Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

We’ve been led to believe that our lives will always ascend, for example, and are shocked to discover they oscillate instead. Bruce Feiler on our personal narratives: “Each one of us carries around an unspoken set of assumptions that dictate how we expect our lives to unfold.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Beta means being comfortable in a state of constant growth, not aspiring so much to ascend the hierarchy and dominate from above, but to lead from anywhere, anytime.”. When we live in beta, we are in flux, always improving, and always aware of the need to disrupt the status quo. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In ascending order, here are the top five most viewed posts on Leadership Freak for 2019. #5. Thank you for reading Leadership Freak. It’s a pleasure serving you. The Top 10 Toxic Behaviors… Continue reading →

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

AUGUST 21, 2023

As you ascend the corporate ladder, you’ll encounter nuances and challenges not found in textbooks. Today’s guest post is by Amy Feind Reeves, author of College to Career, Explained (CLICK HERE to get your copy). Stepping into senior management brings unexpected surprises and overwhelming responsibilities.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2023

Over my 15+ years of coaching, I've observed an under-discussed yet impactful reality: as one ascends the professional hierarchy, vulnerability to public scrutiny and opinion grows proportionally. High performers, executives, and business owners are often revered as strong, resilient, and invincible.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Focus on the Views to and From the Property Obviously, first impressions count, and whether you want visiting friends and family members to feel warmed and welcomed as they ascend the drive or are looking to entice potential buyers, not only should your home appear impressive when standing in front of it, but also when looking out to the surrounding (..)

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Some people think that once they ascend to a leadership role (or to a certain level of leadership) that they are immune from doing “real work” anymore. And even if you don’t feel that way, if you spend a little time as a fly on the wall with groups of front line employees, you will [.].

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CO2

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

At CO2 Partners , we are committed to guiding leaders in this transformative process, helping them ascend to their next peak of leadership excellence. As leaders embark on their journey to develop these traits, executive coaching can be a valuable ally.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Empowering Others as You Ascend One key aspect of continuing the climb is empowering others. CO2 Coaching’s approach, inspired by the Ascent Leadership Model, emphasizes this introspective ascent, encouraging leaders to grow not just in skill but in wisdom and empathy.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Disruptive and incremental innovations: How to ascend the ladders and avoid the snakes Guest post by Gaia Grant and Andrew Grant Current realities are harsh. Whereas once it was enough to bring out slow incremental improvements, to give time to … Continue reading →

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

This “Rolodex of known contacts” approach often leads to quantity over quality and missing relevant talent, which has recently been ascending and/or less obvious but relevant talent within adjacent industries.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. ” — Herb Kelleher. The Joy of Progress, and the Journey: “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. You know you will never get to the end of the journey.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 13, 2020

As a business professor, I have to ask how can business leaders learn as we watch these ascending leaders in society? They break complex, nuanced and sometimes abstract situations into simple statements we all can share: citizens don’t trust authority, we can’t overwhelm our health care system, and the chaos needs to stop for everyone.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 6, 2020

As computers have become more and more capable, there has been a renewed emphasis on the kind of soft skills that humans still have ascendency over machines in. Alas, new research from Rutgers University suggests that disabled job candidates are judged far more on their technical skills than any soft skills they may have.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business? Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tribal Leaders are talent magnets, with people so eager to work for the leader that they will take a pay cut if necessary.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 11, 2014

Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. I’ll let Sir Winston Churchill say it best: Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. You know you will never get to the end of the journey.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Get the details: Women are increasingly ascending to top posts at aerospace firms via www.latimes.com. The industry has changed a lot since the 1980′s when Boeing’s Santa Susana Mountains test facilities in Simi Valley had only men’s rooms, meaning women had to go to a different building to find a bathroom.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Anyway, I had this image of a motivational speaker as being a kind of smarmy, slightly out of touch and over-the-top “people person,” who sprinted through crowds giving everybody high fives, before ascending to the podium to share his rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story.

