Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Do whatever you can to help your downsized team members land well. Even once they’ve left your company there are plenty of ways you can help with networking and other support. Let your remaining high-performers know how valued they are. Support your team members in their job search. Work to eliminate and streamline work.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Getting a second opinion about something does not make you any less capable; in fact, it shows that you know how to value teamwork and shows your humility, two qualities that many people look for. This means that the day an arrogant person fails, which will inevitably happen, he will do whatever it takes to cover up his failure.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

The truth is that virtually no company is the creation of a single individual, but rather the product of a partnership , or even a group of co-founders. It’s a story that unearths the very reasons why the company exists, and sometimes even explains how both the company and the founder have managed to succeed for as long as they have.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Recently we spoke with “John,” a C-Suite executive at a national organization, who had just added his name to the list of those leaving their company during the Great Resignation. For every person there, whether they knew the woman who passed or not … they knew that how we valued her would be how we valued them.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When a company focuses entirely on the bottom line, talent is seen as expendable. In the past, companies could treat their employees poorly and few people would even know. When those experiences are poor, your company’s reputation suffers. Prospective employees and even clients and investors will avoid a poorly rated company.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

To begin: In the digital age, competitive advantage is the ability to win the ultimate prize—the consumer’s preference— repeatedly , through continuous innovation on behalf of the consumer, and to create immense value for the shareholders at the same time. In other words, it’s more about what a company does than what it has.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Barney and Carlos Julio Data indicates that most strategic efforts to change a company’s culture fail. So how do companies succeed in this endeavor? These actions inspired stories that became company legends, repeated in every department and handed on to new employees. We make such decisions all the time.

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Lead from Within

JULY 12, 2022

In a complex and evolving workplace culture, you have the ability to lead, whatever your role. Use your knowledge to streamline challenges and your value will grow. Make people feel valued: It is one of the deepest human desires to be recognized, and one of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel they are appreciated.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In the job market, you are the product and the company trying to sell the product. Profit/value. What value do you offer to others? To your company? Knowing your value is also important when considering your salary. Whatever you choose to do in life, do it the very best way possible. To your department?

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

How do the best executives keep their focus and add value while they’re juggling all those balls? She expects and relies on her teams to pull the relevant functional details through the conversation so that she can focus on where she can add unique value. As a senior executive, she has to stay out of the functional details.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2013

Michael Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed went looking for those companies that were good enough for long enough to be considered exceptional and to rule out luck as the primary source of their performance. What they found they present in The Three Rules : How Exceptional Companies Think. Competing on non-price value, not price.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Whatever the magnitude of the wake, the one thing that is certain is that a wake is created. Leaders that use their position and the company hierarchy to create a big wake often create inefficient relationships that alienate team members; this, in turn, undermines the long-term viability of a company.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. What Is Executive Coaching? Executive coaching serves a few primary functions.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

While many companies are turning to more flexible models, far too many are still being run as old-fashioned bureaucracies. Many companies can’t properly manage their resources or their people. Whatever the situation, your strong leadership can drive your team to deliver impactful success. Lack of resources and talent.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

By examining some of the most inventive companies on the planet—Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft—we can learn valuable lessons to apply in our own situation. To continually turn new ideas into reality, “the tech giants have had to rethink the way a company is run. Nadella returned the company to Day One.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Brian Tracy: Most people live in a “reactive-responsive mode” in that they are thrown off by almost every stimulus in their environment, plus whatever pops into their mind at the moment, whether they are working, checking their email or conversing with someone. Whatever your answer, let this goal become the driving force of your life.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2021

His company sponsored scores of future professionals in the sport when no one else would take the risk. Vans is way more than just another shoe company; it’s a worldwide influencer that’s still striking a chord with up-and-coming generations. Paul was genuinely curious about the kids rolling by, their gear, and how they felt doing it.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

All departments need to get it right with coordinated responses that are aligned with the company strategy. The go-to person approaches “every relationship determined to add value to every interaction and to every other person.”. But if you work really hard at doing the wrong things or doing things wrong, you are not adding value.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Leverage Local Nonprofits : Is there a local youth chorus, dance team, or other program which you can support financially while inviting them to perform for your company? Immerse Attendees: Whatever your entertainment, be sure to immerse attendees. This could be a great way to give back while energizing attendees.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In the absence of being intentional about shaping it and investing time, attention and effort in doing so, you’re going to get whatever you’re going to get. The chance that whatever you end up randomly getting is going to support your strategy is somewhere between slim and none. Culture needs constant attention.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The social media management application guides itself by six core values. One of those values is “improve consistently.” The value includes subtopics such as, “ We desire to be better tomorrow than today, knowing that improvement can be found in small changes.”.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 9, 2022

