Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Leadership for Tomorrow. His advice to adopt a mindset of growth, focus on what fulfills you, and embrace new modes of leadership is exactly what many people are looking for during this time of transition and change. The new style of leadership is premised on trust , and the practice of management is now more art than science.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

On a team and organizational level, we must aim to be Never Agile Enough and understand how to shift between roles to best serve our missions, how to put systems in place that lead to superior decision-making, and how to keep our teams as flexible and responsive as possible. It begins by having a belief system in place.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. Paul LaRue of The Upwards Leader shares How Leadership Can Break Down Walls. Jim Bouchard of The Sensei Leader shares that leadership by example should be part of the culture at every rank. Follow Paul. This will help us see their potential.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 20, 2011

Leadership remains one of the most important topics across a range of fields because studies continuously demonstrate that the success and well-being of any institution or society depend on the functionality, effectiveness, and promotion of leaders and leadership. Today, leadership is not synonymous with authority.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week | Main | The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week » December 24, 2010 Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems Flu and Wellness Podcast Happy Friday and Merry Christmas!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

How many times have you put up with, or overlooked certain weaknesses in people because of their considerable strengths in other areas? The sad thing is they don’t just exist on the golf course… My bottom line is this…real leaders don’t accept mediocrity - they constantly seek improvement. Know the type?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

You set up a kind of conflict debt. In part 3, Davey focuses on “what you can do to systematize conflict so it’s a part of the standard operating procedure of your team.” In this case, you become the absentee boss and set your team up to fail. What if one of the team members gets fed up, rolls her eyes, and walks away?

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2018

In Leading Clarity , Brad Deutser states that “Clarity operates on the truth that everything is connected.” The box has four sides—Direction, Operations, People, Engagement—a bottom—Organizational Identity—and a top—Environmental Factors. Is leadership aligned with values? Operations: Do we adapt well to change?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 25, 2017

The reasons employees may be absent from work are varied and many but the bottom line is, absenteeism has a larger cost associated with it than many people realize. Partial absences which also impact a company financially occur when an employee shows up substantially late for work, takes long lunch breaks, or asks to leave early.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 4, 2013

He has expanded his research and applied his theories to other industries like health care, higher education and even governments and tax systems. I found two recent articles about Clayton Christensen that have increased my understanding about leadership: The first is published in the BYU Magazine’s Spring 2013 edition. (As

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You know you’ll have to work smarter and harder every day to improve your bottom line. You should also know that this year brings with it new taxation and new regulations that may add expenses and affect the way you operate your business. Being a great leader begins with a self-analysis of your leadership ability.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 30, 2023

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

The most important job for startups is to focus on their (probably one) product and to subsequently scale up. Optimizing innovation makes up the majority of what established organizations already do today. Continuous optimization, both on the operational side and the customer side, is good and important -- in the short term.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Here’s a collection of the best blog posts over the last month written by top leadership bloggers. Thanks to Dan McCarthy over at Great Leadership for organizing it. Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Here’s Who Can Help? posted at Mary Jo Asmus.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2012

Plagued with poor morale and operational problems, almost every sailor who could was leaving the navy. Retention was at the bottom of the fleet. Based upon my Naval Academy leadership training, I set about inspiring and empowering my men, upholding high standards of professionalism and exhorting the benefits of teamwork.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Click here for more information on Maintaining Continuity of Operations with a Disaster Tolerance Strategy. Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar ! Click here to cancel reply.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There are two types of growth – revenue or top line growth and profits or bottom line growth. If revenues remain flat profits decrease because costs go up every year (employees want raises, the cost of electricity increases, material costs increase, etc.) That cash must equal at least three to six months operating expenses.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. Can it roll with the punches while keeping profits and systems strong? You might ask yourself.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. Can it roll with the punches while keeping profits and systems strong? You might ask yourself.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2012

Energizing the system from top to bottom is a key task of leadership. We've found that managers and employees usually want to participate and to influence the design of processes and systems that affect them. Keep people continually connected to the environment in which they operate. My best boss backed me up. -

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HR Digest

JANUARY 14, 2023

And HR is going to have to keep up. HR leaders are always looking for ways to improve their employees’ lives and the company’s bottom line. The more we think about it, workplace technology and automation continue to grow, and it may be time for HR departments to rethink how they operate across every area.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

valued by an organization’s leadership, just take a peek at the agendas for their business review meetings, board meetings, operations reviews, quarterly shareholder meetings, sales meetings, or any other kind of management meeting that permeates a busy executives’ calendar. It’s YOUR meeting – show up! Don’t over-complicate it.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Through Henry’s insights, HR professionals gain valuable perspectives on navigating HR leadership in a dynamic environment.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. Systems drive efficiency and results.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 10, 2023

Last week’s post discussed our choices in stepping up or slipping down when facing turbulence, adversity, or unwanted change. Do we climb the leadership stairs to a higher state of awareness and appreciation, or do we slide down into the quagmire of hopelessness and despair? It sank to the bottom of the tank and just lay there.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

IT is an important subject for any organization and it becomes increasingly interwoven with business operations. The information should be accessible for any relevant person and it should be structured logically, so that everyone in an organization relies on the same, up-to-date information and is able to use it efficiently.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Encouraging a bottom-up approach, where employees collaboratively challenge such clichés and present data, anecdotes, or insights demonstrating new approaches’ value, can catalyze meaningful change (Martin, 2020). Complacency often sets in when systems go unchallenged for extended periods.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations. As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. Bottom line…check your motivations.

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