Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Welcome to the July 2015 Leadership Development Carnival! Dan points out that “bad decisions can ruin an organization and kill careers. Have you been given feedback that you need to improve your decision making? Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shares Starting a New Job? Have an Action Plan for Success!

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

For leaders aiming to propel their teams to unparalleled success, the art of delivering impactful feedback is crucial. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. Drive Organizational Success: Effective leaders are pivotal to the success of an organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We are born with the ability to listen, yet somehow managers, at some point in their careers, seem to forget how to use this natural born gift. Listening is one of the most consistently lowest rated behaviors in 360 degree feedback assessments for managers. The cure: Get some feedback.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2017

One of the most effective ways of doing this is having the leader go through a 360-degree feedback process, where the people they are leading rate the leader’s style and performance. The raters often include the leader him or herself and the leader’s boss(es), peers, and direct reports— hence a “360-degree” view.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 6, 2014

In the long run, any success you achieve, if you don’t act like yourself, won’t seem real anyway. In my career, I am sort of a pioneer. I was one of the original developers of something called 360 degree feedback. Just be you. You are good enough. You will just feel like an imposter or a phony.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

By implementing effective strategies, organizations can cultivate a work environment that supports the growth, satisfaction, and success of their employees. Clearly communicating behavioral standards and performance expectations to set new hires up for success.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 7, 2011

Do you participate in hiring decisions or developing leaders? Rapid change is the order of the day, with global mergers, acquisitions and shifts--and the resulting talent and leadership challenge will likely determine the success or failure of your organization between now and 2020. Is your company competing for top talent?

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

As an executive coach, I work with supremely successful people who need to change some behaviors. This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. When I met Mike, I noticed his delight in his success. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. But Mike put up astounding numbers with his trades.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

In his 360-degree feedback report, everyone agreed he was a great guy to be around, brimming with good cheer and optimism, but that he couldn’t be counted on to properly plan and deliver complex projects. Master the Four Behavioral Styles and Transform Your Relationships, Your Career…Your Life.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve a positive change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. I only do behavioral coaching for successful executives – not strategic coaching, life planning or organizational change. 6) Review what has been learned with clients and help them develop an action plan.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. So avoid any hint of defensiveness since that will tend to shut down a mentor or leader’s feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

But there is one thing we've personally seen that profoundly and consistently changes lives — what's generally referred to as the 360-degree feedback process. Maybe that's why our blood comes to a slow boil when we see a popular columnist arguing that 360-degree feedback programs fail.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

But what she said instead was, "Well then, Mommy, I would be less successful at work so more people will like me.". But our work with leadership development and 360-degree assessments does not confirm that a likability penalty as women rise to the top is one of those barriers. Here''s how we came to this conclusion.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Leadership Development – a Key Strategy in Change Management , by Jennifer V. Miller of The People Equation explores how coaching, training and 360 degree feedback is a key strategy for creating an organization that’s responsive to change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

Entry-level programs are an integral part of talent-development strategies and often are the only effective bridge between academia and the business environment. At GE, we have created mid-career leadership programs as one answer to these challenges. They work quite well. Sponsorship of the program must come from the highest level.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Continuous personal development is fundamental to career growth, professional satisfaction, and having a broader impact in the world. In one survey , of more than 1,000 people who’d set goals for personal development, more than 96% of them failed. Do an informal, monthly 360-degree review.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2017

Among the various core ingredients of talent and career success, few personal qualities have received more attention in the past decade than emotional intelligence (EQ), the ability to identify and manage your own and others’ emotions. Here are five critical steps for developing EQ: Turn self-deception into self-awareness.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Because organizations are increasingly focusing on early talent development to attract and retain young talent, it’s important to understand the best way to accelerate their growth as leaders. The 30-somethings have tended to be more difficult engagements, often requiring more directness, cajoling, and nurturing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

” Having spent their careers looking through a patient-focused lens, physicians moving into executive positions might be expected to bring a patient-focused strategy. Core to the curriculum is emotional intelligence (with 360-degree feedback and executive coaching), teambuilding, conflict resolution, and situational leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

It's a great moment in literature — and an extremely useful image for managers intent on ferreting out the feedback they need for career advancement. Those who solicit career feedback are likely to hear many, often conflicting messages and need to be astute in sorting out the most critical input to avoid careening off course.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In reviewing several thousand 360-degree feedback surveys we found that both women and their managers cite political savvy as an ongoing development need for women. Look Out: Imagine your career two to three moves ahead of where you are now and keep that image in your mind.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. For leaders, listening is a central competence for success.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Several respondents advocated a “strong and diverse network” and openness to 360-degree feedback—that is, not just feedback from supervisors. Many respondents recommended a mentor—one whose career trajectory the executive hopes to emulate—as a source of information and advice. About the Research.

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 20, 2012

I was thinking about ProStar Coach today, the online virtual personal development coaching system, which has been in use for over two years now. They influence whether you'll achieve success and happiness, and people can intentionally become stronger. Revolutionary feedback system. But these areas of human capability are real.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The 360-degree feedback instrument we use collects data on 49 leadership behaviors. For younger leaders, the path to success has often come quickly, making it more difficult for them to identify with the struggles of others. In contrast, the older group had only 20% in the top quartile. Insensitive to others’ needs.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

My work as an executive coach involves looking at a lot of 360 degree feedback reports. One of the patterns I see in the 360 data on leadership behaviors is that peers are typically the lowest rating group for any given executive. Scott is also an executive coach, speaker, and blogger.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

In today’s increasingly globalized world, more and more people are choosing to live, work and study abroad —and this trend appears to be a good thing: social science studies have shown that international experiences can enhance creativity , reduce intergroup bias , and promote career success.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business. These leaders learn to oversee and delegate work, and develop and coach others.

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