Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Yes, a massive winter storm was especially bad for the company.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The first five chapters of The Company I Keep: My Life in Beauty are a must-read for any entrepreneur. She would end up selling her $40 worth of Cosmetics.”. It is very easy for established companies to get stuck in the trap of “this is who we are,” rather than follow the path opened by “this is who we must be.”.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. A customer advocate is the employee who sees through your customers’ eyes and speaks up on their behalf.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. You know this company. government scrutinizing it for monopolistic practices, but the company was also coming under fierce attack for investing in its archrival, Apple. Inside the company, morale was at an all-time low. Its profit margin is higher than Google’s.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

What happens when the people in a company fail to live up to its values? In those situations it is important to break the rules and lead by example by living up to those values yourself. Don’t follow up on concerns. Don’t feel alone as you work to pull your leadership team into the 21st century.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 28, 2022

Do you want to improve your leadership skills? Developing your negotiating skills can make you a more effective leader, whether you run your own business or work for a company. Here is why negotiation is important for leadership. . Negotiation in Leadership . The Bottom Line . Negotiation. Negotiation Skills .

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Lukewarm leadership buy-in. Most senior leadership teams consist of accomplished leaders with a wealth of experience, and the last thing the majority of them will want to do is shift their leadership style or change how they have done things for the past ten to twenty years.” Take a bottom-up approach.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. So what went wrong and what can leaders learn from the example?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Bottom line, organizations are seeking to reconstitute themselves as a network of teams, ditching the traditional hierarchy. Leaders are at the bottom of the pyramid supporting those in the team above them and not the other way around. This makes teamwork even more crucial to overall success or failure for the organization.

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Tony Mayo

JULY 30, 2009

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? Add it as a comment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2019

Guest post from Tabitha Laser: What is leadership? Since joining the workforce more than 25 years ago, and serving as a leader for numerous organizations, it’s apparent that leadership means very different things to different people. Not just from the bottom up, but from the basement. So, how can we fix this conundrum?

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leaderCommunicator

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best leadership and communication blog posts I've seen recently. companies across nine cultural dimensions, by narrowing in on employee data to examine what makes company culture distinctive and effective. The Culture 500 measures and compares more than 500 U.S.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Success Mindsets : Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership by Ryan Gottfredson. Bezonomics : How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives, and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It by Brian Dumaine.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Welcome to the March 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Eileen McDargh contributed Cracking the Leadership Code: The Secret to Resilient Leaders.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 29, 2019

As the Chief Human Resources Officer at a multi-billion dollar company, she had hundreds of aspiring leaders not prepared for the next level. She knew her employees deserved a top-tier speaker, and she wanted someone who would provide the follow-up needed to ensure their success. Corporate training – pre-event briefing. Well, almost.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. In spite of the times, some companies were pursuing excellence in the execution of their missions. Consider the timelessness of these key qualities: Eight Characteristics of Excellent Companies. Perhaps not.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Joel Answers: Let’s start by demystifying what leadership actually means. To many, leadership is an elusive role.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 9, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I will share with you the vital steps every leader needs to ensure that their hires are the best-fit candidates who will ultimately contribute to the team’s growth. This not only affects team dynamics but also impacts the company’s bottom line, costing organizations up to 1.5

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Welcome to the February 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Diana explains: “The ability to delegate is a key leadership competency. Communication. Development.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. People get promoted for having good answers. But once they take the helm, what distinguishes good from bad leaders is not whether they have the answers, but how often they ask questions. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. People get promoted for having good answers. But once they take the helm, what distinguishes good from bad leaders is not whether they have the answers, but how often they ask questions. How else could we think about this?”

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 13, 2018

Modern leadership training is being taken over by a clever but misguided trend. It will fail because it leaves the heavy lifting required in actually impactful leadership cultivation relegated to the role of little more than an afterthought. The following is a guest piece by Stanford professor Dr. Leah Weiss.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 31, 2014

It’s been almost 4 years now since my cable TV company was sold, and my wife and I packed up and moved from Stamford, Connecticut to Portland, Oregon. I still wanted to practice and study my vocation of leadership. So for me, as one of the founders of Built Oregon, it’s a grand leadership experiment.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Strong strategic leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, are also crucial in navigating the complexities of the insurance sector. Insurance companies must prioritize cultural “add” when seeking executive candidates to adapt to the evolving risk landscape.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 21, 2018

Art Jones was the best supervisor I’ve ever seen up close. No publishing companies approached him clamoring to publish his memoirs. Over and over again, they tell stories of people they worked for who demonstrated great leadership by what they said and did. That’s the ultimate monument to great leadership. Bottom Line.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2014

I have also observed up close and per sonal the leadership styles of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Scott McNealy, Mitt R omney and a number o f others. Here are three ways I have seen leadership demonstrated powerfully- the type of leadership that gets results. That''s from top to bottom. C ompassion 2.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2016

The creativity and enthusiasm had drained from the company. As I pulled up to Sam’s office, I knew he’d be unhappy with my recommendation–which involved a serious look in the mirror at his own leadership behaviors. “What matters most is how you’re showing up as the leader. And then shut up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Join Simpler Trading’s CEO Brittany Burns and me for a practical look at how you can lead with conviction, build a culture of integrity, and focus on the bottom line. 5:28 – Then Brittany introduces us to her company, Simpler Trading. What happened there and the education work Brittany’s company does to help.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shamis: One of the most gratifying experiences in writing a leadership book is the introspection youallow yourself in the process. Inept managers were responsible for losing talent with leadership potential. People leave managers, not companies. Employees who possess soft skills can directly impact the bottom line (SHRM).

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Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2012

Jim Shaffer, author of The Leadership Solution , believes that top companies are guided by these three best principles: They value their people. It stats with leadership. It’s driven home with leadership.”. To do that requires communication—open, frequent, and flowing from both the top down and the bottom up.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2013

When it comes to understanding how to balance the need to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line and keep a workforce fully satisfied and productive, some managers and companies seem to get it while others don’t have a clue. Company #1: 20 Cents an hour. Company #2: The $2000 sales management training lesson.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

The problem with conventional leadership theory is it’s littered with misunderstood and misapplied practices. To prove my point, today’s post will examine the downside of a topic you have not likely considered as a possible area of weakness…Leadership Continuity. . The same principle applies to business.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: Why Leaders Do What They Do. ” Find Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. I realized that staying connected with my team, in a way that went beyond memos, e-mails and conference calls, was vital to building the trust that was so needed in this company.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Kevin Oakes advocates that mindset in Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company. Companies that effectively changed their cultures were successful because they were renovating what they had , not starting from scratch and completely rebuilding or transforming. Step #3: Set Your Cultural Path. “In

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

I recently did a Zoom interview with the CEO of a high-tech company who directly or indirectly reminded me several times during our thirty-minute interview that he was the CEO. There was no riding the elevator up to mahogany row on the top floor. Here are three keys to naked leadership. How would your leadership actions change?”

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