HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

As HR leaders, managing budgets and finding ways to cut costs without compromising employee satisfaction and productivity can be a daunting task. But how can you ensure that you are making the right cost-cutting decisions? So let’s dive in and discover the key principles of cost-cutting that every HR leader should know.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 5, 2019

Leadership is complex and demands are high. How do you continue to elevate your leadership game? They develop, inspire, and motivate people. They continuously develop themselves and others. Much like physical fitness, you cannot neglect your leadership fitness and expect optimal results.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 12, 2017

It is important that people joining our organization believe in learning, because our ability to increase our scale is through personal development. Participating in volunteer projects – this is by far the most interesting way of enriching yourself. Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 10, 2007

I often hear that managers just don’t have time for leadership development. Once they get all of that taken care of, and things settle down, only then they’ll have time to focus on their own development or the development of their managers. As managers, we’re developing ourselves and others all the time.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

When was the last time you saw a major planned project suffer from a cost overrun ? It’s not as common as you might think for a project with a clear plan to come in at or under budget. For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. What explains cost overruns?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Coaching is a collaborative process focused on individual development and improvement. Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Additionally, other intricacies include managing different time zones, creating a robust digital infrastructure to support work, and developing strategies to sustain employee engagement. It’s not just about having the right bandwidth, tools, data, and apps – it’s about adopting a ‘digital-first’ mentality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. That is, projects, books, discussions with your manager, just about anything could and should be counted towards those 40 hours.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2016

Yet over the years I have learned that leadership culture has changed. Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes, authors of the bestselling book The Leadership Challenge , have surveyed tens of thousands of employees about what they look for and admire in a leader. Driving no longer holds a favorable place, especially with Millennials.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The most popular post on this blog continues to be one of my first posts written in 2008 called How to Write a Great Individual Development Plan (IDP). It’s important to acknowledge strengths in a development discussion as they often can be used to help overcome development needs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 5, 2019

When I ask clients what kind of return they’re looking for from a leadership development initiative, it’s usually in terms of how the initiative can have a visible, measurable impact on the organization. Many factors drive the success of a leadership development initiative. Prioritize your leadership development efforts.

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QAspire

JULY 22, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Hidden Costs 25 As a business leader, if you think “costs” are only the ones where you spend real money, think again. Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? These are costs too! setting wrong examples? not treating people well?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2015

It’s the premise behind high-end executive development programs that include action learning projects and 360 feedback assessments. I want you and the other managers in your organization to have access to high-quality leadership development that’s INTEGRATED with your day jobs.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. Assess the key skills to develop. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

What follows are 20 leadership lessons from the book but stripped of the stories that brought them to life. It’s not about perfectionism at all costs. True authority and true leadership come from knowing who you are and not pretending to be anything else. You’ll have to read the book to get that. Be decent to people.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2019

Managing a project to an on-time, on-budget completion has become increasingly difficult in the ‘do more with less’ reality of today’s business world. But what many project managers fail to realize is that their project is doomed from the start. 2,500+ Expert Contributor management and leadership articles.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Like many of the CEOs whom I coach, he was anxious in this pandemic and had a hard time thinking of any other question other than, “How do I cut costs?” The complexity of our current crisis is clearly overwhelming many leaders, who haven’t adjusted to asking new questions that befit the new environment. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Like many of the CEOs whom I coach, he was anxious in this pandemic and had a hard time thinking of any other question other than, “How do I cut costs?” The complexity of our current crisis is clearly overwhelming many leaders, who haven’t adjusted to asking new questions that befit the new environment. How else could we think about this?”

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Lead from Within

MAY 10, 2022

Part of my job as an executive leadership coach is to help leaders identify and overcome the habits that are holding them back. Leading with projection. Projection is a common coping tool people use when they’re anxious or feeling that they’re in over their head. These are sure signs that you’re leading with projection.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Not someone or something else, but your thinking, your philosophy, your vision, your approach, your attitude, or your development. Few things can change the course of a project, career, company, category, or industry like successful efforts in innovation. The Practice of Leadership is in need of a Makeover – an Extreme One.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. Their title may read “Project Leader” and they may be managing a few people, but that does not make them real leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Better yet, the most important behaviors leaders can do to develop and maintain motivated, engaged employees tend to have little or no cost, but rather are a function of the daily interactions that managers have with employees pertaining to work in the context of each employees’ jobs.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2019

The cost of conflict avoidance is huge and directly hits the company’s bottom line. For example, if you see a project getting delayed because the project manager lacks the ability to manage the project team, then as a leader you need to step in and have that crucial conversation with the project manager.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 15, 2023

They feel they are the only ones who can do a task or project correctly. One way to address this challenge is to focus on the outcomes and goals of the task or project, rather than the specific steps and processes. However, leadership is not about getting credit. Being an effective leader goes beyond individual recognition.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

This gap is projected to lead to a talent shortage of 85 million workers by 2030. In response, business leaders are shifting towards a more practical, skills-focused approach that emphasizes skill development and validation over traditional degrees and prior work experience. With disengaged workers costing organizations more than $8.8

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. Ask any CEO if they have a process for retaining and developing talented people and they’ll quickly answer in the affirmative.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 21, 2015

Positive Leadership , based on positive psychology, makes a tremendous difference in any workplace no matter how hierarchical its structure may be, or how plain the tasks at hand. That’s where positive leadership comes in. You can always apply positive leadership. What is Positive Leadership? It costs nothing.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The total cost of India’s successful Moon mission was $75M whereas cost of making movies like Interstellar is reported to be $165M. ISRO can be seen as a failure in 2019 but that failure (and all the lessons learned from it) enabled success in 2023. The post What Makes a Failure Intelligent first appeared on QAspire Consulting.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

Lady GaGa) , with the implication that leadership is an intuitive skill. Great leadership is certainly associated with strong instincts and intuition, but intuition and instincts are shaped by training and more importantly, greatly augmented through experience. change failure intuition leadership risk Shaun Spearmon success'

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. I’m super excited to put those things into practice and to continue to grow my leadership skills as a result. My ex was scared it would cost us the respect of our clients and, ultimately, their business.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most forecasters project a glass half full or half empty extrapolation of today’s best or worst trends. The more energy we deliver, the lower will be the unit cost of electricity.” ” In 1980, AT&T projected that 900,000 mobile phones might be sold by 2000. I predict a year of unpredictable events.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 21, 2023

Whether it is a Fun List of 31 “would you rather” Questions to help keep the conversation moving or employee productivity apps made to organize your projects, you can always find an engaging way make your office more connected and productive than ever. One thing that makes Slack an incredible tool is the number of app integrations.

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CoachStation

MARCH 22, 2019

Delegating work and tasks to your team members is one of the most necessary and important skills of leadership. However, there are several things you can do to develop this skill. Effective leaders who climb the corporate ladder are skilled at delegating and developing people. (1). Third is to address projects. (4).

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