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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | LEADERSHIP FREAK OCTOBER 3, 2011 16 Competencies Guaranteed to Deliver Results John Zenger, author and CEO of Zenger|Folkman, spoke with me about strength-based leadership. One in three leaders has no outstanding strength. If you have one extraordinary strength you are in the 64th percentile of over 200,000 leaders. Competency Competency delivers results. He explained that research based on over [.]. | LEADERSHIP FREAK NOVEMBER 7, 2011 A CEO of Southwest Airlines on Goals Jim Parker, former CEO of Southwest Airlines told me, “Don’t set artificial goals for yourself. We forget the expected and remember the unusual. ve been remembering something unusual that was said to me about ten months ago. Don’t set goals about the job you want or the amount of money you want to make.” You [.]. | | | | | |
| LEADERSHIP FREAK AUGUST 31, 2011 How to be Positive when things are Negative Image source “Leaders need to be excited about what is possible rather than managing what is,” Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell’s Soup. The context of Leadership: During our second conversation, Doug explained that, “Leaders are called in when problems are big.” People look to you when things aren’t working. | LEADERSHIP FREAK AUGUST 22, 2011 A Campbell’s Soup CEO on Office Politics Office politicians make themselves look good while making others look bad. “Create environments where people believe they will be honored,” Doug Conant. recall a meeting where an office politician made a member of the team look incompetent. Author Leading Office Politics | LEADERSHIP FREAK AUGUST 17, 2011 Transforming Chit Chat into Productivity Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup (2001 to 2011) knows how to stay on task; all successful leaders do. He’s setting up his office in Philadelphia after retiring from Campbell’s on July 31. When he picked up the phone, he was unpacking boxes. asked him what was happening in his life. Doug has a [.]. | LEADERSHIP FREAK AUGUST 23, 2011 A CEO of Campbell’s Explains the Power of “AND” ask Doug Conant, retired CEO of Campbell’s Soup, to share the universal leadership principle that most changed him. Image source Leadership principles that work the best change us the most. Trouble is leadership is situational. That’s why many principles work in one context but not another. The genius of “and”: Doug said moving from [.]. | | | | | | | |
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LEADERSHIP FREAK | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 Pareto: 80% of Your Time is Spent on Trivialities
Who wants to go to their CEO and say I’m wasting 80% of my time? The 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) indicates 80% of your activities are trivial and 20% deliver results. It’s shocking to suggest that 80% of an employee’s time is available for richer activities. It’s even more uncomfortable to apply that rule to [.]. MORE >> -
LEADERSHIP FREAK | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011 Your Frailties Make You Beautiful
was thinking of this during lunch with Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell’s Soup. Image source We’re all drawn toward skillful competent individuals. Maybe they’ll teach us? Hopefully, they’ll rub off. But competency without frailty is uncomfortable, unapproachable, and unattractive. He has [.]. weaknesses Leadership Development MORE >> -
LEADERSHIP FREAK | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 The Question A.G.Lafley Didn’t Answer
Lafley, former CEO of Proctor and Gamble, a question he only partially answered. Unspoken words say more than spoken. asked A.G. He began with “if” statements but never finished. Here’s how it went down. I’m interested in how leading changed you and what you did to navigate those changes.” pushed his fingers up [.]. MORE >>
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