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. Provide strong leadership within your own team or area while practicing upward leadership.

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Organization Team Leadership Collins 49

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 15, 2017

First, let me say that we’ve got a long way to go – Execution is one of three strategic priorities in our 2020 Plan for Operations. As Jim Collins would say, we’ve been “pushing on the flywheel for over 40 years.”. The next factor that helps us execute at a relatively high level is the caliber of the individual team members.

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Training Collins Operations Execution 176

Skip Prichard

MARCH 24, 2020

The nature of crisis management is that you can’t plan ahead for them. Yes, we have business contingency planning but a true crisis is often completely unexpected.). So, if we can’t plan, how do we react? Listen to others, assemble a team, deputize other leaders. This holds doubly true during times of crisis.

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Crisis Contingency Plans Leadership Collins 79

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Innovation and organization learning often falls into the same trap as strategic planning, economic forecasting, and change management. Bring customers into your company offices and plants for visits, joint problem-solving and planning sessions, celebrations, focus groups, conferences, barbecues, presentations, and the like.

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Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great. How can you make the leadership leap with your team and go from just being a good leader (and that isn’t bad) to a great leader?

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Leadership Collins Licensing Ethics 225

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“Arrogant leaders require everything to go through them, and that weakens the team.” It’s because humble leaders understand that their ideas, goals, strengths and concerns aren’t the only ones that go into the mix of a high-performing team. How do you model humility for your team? You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds?

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Servant Leader Collins Simon Leadership Styles 67

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

From his good to great research, Jim Collins found humility is a hallmark of the very best leaders. A leader with a healthy ego feels a deep sense of satisfaction in the accomplishments of the team or organization he or she is leading. They often see humility as weakness.

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Charisma Emotional Intelligence Webinar Self-aware 78

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 8, 2014

The 100-plus page book, co-written with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. What is our Plan? And, if #4 and #3 above don''t match up correctly, then the organization must take action to set a plan to correct the disconnect. Who is our Customer? What does the Customer Value? What are our Results?

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Organization Drucker Collins Books 71

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 27, 2021

I was continually inspired by the concrete actions that leaders took to lead and communicate with heart, helping carry forward their teams in tough times as well as the calmer ones. I started planning more time for informal catch ups and saw how much they re-energized me and the team.

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Supply Chain Leadership Meyer Open-book 65

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Organization Teamwork Learning-by-Doing System 158

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2014

However, social media can be an effective marketing tool when it is designed and implemented in alignment with an overall marketing plan which includes traditional marketing (brand marketing, collateral, advertising, PR, digital and mobile marketing, etc.). Here are some comments from Jim Collins about the book. Question 2.

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Media Brand Books Collins 80

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

So leaders should create opportunities to listen to their teams. A servant leader makes clear their intent to listen to new ideas, encourage the development of others’ ideas and set clear expectations for execution of the best plans. Furthermore, this behavior encourages action from the team.

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Servant Leader Greenleaf Delegation Collins 197

N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great.

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Execution Objective Learning-by-Doing System 296

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Navy SEALs Lead and Win Two leaders of SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser offer leadership advice pulled from their harrowing experiences in Iraq. The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance James A. Extreme Ownership: How U.S.

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Career Books Servant Leader Leadership 97

RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We make the plans, give the orders, follow-up on everybody and everything. Are you indispensable? Should you be? Nothing happens without our say-so. The machine is humming and we are at the controls. It feels like leadership. Holding it All Together Stanley was charismatic and brilliant. Taking … Who’s Your Second?

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Follow-up Planning Leadership Collins 264

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company culture and propel you forward.” “People want guidance, not rhetoric; they need to know what the plan of action is and how it will be implemented. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great.

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Covey Welch Long-term Collins 127

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Forget the happy talkers and the jargon jugglers; let’s get real with an actionable game plan. Chances are you have heard of Jim Collins’ groundbreaking framework, ' A Culture of Discipline.' Include Jim Collins' timeless book Good to Great as well. Following is an excerpt from Jim Collin's 'A Culture of Discipline'.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

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. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved, even shy — these leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.

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Emotional Intelligence Collins Learning-by-Doing Download 68

Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

” Team members will mess up. You may need to gently correct a team member. Engage the imagination of your team: In 1982, Blade Runner had stimulating special effects. Great leaders know they need to engage the imagination of the team they’re leading. Get them on your team. They will make mistakes.

