Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our series of industry trend research reports — created using our flagship 360-assessment tool, Benchmarks® for Managers — shows that great similarities exist among leaders across industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, tech, energy, and government (civilian). Army Leadership Trend Report.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. This periodic thought processes is a good reminder that I don't want to get myself into the same trap M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying “The best bosses revel in helping others succeed” Mark Stelzner presents Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel posted at Inflexion Point.

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Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

Benchmarking, finding new “best practices,” and implementing broad Management of Change documents. The firm performed a benchmarking study between many aspects of this business and its peers: they found about 15% total possible price improvement, with about 10% of that being “achievable.” Suggestion boxes. Broad training programs.

Productivity 242

Productivity Products Benchmarking Brainstorming 242

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

His topic: Leadership in a VUCA world. I had the opportunity to interview Mr. Manwani as part of the judging process for CNBC’s Asian Business Leader Awards. But we would like to explore the relationship between VUCA and leadership in more depth. Like Manwani, this year our theme is Leadership in a VUCA World.

Globalization 221

Globalization Talent Management Benchmarking Participative 221

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2017

The ultimate goal is to create a leadership culture. What is a leadership culture? A leadership culture exists when you routinely and systematically develop leaders and you have a surplus. What we discovered were multiple definitions of leadership within our organization. Who needs which development assignments?

Definition 150

Definition Benchmarking Consensus Morale 150

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Met a workplace benchmark? Start this process today so when the time comes for you to disrupt your career, you’ve already captured the very best of you! BCC, is Leadership Coach and Educator with fifteen years of professional experience serving the nonprofit, corporate and higher education sectors. Add it to the resume.

Career 95

Career Positioning Education Benchmarking 95

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Today we are pleased to share a post from Lisa Kosak of Green Thumb Leadership. Trust me; our leadership was in name only. Sadly, we lacked development and had not been mentored enough to be managers. Mark’s parable about a leadership journey was very relevant. How do we prepare volunteers to jump into a leadership role?

Internal Benchmarking 150

Internal Benchmarking Mentor Guidelines Open-book 150

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As a wise client once told me, “We don’t benchmark against our competitors, we benchmark against our capabilities.” Ongoing improvement requires a process and is based on principles you correctly and consistently apply. And that’s why you need to continue to increase your value proposition. It’s well worth it.

Benchmarking 104

Benchmarking How To Licensing Content 104

Leading with Trust

JULY 10, 2022

Because the process feels uncomfortable and managers don’t have a plan to follow, they either do a poor job at addressing underperformance or they just don’t do it all. That’s one of the key leadership principles Ken Blanchard and I discuss in our recent book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust.

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Blanchard Leadership Styles Commitment Goal 117

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Here’s the basic format: The X axis (horizontal line) of 3 boxes assesses leadership performance and the Y axis of 3 boxes (vertical line) assesses leadership potential. It’s a great way to facilitate a dialog amongst a senior leadership team. Don’t rush it, the benefit of this process is in the discussion.

Benchmarking 121

Benchmarking Leadership Development Follow-up Tools 121

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This is the process of involving employees in data-gathering and decisions that affect them and their organizations. This is shared leadership in action and works on the principle of “I own what I help to create”. And it also means that a new approach to leadership and management is needed. A worthy aim!

Agility 120

Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy.

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable.

Contingency Plans 360

Contingency Plans Planning Blog Ryan 360

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I’ve written about assessments for leadership development before. While there are lots of them to choose from, the common ones used for development tend to be 360 degree assessments (multi rater) and personality preferences (DISC, Kolbe, Hogan, FIRO-B). The concept of benchmarking is really pretty simple.

Development 74

Development Benchmarking Bottom-up McCarthy 74

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 25, 2010

  The talent selection process is highly-structured.  Stop trusting your "gut" during the interview process.    Benchmark the position.    When you benchmark the job (not your best talent), you have the foundation for employee performance.   Benchmark the position. 

Cost 100

Cost Human Resources Benchmarking Welch 100

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

When you enroll, here’s what you'll get: A Business Health Assessment of your organization from six key dimensions (Leadership & Culture, Strategy, Customer Focus, Measurement & Results, People and Processes). Industry Benchmark reports from three perspectives: (Financial, Market, Competition).

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking 101

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. The Patriots seem to be the leadership blogger's team of choice. New York Jets. Cincinnati Bengals.

