Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

If people aren’t willing to pay full price for your stuff, then something is wrong with your offerings. Never be satisfied with good enough results. T HE KIND OF SUCCESS Texas Roadhouse has enjoyed didn’t happen by doing things the conventional way. But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 8, 2020

Times are tough. There’s more serious stuff, too. But there is good news. Good News: This Is A Great Growth Opportunity. Tough times are the times when we’re most likely to grow. Your challenge is to be the hero. Set Yourself Up to Get Good Ideas. Others are all alone. Take a walk.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2024

The authors say there are five essential steps leaders must take to both move fast and fix things and more specifically, you can use their week-long approach that lays out a distinct agenda for each day. The solution is to ask tough questions, build a team of problems solvers, and surface major roadblocks to progress.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

What motivates iconic business leaders? These are very tough questions. I’m so focused on CEO succession I even wrote a book called, “Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?” All of this is to say, I’m obsessed with finding inspirational leaders. Succession is one of the most popular shows on HBO.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To come up with new ideas, companies need to think about the future and be willing to take some risks. Many CEOs, the top leaders of companies, often focus on short-term goals because that’s how they’re rewarded in their jobs. This can make it tough for company leaders to push for innovation.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

David shares: “ Communications leaders have risen to the communication challenges brought on by 2020. Guard your mind and feed it with correct stuff. Diana Peterson-More shared Covid Communication: Spread a Little Kindness. With Words. Diana explains: “ It’s time to “redefine success” in our daily transactions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Door Number 2: Be the brave leader who has the tough conversation which changes the game, and helps them truly realize their potential. And that the next leader who manages this guy will have more courage. “Sure, she’s obnoxious, but she gets damn good results, and goodness knows we need that right now.”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MARCH 18, 2019

The feedback the leaders I work with is almost always well balanced between the positive and the critical. It took me time in the early years of being a coach to get used to the reactions leaders had when I debriefed them on their 360 feedback results. Its important for you to be aware of the the strengths others see in you too.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 28, 2014

Nothing could be easier than getting out amongst the troops, wandering around and listening, right? Most execs I know who fumble this easy move, start with good intentions: they want to be visible, to demonstrate commitment, to reinforce priorities, to inspect what they expect, and to be helpful. The Drive By.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2017

If by “people” we mean “business leaders” then the answer is a resounding “woof yes!” This stems from their innate knowledge of four critical concepts—The Fido Factors—that all great leaders share: they are faithful, inspirational, determined and observant. Good leaders persevere until they get what they want.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

But sometimes we make some things more complicated than they need to be. The more we can simplify our complications, the better we can focus and the more effective we can be. Here are some of the ways you may be needlessly complicating your work and your life. You run from tough situations. You try to control things.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 18, 2016

Certain aspects of thinking and behaving like a good leader can be tough for many on the leadership development path. The best of leaders who grasp concepts like influence, vision, listening, and delegating with relative ease arrive there through hard work and practice.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Be an Enabler, Not a Disabler. Words Alone Don’t Make the Leader. Bad News Can Be Good News. Be Ever the Statesman. Good decorators always use the process of elimination in making color and design choices – that is, they find out what their clients DO NOT want before they figure out what they want.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Too many appointed leaders sit on the line and wait rather than taking the initiative and stepping up to make things happen. Some slip down below the line and wallow in hopelessness and pessimism — which they’ll often call “being realistic.” ” They may be called “leaders” by their position. .”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Worry seems to be an old habit, a trusted friend that has been with me since the time I was a child who had headaches (even back then!) Preparation is a good thing, but now I know that worry isn’t worth the effort. I can’t do a lot about the crazy big stuff in the world, but I can turn off the news for a few days.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The winners make the shift from Founder to Leader. They may not be the first to go; but eventually, and in many cases when it’s too late, the founder who hasn’t made the turn will be removed by the investors or by the board of their newly public company. It’ll be okay. You’re keeping stuff in your head.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grace is a tough concept to sell in today’s environment. The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Grace looks at the bigger picture.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

It requires leading a group with absolute integrity while raising individual performance to a personal best and building a team spirit of sacrifice for the common good,” and adds, “heroic leadership requires tough standards.”. Keep your word; do the harder right instead of the easier wrong; be principled. Visualize success.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 3, 2018

Whenever people tell me they want to be a leader, I always ask them ‘why’? People will always have a list of things you should be doing better. And by the way, everyone will tell you that you should be happy about that (when inside, you’re in need of recognition as much as the next person). Leadership isn’t easy.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2016