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

If you’d like to shake the rust off your consulting firm and jump-start fast moving progress, shift your gaze from the lofty peaks that will take years to ascend to a nearby hill you can crest now. Most business vision exercises are farsighted. They create plenty of clarity around a long-term vision, but the near-in [ ]

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 26, 2020

Looking at the image, the Complexity of the work and, therefore, the level of strategy and market opportunity increase as you ascend the from Quality to Societal Progress. From Quality to Societal Progress – Scaling for Success. Quality: The required business model for quality is observation.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

“A lot is already known about what leads to risk-taking—people’s personality traits, conducive social contexts— but the consequences of risk-taking, especially for whether or not these people ascend hierarchies and attain standing in organizations, are very poorly understood,” the researchers say. That’s what we wanted to explore.”.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Since the ascendancy of “PR,” we have been the consumers of spin. It’s political season. But, actually, it is “spin” era. Usually, the spin is “invisible,” and we are not aware of just how much spin we are consuming, all the time. And although the very idea is ancient, it is now quite truly omnipresent. [.].

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Your leadership will ascend when you open your heart in these ways: Ask for help when you need it. At the same time, none of those things work or matter if they don’t stand on a strong foundation of healthy relationships. Nobody has to bear the weight of the world on their shoulders, and people want to help. Who can help you?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

Research from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich reminds us that it isn’t always like this, however, and that people from working-class backgrounds can ascend the greasy pole in certain industries. It’s no surprise that just 12% of CEOs are from working-class backgrounds.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The authors highlight that China is expected to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, with science, technology, and innovation likely to play a growing role in that ascendency. Indeed, they argue that in the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing the country has reached a tipping point in terms of R&D.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 7, 2014

Instead, what I should have done was approach the jump with a good amount of speed and as I ascended the hill for the jump, let off the gas and coast through the jump. This caused the snowmobile to tilt forward and cause the snowmobile accident. This is what my crash looked like (though not actual footage).

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David A Fields

JANUARY 22, 2015

That framework proved so useful that I incorporated it into my practice when I founded Ascendant Consulting. There are, I posited, precisely ten ways to increase the profit of your company. The Ten Roads to Profit Growth™. Consultants Strategy strategy'

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Your Value – there is an ascending and descending scale of the value we bring to people. An accurate assessment of resources is essential for the best life-decisions. They might be different from others, but for you their value is just as high. What are 4 of yours? The value you bring is multiplied in its benefit.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2017

This year, my sketch notes were also featured at forums like Harvard Business Review Ascend, Huffington Post and World Economic Forum. I never knew that a “labor of love” project would scale to touch and influence people across the globe. Blog Recognitions.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 20, 2011

Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action Rich Horwath Greenleaf Book Group Press (2009) Attitude and preparation determine altitude…and also depth There are business situations in which the goal is to ascend (e.g.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 24, 2015

Personally, I think she may become the Queen of Media who reigns for decades, akin to the first Queen Elizabeth who ascended to the throne of England at 25 and ruled England for more than 40 years during its Golden Age and was beloved by many. Because I advise leaders, I took a moment to imagine what it would be like to advise Ms.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The StrategyDriven Professional recognizes that a critical combination of knowledge, skill, and experience is needed to ascend into positions of increasing authority and responsibility. Acquiring the prerequisite experiences, however, can be extremely difficult.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 8, 2014

You’ll hear other business experts tell you that being connected and available only helps you ascend the ranks of business. I can’t tell you sternly enough, these thoughts are lies from the pit of business hell. The Truth About Always Being Connected. You’ll lead better. You’ll make more sales.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 24, 2020

The authors found, “Humor not only helps individuals ascend to positions of authority but also helps them lead more effectively once they are there…when leaders used humor, their employees were more likely to go above and beyond the call of duty.”

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 13, 2018

Again and again, he ascended the face of the frozen waterfall. These thoughts swirled through my mind as I told my climber to “climb on.” ” His ice tool hit the ice. His crampon kicked the ice. Then he stepped up. I moved my hands to tighten the rope and make sure there wasn’t slack.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 16, 2016

As the plan ascended to 10,000 feet, I began to second guess my decision to jump. The wind was blowing and I was flying. It was something I’d always wanted to do and I am so glad I had the opportunity to do so. It was also one of the scariest moments of my life. All sorts of thoughts ran through my mind: Will the plan make it?

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