Leadership Development 243

Leadership Development Development Leadership Benchmarking 243

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The concept delves more deeply than mere regulatory compliance, stretching towards a proactive approach that involves risk anticipation, scenario planning, and sound decision-making processes. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Blog Mission Statement Tactics Objective 395

QAspire

AUGUST 1, 2010

On the road to excellence, you are your own benchmark. Jason Seiden at “Fail Spectacularly” blog has hosted the latest Carnival of Leadership Development featuring my post “ 5 Ways to Build Trust&# Lessons from a Conversation) ” along with a host of other GREAT posts on leadership and executive development.

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Quality Blog Management AIDA 179

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 4, 2012

You’ve probably found this post from an internet search – I hope it helps answer your questions and you’ll find Great Leadership to be a valuable resource for all things leadership development. Others say it may have been first used at GE, under Jack Welch’s leadership. What is it and where did it come from?

Benchmarking 261

Benchmarking Talent Management Tools Review 261

Lead from Within

AUGUST 25, 2015

If you’re starting a new position or role, or your leadership just needs a refresher use these 90 powerful tips over the first three months to get your leadership on track. Before you begin anything, find out the software and processes that are used and get up to speed. Check Yourself At Benchmarks. Do Your Homework.

Power 60

Power Succession Learning-by-Doing Brainstorming 60

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

It was he who encouraged your own leadership qualities, because your success ultimately honored him. Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. Initial exposure to the coaching process. Periodically celebrate the heritage.

Mentor 83

Mentor Case Study Strategic Planning Learning-by-Doing 83

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. Here are some of GE’s principles for achieving those essential aims: A leadership institute should reflect the company’s leadership ideals.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Human Resources Benchmarking Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We used a two-part executive assessment as part of Cisco’s rigorous CEO succession process. The second, more qualitative piece, keyed in on leadership ability based on a multitude of in-depth interviews with the leader’s peers, supervisors, and direct reports done by our internal executive talent team.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Trends Talent Management CEO 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Deliverables, benchmarks, deadlines, and success metrics must be incorporated into the plan. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. Properly implemented, capitalizing on process driven creativity can keep business from stagnating and cause growth and evolution.

Blog 413

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2015

Tests and assessments are no longer an unusual part of the hiring process. We take that input from the client, and combine with a deep catalogue of benchmarks. HBR: How do you get that catalogue of benchmarks — that big data-set – to begin with? But for the senior-most executives? For C-Suite roles?

Execution 8

Execution CFO Self-aware Benchmarking 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We have done this based on international standards, and we use those tools and benchmarking to help shippers identify ways to reduce their emissions. We approach new and existing processes at C.H. What is the number one leadership competency required in today’s fast-paced, unpredictable world? Within C.H.

Supply Chain 109

Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

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. The process is transparent and yields what some at Cisco call “brutally honest” feedback. It accelerates executive readiness.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CEO Leadership Pipeline Execution 8

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

Systems and Processes. These executives spend much of their energies on planning, tactics, organizational development and business development. These executives spend much of their energies on planning, tactics, organizational development and business development. Role and Job. Culture and Mission. Philosophy.

Mentor 56

Mentor Strategic Planning Leadership Benchmarking 56

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2011

There are seven levels of strategy retreats and processes in which companies can engage, with #1 being a starting point and #7 being the ultimate outcome: Information Sharing. Inspires the development of organizational Vision. Mentorship and leadership development. Bean counter approaches to processes. Philosophy.

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Benchmarking Long-term Consultative 68

Six Disciplines

JULY 14, 2011

It puts together into a single integrated step-by-step process - the "master process" that most companies do haphazardly at best - or at worst, not at all. Whereas Disciplines I, II, and III are part of the strategy and planning process, Discipline IV is lived out (executed) by every person, every day.

SWOT 103

SWOT Market Segmentation Benchmarking ROI 103

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

For decades, Mike has served in senior leadership roles within the Power & Utilities Industry. His experience includes within the nuclear oversight, quality assurance, engineering, licensing, performance benchmarking and improvement, training, leadership development, and change management functions.

Power 50

Power Licensing Engineering Benchmarking 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

And yet, by using gamification principles, Deloitte has seen use of its Deloitte Leadership Academy (DLA) training program increase. Since the integration of gamification in to Deloitte Leadership Academy, there has been a 37 percent increase in the number of users returning to the site each week.

Learning-by-Doing 9

Learning-by-Doing Video Training Audience 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Software B2B GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. When risks do present themselves, they develop plans to minimize the risk and identify where it is needed most. To develop better risk management behaviors, CEOs need to: List a minimum of eight ideas for new initiatives. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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Innovation Skills CEO Learning-by-Doing 8