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The Power in a Powerful Thank You

Let's Grow Leaders

A specific, relevant thank you has the power to energize and keep people moving. ” Powerful Thank Yous. ( I mean, I would anyway, but that’s the power of a thank you. Now, I want to take a question that came in this week from a program that we’re doing leadership development program. Thank you. (

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Boosting Team Performance: 3 Ways to Make Your Team’s Engine More Powerful

RapidStart Leadership

The post Boosting Team Performance: 3 Ways to Make Your Team’s Engine More Powerful appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Here are three things leaders can learn from engineers who have figured out how to make jet engines go faster.

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20 Things all Great Organizational Leaders Do

Leadership Freak

Jim Collins said he wanted to write a book about great organizations not great leaders. Never underestimate the power of lousy leaders to demotivate people and destroy organizations. [.]. But as his research grew, he realized great organizations had one thing in common, great leaders.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

The Power of And via @stratandbiz. Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins’ Top Ten To-Dos for Young Leaders by @pauljsohn. 25 Powerful Coaching Questions to Get Where You Want to Go by @JesseLynStoner. 25 Powerful Coaching Questions to Get Where You Want to Go by @JesseLynStoner.

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020: How to Develop an Effective Culture

Engaging Leader

“I’ve heard what thought leaders like Jim Collins and Patrick Lencioni have to say,” Steve asks, “but it just seems like theory when I think about how to apply it to our team. What practical things can we do today to develop our culture?” Giving Powerful Feedback. Match actions to words.

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The 5 Disciplines of Wiki Management

Leading Blog

Rod Collins writes in Wiki Management , “Today’s managers may spend more time soliciting input from their workers, but at the end of the day, the basic social technology remains the same: The managers are still the bosses, the workers are still subordinates, and the latter are still expected to do as they are told.”

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

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? What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways.

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