Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

You would think that given the rock-solid evidence that organizations with great leadership consistently outperform those that don’t that EVERY organization would be heavily invested in the development of its current and future leaders. Executives are generally skeptical and have big egos, so they need to come to their own conclusions.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 30, 2019

It’s hard to find an executive who doesn’t believe that his or her people are significant assets and a competitive advantage for the company. Why then are so few employees involved in the strategic planning process? Sign-up now for your FREE StrategyDriven Insights Library – Sample Subscription.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

Now she found herself at an interesting juncture in her career: She was thriving in her role, and she felt certain that new opportunities were bound to open up soon. Now that Haleigh had developed both of them, she was ready to start exerting her influence throughout her organization. Applying the PVI Model in Your Career.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 6, 2023

Employee development is important: In order to attract top talent, companies will need to prioritize the development and growth of their employees. This can include offering training and development opportunities, as well as providing clear paths for advancement within the company. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2017

In early August I traveled to Seattle to attend a portion of Costco’s Annual Managers Meeting where I gave a keynote speech based on my book Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work. (In Costco provides career opportunities for its employees. Is There a Best Culture?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Although business leaders are rightfully concerned with competitive advantage and profitability, employees and customers typically have other concerns or priorities. Ethical strategies can be developed by carefully understanding business opportunities and aligning others to pursue those approaches.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Beth Miller of Executive Velocity submitted If You Aren’t Revisiting Your Employees’ Goals, How Are You Helping Them Grow? Joel Garfinkle of Career Advancement Blog contributed Seven Ways To Sell Your Ideas to Management.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it’s your social life, family or career, one thing you can count on is the consistency of change. The story is no different when it comes to developing a leadership strategy in times of change. A leadership development plan also acts as a compass for navigating change.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. Evaluative people can execute and sustain ventures. Assumptions and the value propositions must be validated—and developed accordingly.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

If we can harness the untapped potential buried deep within the hearts of our people, we can turn engagement from a liability into real, sustainable competitive advantage and usher in gains in productivity unseen since the industrial revolution! Mark started his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member back in 1977.

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QAspire

JUNE 1, 2014

Welcome to the June 02nd 2014 Carnival of Leadership Development. I am thankful to carnival leader Dan McCarthy for allowing me to host this event - a wonderful collection of very practical insights on Leadership Development. Beth Miller of Executive Velocity asks “ Does Your Leadership Fear Transparency? ”

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Lead from Within

MARCH 19, 2019

Being known as an organization where the best people want to work isn’t just an HR issue—it brings a serious competitive advantage when the best people want to be part of your team. But to retain your best people, you have to provide room for advancement with a career path and meaningful professional development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Anticipating and preparing for change is the essence of competitive advantage. The leaders who dominate in this new era will not only understand the changes affecting them, but they will seize them, master them, and use them to their advantage to achieve ever-higher performance. The same is true of some executives.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 15, 2014

As President and part owner, he had two other partners and the company needed to make investments in new product development in order to stay competitive. Time ticked away and they started to loose their competitive advantage. Beth is a trusted executive consultant, Vistage Chair, and committed volunteer.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The influencers reap benefits, too: more money, promotions and opportunities to rub shoulders with top executives. Executives say the influencers are sometimes already in jobs that reflect their skills—such as a project manager who works with several departments. Competitive Advantage. Related articles.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. This is an extraordinary achievement, but for many companies, this is still a novel idea.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

Is it the ability to develop a clear and inspiring vision? Is it the ability to recognize sources of sustainable competitive advantage? And then, drive execution accordingly? I don’t want to spend too much time on who’s at fault; I would rather provide you with some thoughts on how to avoid such developments.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2013

StrategyDriven Professional Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques business professionals can use to accelerate their careers and personal goals achievement. marketplace shortage of executives and managers with business acumen skills and the impact on companies with this skills deficiency. Additional Information. About the Author.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: In your podcast “Break the Rules To Get the Job You Deserve,” you discuss unconventional career advice. Before we asked employees for their input, the executive team had agreed to address whatever issues were reported as high priorities, and they did. Yes, there are so many. 3) Deliver what employees want.

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Women on Business

JUNE 2, 2011

I gave a presentation yesterday to the Executive Women’s Roundtable in Northern Virginia titled, “Using The Art of War to Find Your Competitive Advantage.” She looked me squarely in the eyes and said something she either was realizing for the first time, or had just come to terms with: “I think that sums up my entire career.”.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

Army Infantry, and later in my career as a Drill Sergeant. The growing reality in retrospect is that these same principles not only made me an effective leader, but they enabled me to develop something in the workplace that every organization strives for but often struggles to achieve: team cohesiveness. Simply put, one has to try.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

I’ll bet a lot of executives and managers reading this post would enthusiastically agree with the declaration “Employees are our greatest asset”. At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. How about you? Take notes.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the new book, Culture Is The Way. Other key lessons from sports coaches include these says Mayberry: Develop a burning desire to improve culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 29, 2019

This environment prompted a short-term approach to upskilling that sees employees given a degree of support in developing the skills they need right now, but precious little support in developing the skills required for the medium to long-term. ” A competitive advantage.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“When it comes to culture, one of the most glaring issues is that far too many leaders do not recognize it as one of their greatest competitive advantages,” says Matt Mayberry , author of the book, Culture Is The Way. Other key lessons from sports coaches include these says Mayberry: Develop a burning desire to improve culture.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Leaders are debating the changing nature of work and the perceived decline in job security (the lifelong career at a benevolent company is a fading memory) and the erosion of corporate loyalty. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2015

It used to be said that people have three careers in them. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. The Bacharach repertoire expanded, and he developed his signature musical style, along with lyricists such as Hal David. Resources being developed.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Executives play in a bigger league; they play for higher stakes; and the game is for keeps. Doing the day-to-day, hands-on work doesn’t fit the job description of the executive; driving the strategy, developing the bench, and making high-caliber decisions have become the new coinage of the realm.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Whether you are a working at a company-wide, business unit, functional, or product level, formulating strategy, planning it, and executing it has become too complex, too structured, too rigid, too slow, and more than half of the time does not produce the promised results. STRATEGY INNOVATION.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

I believe the same characteristics that are present in the heart of a warrior are also present in the most successful executives and entrepreneurs. I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The British army’s professional soldiers were superbly trained, disciplined against the chaos of battle, equipped with the latest weaponry and led by experienced career officers. Regardless of the size and resources you’re up against, you will certainly have some competitive advantages of your own. Execute your plan with vigor.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s essential for high-tech companies to maintain their competitive advantage, but how we’ve handled that change has been one of the pillars of our success over the past four years. Our employees embraced our values and so too did our executive leadership. Change is inevitable in any company. Carey Pellock, CHRO, Neustar.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. I’ve found great success in developing programs like our year-long Leadership Academy for middle managers or our six-month program called Employee 100 for front-line staff. Find those employers.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. In the executive suite, the idea is no longer even controversial. Choosing to take the appropriate measures to advance our careers is a significant decision.

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McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. I’ve found great success in developing programs like our year-long Leadership Academy for middle managers or our six-month program called Employee 100 for front-line staff. Find those employers.

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