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Leadership Collins Influence Open-book 155

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

As much as it may be politically incorrect to say so, it’s not nearly as much about the team, as it is the leader’s ability to assemble and lead the team. In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership. is who they are going to put in charge?

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Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 305

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

He points to all the uncertainty swirling around us today and observes, “we’ve always been certain about two things: (1) predictions are never accurate, and (2) plans are obsolete the moment they are made.” He ends with, “given our inability to predict, should managers bother to base plans on predictions? .”

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Heskett Collins Uncertainty Short-term 45

Joseph Lalonde

JULY 13, 2015

You may think your team doesn’t need you to be there. Your job is not only to get the job done but to give your team and organization hope. Take the time to explain to your team the direction you’re going and why you’re doing it. Bad team members bring about bad results. This seems odd at first glance.

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Leadership Follow-up Collins Learning-by-Doing 120

Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

U nless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve heard the ravings of the fans of Suzanne Collins fiction series The Hunger Games. We don’t always know how our team will show up to the game. If you’re leading a team and you’re leaving people behind, you’re not leading well.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Collins Follow-up 220

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

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. He concludes the interview with his plans to “re-read a few times as more details click into place each time.”

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Books Collins How To Leadership 53

Joseph Lalonde

MAY 7, 2018

He’s rounded up his troops and planning something big. If you can’t, you may have to consider getting them off of your bus (you know, like Jim Collins would tell you)… Or would it be spaceship in the Ratchet & Clank world? When you encourage your team, you’re helping them get fired up.

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Leadership Loyalty Audience Taylorism 151

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

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. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved, even shy — these leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.

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Emotional Intelligence Collins Learning-by-Doing Download 40

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. Professional will and general curiosity are two core leadership skills we look for in team members at Zane Benefits. It was hard, but with the help from some key team members (especially Christina Merhar and Michael Dyer), we got it done.

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CEO Books Insurance BHAG 50

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You’re a motivational leader with a strong vision, inspiring the team toward unprecedented results. This team is fired up… everyone’s with you. The right people, all on the proverbial right bus, all moving in the right direction. Fantastic? Or just about to get dangerous? Whenever I [.]

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Power Motivation Team Collins 307

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. Priority number two is team building and talent management. link] Mike Myatt Thanks Dan…Have a great weekend Sir.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 318

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

Have you ever experienced in a meeting where a seasoned leader listened intently and then, with exquisite timing, asked one question that shifted the direction, focus and thinking of the entire team? BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” Let’s dig in!

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BHAG Leadership Goal Motivation 100

Tim Milburn

APRIL 9, 2011

But momentum will soon fade if it’s not nurtured, managed, and fed with an intentional plan. When a team or organization has momentum, it can overcome obstacles easily and without much effort. Oftentimes, a team loses momentum because they’re focused on too many things. When you have it, you appear better than you really are.

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Collins Energy Training Crisis 75

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Target B – This is a big, but potentially believable goal.

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Goal Workshop BHAG Learning-by-Doing 184

Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2012

The corporate mission and values are created by the senior leadership team, captured on posters, and strategically tacked up around the building. Some of the following thinking and exercises were inspired by an article called Building Your Company’s Vision , by Collins and Porras, the authors of Built to Last.

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Teamwork Collins Newsletter Participative 56

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

Leading this inter-service team — which included Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force — he needed to find new ways to disrupt Al-Qaeda and get these disparate branches of elite U.S. The book is co-authored by his colleagues Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell.). This is the idea of scaling teams.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

My manager and team practiced an egalitarian decision-making process in which we would meet, discuss everything from content marketing campaigns to social media tactics, and collectively come up with strategies to move forward with. Engage a diverse planning committee. Giving credit and calling attention to it affirms its importance.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

John Rego was a Ranger Team Leader in Iraq. Later, she was brought on as a staff member to help coordinate volunteer medical teams to help with basic medical needs that arose in the villages and tent camps, ie malnutrition, minor illnesses, heat exhaustion, etc. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

They were continually improving as a team. The master craftsperson would continually improve while teaching the apprentice in a plan, do, teach and improve cycle. Clore and Allan Collins, The Cognitive Structure of Emotions, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. Continual improvement requires continual learning.

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