The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A recent study , from NC State, suggests that European countries that allocate resources towards infrastructure and other capital enhancements are poised to witness long-term improvements in their gross domestic product (GDP) as a result of the influx of Ukrainian refugees across the continent. If you own the capital, you benefit from this.

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Long-term Short-term GDP Crisis 121

Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

You may gain a strategic insight, a longer-term focus than you had. You might phrase it in terms of a current choice. Then you, as a leader, are at a juncture to advocate for sustainability, to signal that while the crisis may call for short-term sacrifices, the ‘normal’ must always respect human limits.

Team 448

Team Short-term Long-term Compliance 448

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 20, 2020

If you are a leader in the middle of a crisis and you have answers, by all means, provide them! How a Coach Can Help: In times of crisis, leaders may well be able to identify and articulate actions that need to be avoided but be less clear themselves regarding the particulars of what needs to happen next. Align on Your Reality.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Crisis Execution Long-term 78

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 11, 2023

Research from UCL explores whether AI can help governments to decide whether to bail out a bank in crisis or not. ” Bailing out a bank incurs short-term costs because the government investment inevitably increases the equity in the bank and therefore reduces its risk of defaulting.

Banking 124

Banking Short-term Crisis Long-term 124

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains. In their case, the desire to remain profitable every year was a short-term gain leadership chose over the long-term benefits of upgrading their technology.

Airlines 188

Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 188

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. This approach self-evidently enables a mindset that offers a long-term perspective.

McKinsey 298

McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Crisis Self-aware 298

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

You can focus strategically on where you’re going, or you can focus on short-term fires and go from crisis to crisis. 15 Things Leaders Can Manage Things Leaders Can Manage (and Should) 1. Focus and Attention You can manage what you put your attention on. Priorities In areas where you have autonomy, you can […].

Management 256

Management Short-term Crisis Leadership 256

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2020

Traditional “motivators” such as fear, guilt, or the promise of a reward provide low-quality, short-term energy. In our current crisis, one of the biggest concerns individuals are facing is fear surrounding job security. And even setting goals can backfire, if you’re not setting them for the right reasons.

Motivation 224

Motivation Webinar Short-term Crisis 224

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Too often, crisis—a near-miss accident or a frightening diagnosis—is the catalyst that brings these revelations. Ambiguity is a condition we sink into because it is automatic and it provides short-term benefits that manifest in a number of ways. As John Lennon wrote in the song “Strawberry Fields Forever,”.

Short-term 211

Short-term Mayo Long-term Audience 211

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

The pressures the COVID-19 crisis has wrought are unlikely to have improved the situation. Leaders who are more people centric and who recognize that business is a long term game that can only be “won” if we have the right team in place to serve all our stakeholders. These leaders have what Sinek refers to as an infinite mindset.

Long-term 386

Long-term Short-term Emotional Intelligence Simon 386

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. To be thorough means putting long-term results ahead of short-term gains. In their case, the desire to remain profitable every year was a short-term gain leadership chose over the long-term benefits of upgrading their technology.

Airlines 130

Airlines Leadership Short-term Long-term 130

CEO Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2021

The need for remote work solutions prioritized a shift to the cloud – and for some organizations, that meant choosing short-term or patchwork solutions jerry-rigged out of existing legacy technologies just to get through the crisis.

Short-term 140

Short-term Magazine Crisis Technology 140

Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

Much of what needed to be done at GE were long-term propositions. Some people point fingers in a crisis, others solve problems, and there’s very little overlap between these two groups. When you have a strong team, you can weather any crisis. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift.

Welch 268

Welch Long-term Short-term Crisis 268

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 3, 2021

No matter how much uncertainty you face, there are still facts you do know, outcomes you know you want to achieve – even if they are short-term, crisis response activities. If crisis demands action, that’s okay, but otherwise, look for opportunities to create space for recovery and reflection. Find Your Focus.

Uncertainty 537

Uncertainty Crisis Short-term Energy 537

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, the author has uncovered how the emergence of professional short-term-let landlords has contributed to the displacement of local residents from their homes. Chiang Mai, situated in northern Thailand, has emerged as the epicenter of the digital nomad movement.

Price 119

Price Short-term Trends Cost 119

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

But unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, the coronavirus is a long-term event that changes on a daily basis. In a crisis, leaders are required to create models and draw conclusions while operating with imperfect and incomplete data. Keep digging until you fully understand all aspects of this crisis. Open to the brutal facts!

Crisis 295

Crisis Open-book Influence Reference 295

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Brooks differentiated the terms this way in an article in The Atlantic : “Optimism is the belief that things will turn out all right; hope makes no such assumption but is a conviction that one can act to make things better in some way.” In terms of the pandemic, there is a realistic basis to be optimistic.

Short-term 396

Short-term Uncertainty Compliance Article 396

Lead Change Blog

MAY 5, 2020

Bernd Geropp provided Leading in times of crisis. Bernd asks us to consider: “How you can stay calm and positive within the storm, and how can you engage the hearts and minds of your people in times of crisis?” Chris Edmonds of The Purposeful Culture Group provided Culture Leadership Charge: Instead of Crisis Planning, Do This.

Leadership Development 266

Leadership Development Development Leadership IAS 266

CEO Insider

MAY 13, 2020

Adding complexity, each crisis demands short- and long-term strategic responses. […]. Pandemic presents a multi-dimensional challenge: Public health, operational, and economic crises, all rolled into one.

