QAspire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I began 2020 with a firm plan to execute a significant mid-career transition that involved voluntary movement out of a rewarding senior leadership role, relocating family, reuniting with my parents and (hopefully) start new assignments. It is a system that needs careful attention to all its parts working well together.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 1, 2020

In order to be fully engaged and bring our best selves to work, there are four basic human needs that must be met. Meeting these needs has become even more critically important during this time of uncertainty and change, and if we lose sight of them, we run the risk of losing our best people.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

According to Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership , great bosses come in all shapes and sizes. David Dye of Trailblaze reminds us that building your influence and leadership credibility can seem overwhelming and often drive you to counter-productive behavior. Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Unlimited knows that criticism can sting.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life , Marketing , Strategy • 0 Comments. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Human Resources. Leadership.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Leadership. by John • December 4, 2011 • Leadership , Life • 2 Comments. And although pundits continue to encourage entrepreneurial thinking for stagnating mega-businesses, these bureaucracies can’t break from risk-averse management. Human Resources. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 10, 2011

Leadership. by John • April 11, 2011 • Human Resources , Strategy • 0 Comments. To ‘entrepreneurs in waiting’ who want to begin their careers in a corporation, I suggest the following: 1. The leaders of these companies aren’t ‘managing the store’; they’re building new stores. In the CEO Afterlife.

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CEO Advice Company Competitive Advantage 170

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 1, 2011

Leadership. by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. I witnessed plenty of vulture culture during my career. It’s not just that they are lousy people managers. If they can be labeled in ways other than as sociopaths, e.g., under-skilled, they can be managed.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

Last year I met with Jim Goodnight, SAS Institute’s founder and CEO, to learn more about his leadership and SAS Institute’s culture. The culture Goodnight has fostered at SAS works because it meets human needs that are necessary to thrive at work: respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning.

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Software Conference Long-term Entrepreneur 287

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture? When these needs are met, people thrive, individually and collectively. Michael Lee Stallard is president of E Pluribus Partners, a leadership training and coaching firm.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Human Resources.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 16, 2011

Peter Drucker was often called the father of modern management thinking. Warren Bennis has been described as the father of leadership. I’ve long been a reader of Warren ’s books on leadership, change, and team/organization dynamics. Warren has a long and very distinguished career.

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McGregor Open-book Review Leadership 40

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Human Resources.

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Brand CEO Stage-Gate Marketing 131

QAspire

OCTOBER 3, 2010

" – Michael le Boeuf As a manager or business leader, rewarding the behaviors you seek is a matter of constant choice. Whether you are a project manager or a business leader, here are a few actions you can take to set the right expectations on behaviors you value. You get what you reward." John Hunter´s last blog.

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QAspire

JULY 20, 2010

" Clarify Expectations : When you are new to an organization, it is very important that you manage expectations well. BIG Thanks to Wally Bock for selecting my post 5 Ideas To Ensure That Lessons are ‘Really’ Learned in Management Improvement Carnival #104. Ditto with trust - extend trust and you get it back in equal measures.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Anticipating their needs is one of the great tasks of leadership development and an area of sustained inquiry at GE. At Crotonville, our corporate university, we're addressing this challenge through an evolutionary leadership curriculum , breakthrough learning experiences, and a transformational environment.

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Globalization Development Agility Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

This is my own personal declaration of human rights at work. It informs everything I do as a coach, management professor, and human being. For example, if you don’t believe in your organization’s core activities, leadership, and culture, you’re likely to feel demoralized even if you still function well at work.

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Stress Long-term Short-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

The managers were discussing how to better engage their employees. She cited Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs , explaining that salaries and benefits would provide people with food and shelter – physiological needs. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard Maslow’s name in a meeting of managers.

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Maslow Motivation Bottom-up Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Once he joined the family business, he showed a real gift for leadership. Their working relationships had ground to a halt as they pointed out faults in Harry’s leadership. It’s a fundamental human need to feel valued by people we esteem, especially by family members. Managing people'

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

We have the benefit of rich data thanks to the more than seventy thousand individuals who have completed the Leadership Practices Inventory , our thirty-item behavioral assessment, over the years. The point of this tool is to help individuals and organizations measure their leadership competencies and act on their discoveries.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

So, you act like an anthropologist to understand human needs and problems before jumping to solutions. Most of us in business, if we need to discover how to do something new, use PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheets to rationalize our approach. And modern management systems must become far more adaptive. This must change.

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ExactHire - Leadership

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Today’s workforce simply isn’t willing to sacrifice their personal life for their career. We all have a basic human need to feel like we are doing something meaningful. Take the single line at the top of Charity: Water’s branded careers site : “Quit your day job and come change the world.” Is your mission inspiring?

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