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Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

Lead Change Blog

We’ve worked with them and for them – individuals in leadership positions who prioritize profits over people, place a greater value on transactions than interactions and view themselves on a higher level than those around them. The post Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco? “The Ego is an exquisite instrument.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under?

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Executive Leadership: One Temptation Most Successful Executives Resist

Let's Grow Leaders

In a recent conversation, “Mary” a senior leader at a Fortune 15 company shared the moment she “Got it.” Yes, it starts with what Jim Collins calls “ Getting the right people on the bus. The Temptation. And like Mary, you likely have five or so functional areas you oversee.

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3 Studies Prove Servant Leadership Good for Business

Modern Servant Leader

Opponents of servant leadership argue that the concept sounds good, but it just does not work in business. “Show me one study,” they say, “that proves Servant Leadership works for business.” Here are three studies that prove Servant Leadership is good for business: Good Company Index.

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Taking leadership to the next level

Lead on Purpose

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.”

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Leadership Change Is Not Free

Lead Change Blog

Leadership change carries a cost. Let’s explore some areas where the cost of leadership change is evident and essential. Another cost of leadership change can be hiring or firing of certain leaders. There is a renewed call to raise the standard of leadership and embrace change in thoughtful, proactive, and real ways.

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Quotes to Note on Purposeful Leadership

The Practical Leader

. “Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself for many of the visionary companies. Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. Today, a growing number of companies comfortably embrace such terms.

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