Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Today we are pleased to share a post from Lisa Kosak of Green Thumb Leadership. When I was a naive manager thrust into a management role, I had the misconception that most leaders back then were born or they just seemed to drop from the sky. Sadly, we lacked development and had not been mentored enough to be managers.

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Internal Benchmarking Mentor Guidelines Open-book 150

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Corporate Responsibility is more than just a statement that a committee whips together. We must learn to benefit from change management, not to become victims of it. Corporate Responsibility relates to every stage in the evolution of a business, leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of doing business.

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Ethics Mission Statement Strategic Planning Benchmarking 51

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Every CEO should be cultivating these behaviors to maximize innovative thinking: The most innovative leaders: Manage Risk. Innovative leaders scored 25% higher than their non-innovative counterparts on managing risk. When risks do present themselves, they develop plans to minimize the risk and identify where it is needed most.

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Innovation Skills CEO Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

The result blends qualitative research and benchmarked data on other C-suite executives to give us a solid indication of an individual’s potential and development needs. Our leadership assessments are designed to evaluate each leaders’ ability to manage teams. It creates a smooth path for succession.

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360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? Is the performance management system focused upon outcomes? Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? How well can management interpret and apply findings to the decision process? How diverse is the planning committee? Collaborate with others.

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Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

These pointers are offered to help manage time and resources. They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away. Business organizations are like trees. You Once Did _.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57