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The Single Biggest Factor in Long-Term Organizational Success

Leadership Freak

The Future of Management, Gary Hamel) Factors of organizational success: Jim Collins… Continue reading → “What ultimately constrains the performance of your organization is not its business model, nor its operating model, but its management model.” (The

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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

It leads to short-term thinking. 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 result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. And that feeds our approach in society at large.

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This is What TRUSTworthy Leadership Looks Like in Turbulent Times

Lead Change Blog

In respect to leadership, the core element upon which everything else is built is TRUST. Here’s a picture of what TRUSTworthy leadership looks like in turbulent times—and, as it turns out, it looks like this in “normal” (whatever that ends up being) times, too. What does your team’s attitude reflect about your leadership?

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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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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. However, treating the customer with love is the best way to boost the bottom line in the long run.

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From The World Business Forum: The Enduring Leadership Lesson From.

Terry Starbucker

Collins is the author of my all-time favorite business book, “ Good to Great &# ( affiliate link, profits to National Park Foundation) , where through a ton of research he identified the most critical traits of companies that were able to sustain above-average growth rates for long periods of time. EVERY instance.

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Quotes to Note on Purposeful Leadership

The Practical Leader

Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. “Consider the words affection, love, joy, authenticity, empathy, compassion, soulfulness, and other terms of endearment. Today, a growing number of companies comfortably embrace such terms. ” James C. That is changing.

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