Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 11, 2021

The more leadership responsibility you accumulate, the more fear you’ll have to negotiate. At least, that was one particular business executive’s rule of thumb. Do we hold ourselves to a superhuman standard of leadership? We all experience fear. Never trust a leader with no failures on their record.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 4, 2015

Author Mark Miller and a team of facilitators walked a large group through the content of his new book Chess Not Checkers. You can find the answers in the book (as well as the digital field guide ), but let me share the four big ideas we discussed. Bet on Leadership. The best organizations have a strong leadership bench.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

My new book Ignite Your Leadership Expertise is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Or cut ties and incur the wrath of the executive sponsors and finance department. In their book Decisive , Chip Heath and Dan Heath recommend a way to reality test your assumptions using a method they call “ooch.”

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Each of us possess a certain amount of expertise, including leadership expertise – as my book Ignite Your Leadership Expertise explained. An unfortunate trap execution-focused leaders can fall into is believing (either consciously or unconsciously) that people are a means to an end. People Matter.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 28, 2013

But additional groups could include new experienced hires, first time supervisors, first time executives, or employees who gain a new certification or join a new group. Or it could be a group of high potential employees being groomed for additional leadership responsibilities down the road. Obtain Executive Sponsorship.

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Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 17, 2015

” A former FBI executive once addressed our project team stating that successful leaders are the ones who “are good at making other people looking good.” After all, a great individual contributor will never cut it in an executive-level role). So we’re not going to let this happen again.”

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

Recently I shared 9 Leadership themes for the new year , including one: be known positively. The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. Tom Peters coined this concept in his book In Search of Excellence.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A leadership book library? Set the example by sharing what you’re learning from your coursework, conferences, books and on-the-job experiences. Recently, I had the change to provide feedback to several leadership teams before they presented project recommendations to a group of senior executives.

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Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 3, 2015

I read a book a couple years ago that took decision-making to a whole new level. Deciding and executing don’t need to happen at the same time. Decision-making is a function of leadership. Nathan Magnuson is a leadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader. Sometimes things work out.

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Back in 2007 I had the pleasure of participating a 16 week leadership coaching training course with an organization called the Center for Coaching Excellence (CCE). Since that time I’ve had the pleasure of coaching a handful of business executives/owners in an organizational leadership context. Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie.

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