Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

Art Petty of the Management Excellence Blog by Art Petty shares Leadership Caffeine: Becoming Agile and Adaptable is THE Leadership Issue. Art asks us to think about “our willingness to let go of dated thinking and obsolete approaches to leading and managing. ” Connect with Art on Twitter at @LeadershipCafn.

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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. Prioritize Employee Onboarding and Training A strong onboarding process sets the stage for a positive work environment from the moment employees join the organization.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership feedback provides leaders, whether they are team leads, managers, executives or others in leadership positions, with information regarding their performance, behavior and impact. This feedback aims to give insight into how their actions and decisions affect their team, the organization and broader stakeholders.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

David writes, “What is a Strategic Messaging Methodology, and what can it do for you, your leaders, and your organization? Jill shares, “Getting 360 degree feedback anonymously can be overwhelming and cause anxiety. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it’s your social life, family or career, one thing you can count on is the consistency of change. Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. Vision, Mission, and Values What is important to your organization?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 7, 2011

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. As they consider opportunities to advance their careers, talented 'high potentials' share five concerns.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

Mike's score for treating colleagues with respect was dismal; in fact, out of 1,000 managers rated, he was dead last! His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him into management. This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 3, 2011

We recently coached a project manager whose chronic optimism lead to unrealistic expectations for his staff, resulting in high stress, low morale, and poor performance. Surely organizations want people who can logically assess a project and create a system of processes and procedures that ensure quality and minimize errors.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Some profiles are organized around values and others around competencies. One of my books, Global Leadership: The Next Generation (with Cathy Greenberg, Alastair Robertson and Maya Hu-Chan), describes research findings involving more than 200 specially selected high-potential leaders from 120 global organizations.

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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. 3) Collect feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. How did you perform in managing a major project? Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. Did you hit your numbers? Make your budget?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

Out of all the management questions we should be asking, this is surely the least asked. First, morality is hard to define, especially without getting too philosophical, and management writers are typically allergic to metaphysics. This is particularly important for direct line managers. Invest in moral training.

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Management 360-Degree Feedback Ethics Morale 11

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

DECEMBER 27, 2016

A simple question was asked: are hospitals ranked more highly when they are led by medically trained doctors or non-MD professional managers? The analysis showed that hospital quality scores are approximately 25% higher in physician-run hospitals than in manager-run hospitals. In a recent study that matched random samples of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As new managers fill vacancies created by retiring Boomers, how do their skills compare with the seasoned older managers they replace? Naturally, our assumption was that veteran managers would be more effective on almost every front. To be elevated into management at an early age is not common. Becoming a Manager.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2014

Trainee programs for new recipients of bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees have been around for years. Each year, organizations race toward campuses and grab hold of the recruits they consider best for their talent pool. At GE, we have created mid-career leadership programs as one answer to these challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

While, certainly, some individual women may find themselves disliked as they move up the organization, our aggregate data show the opposite is more common — that male leaders are perceived more negatively as they rise, whereas women generally maintain their popularity throughout their entire careers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In 2013, my partners and I conducted a combination of surveys and interviews with over 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings, and one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column was politics. Leadership transitions Managing yourself'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

We defined diversity-valuing behavior as that which promotes demographic balance within organizations. Thus gender balance would involve a 50/50 split between men and women employees, and racial balance would involve the same percentage of minorities working within an organization as there are in the surrounding region.

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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. Managers, like Odysseus, need to hear what people have to say — and be able to filter the messages. And they are far from trivial.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

In contrast, when leaders are aware of their limitations, they are less likely to make mistakes that put their teams, organizations, and countries in danger. As a result, leaders are deprived of the very feedback they need to get better. You and Your Team Series. Difficult Conversations. Tara Healey and Jonathan Roberts.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Continuous personal development is fundamental to career growth, professional satisfaction, and having a broader impact in the world. Do an informal, monthly 360-degree review. A company’s annual or semiannual data collection efforts to provide 360-degree feedback to leaders on how they are doing is all well and good.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2013

Studies have shown that a high emotional quotient (or EQ) boosts career success , entrepreneurial potential , leadership talent , health , relationship satisfaction , humor , and happiness. For stress management programs , the average improvement reported is around 35%. Who wouldn''t want a higher level of emotional intelligence?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership says, “A lot of leaders make the mistake of using the same conflict management strategy for all kinds of conflict. According to Art Petty of Managing Excellence , we live and work in a world filled with chaos and turbulence and must plan and prepare for instability, disruption, and chaos in advance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you'll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. While you may be tempted to enjoy this deference, the silence will not help you, your organization or your career. No one wants to offend the boss, right? Acknowledge the fear.

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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. Tailors his/her communications style to the needs of the particular audience.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And yet what we see when we administer 360-degree feedback surveys on behalf of these leaders is that the executives with really low scores in one or more areas are often completely unaware of their fatal flaws. Fatal flaws, however, are different. And here, that blindness has a steep cost. Think about it.

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360-Degree Feedback Self-aware Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

aren’t taught management skills in medical school. 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.

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Training Health Care Management 360-Degree Feedback 12

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. Limitations and Future Directions.

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Development Self-aware 360-Degree Feedback Participative 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. We’ve observed time and again in 360-degree feedback surveys that women executives believe politics present a particular dilemma for them.

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