The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

The company clearly had problems with low engagement, faltering customer service, rising costs from inefficient processes and quality problems, and low innovation. Managers needed to take more leadership and empower people. His stunted learning showed his stunted leadership. We recommended a comprehensive culture change process.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 7, 2023

Forbes named, A New Way To Think , as one of the 10 must-read books for 2022. In the book, authored by Roger L. Question: In your book, you write that if you feel comfortable with your strategic plan, there’s a strong chance it isn’t very good. Our choices need to be designed to compel customer action.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In today’s post I’ll take a look at timing as key success metric… As the verse from the old Kenny Rogers song goes “you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em.&# weeklyleader Wharton professor Mike Useem calls it the "Leadership Moment." I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 17, 2012

Roger Martin calls it the responsibility virus and it always begins with the germ of fear. Yet we see it played out all the time in organizations, in part because we have a hard time wrapping our minds around the true function of leadership. This vacillation between over- and under-responsibility is an endless loop.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Those things that make life special — spend time with friends and family, read a good book, watch a fun video, catch that movie you’ve been wanting to see. To help you relax, I’ve linked to some of my favorite books, videos, and music I’ve experienced this year. The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The Language Of Leadership by @lollydaskal. From @stratandbiz Where Does Leadership Live? 8 Ways To Spot Great Leadership by @MikeMyatt. The Five Rules Every New CEO Should Follow by Roger Martin. How Leadership Can Make or Break Classroom Innovation from @MindShiftkqed. by Jon Mertz. LeadershipNow 140'

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? Roger starts by discussing some areas of Deming’s work that are not getting the focus they deserve. For those of you that have read Out of the Crisis, Deming asks in that book: Need any country be poor?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 2, 2013

What happens if our efforts to solve a problem aren’t producing innovative results? Why is it so difficult to achieve innovative breakthroughs in thinking? In both books, the authors describe the technique of using the non-dominant hand as the pathway to specifically activate the right hemisphere of the brain. Sound bizarre?

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. Thanks a million!

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). The book is organized around 10 topics.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2012

Last week my wife and I went to see the historian David McCullough speak about his new book The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. This summer I’ll be reading The Greater Journey and another of McCullough’s books, The Great Bridge. If you’ve not already picked up books for summer reading, I encourage you to check out these titles.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G.

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Goleman Emotional Intelligence Rogers Blog 99

Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post. Thank you for commenting.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Trust, Inc.:

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 11, 2012

Rogers , "to thrive in our digital age, businesses need to reimagine our customers: not as a mass of isolated individual actors but as networks --with each customer as a node linking and dynamically interacting with each other and with us." What new skills and capacities do we need to foster? According to author David L.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2020

I wrote my dissertation and all of my books at that table! When I was writing my second book, Leading on the Creative Edge , I would write from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. I was also mentally “done” with the book for the day. As a matter of fact, my first book, Why didn’t I think of that?, Finding your creative time.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. Focus on value creation.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. I’ve really enjoyed that for this book. Talk about some of the ideas that kind of led you both to wanting to write this book, and then we’ll get into what this term big bang disruption means. DAVID: Yeah.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 25, 2011

Some wonderful comments/responses being shared over my latest piece on # leadership and employee value [link] #. RT @ mikemyatt : 10 warning signs you’re in need of a brevity makeover: [link] # Leadership #Communications #. I Can Tell by Your Clothes [link] # leadership #smallbiz #. Roger Babson # smbiz #sales #.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 20, 2009

2 Responses Chelsea , on August 24, 2009 at 6:59 am said: what a sweet story, You must be very proud:-) X C Reply Stewart Rogers , on September 6, 2009 at 4:53 pm said: Not sure what to say, but this made me smile. Congratulations to your family.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

What can a classroom full of bright-eyed and energized kindergartners teach you about leadership? I decided to use this as research into the minds of 6 year olds and to see what leadership attributes the kids had acquired over the months. Jim’s passion is enabling product marketing teams. My wife is a gifted Kindergarten teacher.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 16, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | initiative , opportunities , Wayne Gretzky « Create value for others Building your position » Like Be the first to like this post. Take inventory of the opportunities you have, decide which ones make sense, and take the shot. Be habitual about taking initiative.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 24, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Trust Tagged: | Bob Seelert , expertise , role , success « The right people Leaders’ focus » Like Be the first to like this post. 5 Responses Software Product Management » Blog Archive » ????????? ???? ???? , on July 25, 2009 at 10:33 am said: [.]

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 12, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | Dee Hock , ethics , investing in yourself , motivation , principles « Success is not a zero-sum game Pay attention to your peers » Like Be the first to like this post. Invest at least 20% leading those with authority over you and 15% leading your peers. . Nice quote!

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 25, 2011

Some wonderful comments/responses being shared over my latest piece on # leadership and employee value [link] #. RT @ mikemyatt : 10 warning signs you're in need of a brevity makeover: [link] # Leadership #Communications #. I Can Tell by Your Clothes [link] # leadership #smallbiz #. Roger Babson # smbiz #sales #.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I have written several books, on business, entertainment, history and pop culture. My four Legends books include “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” “The Classic Television Reference,” “Houston Legends” and “Non-Profit Legends.” There has never been a full-scope book on non-profit service. This series will have three more to come.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 14, 2009

2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 8, 2009 at 6:15 pm said: If travel is not an option there is nothing wrong with spending some time with Customer Visits cousin, Call Report. Stewart Reply Rockstar syndrome hurting sales | themadpeacock , on December 28, 2009 at 9:13 am said: [.]

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2009

I would review Stewart Roger’s and The Productologist as well as your local product management association. Stewart Rogers recently shared this with me: As someone who has attended four Product Camps, I still get excited for each and every one. There are several good sites that list upcoming Product Camps.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

9 Responses Stewart Rogers , on July 31, 2009 at 5:14 am said: For national pride I am still a Blackberry guy. It really is an innovative UX. It’s a good platform, just not as good. Michael Reply Al , on August 19, 2009 at 9:34 pm said: I switched from iPhone to the Palm Pre a few months back. Thank you for your questions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2015

Our May Festival is all about energizing leadership. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership tells us time off is good for you and your team. ” Leadership is like that. Leadership must be renewed from within. Miller read the book “Energize Your Leadership!” New contributors welcome. Follow Jon.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2010

David Foster Wallace provided an eloquent description of how muscle memory contributes to "kinesthetic sense" in a brilliant New York Times article about Roger Federer in 2006. That's all well and good, you are probably thinking, but what does this have to do with innovation? But there is a discipline to innovation.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 2, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best explained. Leadership: In essence, leaders attract followers so that [.]. Here are the third five: 11.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2012

Check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge. For the traditional producers of culture — the creators of movies, design, advertising, publishing, magazines, newspapers, and corporate R&D — this book will inspire new innovation and creativity. by Bill Lee.

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