HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. Instead, an engaged workforce results when the focus is on developing, motivating, and empowering employees.

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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.

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Contingency Plans Collins Creativity Airlines 278

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A European study reports on “The Downside of Charisma” with this conclusion, “We found that leaders of the higher-performing companies were often not charismatic — and were, in fact, less likely to be charismatic than the leaders of the lower-performing companies. They often see humility as weakness.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I think of a company I worked at that, when I started, I saw a complete lack of trust. Listening is an important skill for building trust.” Jennifer Collins. Develop a Culture of Trust. It promotes better listening skills, because to trust someone, you have to understand their point of view. What does that mean?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“My job as a leader is to make sure that everybody in the company has great opportunities and they feel they are having meaningful impact to the good of society.” “You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good its people. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. ” –Bill Gates.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

Several years later I finally landed my first job in leadership development. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is everyone has leadership development opportunities. Good to Great by Jim Collins. In fact, it’s not just one case study, it’s two or three dozen between feature and comparison companies.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Click "READ MORE" to unveil these books and start taking your leadership skills to a higher level. ​ Making the Grass Greener on Your Side Ken Melrose, the head of the Toro lawn care company, shares his journey of corporate loss, gains, and knowledge learned along the way.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. Instead, an engaged workforce results when the focus is on developing, motivating, and empowering employees.

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Books Human Resources Diversity Kahneman 52

Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 7, 2013

One of the most important skills to be a good teammate and improve mental toughness involves the decision to set high expectations and never make or accept excuses. Remember that it is never too late to start something amazing – and you are in pretty impressive company if you are yet to begin your life’s greatest work.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.” When CEO Jeff Skilling proclaimed, “I am Enron,” the energy giant was at its peak. That’s exactly what happened at Enron.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

So they looked for companies that started in vulnerable positions and rose to spectacular performance in dangerously fast changing, unstable environments with major events and forces outside of their control. " They called them "10 times companies" because they didn’t merely get by or just become successful.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. link] ATIG Thanks to all, My understanding was not good and hope have better skill. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. The children that Ms.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.

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Emotional Intelligence Collins Learning-by-Doing Download 68

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Maxwell The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni First Break All the Rules – Marcus Buckingham The Leadership Challenge – Jim Kouzes The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie Good to Great – Jim Collins It’s Your Ship – Michael Abrashoff The Speed of Trust – Stephen R.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Which of your leadership skills helped you most to rise through the ranks at Zane Benefits? Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. First, you must do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results for the company, regardless of how difficult it may be.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.

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Emotional Intelligence Collins Learning-by-Doing Download 40

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] If your practices for promotion and your ability to assess and develop leadership capability as people move through your structure (especially "up the ladder") you are likely to keep making the same mistake. What say you???

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” Great leaders help people get to a yes - in other words, they teach them how not to receive a no.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Why is it important to develop future leaders within your company? Continuity of company culture, labor shortages, and an unexpected death of a senior manager are just a few important reasons. Challenges for Mid-Market Companies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

But professional development – improving yourself at work beyond meeting your specific performance goals – is too often left to the rote box-checking of annual performance reviews. Professional development takes three main forms: learning, connecting, and creating.

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Planning Development Collins Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

Motivating pop culture piece designed to foster better, more successful companies. These are some of the principles that I developed myself but do credit being inspired by Dick Clark. That’s why I developed the Pop Culture Wisdom concept, to interpolate from the cultural icons into business jargon and workable policies.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So why is it not more common?

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So why is it not more common?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. You pointed out great potential outcomes, but the trick for many companies is creating the necessary paradigm shift in thinking that will allow these outcomes to become reality. It took my personal church from a 100 to hundreds and headed to thousands.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The first is a young salesman in our company. He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 27, 2010

← Fast Friday: words of Wisdom from Stacey Allerton Firth Fast Friday with Suzanne Aldis Routh → Six lessons in how to interview… from the trenches Posted on April 27, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 2 Comments Skills and experience get you hired; attitude and behaviour get you fired. Lesson #4 – Shut up. Happy leading!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

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. To find these people, you have to develop a long-term, very consistent strategy. And when you have them on the bus, it's amazing what your company can do.

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Supply Chain Collins Long-term Human Resources 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

” I’ve just finished writing a book about companies in pretty ordinary settings (banks, hospitals, even a parking garage) that have won big by doing truly extraordinary things. The most exciting companies I know don’t want to be the best at what lots of others already do.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I have live video above, and in the text that follows I’ll share my opinions on the best and the worst of WBF Day 1… Jim Collins kicked-off the day with everything you would expect from him. Leaders get too caught up in trivial things and don’t pay enough attention to leadership development.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We These investments are more about the development of human capital than finance. Access to innovation resources and skills matter far more than money. What does it mean for your company and industry?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

The use of 360s also enhances coaching and development interventions by closing the “blind-spots” between leaders’ self-views and other people’s views on them. Indeed, dark side personality traits predict leader derailment even in the presence of outstanding technical skills and expertise.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If you don’t engage those who hold dissenting opinions and viewpoints in candid and open discussions you will struggle in developing to your true intellectual potential. With a knife a trained surgeon can do something that a skilled villain or even an experienced butcher could never do. Great post, Mike.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2013

30 Outdated Leadership Practices Holding Your Company Back by @mikemyatt. From @inc > Jim Collins: Good to Great in 10 Steps. Discover the 5 Most Critical Skills for Mid-level Leaders by By Jim Kauffman. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Need to get focused? Write by hand.

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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. As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works.

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