The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

OK, so I just put “definitions of leadership” in my search bar to do some Googling and found out there are officially almost 12 million definitions (not kidding!). On the other hand, I suppose it confirms (beyond reasonable doubt) that leadership is different things to different people. Examples of Everyday Leaders Simple!

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 17, 2024

Here's a comprehensive guide to getting noticed—and promoted—at work, complete with action steps and book recommendations to propel your career forward. This proactive approach shows leadership potential and a vested interest in the company's success. Present well-thought-out solutions to your manager. Final Thoughts.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 17, 2020

LinkedIn Learning’s 4th Annual 2020 Workplace Learning Report reinforces key trends in boosting leadership and organization effectiveness. This report compiles survey responses from 1,675 Learning and Development professionals, 2,000 learners, and 2,932 managers in North America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Your leadership style is based upon myriad factors, but when distilled into a few essential elements, you’ll find three spheres: Presence, Interaction, and Contribution. Communication - how, when, and where you communicate is key to having a successful leadership style. No time to read? Make it a point to promote yourself deftly.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2021. Whether it's the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad break-up, or the isolation of Covid-19, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch and emerge stronger, smarter, and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

thanks for this report. a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership. An Inexhaustible Source of Leadership Gratitude. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 7, 2022

employees report being at least somewhat likely to leave their current employer for another with a reputation for investing in employee learning and development, according to a Harris Polls study and as called out in the new book, Promotions Are So Yesterday: Redefine Career Development. Seventy percent of U.S.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! Miller – Are You Over-Functioning in Your Leadership Role? Everyone does.

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In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Leadership does not begin the when you step upon the first rung of the management ladder. One direct report does not make you a leader; nor does ten. Yet, the moment you have direct reports, you are EXPECTED to lead. But, leadership isn’t always directing others. Leadership Comes in All Shapes and Sizes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

If you’re a manager, you likely hear a lot about not only leading and organizing but also being a coach for your team. Today on Asking for a Friend I talk with Sara Canaday about tips from her new book “Coaching Essentials for Managers.” As a manager, you supervise and organize the workload for those you are managing.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Some statistics show even higher failure rates.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

Welcome to the April Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team building, and more. Linda Fisher Thornton of Leading in Context provided 16 Answers to What is Good Leadership? Development.

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CO2

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Modern Leadership Development In our rapidly transforming business environment, the caliber of leadership can be the defining factor in an organization’s success. This guide aims to be an invaluable resource for professionals striving for excellence in leadership and looking for skills enhancement.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. Encourage risk-taking as budding leaders grow their skills.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

Image: Shutterstock / PhotoMavenStock How can you tell if a particular school has good leadership? Throughout his career, Andrew has encountered many educational establishments – and knows what strong leadership can do. Their leadership teams understand and empathise with individuals – the teachers as well as pupils.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A common mantra in business is that “information is power” This may encourage managers to hoard information for the benefit of their career, but research from Stanford highlights how harmful this can be. They suggest that often managers get this wrong and communicate too little, and very rarely overcommunicate.

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HR Digest

JUNE 1, 2023

One needs to accept that the nimble embrace of remote work also comes about because successful HR managers are adaptable, forward thinking, and highly organized. Can HR Managers Work From Home? While many companies are slowly adopting to flextime and working from home , Can HR managers Work from Home, too?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

In Wellbeing at Work , Jim Clifton and Jim Harter report that beginning in the late 1950s, Gallup sought to discover and quantify the difference between the best possible life and the worst possible life. Interestingly, Gallup found that the most important element is career wellbeing. Remove abusive managers.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Advice: Secure leadership for an insecure economy Written by David Waller Tuesday 05 December 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email More than six million UK employees live in a state of permanent high alert, subject to last-minute schedule changes and uncertain when their next pay packet is coming.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2023

It is crucial to build and improve leadership and management capabilities in the maritime sector, to be able to identify and grow talent in future leadership positions. Leadership programmes need to be able to make a lasting impact and promote changes in behaviour for those involved.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management 4.0 Developing the next generation of managers and leaders. CMI’s Management Transformed campaign seeks to answer a fundamental question – what are the skills that managers and leaders will need in a workplace and world transformed by new technology, new business models and societal changes? CMI’s Management 4.0

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. You need to proactively help him develop a strategy for remaining marketable and valuable, helping him define a viable pathway for his career. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability. Foster collaboration.

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Modern Servant Leader

MAY 22, 2012

So it stands to reason that if “leadership is influence” (Maxwell), we have unrivaled leadership opportunity. You do not need a manager or employees reporting to you. Managing people has been the most universal sign of “leadership” in business. Historically, this was not the case.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In a recent HBR article, Robert Kabacoff shares his research of 60,000 managers in 40 countries. We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Of course, you know that leadership is not who likes you. ” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. My first response was, “It depends.

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HR Digest

MARCH 4, 2021

A good manager can make or break a team. For a first-time manager who has been promoted from being a part of team to be in charge of a team the responsibilities can be overwhelming. A bad manager can crush engagement and motivation, down productivity, and generally make coming to work a chore for the entire team. Communication.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

Of course, leadership is not about being liked. ” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. Why don’t they like you?”

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Career Advancement

JUNE 18, 2018

Achieving the highest possible return on human capital must be every manager’s goal. Sebastian asks: As a new manager, I see that building relationships with my employees is way different than with coworkers. Trust is important to the employee/manager relationship. Brian Tracy~. Be Trustworthy. Uphold Boundaries.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal. How is that possible?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2019. Schulze's principles are both versatile and utterly practical to leaders of every age, career stage, and industry. You don't need a powerful title or a line of direct reports—you have everything you need to use them right now.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 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. Bernd shares: “ How do you introduce one-on-ones to your direct reports?

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 17, 2013

The role of product manager has become increasingly important to the success of the products and the companies; it has become increasingly strategic. Product managers have to act as the catalyst to drive unity and direction on the team without having management authority over the people (from other teams) they depend on for their success.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 8, 2022

And, if you are at the point in your perusal of this blog where you are wondering what any of this has to do with Situational Leadership ® and/or the employee experience, my abbreviated response would be—plenty! The first blog in this series referenced The Josh Bersin Company’s detailed research report HR Predictions for 2022.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2018

One of the most important skills for any manager is listening. We are born with the ability to listen, yet somehow managers, at some point in their careers, seem to forget how to use this natural born gift. Listening is one of the most consistently lowest rated behaviors in 360 degree feedback assessments for managers.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I’ve written about these and other crucial tools for helping leaders improve relationships, gain executive presence and succeed in my new book, The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career. Share this information with your manager as a head start to your performance review.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, Bob’s career advancement strategy had not panned out as he had hoped. This was due, at least in part, to the underperformance of members of his leadership team. From the beginning, Bob had taken a thoughtful approach to his career advancement, but the design of his strategy overlooked a key element: character development.

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