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Simple Steps to Embrace Ambiguity and Lead Significant Change

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Inaction and waiting costs organizations money, productivity and leader confidence. A 2010 ACHE study of more than 42 organizations found that top performing leadership teams spent more time in project implementation than they did on project analysis.

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Mónica Diaz: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

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2010, she attended the LeaderPalooza Unconference, becoming one of the initial instigators for Lead Change. Her coaching model has helped coaches around the world assist their clients in building increased capacity for action that is measurable by self, organization and others.

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Preview Thursday: No Ego by Cy Wakeman

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After several years as a family therapist, I got a promotion in my organization. I hustled down to the gift shop at the health center where I worked and bought a doorstop to make a visible and decorative point: I’d have the most outstanding open door in the organization. Shut the Conventional Door. Do you have a minute?” they asked.

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

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All of us are spending more time in meetings than we did five years ago, and this trend is expected to continue (Lee 2010). For example, the formal organization leader may be the discussion leader, or an HR person may be the facilitator. You put a lot of time and effort into meetings. The problem is that the effort is often misplaced.

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Want Better Performance? Clear the Path!

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The reality is that, for 90 percent of my clients, performance expectations are not clear across their organization – and performance accountability widely varies. There are pockets of clear goals and consistent accountability in my clients’ organizations – but those are the exception, not the rule.

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Preview Thursday: Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity and What Can Be Done About It

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He has counseled, created, and invested in countless organizations during his professional life as a management consultant, business executive and entrepreneur. In 2004, Etienne helped start health care IT Accretive Health (now R1 RCM), growing it from the proverbial “blank sheet of paper” to a 2010 IPO valuing the company at $1.2

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