Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

To initiate the changes that would make GM relevant once again, Barra overhauled the leadership team’s composition, culture, norms, and way of operating, converting the team from a group of disconnected individuals into an integrated group empowered to deliver on GM’s goals. As Darrell explained: I am planning to centralize a few things.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

If it’s managers or staff who tend to reject requests or new policies, take some time to set firm boundaries and expectations: We expect you to accept new assignments, protocols, or crunch-time duties. Sometimes this is a control issue; sometimes just poor planning. with strings attached. Recognize routine and extraordinary efforts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches).

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And nothing brings a team together more than one shared, most important goal. Patrick Lencioni refers to this top priority as a “Thematic Goal” in his books Silos, Politics and Turf Wars and The Advantage, and in practice, often refers to it as a “rallying cry” for a team or organization. The results were dramatic.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2017

If you’re like most managers, you’re neck deep in performance agreements, stretch goals, and the dance between managing your boss’s expectations and warning your team not to sandbag. We now build that question into the strategic planning work we do with teams. The End of Year Letter.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Each participant to establish individual learning goals that will complement the process and their current and future teams. Team coaches will also meet with team members one-on-one to support the achievement of their individual learning goals. Executive Management to identify the focus and journey. 2018, May).

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 2, 2023

According to a study by Matthew Feinberg , a professor of management at the University of Toronto, individuals who behave selfishly or immorally are much more likely to have people gossip about them so that everyone else in the larger group knows about their behavior. Gossip can be a way to bond and build relationships within the team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry. In order to achieve our lofty goals, we had to be willing to change. In my years serving as CEO I have made it a priority to build a living, breathing strategic plan.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In 1980, Peter Drucker wrote a cutting-edge book called Managing in Turbulent Times. In 2018, Marshall plans to select an additional 100 Aspiring Coaches. [Edited from Lifestorming by Marshall Goldsmith and Alan Weiss]. Features of today’s turbulent times include: No expectation of privacy.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

Interview: Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators Written by Sonia Sharma-Karia Wednesday 02 August 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email How do we make equality, diversity and inclusion a measurable goal and an aspect of our strategic success?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 28, 2022

Another study conducted by Rand for Pepsi with more than 67,000 employees as subjects looked into what was more effective: a wellness program based on lifestyle management , including fitness and diet, or one that concentrated on disease management. The Rand study found that chronic illness management saved $3.78 Productivity.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

“This trend was already happening, but amenity migration into these communities has been expedited and it can have destructive consequences if not planned for and managed. The researchers quizzed local officials about the various planning challenges and opportunities they faced. Loved to death.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2021

The HR Digest: When you arrived at DoorDash in 2018, you implemented a number of people enablement programs to scale the company’s headcount by 9x through today. Next, I brought in expertise in critical areas like DEI with the focus of weaving DEI throughout the fabric of the People team and embedding it in our growth plans.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2018

If so, you may be unsatisfied by the pace at which you’re progressing in your current position, in which case you’ll need these tips to help you recognize your ultimate goals and assess your plan of action. Request to take over with client liaison or to manage new projects and teams. Feeling underappreciated and under-paid?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

– This seems to be a question a lot of project managers end up asking themselves. This blog post presents some of the most common project management mistakes made by companies all over the world. An organisational culture that is not ready for project management. Not planning sufficiently. Resisting change.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McClelland’s findings in a 1996 study showed that “when senior managers had a critical mass of Emotional Intelligence capabilities, their divisions outperformed yearly earning goals by 20%. Emotionally intelligent leaders raise revenue margins. In the classic HBR article “ What Makes a Leader? Harvard Business Review.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Research published in Harvard Business Review’s 2016 State of Leadership Development Study, indicated that only about 33% of Line-of-Business respondents said that they have become much more effective as managers after taking part in development programs. Line them up horizontally from left to right.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 19, 2019

Employees crave connection with each other and with their managers. You don’t have to plan fancy events. Alternatively, you could plan to eat lunch as a group one day per week (everyone can BYO) or plan a bi-weekly happy hour. Clarify their goals and responsibilities and if they don’t have goals, help them set some.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

In the US, they grew at a rate of 100 percent from 2000 to 2018. It could contribute to climate change goals or at least stop acting as a green boogeyman. For this to happen, we’ll have to see more decisive emission-reduction plans. The goal is to reduce the emissions by at least 3.4

