientific hypothesis – “If I lead a person THIS way, this person will react to it in THAT way, and they will make their expected contribution to the overall company objectives&# It’s quite a challenge, because that process has to be repeated for each member of the team.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

For example. Arriving On Time – Consistent punctuality sends a strong structural message to the rest of the team – it’s a critical part of “ leading by example “, especially when it comes to keeping all the trains running on time, and meeting deadlines. The last word. EVERYONE has a cubicle.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 25, 2010

When the tech bubble burst around that time I refused to believe I had erred by taking so many positions in risky dot-com companies. The biggest mistake I’ve made in my career, for example, was to decide to make a cross-country move to work for someone I was just not compatible with from a leader/manager standpoint.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 25, 2010

However, to truly move the quality of the service being delivered into the realm of “difference making&# , we must talk often about the human side of the equation, and the real benefits that accrue, to the company, and most importantly, to the individual. I use the extra-extra extraordinary ones for examples when I speak to groups.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization. An edgy marketing campaign might be what’s needed to jump start the brand but it might be too big of a leap for a conservative company. And I say “we” because I’ve been as guilty of this as anybody.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 27, 2010

A great example to me is what I see every year at SOBCon , the conference I co-host with Liz Strauss. It saved me from making a huge mistake with the company of my dreams but instead of trying to put a square peg into a round hole I decided to say I am not qualified but can we still talk.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2009

I know, you must be saying to yourself – isn’t that just absolutely, positively obvious – they are a food company! For example, when talking about lending money to Mexico, he would speak of being a “Good Neighbor&# just as much as he would be dig into the economic and socioeconomic data.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

When FDR put the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression under Marshall’s command, he developed an “absorbing interest” in helping the young men by educating them and taking care of their health-care needs. Throughout his remarkable career, Marshall’s actions encouraged connection among people. I know he is going.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Look again at my example above. Here’s a specific example. A few years ago my company started tracking a customer service metric, based on specific customer feedback. It’s one of those situations that can drive leaders crazy. I know, because it’s happened to me. What was missing was the answer to “Why?&#

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Great example of an effective personal brand. There are concrete examples of companies that are knocking it out of the park who’s leaders live and breathe these guidelines. There was a great NPR story last week about two companies – Lincoln Electric and Hypertherm that have adopted a ‘no-layoff’ model.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 30, 2016

was developed at a U.S. This specific example also highlights what I classified as a new deadly disease in 2007 – the broken patent and trademark system. Americans pay 300% more for this prostate cancer drug than much of the rest of the world. university with grants funded by taxpayer dollars. We do not think that charging U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

China leads all emerging markets with 89 companies on the latest Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s largest. To many skeptical consumers in developed markets, Brand China still means lower quality. To become major branded players away from home, Chinese companies must address their challenges in three strategic ways.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. What did 2010 look like for you and your company? But there’s only one that really matters: Did your company effectively execute its plans and initiatives? Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

Could you give an example or two of what went wrong and how you could prevent it from happening. We have a high turnover rate at our company and I wonder if having more training around what type of people to hire would help? Thanks for another great post. But don’t you think it’s a little too general. Make sense?

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 7, 2010

For example, say you finally got that big promotion that you coveted for years. The company must keep climbing. Coming to that realization is very important, because there are natural forces at work that put the status quo option in play. Even the term “ success ” has a sense of finality to it that works against you.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Then, it was for a series of missed deadlines. Now, he was there because of a careless error that cost the company a customer. Karen, a baseball team is an excellent example of how Bizarro Math works. First it was for some poorly completed work. I hope all is well. I like the way you put it – “lead big&#.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

A good example of this is how a “good&# tendency to a “ hard charger &# can turn “bad&# if you end up going overboard, getting too impatient, and steamrolling over people. The Right Team on the Field – I think that many companies put off adjusting their teams towards the end of 2009. Fantastic post.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 21, 2012

The new leadership approach Jim describes Amex has used since he took charge of this role in 2005 provides powerful data and examples of how leading a customer focused culture can have a major impact on organizational performance.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In the late 1960s, Frank Pipp, an assembly plant manager for a Ford Motor Company factory, instructed his staff to purchase competitor’s cars. Included were these remarks: “ The most important thing we learned was that quality in those companies means something different from what it means in the U.S.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

Toward the end of 2005, I started preparing my exit strategy. No longer a company creature; my job was surely destroying my soul. I packed my box, said “so long&# to the big bucks, turned in my company SUV, let go of a cushy expense account, and found the courage to walk away from a career that no longer suited me.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 21, 2010

They are tactics that fit into a strategy, which fits into a bigger picture of the goals we’re trying to achieve as a company. One of the first things I did when coming on board was develop a Social Media Roadmap. Suzanne, #6 is my favorite too, and BWE was a perfect example of that. Michael Mc, you make absolute sense.

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