Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In The Unlocked Leader veteran executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil explains how superhero leaders can become effective human leaders. Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is deeply flawed—and that it keeps you from building a great company. They move fast and fix things.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

Old ways of leadership have to give way to newer mental models based on agility in decision making, critical thinking, adaptable learning, people orientation and responsiveness to change. High level of adaptability and flexibility with agile mind that is buoyant is necessary for survival today ~ @vivekparanjpe. - – - – -.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2014

The first answer is the nature of management and the nature of leadership. Our misunderstanding of this issue makes us believe that a management-driven hierarchy with competent executives at the top ought to be able to guide an organization to move faster, be more agile and thrive. Management is not Leadership. Why is this?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 1, 2012

Welcome to the July 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! If you just happened to stumble accross this blog for the first time, here's the deal: I maintain a distribution list of over 75 leadership development bloggers who I've gotten to know over the last five years. I'm honored to present them to you.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Agility, innovation, disruption, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment, and above all else a bias toward action will lead to the creation of change.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 14, 2020

So, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before, is vital. That is why every entrepreneur needs a coach. We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Throw in the massive disruption caused by the current pandemic, and change aplenty abounds! How can a coach help?

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Kate Nasser

AUGUST 30, 2020

Success depends on agility yet changing direction is often seen as indecisive & lacking goals/direction. The post Changing Direction is Not Lack of Direction | #Leadership #Career appeared first on KateNasser.com. Tips to embrace change fr The People Skills Coach™.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 14, 2019

The more traditional forms of leadership that are based on static hierarchies and professional distance between leaders and followers are growing increasingly outdated and ineffective. In today’s complex world, leadership must rely on high levels of trust and openness throughout the organization. Learn more and register here.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 8, 2023

Entrepreneurs and startups embrace the mindset of failing fast to quickly test ideas, pivot where necessary, and optimise their products or services for the market. Article Our extensive range of articles are designed to keep you in the loop with all the latest management and leadership best practice, research and news.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 24, 2019

Today, as cycles of technology, market conditions, and competitive environments continue to accelerate, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before. We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. However, how do you get better in the face of increasing complexity?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2015

Leadership is Not Something We Accomplish by @StrategicMonk. Leadership Success: Think Balance Beam Not Mountain Top by @KateNasser. The Most Important Career Decision of Your Life: Stepping Up to Leadership from @DDIworld. The 15 Diseases of Leadership, According to Pope Francis by @profhamel. by @scotteblin.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 30, 2022

I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility. If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I believe in diving in, staying focused, and getting the job done, all while learning and growing in a position.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

here’s no shortage of leadership advice on the internet, but figuring out which resources are actually valuable can feel like information overload. To help you cut through the noise, we’ve curated 10 of our favorite leadership blogs and podcasts for 2022 on leadership strategy and development. Tanveer Naseer Leadership.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 11, 2022

I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility. If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I believe in diving in, staying focused, and getting the job done, all while learning and growing in a position.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 18, 2014

More on complexity and the road-tested strategies that cut through the clutter can be found in the pages of my new book for leaders, managers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. This book is for anyone who is keen to embrace the practices that foster agility, foresight, adaptability, and resilience.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

He settled in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1994, and continued his career as a serial entrepreneur. He received his Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from the Royal Roads University in Canada, and in 2017, co-founded the Scottsdale Leadership & Coaching Center, helping business owners in the U.S. How do you do this?

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 12, 2011

This definition comes from Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. The Lean Startup delivers a lot of great insight for leadership and product management. A Good share of development is now done using some form of Agile.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 10, 2015

You must be agile, willing to adjust your professional expectations, and able to respond quickly to opportunities and threats. THINK LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR, ACT LIKE A CEO gives you proven, easy, go-to techniques for handling even the biggest career surprises, one step at a time. Today, success depends on your ability to adapt.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 7, 2017

Is it hard being a woman entrepreneur? So, when asked to moderate a panel of women entrepreneurs , I thought it was time to change the conversation. Women are agile entrepreneurs. Is it hard getting funding? Is your venture really a ‘business’ or is it ‘just’ a lifestyle business?

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 13, 2015

When it comes to discussions on the state of today’s leadership, one topic that understandably comes up is the issue of women in leadership. Specifically, why there continues to be so few women holding senior-level leadership positions in both the private and public sectors.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2022

I deeply emphasize the importance of grit, charisma, perseverance, and emotional agility. If you focus on developing these skills, they will not only lead to success in your career, but in life. I believe in diving in, staying focused, and getting the job done, all while learning and growing in a position.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 10, 2018

Self-motivated individuals like entrepreneurs, business leaders, sales reps, coaches, teachers, parents, speakers, and managers, need these peak performance strategies to take their careers and business to productive heights. Feel free to comment below and remember to sign up for our leadership insights weekly.

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Mark Sanborn

APRIL 28, 2020

During a recent interview about post Covid-19, entrepreneur Mark Cuban referred to the “new abnormal.” Agility replaces processes. Mark Sanborn is an award winning speaker and Leadership Expert in Residence at High Point University, the Premier Life Skills University. ” Bingo. Many will guess.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The science of neuroplasticity shows that you can learn the practice of mindfulness training that results in physical changes to the structure of your brain -- in some cases as quickly as eight weeks -- that can be linked to better leadership skills. Self-awareness impacts nearly every aspect of leadership.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Coaching Tip

JULY 20, 2015

Many new entrepreneurs talk-the-talk of the entrepreneur — but their thinking is still grounded in their life as an employee. New entrepreneurs must learn to continually question their assumptions. Can't Get Enough Leadership. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. . Agile Strategizing.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I believe the same characteristics that are present in the heart of a warrior are also present in the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. They would tell you that the classic strong leadership traits that define our nation’s best military leaders are outdated, and that they don’t display a proper amount of empathy and compassion.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 28, 2023

Compassionate Leadership The world today is in dire need of positive, empathetic, and compassionate leadership, and this need is beautifully addressed in the book, Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It. Doug Lennick is the founding CEO of think2perform , a high-performance leadership development firm.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

A comfort to know for all those entrepreneurs and learners out there! They know they have to be agile, more responsive to change, innovative. People, projects and organizations could be in one of three phases on this learning-innovation curve. In the beginning, there are little results while you put in lots of effort.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. As an executive coach and leadership consultant, I’ve worked with leaders around the world. It is so essential to their leadership, but it is also counterintuitive sometimes. It is the concept of FACE.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, executive, or civic leader, Radical Product Thinking gives you a methodology for being vision-driven and systematically translate your vision for change into reality.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

When I focus on the needs of others, clients, entrepreneurs and students I mentor , my network, my own business grows as well, allowing me to do more “ Thou ”… a virtuous and incredibly rewarding (oh, “ I ”!) Everything is a ‘mess’ – and what a blessing!

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