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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

You want a climate of faith and hope, not fear, in leadership development. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. Obsessed with a focus on successful reports, these leaders avoided negative news and data. Face the Facts – Whether Bad or Good. It could have been a much different story.

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The Biggest Mistake NEW Leaders Make

Let's Grow Leaders

Ian McAllister, General Manager at Amazon, reports that one of his greatest challenges as a new manager was thinking too small. That means less time to think about developing your people. Action: for the first week (longer for larger organizations) as a new leader, focus on meeting people over coffee and lunch.

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What Makes a Great Leader?

Next Level Blog

These are the conclusions I’ve come to after spending most of my life so far either leading others or advising, coaching, developing and observing leaders. It’s a similar dynamic to what Good to Great author Jim Collins describes as Level 5 Leadership – the combination of fierce resolve and deep humility.

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7 Keys To Unlocking Your Team’s Potential

Terry Starbucker

It’s one thing to get all the “right people on the bus&# (to steal a Jim Collins phrase), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness. There are 7 “keys&# that a leader can use to speed the team’s development.

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How To Be A Trusted Executive

Eric Jacobson

Part Three : Finally, Blakey reviews the impact of the three pillars and discusses governance, remuneration, corporate social responsibility, reporting, scale, regulation and structure. Jim Collins captured this difference when he talked about level 5 leaders in his book, Good to Great. And this then becomes their Achilles heel.

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Into the Heart of Love, Life, and Leadership

The Practical Leader

To be dedicated to human spiritual development is to be dedicated to the race of which we are a part, and this, therefore, means dedication to our own development as well as ‘theirs.'” He didn’t care about the growth and development of anyone else because his inner growth and development had stalled.

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Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

Development — major resources are committed to developing or refining the new products, services, or businesses that are ready to be capitalized on. Make senior leaders responsible for some business development and ongoing customer service. Link part of their compensation to new business or development success.