Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Patrick is President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, and is a facilitator, leadership trainer, and professional speaker. Strive to Be an Excellent Leader and Manager. The research literature on leadership finds that the most effective leaders are excellent managers and excellent leaders. Test the Quality of the Goal.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are ten ideas for rearranging your brain to achieve “big goals in turbulent environments where conventional thinking often fails.” By learning to recognize these thought patterns and course-correcting accordingly, I’ve spared myself a lot of trouble. Love He begins with love. A healthy fear of failure has kept me sharp.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2023 curated just for you. You couldn't figure out what made them tick, and you know you were underwhelming as a manager and leader for them. Of course, you have. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Absolutely!

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 30, 2024

In the competitive realm of business, reaching the C-suite represents not just a pinnacle of achievement but also a testament to one's leadership, vision, and dedication. Embrace a Strategic Mindset Transitioning from senior management to the C-suite requires a shift from operational to strategic thinking.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Over the course of this year, I’m going to develop the agendas and facilitate around a dozen strategic offsites for C-Suite executives and their senior leadership teams. With all that experience, I’ve learned a lot about how to develop and write an agenda that gets a leadership team engaged to create meaningful insights and outcomes.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The diagram below highlights the steps involved in the leadership process. No, of course not! The project team should include a project manager, some members of the target group (those people directly impacted by the changes), some members of the support group (people who can help the target group), and other influential people.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Leaders engage in a number of related activities including managing and leading, discovery and delivery, as well as giving and receiving feedback. . Of course, it depends on the situation. You must determine what’s required to achieve your goals. . Managing and Leading. Managing and Leading. Versatility is key.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the September 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. They don’t believe in your leadership. Communication. Development.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. All In shows why obsession, if properly focused and managed, is both necessary and productive. But how does virality actually work?

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 30, 2023

“Grit” is defined as passion and perseverance towards long-term goals, and it is considered a crucial ingredient for success. However, I have found that some leaders may be too gritty, and it is costing them in their leadership success. They may become obsessed with who they should be, rather than who they are.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The importance of such a president search lies in the fact that the president or chancellor serves as the institution’s president and CEO and is responsible for leading, managing, and advancing its mission and goals.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Leadership excellence is the ability to inspire and motivate others to achieve their best. Successfully developing a leadership team involves providing support, guidance, and opportunities for growth and development. This can include attending workshops or courses on leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. His goal was not to make Microsoft the most innovative company but the most successful in its field. Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. Innovation had become the goal, and that wasn’t enough.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 19, 2023

That’s why we’ve compiled a list of 50 inspiring leadership quotes to help you stay motivated and focused on what’s important. No matter what industry you’re in or what position you hold, these quotes will remind you of the power of good leadership and its impact on both individuals and organizations.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Leadership is a complex and challenging role, and even the most experienced leaders have areas where they could improve. However, recognizing and addressing your leadership weaknesses can help you turn them into strengths. By understanding their limitations, they can set realistic goals and take the necessary steps to improve.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Eades presents five leadership styles that we can fall into, but only high love and discipline will be effective in elevating others. You can take a free leadership style assessment on the LearnLoft website. Leadership is relationships. Principle 5: Goals Aren’t Achieved Without Priorities Put into Action.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

For managers, leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. Each individual must take their own unique mixture of real-world experience and personal talents to forge their own leadership style. Unfortunately, this can be an overwhelming process for new managers to undertake without support.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Guest post from Leo Bottary: Leadership lessons exist all around us, all the time. One of my favorite fictional characters provides a profound lesson in leadership in a wonderful book called The Offsite by Robert H. The groundskeeper, however, serves as the perfect metaphor for servant leadership. Set that as your goal.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I believe, as a consequence, that we need more significant and different investment in leadership development, especially where we need transformational change. If leadership begins with the individual, then let’s start there. We need to redefine which leadership capabilities matter most. My suggested solution. My example.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. That position humbled me and taught me lessons about leadership that I still use today, some 20 years later. Well, one collective deficit could, and did: The lack of effective leadership. This is the best way to pressure test and improve ideas.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Why set goals? Career development is quite challenging to achieve without goals. For example, expanding your computer skills could be associated with taking a Photoshop course. Setting career goals encourages constant development. If you don’t know how to set goals, don’t worry about it. That’s okay.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 5, 2017

What happens when you set a goal and fail to achieve it? In January of this year I set a personal goal. Does goal failure make me a failure? The goal was to complete the Mile Run Trail Challenge Half Marathon on April 1 st in under two and a half hours. Set weekly and daily sub-goals. Doing Everything Right.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Too often, managers put their heads down and focus only on their own departments. But setting goals in functional silos and then hoping that everything works itself out across the organization is an unlikely path to success. One choice is to take the puck down the ice on their own to attempt to score a goal.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. There’s the initial shock, the communication, the “I wonder if I’m impacted too” angst, and of course, the really painful decisions involved in selecting who will go. Of course, this is personal.

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Lead from Within

MAY 3, 2024

Are there external factors or trends that require your team to adapt its goals or strategies? Are your team’s goals ambitious yet achievable? What external influences might affect your team’s ability to meet its goals? Are your goals equipped with clear and measurable metrics?

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. To many, leadership is an elusive role.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The post is prompted by a conversation I had last week with a small group of leaders in one of our Next Level Leadership® group coaching cohorts. Of course, I promptly called for a round of applause and then asked the two in the spotlight to share their insights on how they got promoted to VP. It’s not bragging.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s less common for poor management to be targeted to explain lackluster productivity, but research from Stanford’s Nick Bloom suggests that is a mistake. Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K.,

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. Entrepreneurial leadership, then, describes the way such a leader behaves. As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 27, 2021

Jayden,* a newly appointed supervisor, approached me with a question at the end of a leadership program. The same is true for your leadership career. Without a clear vision, you can’t define your goals; and your accomplishments may lead you “someplace else,” as he said. There are countless detours and ways to veer off course.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 5, 2022

But research done before the pandemic has revealed what’s needed – people need to do purpose-led work if they are to genuinely care about the vision or long-term goals of the organization. Steve Curtin is an expert on customer service management and leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2018

These changes are not just causing disruption to businesses, but are also becoming a big problem for the managers to face. Managers and their teams are feeling insecure, causing major health hazards. Since the transformation is a common goal for the entire organization, working in silos reduces productivity and efficiency.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Welcome to the January 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. A big one is supporting employees’ goals. Communication. Development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership. An Inexhaustible Source of Leadership Gratitude. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. Gratitude is missing when….

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

These eight strategies will help you maintain your team’s energy and morale when goals change frequently. Align New Goals with Critical Behaviors. and outlined the new goals. Healthy organizations always adapt, innovate, and shift their goals. Set Expectations. Create a Consistent Reliable Communication Strategy.

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