Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

In the case of Enron, Sherron Watkins signaled to Ken Lay, the chairman of the organization, that something was wrong with the company’s partnerships and the way they were kept off the books. Simon Cooper, president and CEO of Ritz-Carlton, calls this “scriptless service”. That’s real leadership.”

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 17, 2020

As everything started to shut down this past weekend, I spent a good bit of time on Monday scrolling through my LinkedIn and Instagram feeds to see how some of the best-known people in my field of leadership development are handling this new reality. Simon Sinek is filming short videos where he’s answering questions from readers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 26, 2015

” -Simon Sinek. There’s real power in taking a “field trip” to another department and seeing how they really think and operate. Teaching Operations Reviews. At 1pm, I’m joining Twan van de Kerkhof on a panel: Is t he Future of Leadership More Personal (I bet you can guess my POV).

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Microsoft wants a computer with their operating system on each desktop around the world. Simon Sinek is best known for his book Start With Why. And charity:water : We’re a nonprofit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Don’t Forget The WHY. You can’t forget the WHY.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

At the risk of igniting a debate among readers on the efficacy of building the Islamic center a few blocks from Ground Zero, I would argue that both Obama and Bloomberg have shown principled leadership on the issue. "  Whether they’re stated or not, most organizations have operating principles.  Why do you think so?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 9, 2015

9 Leadership Truths From Song Lyrics. Simon & Garfunkel. Wise leaders listen to constructive criticism, challenging co-workers and questions to their leadership. Leaders who operate in a vacuum of authentic relationships do a great injustice to their team and to themselves. We will make mistakes, we will fail.

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Mark Sanborn

MAY 11, 2021

Years later, Simon Sinek wrote his bestselling book, Start with Why. Clean, concise and clear are the operative guidelines to any text you use. Mark Sanborn is an award winning speaker and Leadership Expert in Residence at High Point University, the Premier Life Skills University. Bad graphics undermine a good message.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

What great leadership does is to use presence (demeanor an modeling), practices and processes to multiply E.I., The answers will sound simple yet applying the insights to multiply effective intelligence will take all three forms of critical leadership capacity: guts, heart and head. See Simon Sinek’s Start with Why TED Talk.)

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 2, 2017

As we learned from Simon Sinek’s great book , when you have a clear understanding of why you want to do something, lots of other things fall into place that will help you accomplish what you set out to do. Psychologists call this Operant Conditioning. Start with Why. What’s my why? or offer encouragement!).

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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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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Hess Learn or Die is a book everyone who is serious about learning and growth—personally or organizationally—should read. Kotter For most companies, the hierarchy is the singular operating system at the heart of the firm. Leaders followers, and context form a system of leadership. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Simon Sinek refers to this as well when he describes his “golden circle” concept, telling us that working and leading from “why” (the reason an organization exists) is deeply rooted in our biology, as it connects deep within people’s brains – their limbic systems – the seat of basic human emotion. Leadership and Management. References.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? It lines up all the laws of nature as they operate both inside and outside of you, to get its way. It draws on the unlimited energy of the mind.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 4, 2022

Star Wars is a classic good guys versus bad guys tale based on powerful concepts of mythology identified by Joseph Campbell in his classic book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces ( click here to read my review of his biography and work). The leadership side of The Force inspires action with a focus on strengths, optimism, hopes, and dreams.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

I always remember in Viktor Frankl's classic book, Man's Search for Meaning , he documented how those who survived the Holocaust were people who envisioned that they had something significant left to contribute. It lines up all the laws of nature as they operate both inside and outside of you, to get its way.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. Leadership Is Influence.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. Leadership Is Influence.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 20, 2016

T he guest for today’s Answers From Leadership podcast is Keith Wilmot. What does leadership look like to you? Things like: Being people first, compassionate, operating with empathy, or integrity. What difficulties have you faced in your leadership? Some of the best leaders tend to operate best under duress.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 12, 2012

If your operational management was in a technical area, you now have the ability to delegate the data gathering and analyzing tasks to others while it is your responsibility to educate the leadership of the organization and industry why, what and how action must be taken based upon what the analysis reports. Why is that?

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Gelb & Raj Sisodia’s new book, The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. For reasons that we document extensively in the book, this narrow profit orientation causes or exacerbates a great deal of suffering. The results of John Ratliff’s healing leadership have been dramatic.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. Hanna Rosin writes in her book “ The End of Men and the Rise of Women ” that women are no longer just catching up to men. Yet corporate leadership still lags as does the percentage of women on U.S. corporate boards. of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

It’s cliché to say that “command and control” leadership is no longer relevant in most organizational contexts. Leaders increasingly need to model traits that reflect the values and culture of the organization in which they operate. But there are at least a few essential leadership traits that we find common in many firms today.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

The company’s Supply Chain Leadership Team had seen the pace of change for its group began to plateau. Kotter’s book Accelerate.). Operations in a Connected World. Executive leadership invited everyone to get involved and take full advantage of The Big Opportunity. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

I spoke with Nick about their research and their book, WILD THINKING: 25 Unconventional Ideas To Grow Your Brand and Your Business. Your book poses thoughtful questions. The book is best approached with an open mind and a degree of humor and humility. He operates in a world where craft and artistry are real positives.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

” In his book, Start with Why , Simon Sinek says that purpose should provide direction when deciding a company’s future: “Instead of asking, ‘WHAT should we do to compete?’

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Competing in the Age of AI : Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Blog Post ). Marco Iansiti and Karim R.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Guest post by Steve Coughran : In my two decades of business experience, I have encountered many different flavors of leadership. Some leaders are strong-willed and autocratic, some are open-minded and democratic, some employ laissez-faire, employee-centric leadership styles, and most fall somewhere in the middle.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ).

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