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The Key to Change is a People Focus

Lead Change Blog

Prussian Field Marshal Graf Helmut Von Molke the Elder , famously said that no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force. More subtly, however, it appeared that senior managers could not or chose not to see the need to harness the power of relationships.

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Only Learning Leaders Can Transform the Extreme Rate of Transformation Failures

The Practical Leader

” Five years earlier, we’d conducted introductory service/quality improvement workshops for senior management and head office staff of a large company. The senior management team declined. Managers needed to take more leadership and empower people. As Yogi Berra would say, “It was Deja vu all over again.”

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. Leading change well requires managing arational factors. It first appeared in his book, “Managing Change … and making it stick!”.

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8 Behaviors for Becoming A Smarter Team

LDRLB

[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Roger Schwarz. Roger is the author of the new book, Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. ]. Most leaders often operate under a mindset of unilateral control where the manager or leader feels responsible and accountable for the team and thus dictates to them.

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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes. Back characters on TV shows included restaurant and bar operators, where the stars went top relax. Think as a manager, not as a worker. She knew what everyone was thinking and was the glue to the cases.

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5 Critical Factors For Building The Right Team

Tanveer Naseer

The more common case, however, is that someone (the coach, general manager, or owner) plays a strong role in consciously and consistently putting together the right players, coaches, and front office that form a cohesive, effective unit. In recent memory, the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, San Antonio Spurs, and St.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

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