Leaders face a lot of issues but one thing they will struggle with is sometimes staying positive. Being a leader is all about balance. You have to be mindful and quick, slow and steady, take risks, have vision, listen but speak, know but question—and do it all with grace. Focus on being positive instead of being perfect.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2013

things a new leader should learn how to do. Then, usually when it’s too late, they’ll call in HR or hire an executive coach to do their dirty work for them, as handling a performance problem would be a task beneath their pay grade. Am I being too harsh or cynical? This is when you’ll realize how valuable a good HR pro can be.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

It can be challenging to sort out what they mean versus what they will actually do. We appreciate this set of posts; each one carries a nugget of something a leader can actually do in order to lead well. Beth recaps, “Many leaders work in locations outside of their own office from time to time.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

.” Yes, they do. And leaders who fail to absorb this concept into their core being are perfect candidates to be left behind the pack in a cloud of business dust. Putting the right team on the field cannot be underestimated, or undervalued. But this one takes courage to make those tough calls.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve had some tough training audiences over the years, from all kinds of industries and professions, including the kind of target audience I believe the reader is describing. I truly believe that everyone will be motivated to learn if the content is going to make their lives better in some way. So what’s the key? Needs assessment.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 24, 2020

I agree with comedian Steve Patterson (host of CBC’s The Debaters and master punster where lots of wit happens), “a groan is as good as a laugh.” Great stuff … keep it coming … and don’t give up the Dad Jokes.” Still no luck. I think they’re afraid of pulling a groan muscle.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 29, 2016

M y wife and I had the pleasure of being some of the leaders in the youth group at our former church. We also had times where we didn’t want to leave our house on a Wednesday night and show up for the kids (Sorry former students who may be reading this. There are many situations which could be called the leadership blahs.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

stefanstern: Interesting stuff in Business Week on predicting future success after a promotion/job change. stefanstern: Interesting stuff in Business Week on predicting future success after a promotion/job change. Henry Sr: 10 Things Leaders Can Do To Make A Better World. +B: Need a mental edge when times are tough.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

His lust for vengeance cannot be quelled. Great leaders know they have to celebrate the wins their teams have. When leaders celebrate wins and victories, leaders encourage their team members to continue to work hard and achieve success. Mitch knew his stuff. Do you know your stuff regarding your organization?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”-Mark Mark Brouker.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2011

As this is the last week of the year, many of us are understandably looking back at the past 12 months and discussing what we consider to be the significant events of 2011. Of course, adversity in and of itself is not necessarily a good or bad thing. Then, take action. Here’s why.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2020

Success, even mere survival, hinges on being prepared and nimble enough to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. Success, even mere survival, hinges on being prepared and nimble enough to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. It may be preferable to call it the “next normal.” Have a plan. Why does your organization exist?

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Make friends: Leadership can be lonely. But leadership is lonely only if you let it be. Make friends with people and your time in leadership will be much more enjoyable. Have fun: A big mistake a lot of leaders make is to make leadership stiff, stuffy, and unfun. Leadership can be fun. Image by Evan Rummel.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits? It’s selfishness, plain and simple…our tendency is to be focused on our own interests as well as pointing out the flaws in others instead of improving our own. So what are the top leadership competencies the best leaders exemplify?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

APRIL 6, 2015

And just maybe, they’ll take away something that will be helpful. They often come to me believing that being an executive/leadership coach is what they’ve wanted their whole lives; a starry eyed approach similar to the one I started out with. When I became an executive coach nobody told me how hard it would be.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

After all, for a typical blogger that cranks out at least 100 posts a year, you'll be reading the top 1% of over 3500 posts ! Please pardon the patchwork colors and fonts - it may not be pretty, but it sure is good stuff! What can leaders learn from the makers of fine cognac? Sip slowly and enjoy the read.".

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Leader, you need a consistent rhythm of breaks – whatever that looks like for you. It will be an even better weekend if you properly take time to prepare for it. This is true for everyone, but from my perspective as a leader this is especially a problem. For most leaders, we never feel our work is done.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Guest post by Irv Rothman: When considering the characteristics of an excellent leader, what are the key elements? Is it the ability to make tough choices? Does the leader rightfully stand on the moral high ground? If you answered all of the above and believe that’s not nearly an all-inclusive list, you’d probably be right.

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