Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Return on Character : The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win by Fred Kiel In Return on Character , Fred Kiel has put numbers to the notion that good leadership aimed at promoting the common good, not just individual, winner-take-all acquisition can be good business. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Best Leadership Books of 2013.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 7, 2014

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s hugely successful Lean In complements both by providing a clear example of a leader who demonstrates in action the managerial practices that both men advocate. Get Out of Your Own Way Women’s leadership has been pronounced dead as a topic of interest many times over the last 25 years. Schein and Daniel H.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. I observed this power of mission-driven servant leadership multiple times during my career. Perhaps the best example I saw was with Charlotte Pipe & Foundry. This is an excerpt.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

For example, how do you expect your teammates to approach disagreement? The Economics of Wellbeing by Tom Rath & Jim Harter and Positive Intelligence by Shawn Achor (from the January/February 2012 Harvard Business Review) S. WPIs are your company’s valued behaviors. What are the procedures for dealing with a dissatisfied client?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

These leaders come to mind as examples of lions that have emblazoned their names as corporate giants. While it is true that history can both illuminate and obfuscate, we would do well to remember the past in the case of these great examples. There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. Eich , Ph.D.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Over my career I’ve seen this scenario several times. Her leadership helped save it. In 2012, I spoke with Ms. Stated another way, these leadership behaviors create a team that pulls together and protects the culture from spiraling down into a dog-eat-dog environment. RadioShack logo, courtesy of RadioShack Corporation.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Transformational leadership. One of the popular frameworks of leadership is that of transforming leadership. Initially coined by James Downton in 1973 following his research into charismatic leadership, it was influenced largely by Bernard Bass, and his instrumental book Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations (1985).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 28, 2012

Bandwagon “solutions” for the ills troubling organizations or employees are often gobbled up by leaders and reinforced by trade and business publications featuring successful examples of the “new” thinking or approach. Authentic leadership yields natural followership. Successful leaders are not herd followers. Being self-aware.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s why Fortune ’s editors named it as the ultimate in their 2012 book The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time. Even early in his career, he possessed those qualities, and his reputation only grew throughout his lifetime. You don’t have to be a corporate CEO to benefit from Ford’s example.

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CoachStation

MAY 19, 2020

Remote management adds significantly to the requirement for effective leadership. I wrote about this in 2012, as have many others in the last decade or more. Technology, globalisation, organisational expectations and culture, management and leadership styles, along with many other factors must be taken into account.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 28, 2016

I’m super excited to put those things into practice and to continue to grow my leadership skills as a result. I also wanted to share with you my story about the power of authenticity and vulnerability, because I truly believe it is the key to everything I have achieved in my career in the last few years.

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

November 26, 2012. They’ve proved quite handy for many organization seeking to develop employees’ leadership skills (instead of only job skills). It is completed by the employee (sometimes in collaboration with a supervisor, career coach, or HR representative). Career Goal. — 4 Comments. Objectives.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 23, 2021

In the new book, From the Bench to the Boardroom , Michael MacDonald shares his journey from humble beginnings in the outskirts of Philadelphia, to his college basketball career at Rutgers, to executive positions at Xerox and Medifast. Michael : I was inspired to write the book as I neared retirement and looked back at my life and career.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 9, 2012

Later this month, the 2012 Summer Olympic Games get underway in London, England. He never lost a race from 1957 – 1961 and broke the four minute mile 17 times during his career. ” Leadership, like athleticism, is multi-faceted. I hope you find this month’s issue inspirational and instructional.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. I also believe companies didn’t learn much from Kodak’s example. The largest, best-educated generation in history has become an under-utilized resource, vastly unprepared to move into positions of responsibility and leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

And what ensued after each one of these examples (and I’m sure you can cite others), nothing less than turmoil and its subsequent consequence; i.e., plummeting stock prices. Rather, succession planning and talent management must pertain to all leadership levels. So, how is it done? Well, organizations take their cue from the top.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 3, 2012

December 3, 2012. Examples could include leading a new project, supporting a project on another team (or a joint team), doing a rotational assignment, attending a seminar, joining a professional association or networking group, completing a new certification, becoming a board member for a non-profit in your industry, or reading a book.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One of the most interesting examples of resilience today comes from the world of sports where Kirk Cousins, a Washington Redskins quarterback who has been consistently underestimated, is helping lead the turnaround of a team that has had only one winning season over the last seven years. Lessons from Kirk Cousins. How does he do it?

