Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. She stayed the course and got a break into acting soon after. Phil Collins asked to be given the mike and a chance. Leadership Development'

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

We were not a Christian business,” writes Robinson, “but rather a business where the owners and leadership aspired to apply and live out biblical principles.” These six principles, based on Truett Cathy’s leadership, have guided every decision at Chick-fil-A and help to keep it uniquely different. Six Legacy Principles.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

And of course in the classic book, Good to Great , author Jim Collins’ discovered that those organizations who moved from average to superior performance shared a common factor of being led by Level 5 leaders, people who possessed a powerful mixture of humility and indomitable will. Viewing yourself as a steward.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2017

Justin and I were introduced to one another through a common connection who just knew we needed to know one another based on our values-based approach to leadership. In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the Level 5 Executive. Winning Well Connection. Humility is the antidote that will cure your disease of pride.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Questions about these intertwined leadership characteristics recently came up in workshops and online discussions. Charismatic leadership seems to especially confuse many people. It’s a popular media stereotype of strong leadership. ” Humility is a vital part of the me/we continuum so central to leadership.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. For their study, the authors chose a set of major companies that achieved spectacular results over 15 or more years while operating in unstable environments. 10X Leadership Behaviors.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Some during the course of the 18 months made the same book recommendations a couple times. Some people suggested more than one book.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Leadership Tip: Treat your employees as people not “workers.” He was grateful for the flexibility, of course, and probably worked harder and was a better employee because of it. Jennifer Collins. Caring about others is a crucial quality of servant leadership. Too many companies believe people are interchangeable.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic , Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. The only constant is change.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Yet the most important, yet hardest, aspect of leadership truth telling is being rigorously honest with yourself. Take inventory of the following 7 truths to get real about the present and to fuel your leadership changes in the future. Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? It’s that simple.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear? What does a CEO really do anyway?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I've just finished reading Jim Collins' latest book, Great By Choice (which he co-authored with Morten Hansen). Collins is a smart observer and a gifted writer. It's hard to put down a Collins book feeling anything but.well, inspired. Collins has a knack for asking good questions. You can do it, he says. You really can.

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The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Yet the most important, yet hardest, aspect of leadership truth telling is being rigorously honest with yourself. Take inventory of the following 7 truths to get real about the present and to fuel your leadership changes in the future. Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? It’s that simple.

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Reality-Based Leadership

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Our Reality-Based Leadership team has gathered a list of our favorite reads that will have a bit of something for everyone, from books on business leadership and change, to motivational and self-reflection topics, to great authors like Brene Brown and Simon Sinek. appeared first on Reality-Based Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think. link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. Being excellent is an excellent idea but without vision excellence alone won’t change your game. It was a game changer!

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." I had a job at a company that was in the midst of a re-contracting project. "People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing," wrote Dale Carnegie.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks and I hope you enjoy the summit… Share and Enjoy: View Comments pinto philip Topic : Next Generation leadership -> How has leadership evolved with changing times , how has the styles changed , why is servant leadership more relevant in todays world. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., Michael’s track record of leadership has stood the test of time. Mike Myatt : Has your leadership style changed over the years, and if so, how?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

Competence, of course, is critical — the candidate must be able to do required tasks well. Finding people with the right combination of competence, character and team skills isn't easy, of course, even if you conduct a long, carefully-orchestrated search. And when you have them on the bus, it's amazing what your company can do.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

As editors who work at a company specializing in, among other matters, how to lead , we've been fascinated by how assiduously various forces, for various reasons, have been trying to anoint a leader on a movement that has been aggressive about not having one. Of course countries don't exist without a head of state.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). By Jim Collins. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

Even when things clearly aren't going right, strong psychological tendencies keep the average leader from admitting it and correcting course. In it, MBAs were asked to choose the best R&D investment strategy for a case company; then, they were shown how that strategy played out (disappointingly).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

As a recent example, a simple background check would have saved the Yahoo board the trouble of ousting Scott Thompson , the company's fourth CEO in five years, because he falsely claimed a computer science degree. A growing number of companies also conduct behavioral and honesty testing to screen employees. Set clear policies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Unlike most rankings, it was based on a systematic analysis of stock-market performance among nearly 2,000 CEOs of the world's largest companies. companies is around six years. In all the tributes to Steve Jobs, what people recall is not these numbers, of course, but the innovations, the man himself, and what he stood for.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 28, 2011

As I pondered what to share, I decided to share the leadership lessons I have learned along the way. I thought I had to ‘be the boss’, which of course meant being mean. In Leadership-people will do amazing things for people they like. This phrase comes from the book Good to Great by Jim Collins. You know what I realized?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Best wishes Scott… [link] Dan Collins Mike, Excellent post. When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Study some of the most interesting and diverse group of companies such as Google, Twinings, Dropbox and even Wimbledon and you end up with fascinating stories, case studies, and research useful to every brand. You have many provocative questions and prompts to spur excellent conversations in leadership teams. Ideas to Grow Your Brand.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2011

Getting the right people on the bus , to use Jim Collins' phrase, is the single most important thing a manager can do. I learned about the importance of talent-mining once again when I became CEO of Campbell Soup Company a decade ago. Over the first three years, we had to replace 300 of the top 350 leaders in the company.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But I have tried to make all the choices directly relevant to young businesspeople interested in leadership. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But I have tried to make all the choices directly relevant to young businesspeople interested in leadership. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

One idea he especially loved was Level-5 leadership. “If If we want to be great,” Rob would say, “we need more Level-5 leadership.”. Eventually, I asked Rob what Level-5 leadership meant to him. His answer : We need a vision of this company for the next 10 years. And leadership theory has its place.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

However in reflecting upon my presentations and client engagements, I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas. Some individuals openly seek out positions of leadership, while leadership is thrust upon others.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

So what should companies look for when they hire a new CEO? Russell Reynolds Associates, in partnership with Hogan Assessment Systems, has led a research effort to separate myth from reality, identifying key indicators of leadership that have a measurable impact on a company’s growth. Leadership is changing — fast.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Related Post : The Leadership Vacuum Share and Enjoy: View Comments John Mike, I believe you are correct in that the key 'qualification' for being effective at helping others is experience and of course that is a word open to considerable interpretation. I believe also you have just kicked the elephant in the room.

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