Years ago, we helped an international mining company transform its safety culture from good to outstanding. Their 65% reduction in injuries over a three-year period vaulted them to become a benchmark company in their industry. We’ll ask questions like what are your organization’s core values?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2021

Organizations have realized partnering with fintech companies will help them achieve more than if they try to work alone. When it comes to the banking industry, a partnership with a fintech company is a good idea. It lets the banks focus on what they do best while allowing a fintech company to provide extra value to customers.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I think it was about 2% or so of his investment in the company. What Do You Value Most? Money determines the value an organization or a mission or vision places in you. But what you really want to know, as a leader, is what vision or mission do you place all of your value in? That’s what he’s passionate about.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2019

She’d been off-the-charts successful in her marketing job for a cosmetics company. Another company recruited her for their CMO job, complete with huge salary, signing bonus, and jaw-dropping perks. Then, use whatever practices work to keep hubris from becoming our latest accessory. Live your values and do so with grace.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 5, 2021

When you let people know where the company is going and the reasons behind its direction and pace, you’re giving them an opportunity to buy into the vision. It’s a simple common-sense principle that recognizing and appreciating people makes them feel valued. Provide a clear roadmap. Let people know they’re not alone.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 24, 2023

Loyal employees are typically more committed to the company’s goals, values, and culture, and therefore are more likely to stay with the company for an extended period. Loyal employees are also more likely to put in extra effort and go above and beyond their job requirements to help the company achieve its goals.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Furthermore, the highest success rates among entrepreneurs come from founders in middle age and beyond with the average age entrepreneur “behind the fastest-growing new companies (especially in the technology sector) was forty-five years old.”. As an entrepreneur, I have to tell everybody you can do whatever you want.”.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 8, 2023

He is invited to a murder mystery dinner of an eccentric billionaire, Miles Bron (Edward Norton), founder of a company similar to Facebook and his friends. He pushed her out of the company and had all of the gang testify against her. They had caused a stir in whatever industry they were in. Don’t take things at face value.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2018

She notes that often a company creates a mission statement that states what they want the business to do to create value for their stakeholders and a separate and different brand statement about what they want to be known for. Do the values that currently exist in your organization align with those that correspond to your brand type?

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

New startups appear out of nowhere and challenge not only established companies, but entire industries. Where unicorns were once mythical creatures, the word unicorn now refers to the startups that have a value of at least $1 billion, and there are more than 370 of them worldwide. W E LIVE IN the age of the entrepreneur.

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HR Digest

MAY 27, 2023

The biggest asset of any company is its employees. Welcome gifts for new employees is intended to help them feel valued and like a company’s member. It sets the tone for a positive employee experience and reinforces the company culture from the get-go. Enhances company culture and incorporates new hires into it.

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Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. Starbucks’ decision to go outside the company for their new CEO indicates either an inability to effectively develop leaders to the highest level or a desire for something different.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

Re-creating these mindsets inside an established company is challenging because they result partly from the unique pressures and circumstances under which start-ups operate. Pisano carefully details how companies should do each of them. It also aligns a company around common priorities. Creating an Innovation Strategy.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

So, moving into “survival” mode was an automatic response from most, if not all, companies. I have those who have hunkered down, in full survival mode, awaiting a return to normality, whatever and whenever that might be. Understanding today’s reality. Here in the UK, the level of state intervention has been unprecedented.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

And that requires you to value and encourage psychological team safety. But the safety and invitation to be heard – to contribute and feel your voice is valued – is powerful. Explain the VALUE of the different opinion. Share an encouraging thank you in your next company-wide email. More smiles and enjoyment each day?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

Focused on the outcome, they do whatever needs to be done to move the organization forward. They do whatever they can to facilitate the work of others. This humbling task teaches so many lessons, among which is the willingness to do whatever the job requires. As a leader you are more than an individual contributor.

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