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Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

Lead Change Blog

While their ego-driven ambition may be effective in generating short-term gains, attaining goals is different from achieving growth. In his best-selling classic business book, “Good to Great,” author Jim Collins explains that it’s natural for ambitious leaders to have a healthy ego.

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Strategic Resilience

Lead Change Blog

What’s clear today is that each organization is traversing a series of temporary normals – brief chapters in their company’s story, accelerated as conditions change. Holding this dynamic perspective helps leaders synchronize their organizations with the reality of fluidity. Resilient cultures survive. Practicing Strategic Resilience.

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3 Ways To Be A Level 5 Leader

Eric Jacobson

Author and leadership expert Jim Collins defines Level 5 leaders as those who: Pursue goals with the ferocity of lions while displaying the humility of lambs. According to Collins, who has studied leadership for 25 years, this level of leader is a rare breed.

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Three Ways To Be A Level 5 Leader

Eric Jacobson

Author and leadership expert Jim Collins defines Level 5 leaders as those who: Pursue goals with the ferocity of lions while displaying the humility of lambs. According to Collins, who has studied leadership for 25 years, this level of leader is a rare breed.

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The Biggest Mistake NEW Leaders Make

Let's Grow Leaders

There are two kinds of new leaders: experienced leaders who join a new organization and rookie leaders. If you are an executive appointed to lead an organization of several hundred people, then you need to go out and visit people. It also means less energy to consider the big picture threats facing your organization.

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How To Be A Level 5 Leader

Eric Jacobson

Author and leadership expert Jim Collins defines Level 5 leaders as those who: Pursue goals with the ferocity of lions while displaying the humility of lambs. According to Collins, who has studied leadership for more than 25 years, this level of leader is a rare breed.

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From Words to Worth: Navigating the True North of Organizational Values

Mike Cardus

Their research emphasizes the role of perceived integrity among top managers and highlights the strong correlation between an organization’s culture and its success (Guiso et al., Values Beyond Proclamation The study underscores a fundamental realization: Proclaimed values often seem detached from the organization’s lived reality.

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