CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is Bad Leadership? Bad leadership encompasses a range of behaviors, qualities, and styles that negatively impact an organization , its employees, and its goals. Here are some key aspects that define bad leadership: Poor Communication : Bad leaders often fail to communicate effectively with their team.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 1, 2024

Just like a key needs the right grooves to unlock a door, your leadership approach needs to adapt to different personalities to achieve truly productive communication. Their leadership skills inspire others to achieve goals. Their control-oriented nature may lead to micromanagement or a resistance to new ideas.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I gave a workshop to the Buffalo Niagara Partnership BN360 group on Creating change in a leadership role. While many models portray change as resistant, hard, and require leaders to be more directive than desired, this does not have to be the case. The post Creating change in a leadership role appeared first on mikecardus.com.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 24, 2021

” -Steve de Shazer ‘The Death of Resistance’ Change and the metaphors you use will impact how you see and navigate change. How will we listen to multiple voices to best understand and co-construct our future and change? cooperating and resisting cannot be perceived at the same time. How will others notice?

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2019

Leadership takes courage because it requires making bold decisions that some people won’t agree with or support. Innovation takes courage because it requires creating ideas that are ground-breaking and tradition-defying; great ideas always start out as blasphemy! TRUST Courage involves resisting the temptation to control other people.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Creating psychological safety is essential in a world where innovation, integrity, and renewal can make the difference between success and failure. Psychological safety is not about taking all of the bumps and ruts out of the road (which sadly is becoming more and more prevalent in leadership thought today). It is an enabler.

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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.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 14, 2020

Many change models portray change as painful, loss, resistance, grief-laden, hard, and that leaders must manipulate people to make change happen. Cooperation and resistance cannot happen at the same time. Explore Mike’s Leadership Portfolio. Change does not happen like this! What makes this change process work?

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Courage to innovate and grow. They recognize that even the most reasonable comment or idea, presented in the most constructive way possible, may still fall flat or lead to trouble if delivered at the wrong time. W ITHOUT A DOUBT, courage matters—and we need more of it. Courage to see the right thing done. Courage to present a new idea.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2013

These complaints often construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards each other. Rather than focus on the problem, focus on the solution by developing a folkloric construct that is reinforced by the shared language , actions and stories of the team about the “others”.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I break down the archetypes of naysayers in the corporate setting that stymie innovation – for example, the Withholders who deny praise in order to destabilize rising stars, especially those who are wired to be pleasers. Innovation needs time to achieve escape velocity and build up enough momentum to withstand forces of resistance.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

By definition, good ideas mean an improvement over the present, a better way of doing things or even better lives.That’s why people who have good ideas expect their leaders to act on them, which creates an instant test of leadership: do you care enough for those around you to do something positive with the idea?

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. That finding has stuck with me.

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CO2

MAY 30, 2012

The employee takes on a victim mentality, leading to resistance to change, expectations of further abuse, and feelings of righteousness. It is certainly necessary to provide constructive feedback to your employees. Related Posts: Have Your Former Organization’s Innovators Become Laggards. Regrettable Leadership.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 8, 2019

Build A Culture of Innovation. Innovation. The buzz word of the decade that is used, overused, and abused, creating what Alf Rehn calls “innovation fatigue.” I had the opportunity to speak with Alf about his new book Innovation for The Fatigued: How to build a culture of deep creativity. I mean, it does make sense.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 14, 2012

BTW – I am teaching a Professional Development class for University at Buffalo School of Social Work in Solution-Focused Leadership. These complaints construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards others. Barnlund 1981. Steve de Shazer 1988. What do you think?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. As he spins his story of adventure and liberation, the caged rabbits resist with concerns for their security. What is Leadership, Really? Leadership as a Force.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. Similar to creating a learning environment, building an organization that not only supports virtuous principles but also causes them, requires you to invest heavily in leadership.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Rather, because of its power to magnify so many other leadership strengths. So I'd assert that when you are able to balance this critical skill with your other leadership abilities, you greatly amplify your power and impact. Leading change: Constructive change rarely happens passively.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Many people associate political behavior with backstabbing and manipulation — but there is a constructive side to being politically savvy. A 2013 study published in the Journal of Leadership Studies finds that men and women see themselves as equal in relation to their political abilities. Same Game, Different Benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes a day , for example, can enhance leadership effectiveness by helping you become more able to regulate your emotions and make sense of past experiences.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

One reason was a disjointed leadership structure — comprised of three "business centers" in Stockholm, Milan, and Kalamazoo, Michigan, and one new "management center" in Windsor, near London — that had been negotiated as part of the 1995 merger. Change management Leadership Managing people' Build trust.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Witnessing the downward-spiral of Carla Sanders' career was painful — yet her experience offers an important commentary on the requirements of executive leadership in today's organizations. This leadership imperative goes far beyond being collaborative and "playing nicely" with peers.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. I would also suggest resisting the temptation to have all your communications be self-serving. When you do sell, do it properly, and for the right reasons.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

As an ex-ad man and a lifelong aficionado of great creative, whether it is art or copy, I could not resist the urge to check it out. Our compadres would pile into our cramped room to offer praise or constructive criticism. To resist the urge to self-censor. I’m glad I did. That was always a good feeling. Let’s trade.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

A flexible employee demonstrates proficiency in a variety of areas, allowing for greater use of skills and less resistance to re-organizations, transformations, or company developments. However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. Be able to receive and give constructive feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2011

We would argue that a culture of organizational resilience is built largely upon leadership, what we refer to as "resilient leadership." Resilient organizations are innovative in times of adversity. Innovation typifies Apple. Resilient organizations invest in all levels of their workforce.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

It’s time for companies to embrace their rebel talent as a way to foster innovation, employee engagement, and change from within. If you feel like a constructive nonconformist you probably have more than one controversial idea for improving performance and maybe even your company’s bottom line.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Some countries have been highly innovative in this area. Finally, boards can build confidence in their stewardship by engaging proactively with shareholders and constructing straightforward, easily-understood pay arrangements. Additionally, in lieu of granting shareholders additional rights to dictate executive pay (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Where they fail, however, is at turning those ideas into actual innovations. Indeed, few creative ideas ever become innovative products or services. And yet too many managers see a lack of innovation in their companies and lament their teams’ “lack of creativity.” HBR Must Reads on Innovation.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Covey (Simon & Schuster, 2022) We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Stephen M.R. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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