Innovation 119

Innovation Short-term Licensing Magazine 119

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When it comes to leadership, the terms manager and leader are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. A leader focuses on the future and long-term goals, while a manager focuses on the present and the immediate needs of the organization.

Management 174

Management Short-term Long-term Budgeting 174

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Leadership is about being able to lead out from crises before they occur (the defining meaning of Crisis Leadership). What’s needed, is a disciplined, future-focused and intelligent “preemptive-minded cultural” approach known as Crisis Leadership. Six Dysfunctions of a Crisis [Situational Configuration]. WHY IT MATTERS.

Innovation 313

Innovation Crisis Leadership Agility 313

Brigette Hyacinth

APRIL 9, 2020

There are chief executives across industries who are cutting their pay—even to zero—as part of their strategy to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis. These companies are just focusing on the short term. Consider the long term impacts. Layoffs are a short-term answer that harm a company’s long-term value.

Company 115

Company Short-term Long-term Emotional Intelligence 115

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

Yet the introduction of the “benefit corporation” gives leaders an opportunity to remake our business culture, and perhaps save the planet from our very human short-term bias. A short-term focus on profits led to the 2008 financial crisis and is creating worsening climate risk on a daily basis.

Hostile Takeover 191

Hostile Takeover IPO Short-term Committee 191

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

First, know where you are and define it in human terms. Don’t personalize every crisis. Determine first if the crisis was self-inflicted. “If Additionally, “Do what’s necessary—ideally in one decisive move—to weather the tough times and stay focused on the long term. In short, we are not reinventing ourselves.

Long-term 244

Long-term Crisis Learning-by-Doing Short-term 244

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S. Big company activity.

Innovation 119

Innovation Crisis Finance Banking 119

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

In terms of rectification, you have to look at the issue in the context of whether the problem is a short-term blip or the beginning of a long-term shift to your business or industry. Do you have the right people in place to minimize its impact or to lead you out of the short-term crisis?

Short-term 232

Short-term Long-term Advertising Hammer 232

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The country was suffering an existential crisis, as well, amidst an OPEC oil embargo coinciding with Vietnam War and Watergate fatigue. Financial capitalism, on the other hand, is concerned with short-term results without regard for long-term consequences. Interest rates were through the roof. Feel familiar?

Waterman 250

Waterman Bureaucracy Bottom-up Real Estate 250

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2021

Health and safety issues can become costly for your business, in terms of both awarding monetary compensation and also potentially being damaging to your reputation; therefore, it is important that you craft a thorough health and safety strategy for your employees to follow.

Strategy 127

Strategy Chemicals Crisis How To 127

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 5, 2021

. “Telecommuting is effective for achieving short-term cost reductions or productivity improvements,” the researchers explain. “However, it has also been shown that processes based on creativity or innovation experience greater difficulties in the distance work context.”

Leadership 133

Leadership Short-term Efficiency Stress 133

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Decades later, she now has strategic responsibility for targeted and short-term care at Ceredigion County Council in Wales. Everyone in the organisation has a part to play” The service she manages provides a range of interventions to get people back to full independence or bridge the gap to longer-term support.

Management 52

Management Retail Short-term Crisis 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2024

Fourth, they must keep the long view in mind, even in a short-term crisis. Second, they must inform the room of a full situation and its status early and often. Third, they must identify and break down early signals of conflict among members.

Execution 24

Execution Short-term Uncertainty Long-term 24

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 17, 2018

They’re basically in damage control mode, focused only on the short term. Superior leaders, by contrast, are always in recruiting mode, and always thinking in the long term about the talent they need to attract and retain. But when the emergency of that sudden vacancy passes, they once again put recruiting aside.

Short-term 270

Short-term Long-term CEO Open-book 270

Next Level Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

Up until now, the period following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2008 – 2009 financial crisis have been among the most often cited examples of VUCA environments. I’ve been a little surprised that, thus far, I haven’t seen a lot of VUCA references to describe the emerging environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Uncertainty 135

Uncertainty Short-term Leadership Letter 135

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 17, 2022

Short-term change. “ Transportation professionals and researchers have assumed that people would still rely on delivery services even after the COVID crisis is over. Research from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute suggests, however, that the surge is unlikely to endure into the post-Covid world.

Transportation 126

Transportation Short-term Fashion Crisis 126

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2023

“Our labor market continues to hold record numbers of vacancies and the numbers of workers on long-term sick is at record levels—yet structural inequalities remain, stopping many groups of workers from accessing the good quality work they deserve.” . “The U.K. economy is under pressure,” the researchers explain.

Long-term 111

Long-term Short-term Marketing Report 111

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 4, 2020

The researchers analyzed Google Trends data from March 3rd to April 19th to monitor changes in searches for 18 search terms that are strongly linked to suicide and suicide risk factors. “Encouragingly, individuals who Google terms related to suicide are directed to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. .

Short-term 89

Short-term Trends Crisis Stress 89

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A true caring leader understands that making difficult decisions and inflicting short-term discomfort can lead to long-term benefits for everyone, and the real caring is being honest. When leaders care too much : Can leaders care too much, yes they can when it makes them avoid confrontation or giving honest feedback.

Micromanagement 158

Micromanagement Short-term Long-term Active Listening 158