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 8, 2019

Dodsworth, an entrepreneur, owns an automobile manufacturing company, who sells his company and retires without a plan for his future—not unlike many real-life entrepreneurs. As couples get older and consider retirement or changing their work relationship, many have not considered a plan for the future. They look ahead by looking back.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Unfortunately, we were not taught the best methods of working with others in achieving desired goals. Questions to ask entrepreneurs: Do you have goals for the next year in writing? Are the long-range strategic planning and budgeting processes integrated? Are planning activities consolidated into a written organizational plan?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 19, 2019

Employees crave connection with each other and with their managers. You don’t have to plan fancy events. Alternatively, you could plan to eat lunch as a group one day per week (everyone can BYO) or plan a bi-weekly happy hour. Clarify their goals and responsibilities and if they don’t have goals, help them set some.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

This ladder holds true for managers and employees within the organization, as well as outside consultants brought in. Strategy : planning, tactics, organizational development. Culture and Mission : values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Some advance into management and encounter similar situations there too.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

This is a goal most people can agree they would love to have for themselves and you, surely, are no different. For example, one thing you need to sort out is your trading goals. There are many options with your trading goals dependent on what kind of money you are looking to make. Acquiring the skill set.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 16, 2018

Set goals for what you’re going to work toward in the coming years and include specifics for how you’ll achieve each one. Adopting more technology solutions will allow your employees to be more productive and you’ll be happier because you’ll be achieving your goals at a quicker rate. A Plan for Problems. Talented Employees.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Follow A Business Plan. Document and follow a business plan that specifies your goals and details about how you’re going to go about achieving each one. As your business grows and expands, you’re going to need to hire people to help you run your company and meet your goals. Focus on Time Management.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2020

68% of Americans felt “anxious” or “extremely anxious” about keeping their families safe (The American Psychiatric Association, 2018). 47% of Americans report feeling alone or left out (Cigna US Loneliness Index, 2018). I ask the listener to help me identify a plan that will address the problem and preserve the relationship.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

A wellness program is any program with the goal to improve the health and well-being of the company’s workforce. Stress Management Programs. The goal is to keep your employees in good shape, keep them motivated, and up on their feet. Copyright © 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Diet Guidance Programs.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 30, 2018

Make sure you plan out the email before you send it and always give the end user something of value when you send the email so they have the incentive to click the email and read it. Have a clear idea of how you plan to share that content, the call to action you want, and what the content is going to be about before you create it.

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Steve Farber

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Welcome to the fourth quarter of 2018! Things are going to happen whether you like them or not: year-end meetings, planning for next year’s projects, 2019 budgets, parties, wrap-ups—you know the drill because it’s the same one as last year. This is your wakeup call. These three months are highly ritualized.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2018

Above that, Customer Focused Management needs to be implemented, meaning that all actions and decisions should be tied to customer outcomes. Where mid-managers buy the hype of the marketing slogans but stonewall the progress that would enable the company to live up to its claims. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

They have to go to the trainings, and then report up line to their managers annually to account for why that needle hasn’t budged. In his 2018 annual letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of global investment company, BlackRock, Inc., At WD-40 Company, we include values as part of our talent management system.

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HR Digest

JULY 15, 2019

That’s almost 3 times increase from the number (26%) expecting disruptions in 2018, according to Mercer’s data which also revealed that over 50% of executives expect automation and AI to replace 25% of their organization’s current jobs this year. The manner, type and time of information circulation would be better managed.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2018

What will help you out the most is to make sure you’re staffed appropriately by using an online employee shift planning software. Set goals, keep score and monitor how you’re performing as a team throughout the year. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Train Your Employees. Consider leaving a comment!

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

But Nincompoopery is something different: it’s the corporate stupidity that drives customers crazy, and keeps everyone—customers, employees, managers and business owners—from getting what they want. billion in 2018, roughly half the world’s population.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A 2018 study shows that 37% of polled marketers rely on agile marketing. A project will be split into tasks during the planning phase. When a team plans to execute a campaign using agile methodologies, there are critical features they must consider. The starting point for any agile marketing project is setting SMART goals.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Bernd writes: “There are team leaders and managers that really radiate a sense of calm and composure, even in stressful situations. David shares: “Great leaders don’t just manage employees; they make sure employees are motivated, engaged and inspired when coming to work. Connect with Lisa on Twitter at @ThoughtfulLdrs.

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