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June 2019 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Chip reflects: “Listening can mean the difference between getting more information and gaining greater insight.

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5 Steps to Develop Team Goals

Skip Prichard

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. Leadership guru Peter Drucker said leadership is about determining the right results and management is about achieving results. ” -Peter Drucker.

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Frances Hesselbein: A Leader of Leaders, Who Cared For People First

Michael Lee Stallard

back from decline decades earlier and transformed it into what Peter Drucker described as “the best-managed organization around.” As an effective leader, she excelled at management tasks such as communicating an inspiring vision and mission, and setting goals and aligning people and tasks to accomplish them.

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Developing a Servant Leadership Strategy

Nathan Magnuson

For instance, if you are trying to better serve your customers, do you realize there is a categorically different need between a brand new potential customer seeking information and a loyal customer who has just received his first poor experience? Peter Drucker is frequently credited with the quote, “What gets measured gets managed.”

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3 Practices CEOs Can Learn from the Girl Scouts

Michael Lee Stallard

It wasn’t long before Hesselbein’s experience with Troop 17 developed into a lifelong commitment to Girl Scouting. With membership falling, and the organization in a state of serious decline, Mrs. Hesselbein put sound management practices in place. In 1976 she became CEO of the national organization, Girl Scouts of the USA.

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Thoughts on the Presidency

Leading Blog

The President is, first of all, a manager.” — Peter Drucker, How to Make the Presidency Manageable, Fortune November 1974. Some do not.” — Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker , Running, November 23, 1975. You can’t just appoint smart people.” Newt Gingrich, 2011. Inspiring rhetoric is necessary—but only in moderation.

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Leadership Team Dynamics: Culture Change Begins Here

The Practical Leader

We did a series of focus groups, interviews, and surveys within a division of a large company to help Chris, the division manager, determine why their culture wasn’t performing at the level he wanted. So, Chris did a strength-based 360 assessment and built a detailed personal development plan to elevate his leadership.

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