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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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

OAC) might not be a household name, but its proud tradition of excellence in design and construction-related projects dates back to its founding in 1955. Then he heard Steve Farber speak about Extreme Leadership and the model known as LEAP – Love, Energy, Audacity, and Proof – and he immediately knew, “it fit perfectly with OAC.”.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

How do you spread constructive beliefs and behavior from the few to the many? And yet] plenty of people and teams find ways to master this mess, take satisfaction in their daily accomplishments, and take pride in spreading constructive beliefs and behaviors far and wide. How do you scale up excellence? It requires relentless vigilance.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

1 This feeling of incongruity can be deeply unsettling, for example, when men set off explosives at a marathon race or open fire in a movie theater; that is not how our world is supposed to operate. Involve Them in the Construction of Change. We need to be certain of something, anything, in moments following such heinous events.

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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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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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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The basis of strong leadership post-9/11 is the realization that complicated situations always appear simpler than they are and just when you think you've got them solved, they prove you wrong. This starting point protects them from the tidy, slogan-styled solutions that 21st-century challenges resist.

Construction 13

Construction Resistance Learning-by-Doing Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

Although the core ingredients of leadership are universal (good judgment, integrity, and people skills), the full recipe for successful leadership requires culture-specific condiments. In other words, good leadership is largely personality in the right place. Constructive confrontation needs to be handled with empathy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Resisting Corruption in Corrupt Environments.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

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. You may find it necessary to bring in professional facilitation if you are running into excessive resistance or acrimony. 5) Operational Transparency -.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

One notable critic, Warren Bennis, a renowned leadership scholar from the University of Southern California, states that business schools have “an overemphasis on the rigor and an underemphasis on relevance.” ” While externships offer value, both faculty and executives resist the practice for a number of reasons.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2015

While I urge you to be aware of and empathetic to the whiplash your team might be experiencing in going from one leader to another, it’s a mistake to allow that empathy to translate into weak leadership. Most teams are looking for clear, confident leadership. Highlight where these roles will be in tension with one another (e.g.,

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Team Construction Self-aware Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

In the course of leading six successful turnarounds and transformations at Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Pharmacia and Upjohn, Wyeth, and two operating units within Novartis, I''ve learned that culture can be powerfully leveraged to enhance long-term success. Change management Leadership Managing people' Build trust.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Levine talked with HBR about her firm’s sustainability efforts as part of the Future Economy Project, an HBR initiative that shares real-world lessons on sustainability leadership. When I joined Facebook in 2010, it was already well established that sustainability was central to the way that we operated.

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Project Energy Policies Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovation demands new behaviors from leaders and employees that are often antithetical to corporate cultures, which are historically focused on operational excellence and efficiency. His leadership team began with a search for purpose. Leadership at Dr. Reddy’s did not hide in a back room and come up with their purpose.

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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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Skills Transportation Learning-by-Doing Teamwork 15

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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Creativity Agility Self-aware Energy 8

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. An elaborate hoax.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

Welcome to the paradigms that many of us have operated under for some time. used in construction). Yet, out of fear, they fight, resist and are combative toward change and to those who are change agents. For some, these are stark new approaches. unlike any other, unsurpassed). Bar in the courtroom. Bars as accent materials.

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Transportation Consultative Film Strategic Planning 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

But what happens when a brave employee decides to challenge organizational conformity and offer new ideas that she sincerely believes would improve operations, before the company has embraced the idea of rebel talent? We’ve found that no matter the organization, rebels are susceptible to making several common errors.

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Handbook Construction Bottom-up Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Among the new positions to emerge since 1980, women make up less than 10% of architecture, engineer, and construction managers. They are also vastly underrepresented as managers of general operations, computer information, industrial production, and transportation. But equal numbers do not always translate into equality itself.

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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. Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ).

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