Leading Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

I N 2016, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria addressed the graduating class and spoke of three H’s: Hope, Humility, and Honor. Remember the Milgram experiments you studied in your Leadership and Accountability class. These three qualities are reflected in leaders who make a difference.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This post was recently published at Smartblog on Leadership. Sadly, there are many organizations that are still using this outdated method of leadership development. While force-feeding leadership development was never a good idea, neither is going too far in the other extreme. Write your own development plan.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In Voyager, women finally had a realistic representation of female leadership aboard a Star Trek vessel, one that was determined and decisive but also empathic and willing to listen. In fact, she’s almost a prescient paragon of what good leadership looks like in the 21st century. So what exactly is going on?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

Simple really, rather than spend millions on youth soccer and developing the next generation of superstars, they go out and pay millions for players from outside of England, because they have neglected to focus on developing local talent. EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT. Many great CEOs came up through the GE Executive Development system.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2023 curated just for you. Harden teaches his students how to practice, train, and rehearse to give 100 percent, 100 percent of the time, and challenges them by asking: If you don't believe in yourself, why should I believe in you? Champions aren't born.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 13, 2018

Last month we had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Marcella Bremer to talk about her work in developing a positive culture in the workplace, her new book, Developing a Positive Culture , and the Positive Culture Academy (classes start April 2nd). What made you decide to write Developing a Positive Culture ?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2012

All occupations will develop their own special jargon. To help with each of these scenarios, I’ve created a handy guide to the most common leadership development jargon using everyday language. Action Learning : A type of leadership development program where participants work on real projects and learn at the same time.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Recently I taught a brand new class on leadership at the Yale Law School. Despite popular misconceptions, young lawyers are hungry to become more self-aware and to sharpen their leadership competencies. Legal training focuses on all of the things that could go wrong. Are you a future lawyer? Join our conversation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

You want to believe that the hard work of practicing, training, and rehearsing for success will give you the right mindset to turn troubled times into valuable lessons that get you closer to your goal. You must train yourself to adapt to every possible circumstance, deal with any situation, use any object as a weapon to defend yourself.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2014

I recently asked readers to submit their burning leadership development questions. I’ve had some tough training audiences over the years, from all kinds of industries and professions, including the kind of target audience I believe the reader is describing. Development. Needs assessment. What are their challenges?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When it comes to leadership development, I’ve always been a bit of a curmudgeon. Here’s the way I’ve always thought about leadership development: There is no such thing as a natural born leader - it takes a lot of HARD work to become one. In fact, if you’re having too much fun, I doubt you’re really developing.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Cary, NC – October 18, 2023 – The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS), the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model , announces the release of five new translations across four modalities for their best-in-class Situational Leadership ® Essentials program. Leadership is a universal language.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2020

So, what is professional development anyways? Professional development can give you the chance to grow and expand your knowledge on the subjects that matter to you. Career development is quite challenging to achieve without goals. Setting career goals encourages constant development. Complete a leadership program.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2023

Developing an effective employee engagement program is essential to foster a positive work environment and maximize employee satisfaction. In this article, we will explore strategies and best practices to develop such a program that can boost employee engagement and contribute to overall organizational success.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 14, 2022

One day when I was still working in a corporate role during the pandemic, I had a rather unique leadership class experience. I was scheduled to facilitate on a certain topic, but hadn’t actually received the training myself. Those are some of the questions that led me to start Leadership-in-a-Box.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The truth is that even these world-class leaders have room to grow and can find ways to identify their weaknesses, optimize their performance, and become even better leaders. Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. How is that possible?

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Mike Cardus

MAY 6, 2013

We had a GREAT time completing the 2nd offering of the High Performance Team Building Certificate Class – offered through the University at Buffalo School of Social Work Continuing Education Department. Ann-Marie Orlowski, Vice President Community Services Gateway-Longview Buffalo, NY. What do you think? michael cardus is create-learning.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2020

t Up , Norm Laviolette says the way to get to that place is to slowly step into it as you would train for a marathon. Maybe you don’t immediately hit the open mic stage, but rather you sign up for an improv class. Then once you do that, force yourself to go to the first class. You wouldn’t just run a marathon.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Ethics Training Shouldn't be Boring Keeping people engaged in the process of learning about ethical leadership is important. I see so many tweets from people attending ethics classes about how bored they are and how they already know the material that's being reviewed. Are these participants learning?