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

We first get an agreement with our coaching clients and their managers on two key variables: 1) what are the key behaviors that will make the biggest positive change in increased leadership effectiveness and 2) who are the key stakeholders that should determine (one year later) if this change has occurred. That is just not what I do.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles. The idea that workplaces reward extroverts has been around for a while.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

For example, in the mid-1990s, Chase Bank witnessed a nine digit windfall predicting mortgage outcome. This veritable Big Bang delivers a plethora of examples so great in number, only a computer could manage to learn from them. Here are some examples: Prediction drives the coupons you get at the grocery cash register.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 3, 2012

As it’s only been a year since I’ve been a member of this school community, the main challenge I had with my speech was trying to find a message that would connect with the students at this pivotal juncture in their academic careers. For many of us, change is something we fear because it’s disruptive. Congratulations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

A great example of this happened in January of 2005 when Procter & Gamble bought the Gillette Company in the largest consumer packaged goods acquisition in history. How he started his career in the military, a little about his family, his hobbies, where he likes to go on vacation, and so on.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 3, 2012

As it’s only been a year since I’ve been a member of this school community, the main challenge I had with my speech was trying to find a message that would connect with the students at this pivotal juncture in their academic careers. For many of us, change is something we fear because it’s disruptive. Congratulations.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Khalil is preparing for a 2012 Fall launch. Menasha Packaging: Meet the163-year-old family-owned company who’s leadership team reinvented their business model and re-invigorated their culture 7 years ago, putting their careers on the line. What examples do you have of Rebellious Optimism? Stewardship & Optimism.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Others leave for better and more interesting career opportunities. This book is packed with loads of practical advice, tips, case studies, suggestions and examples that not only retain, but also engage and make your people as productive as possible. Smith, copyright 2012. The media is sounding more optimistic.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

For example, we assume our doctors know medicine, so we judge them on their bedside manner. But further along in your career curve, when it’s time to step up into a leadership position, you’re going to need these qualities in spades. Leadership' It’s not enough to be smart.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 14, 2014

At this point in my career, he was clearly the most important person in my professional life. I then gave several examples of how taxpayers’ money was not being used in the way I thought it should. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 3, 2012

Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or “positive” guide to successful coaching and leadership. Below are fourteen examples of the inside-out coaching paradigm revealed in Stillpower. © 2012 Garret Kramer, author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life. Author Bio.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 30, 2012

In 2012, 18 of the Fortune 500 companies will have women CEOs at the helm. For example, for the first time ever, IBM chose a woman CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Rometty. These are just two examples of global, male-dominated companies now run by women. India, for example, has more women CEOs than the US. Increasingly, it’s women.

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LDRLB

APRIL 11, 2012

Bruce Tulgan uses the term “tapestry” to describe the Millennials career paths, where they want to paint a picture, or create a beautiful work of art with their lives, rather than just climb a corporate ladder to nowhere. From a leadership perspective, this book is a great reminder that the people I lead have dreams and ambitions.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

At the current rate of change, it will take until the year 2085 for women to reach parity with men in leadership roles in our country.” The dearth of women in leadership roles—and in whole fields—creates the perception that women do not belong in those positions or professions. It’s a painful revelation. “At percent of the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

StrategyDriven Professional Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques business professionals can use to accelerate their careers and personal goals achievement. With more than twenty-five years of human resource and management consulting experience, Wendy has spent most of her career at the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

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LDRLB

APRIL 11, 2012

Bruce Tulgan uses the term “tapestry” to describe the Millennials career paths, where they want to paint a picture, or create a beautiful work of art with their lives, rather than just climb a corporate ladder to nowhere. From a leadership perspective, this book is a great reminder that the people I lead have dreams and ambitions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2011

However, in the realm of leadership development, there are a handful of things a leader could do that have the potential to be truly *transformational, life-altering, and help to create a whole new worldview. A complete career change. Career-wise, this is the granddaddy of development moves. A job change. A geographic move.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. Here are just five examples of the dozens of innovations out there that make my head and my heart hurt. I hope they make you feel envious, too — and that you will send us your own examples so that we might learn from them as well.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I have worked my entire career in great health systems with fabulous people. Here are just five examples of the dozens of innovations out there that make my head and my heart hurt. I hope they make you feel envious, too — and that you will send us your own examples so that we might learn from them as well.

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