Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Read this month’s article to find out why and what you can do instead.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

This article explores four tactical approaches that can empower organizations to craft compelling transformation messages. Furthermore, authenticity extends beyond the message itself; it must permeate the actions and behaviors of the organization's leadership. It catalyzes change, aligning minds and hearts toward a shared vision.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 5, 2024

This article explores four tactical approaches that can empower organizations to craft compelling transformation messages. Furthermore, authenticity extends beyond the message itself; it must permeate the actions and behaviors of the organization's leadership. It catalyzes change, aligning minds and hearts toward a shared vision.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 4, 2018

It’s here that corporate leaders can learn a lot, particularly now that it’s becoming increasingly apparent that people (not products or processes) are the largest source of competitive advantage for a business. It’s not like one leadership style works in every situation. ”. This is a guest article by Cody Royle.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 22, 2014

government financial aid — provides an outstanding example of how to gain competitive advantage through organizational culture. In an earlier article I wrote about the power of having a vision phrase. A Connection Culture provides an enormous competitive advantage for organizations.

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Women on Business

JULY 24, 2012

Carmen Noble of Harvard Business School shares the four properties of effective conversational leadership from Boris Groysberg, professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, that business men and women can learn from: Intimacy. ” Read the Full Article: The Power of Conversational Leadership via hbs.edu. .

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

Many blue oceans are created within red oceans by expanding existing industries into areas not yet imagined by your competition. Apple always aims to set itself apart from competitors not by price but by competitive advantages based on product design that attracts customers.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! New Leadership. Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Three Habits that Zap your Productivity at Work. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided a guest post by Michael Bungay Stanier. This month, we are mixing things up!

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. Five Frequencies prescribes more than 20 practical Signal Boosts for turning culture into competitive advantage. 5 Leadership Frequencies. 5 Leadership Frequencies.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Welcome to the July 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Dan Rockwell of Leadership Freak wrote recently about assets that help leaders extend their influence. Before highlighting each of the assets, Dan wrote, “Leadership isn’t about status, position, salary, or title. I hope that’s the case.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

Later, when she moved to another healthcare organization that didn’t provide executive coaching, she hired her own coach out of her pocket and continued to work on her leadership practices, including in the operating room. Stallard is a co-author of this article. Katharine P.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

This article will examine how new technologies, consumer habits, and the pandemic have influenced consumer expectations, how companies are working to meet changing consumer expectations, and CPG hiring trends today. Leaders are working on efficiencies to offset these challenges. Is this something you’re seeing happen more often?

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HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies must stay agile and have a competitive advantage to succeed. In this article, we look at why HR strategy is important for businesses and how they can go about strategic planning. One way to ensure success is by aligning business strategy with human resources strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Researchers are identifying and quantifying the many effects of inclusion on firm performance — and the insights they’re generating are persuasive.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2023

Advisory Recommends “Cultivate a Culture of Connection” Of the advisory’s six pillars to advance social connection, we’re focusing this article on the pillar of developing and sustaining cultures of connection. Stallard coauthored this article. Katharine P.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 6, 2021

The 2nd edition of our book Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work features a robust collection of practices you can employ that will boost connection among your team. Stallard is a co-author of this article. Below are two you can easily fold into virtual meetings.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 26, 2018

Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of human capital, and yet the talent practices their organizations use are stuck in the twentieth century. Related articles. People, not companies, generate value, so why isn't talent at the center of every company's strategy? Your To-Do-List Effectiveness?

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2019

As business theorist Arie de Gues said in his 1988 HBR article titled “ Planning as Learning ”, “We understand that the only competitive advantage the company of the future will have is its managers’ ability to learn faster than their competitors.”. Social Media for Better Leadership and Learning.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Throughout the ages, leaders and followers alike have wondered whether the process of leadership depends on inborn traits or whether it can be taught. Still, some people who strive for leadership never quite achieve it. Leadership skills can be taught. What is different about strategic leadership?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore some of the most valuable LinkedIn features that job seekers should be utilizing. Utilize LinkedIn Learning LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform that offers thousands of courses on a variety of topics, from coding to leadership development.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 30, 2017

You have to look at leadership through the wants and needs of the worker as opposed to the skills of the leader. Leaders who enable people to form strong networks both inside and outside the company will gain a huge competitive advantage along with the loyalty of their workers.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The story is no different when it comes to developing a leadership strategy in times 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. A leadership development plan also acts as a compass for navigating change.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 24, 2012

Here are a few recent articles related to connection that you might enjoy: Walter Isaacson wrote about leadership lessons from Steve Jobs’ life for Harvard Business Review. In the article, Isaason addresses issues relevant to Connection Cultures including the elements of Vision, Value and Voice. In the news.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. And, the winner of the 2013 Thinkers50, Clay Christensen, now sees his ideas of disruptive innovation used and applied by managers in their relentless quest for competitive advantage. Business best practice never stands still. For example, at No.2

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 4, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which they explain how and why organizational social-media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 19, 2015

Adapted from Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work. This article originally appeared on Fox Business and ConnectionCulture.com. Elizabeth Stallard, an intern at E Pluribus Partners , co-authored this article. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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HR Digest

APRIL 3, 2023

In this article, we will explore the importance of DEI in the workplace , highlighting the benefits, challenges, and best practices associated with creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace Offers a Competitive Advantage.

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QAspire

APRIL 2, 2017

Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. I encourage you to read the full post and here are my visual notes from the same article. It all starts from understanding why organizations don’t learn.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

Anything less from its leadership, and a business misses opportunities and risks losing ground in the marketplace. Today’s leaders need to be comfortable operating in the grey area, constantly pioneering new ways to use technology to enhance employee engagement, drive customer satisfaction and unleash competitive advantage.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

I’ve been collecting some best practice ideas that can help you and your team reclaim competitive advantage in a virtual world. the New York Times ran an article titled “What If Working from Home Goes on Forever?” Back in June (remember that distant time two months ago?),

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 22, 2011

This is an outstanding book that should become a classic for its extensive research on leadership and organization effectiveness. Central to that high failure rate are huge shortfalls in developing the “soft skills&# of leadership and culture. Leadership. Highly effective organizations have both. Direction. Capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Today’s aging leadership structures can hinder this. Striving towards intergenerational leadership is key to overcoming these issues and unlocking competitive advantage by enhancing businesses’ capacity for renewal.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 1, 2015

One of the most powerful and least understood aspects of successful organizations is how employees' feelings of connection, community, and unity provide a competitive advantage. Source: Michael Lee Stallard: Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

The term artificial intelligence first appeared in an article by Stanford professor John McCarthy in 1979. That means humans have a competitive advantage in the workplace if they are perceptive, sensitive, and insightful about human emotions.” To maintain your advantage, you need to always be learning too.

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CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We may well be overcomplicating the language of leadership and business. Gabrielle Dolan: The Future of Leadership Conference, Bris, Sept 2015 After attending the Future of Leadership – Workplace Culture conference in Brisbane last week I have been reflecting on the content from some of the speakers.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 24, 2018

This article was originally published by Vital Learning. By being a dynamic leader, and leveraging the strengths of each of these generations, effective managers can turn what seems like an obstacle into a competitive advantage. Not every employee is responsive to the same type of leadership style.

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