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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

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The authors argued that companies had to pick between one of three paths to value creation and success in the market – operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership. And once you picked one, the work of leadership was to align the culture with the chosen path.

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Five Must-Do’s to Lead Like an Ambassador

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Ideally, everyone who works for a company would act as an ambassador for that organization to the public at large. When the senior executives act like ambassadors they also act as role models for everyone else in the company. When the senior executives act like ambassadors they also act as role models for everyone else in the company.

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How to Stop Being “Them” and Start Being “Us”

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A few months ago, I was in conversation with a group of senior director and vice president level leaders in a client company. I had been the vice president of HR at my company for about 18 months when I extended an offer to everyone in the department to join me for a short duration discussion group on a book I really liked.

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What Have We Learned So Far?

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with a group of senior leaders in a client company and asked this question for consideration – “What if we’re still working this way six months from now?” Flexibility Was an Underrated Leadership Behavior – Finally, if there’s one thing we’ve all learned since March 2020 it’s that there’s a lot we don’t control.

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Some ?What If?? Questions You Should Be Asking Right Now

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As I wrote about back then , my biggest and most valuable takeaway from that trip was being able to see how much time and effort the leadership and crew spent in preparing for things that could happen. What changes would we have to make or could we make to sustain and grow our business in a socially distant operating environment?

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Three Basic Truths About People That Busy Leaders Should Not Ignore

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Lately, I’ve been working with a company that’s about to make a big leap. This is especially true for leadership teams. They need an operating rhythm that ensures that they can stay well informed and in sync with each other. They have a potentially world-changing product and are on the cusp of scaling up in a big way.

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How to Provide Connection Equity in a Hybrid World

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To give remote workers the same opportunity for casual conversations that their in-office colleagues have, I know of companies that are installing flat screens with continuous Zoom feeds in break rooms so they can have lunch with their friends at the office.

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