Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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. Productivity through well-trained, rewarded, and empowered front-line employees. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. A customer-first focus in all decisions.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

It’s been a huge part of my leadership education. Several years later I finally landed my first job in leadership development. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is everyone has leadership development opportunities. If you’re looking for a leadership read, here’s a great place to start.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

I’d been at my leadership role for 6 years. Our quest needed to stay fresh, vibrant, and exuberant, and the best way to do that was through the words and actions of a new generation of leadership. Going ‘Jim Collins’ By the time my travels took me back to Billings, a couple of months later, I knew what I had to do.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility? Collins is right. Collins also pointed out that so often a crucible in life — cancer, economic depression, emotional depression, death of a loved one, etc. why is everyone smiling?

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

Jim Collins~. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills. Provide leadership training or executive coaching to help them get ready to handle the increased responsibility. “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision. Vision is often misunderstood.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

A Reel Leadership Flashback Article Are you ready to flashback to the year 1982? Blade Runner is filled with sci-fi imagery (for the year 1982), a slow-building story, and, of course, lots of leadership lessons. Let’s take a look at the leadership lessons from Blade Runner and what that means for your leadership. .

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2019

I had an exchange of messages with a reader about my blog post Stupid Busy: Is Your Leadership Team Overloading Your Organization? Too many senior leadership teams are like me in a buffet line: loading up their plates with more than they can eat. He’s developed upward leadership strategies. I am no exception.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a broad term that encompasses human resources management, employee relations , compensation, benefits, training, performance evaluation, recruitment, selection, and other related activities. HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The Importance of Leadership Development. Talk to most people about the importance of leadership development and you will likely hear why it’s so important. Studies have proven that leadership development efforts help you: Retain emerging leaders. The only real leadership is servant leadership. Jennifer Collins.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

We can look back to those experiences for leadership lessons on navigating through the financial crisis many companies now face. Jim Collins’ Good to Great research determined, “half of the companies we were studying didn’t do it (layoffs) once. These leaders operate from core values of partnership and participation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Movies are a great way to learn about leadership! Here’s CCL’s Clemson Turregano, who has facilitated "leadership at the movies" sessions for years: "I started using movies when I was teaching at West Point and then at the Naval War College," he notes. YouTube provides us with a searchable library of leadership content on any topic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

What great leadership does is to use presence (demeanor an modeling), practices and processes to multiply E.I., The answers will sound simple yet applying the insights to multiply effective intelligence will take all three forms of critical leadership capacity: guts, heart and head. of your team, your department and your organization?

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Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Growing up playing sports, coaching my kids’ sports teams, and being a sports fan in general has taught me numerous lessons about life and leadership. As Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great points out, it’s not just about getting the right people on the bus, but getting the right people in the right seats on the bus.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2016

As I watch debate after debate, I find myself asking one simple question: What happened to civility in leadership? Many years ago, a colleague and I were asked to create a training program to help employees – i.e. future leaders – act “more professional.” Putting Nice Back in Leadership. Let’s bring civility back to leadership.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Leadership has been a lifelong passion for me. I’ve also written seven books, hundreds of articles and blogs, facilitated over a thousand retreats and workshops, and delivered hundreds of keynotes on personal, team, and organizational leadership. It heralds a mega-shift in leadership training and development.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. In Lincoln’s Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk, we see how Abraham Lincoln’s suffering from depression throughout his adult life developed humility and determination.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a broad term that encompasses human resources management, employee relations , compensation, benefits, training, performance evaluation, recruitment, selection, and other related activities. HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Please keep us in mind if your organization needs a speaker or training program for 2012.I In the book, From Good to Great, Jim Collins said, “People are not your most important asset, the RIGHT people are.” They hire just anyone, provide little or no training and place them on the front-line with customers.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. “Hire for attitude and train for skills.” “The task of leadership is not to put passion into people, but to inspire and elicit it — for the passion is there already.” THE LEADERSHIP GAP. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Homeboy is now a conglomerate of several non profit industries that provide training, counseling, and work experience to rival gang members. Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The people I am working with often quote Jim Collins Good-to-Great : “…leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with “where” but with “who.” In other words: Like Collins in Good-to-Great, getting the right people on the bus in the right seat is important.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. Kevin :) Susan Young: Funny - I just added this to m Poul Andreassen: I should add this book in my s Poul Andreassen: Helpful lessons on leadership Kevin Eikenberry: You are welcome Valerie!Kevi

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 7, 2013

13) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote “The Hunger Games”. If your organization could use a boost of morale and leadership skills, consider a team development event for your next training day. 2) Amelia Earhart was 31 when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. 5) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2014

Jim Collins immortal business bestseller, Good to Great , created a revolution in many businesses and an explosion in book sales. Collins knew it. It revolves around self-assessment, an agreed-upon game plan of action, measurable results, and an overall spirit that includes individual work, teamwork, and remarkable leadership.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.

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Tim Milburn

APRIL 9, 2011

A great illustration of the power of momentum is a moving train. When the train is standing still (no momentum) you can keep it stopped with a small block of wood wedged in front of the wheels. But that same train, moving down the tracks with some velocity can break through a six foot wall of concrete with little effort.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. He trained for and completed his first triathlon and has his sights firmly set on doing an ironman.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks and I hope you enjoy the summit… Share and Enjoy: View Comments pinto philip Topic : Next Generation leadership -> How has leadership evolved with changing times , how has the styles changed , why is servant leadership more relevant in todays world. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

It was he who encouraged your own leadership qualities, because your success ultimately honored him. Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. People are more products of the pop culture than they are of formal business training.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Why is it important to develop future leaders within your company? In his book, Built to Last , Jim Collins describes the very successful succession planning process that GE’s CEO, Reginald Jones, took to find a new CEO. Start Now.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. By Jim Collins. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). Listed in no particular order. By Stephen R. 2) Begin with the end in mind.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

If we spend our entire workday sitting in meetings and answering emails, it leaves little space in our minds to do the hard thinking that is essential to good decision making and leadership. Leadership development and training opportunities exist to enhance your ability to understand yourself better, to reflect, and to grow.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Here are a selection of tweets from July 2013 that you might have missed: From @knowledgwharton Bloomberg''s Peter Grauer: How the ''And Factor'' Defines Leadership. Handwriting Trains Your Brain " says this @FastCompany article. 30 Outdated Leadership Practices Holding Your Company Back by @mikemyatt. Need to get focused?

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