Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Early in my business career, I worked as a team leader on a high-level project. Unfortunately, one of my team members disagreed with the vision that I tried to share. I didn’t spend the time I should have explaining my reasoning and collaborating with my team to ensure that we all felt we were moving in the right direction.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. Covey (Stephen Covey’s Son). Covey (Stephen Covey’s Son). He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002).

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 6, 2017

Conflict is inevitable in any human enterprise; how we handle that conflict is where leadership comes in. Stephen Covey points this out in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Covey coaches that instead of being reactive, successful people are pro-active. leadership Click To Tweet. Change the mixture.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

He was doing one of the critical things that I think all new managers should do any time they move into a new leadership position – talking to key people and listening to what they have to say before making decisions about direction and focus. As Stephen Covey says , “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 19, 2016

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. The essence of leadership lies within who you are and how you behave. In fact, leadership and character are one and the same. You don’t just arrive at great and sustainable leadership with a rub of the genie’s bottle. It never has been. It is character-driven.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. John Rego was a Ranger Team Leader in Iraq. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. Basic human nature is such that each individual believes that his/her problems and challenges are truly important, and therefore should constitute an emergency on your part.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Listen and understand what went wrong, and help your team to prevent it from happening again. Human error happens. Ricky, yes.

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CO2

APRIL 13, 2014

The situations I asked about were operations, finance, staffing, marketing, strategy, town hall meetings, one on ones etc. I had worked with one of the best leadership training guru I know and the guy who helped developed the Wilson Learning Styles Model and Covey’s 360 to come up with an assessment model based on my research.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Mark Sanborn

MAY 11, 2021

Stephen Covey famously said, “Begin with the end in mind.” Clean, concise and clear are the operative guidelines to any text you use. Mark Sanborn is an award winning speaker and Leadership Expert in Residence at High Point University, the Premier Life Skills University. Both are powerful truths about how to craft your message.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success and as a nationally syndicated columnist on leadership, I share my views on the traits of effective leaders. Stephen Covey, the late motivational speaker, writer, and advisor, once wrote, “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate; we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. About the Author.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 24, 2016

Top 26 Can't Miss Leadership Audiobooks ​These best 26 leadership audiobooks will help you kick leadership butt, becoming the leader that your family and friends always knew you can be. Enjoy these top leadership audiobooks! Good to Great by Jim Collins Jim has written many research-backed leadership audiobooks.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 15, 2010

She was wearing down with all the doing that needed to be done, and understood that in order to have the time necessary to do what Stephen Covey calls the Quadrant II activities (Those that are important but not urgent). It took some time and excellent communication skills to make sure the team was on board with what she expected from them.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

According to research – including studies by the London Business School 1 and the Franklin Covey Institute 2 – the majority of business professionals use their time inefficiently. To better understand this relationship, take a look at the following figure: Not sure if this issue affects you or a team you lead? The Bottom Line.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

“Begin with the end in mind,” the late Stephen Covey reminded us. Weekly Operational Meetings. Weekly operational meetings should be kept under 90 minutes. The purpose is to provide headlines or sound bites of critical information needed for those on the team to effectively do their jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

Over my 35 years of experience in the corporate and non-profit worlds, I've been part of hundreds, if not thousands, of teams of all shapes and sizes: large, small, formal, informal, "real", "virtual" — and the list goes on. Hire Highly Effective Team Members. Focus on Inspiring Trust. As Stephen M.R. Encourage Candor.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Companies who succeed in today’s volatile business economy must learn to conquer obstacles like a championship basketball team in a ‘FastBreak’ overcoming the insecurities that hold them back and responding instantly to the flow of the game. Unleashing Genius : Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations by Paul David Walker.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

How many times have you walked out of a theoretically important meeting—a leadership offsite, a C-suite pow-wow, a sit-down with the board—thinking, That was a great discussion, but I’m not sure we really accomplished anything ? In the words of Stephen Covey, “Begin with the end in mind.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Covey visited the nuclear powered submarine I commanded, the USS Santa Fe, he told me it was the “most empowering workplace he’d ever seen.” If the team wants empowerment, you are off to the races. Myth 4: Your picture of empowerment matches your team’s. When Dr. Stephen R. Try again in six months.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 5, 2009

Reply Paimeiitguy May 7, 2009 at 9:54 am Hi there, Came across your post by way of Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership Blog. This is because we work with every expanding virtual teams. Covey Thanks for coming by! Great post! Most people listen, not with the intent to understand, but with the intent to reply&# - Steven R.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

which argued that operational excellence alone is not strategy, and that the truly enduring companies create a unique customer experience. We live in a world that seems short on leadership and long on complex problems and organizations. Today, I realize that at least two-thirds of the gems in my "Great Articles" file emanate from HBR.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

How can you accept the responsibility to develop a team if you’re not developing yourself? When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Thanks for encouraging and challenging the leadership community.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Covey writes in The Speed of Trust , “When trust goes down (in a relationship, on a team, in an organization, or with a partner or customer), speed goes down and cost goes up.… For example, ask when the person has tackled extra work to help their organization or team meet critical goals. As Stephen M.

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