Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, leadership, productivity, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Leadership at the Symphony.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

There are any number of reasons to pay attention to primaries, one of which is you can learn a lot about leadership communications strategies and tactics by watching how the candidates do what they do. Adjust Your Energy Dial – As a general rule, the bigger the room, the bigger your energy needs to be.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied. It was twice as important as communication (the second most important behavior) and almost 50 times more important than hands-on tactical behaviors.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

The achievement of current goals and objectives free up the time & create the resources to move on to bigger and better things…Trying to do too many things at once will impede progress, dilute effort & energy, add to chaos and lead to burn-out. Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

In an in-depth conversation with The HR Digest, Lisa Chang, the Global Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company, reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career trajectory. This dilemma forced me to evaluate my career path and what mattered most. The HR Digest: In a 2021 interview, you mentioned evolving leadership approaches.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 7, 2015

And yet this simple leadership tactic is often lost in the frenzy of overbooked schedules. I’ve used this technique more than once in my career to casually “bump into” an exec I needed to talk to on the way in to the building. Getting there early is one of the simplest ways to get ahead of the competition.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2019

Whatever the label, you recognize these tactics when you see them. When you respond to such CC emails about projects and issues not directly involving you, this encourages the sender to keep up the self-promotion and the pressure tactics on colleagues. Backhanded compliments. CYA attempts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 31, 2018

Helping employees find significance simply takes time, energy, and engagement. This is the most significant finding from the Hawthorne Works research: Making team members and teams feel valued as well as helping them find meaning and purpose beyond their own tactical skill application boosts employee well-being and productivity.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Here are four simple strategies to overcome the challenges of aligning career and family, your personal and professional life: Set boundaries at work and home. Sheryl Sandberg has said a survival tactic of hers was accepting that her husband may not have been doing things around the house like she would, but at least he was helping.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Here's the complete 8/28 press release: New PDI Ninth House Pulse on Leaders research pinpoints personality traits that can both help and hinder one’s advancement through leadership levels, and uncovers stark differences between key traits for business unit leaders and CEOs. senior vice president, Leadership Research, PDI Ninth House.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 6, 2022

Or will we approach it, regardless of the competing responses that hover for our attention, as a data point in a chain of evidence that will eventually define our leadership legacy ? Move on: Refocus your energy and attention immediately. Consider a challenging hypothetical as a test case. Transactional. Reputation Building.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Having (or finding) passion seems especially important for leaders who need to infuse the energy of their passion into the workplace to get done what needs to be done. I’ve seen this happen, and when it does, it can become a career-killer. Reprinted with permission from SmartBlog on Leadership. . Tweet This

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Earlier this year brought the book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking , by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Fortunately, Create the Future , is a tactical guidebook that teaches readers how to remove these seven traps. If you were restarting your career, what three industries currently have the most appeal?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

March 10 brings the new book, Create The Future: Tactics For Disruptive Thinking, by J eremy Gutsche , CEO of Trend Hunter. Fortunately, Create the Future , is a tactical guidebook that teaches readers how to remove these seven traps. If you were restarting your career, what three industries currently have the most appeal?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 6, 2020

And, even though it may seem selfish to take a real break, it is critically important that you have enough energy to get yourself and your team through this entire crisis. Before any of this happened, you sought and were given a position that makes you ultimately responsible for the careers of others. Reset and Push to the Finish Line.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2020

That’s not a likely career accomplishment from a United States army interrogator. Leadership and the Study of Body Language. What tactics can a leader use to type people and recognize what attracts them and what repels them? After interrogating and teaching interrogation, I left the “business” for a corporate career.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2011

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. Smart leaders avoid make-work and focus their energy on high impact initiatives, which may include a needed restructuring. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers. Their tendency has been to jump right back into the same type of career for security purposes only, even if they truly dislike this work. This is a dead end tactic. Do you notice an immediate lift of energy in your body? Are You in Career Quicksand?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 15, 2014

Question : Can “working smarter, not harder” really be applied to leadership positions? Conflicts: Deal quickly and well with issues that arise because unresolved conflicts drain huge quantities of energy out of the system and from you and your team. About the Author. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 22, 2013

The leadership lesson is: Developing organizations, communities and countries requires more than capital and innovation. And the French, remembering their defeat in the French and Indian War twelve years earlier, were willing to support the patriotic citizenry against England by providing weapons, soldiers and military leadership. .

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 30, 2015

In their book, Maximum Success: Changing the Twelve Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead , James Waldroop and Timothy Butler identify twelve behavior patterns--what they call "Achilles' heels" — that can harm, or seriously hinder, a person's career development. Behaviors That Can Hold You Back.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Energy and persistence conquer all things. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. The wasted human energy and other resources that go down the big black sink-hole of most change initiatives is truly astounding. This is Part 4 of 4.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Relational Leadership is people-centric. The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results. People are the core of this leadership style. This final article examines creating a respected organization.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2014

Moving Rocks requires a lot of effort and energy, so you need it to pay off. Identify the Who Cares items so your valuable time and energy are not waste and that no one really cares about. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. Finally, we have the Who Cares bucket.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Special Edition 49 – An Interview with Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top explores the approaches everyone in the corporate world can use, regardless of their current position, to shape their career development and accelerate their advancement.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The book will expose you to the principles of relational leadership and show you how the principles when applied in tandem, can produce substantial results. People are the core of this leadership style. You will learn how to put the attributes in play for yourself in your own leadership situation.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2014

It takes a lot of time and energy and sometimes money, to clean up the messes that happen when your decision-making is reactive or ad hoc. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions. About the Author. Please email your questions to TheAdvisorsCorner@StrategyDriven.com.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. Presidents.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Being a corporate entrepreneur has a profound effect on both your reputation for innovation and your prospects for leadership opportunities. What better way to signal that you have leadership capabilities? Career Benefits of Entrepreneurial Activity for Individuals in Paid Employment: An Application of Signaling Theory.”

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You attitudes and behaviors are the biggest differentiators for leadership success. The four well researched core emotional intelligence metrics of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management are directly correlated with successful or failing leadership. Your integrity is without question.

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Leading Blog

JULY 3, 2023

When leadership decides on a change — a new app, or a new process to help customers — everyone wants to get moving so that they can realize the anticipated results as soon as possible. Clarity on the goal eliminates confusion, sets guidelines for tactics, and avoids wasted time and effort. Irrevocable decisions will be made.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Over the span of his career, Chris has won numerous industry awards for his work with the InfoLink stable of publications in Australia. Jason played an instrumental role in turning Everspark Interactive into a $1.2 million agency in only three months.

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