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 5, 2019

When I ask clients what kind of return they’re looking for from a leadership development initiative, it’s usually in terms of how the initiative can have a visible, measurable impact on the organization. Many factors drive the success of a leadership development initiative. Prioritize your leadership development efforts.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Spent time with University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business PMBA class. Team Building & Leadership Development. developing a foundation of team work. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business Executive PMBA Class. communication and commitment to the work.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 28, 2022

Collaboration Between Learning Platform and Leadership Development Experts Powers a Situational and Contextual Digital Learning Experience. The partnership will power The Center for Leadership Studies’ digitally transformed program, Situational Leadership ® Essentials for Managers.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. I had already completed some training in company principles and was pressuring the team to follow through on the “honoring commitments” part of the practices I had put forward.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 18, 2012

I’m teaching two classes in the fall for the University at Buffalo School of Social Work and you should check them out; Mastering Organizational Complexity Certificate Program. Solution-Focused Leadership Certificate Program. This style of leadership is easy to integrate into the existing management structure.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 28, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Education for Leadership. Strategy for Leadership Development. We organized a two-hour meeting for the leadership development participants and the mentors, over a shared dinner.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Self-development is more about igniting the fire from within instead of external factors. External influences only act as facilitators to the goal of development. The goal could be to quit smoking, become more available to your family, take classes to learn new skills or practice philanthropy.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 12, 2013

Facilitated the orientation program for the incoming MBA class of Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. Outcomes of the Team Building & Leadership Development included; Student teams created a foundation of team-development. To see all the teambuilding & leadership photos.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 30, 2013

To see all the Executive MBA teambuilding & leadership photos. Executives applying the Team Building & Leadership Development to ‘ Build a Tower Build a Team ’. Thank you University of Rochester Simon Graduate School of Business Executive MBA Class of 2015. Had a great deal of fun. Team building was awesome.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Guest post from John R Childress: In 1965, when I was a junior in high school and sporty, stylish and innovative cars were all the rage, Ralph Nader, a Harvard trained lawyer, published a book that was both highly controversial and highly influential. Leadership is a responsibility!

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Mike Cardus

MAY 7, 2013

This is a skill that can be developed and a process that can be implemented into your organization, team and leadership. Very few leaders are trained to effectively handle managing change in times of organizational complexity. Organization-Development Consulting & Coaching Process Schedule. Learning Objectives.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership I’ve been conducting training on manager/employee communication for years. In one class a few weeks ago I heard the same phrase over and over, and realized it holds the key to a breakthrough.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 28, 2014

history classes cover the compelling stories of trailblazing people venturing west—crossing the plains ISO (In Search Of) new country and treasures. Leadership Development Lessons from History Pioneer Trailblazing' -Unknown Somewhere around the junior high school years, our U.S. As I remember studying those [.]

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Those skills, while uniquely human, are not what we are typically trained to do and require a deal of messy personal development. Forged in Crisis : The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times by Nancy Koehn The crisis that can break one person can give birth to leadership in another. New skills will be needed.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It was an amusing game at a leadership retreat, especially after a few adult beverages. The instructions were simply describe leadership as a highway sign and tell why. What should be the nature and practice of leadership in order for it to be effectively practiced? But the one that stumped us all was Speed Limit 24 MPH.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. They included those moments of silence where they gathered their energy, reviewed the content they’d prepared, and did the work to deliver a best-in-class show.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2012

When it comes to fostering and developing leadership, my answer tends to be that it’s just a part of what WMACs do; it's engrained in their DNA. That's not to say that these companies are not conscious of leadership. WMACs are always conscious of and investing in the development and leadership of their people.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Position power allows you to do the following: Reward and Recognize People —Dole out desirable things to employees such as pay increases, bonuses, promotions, public recognition, time off, and opportunities to attend top-tier training programs. Develop your ability to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. Improve your empathy.

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