Lead on Purpose

JUNE 30, 2012

One of the keys to running a successful operation is to develop trust with your coworkers and employees. Regardless of your position in the company, the best way to move forward – and work efficiently and successfully with your team – is to work, act and be a person they can trust. How do you develop a culture of trust?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

He dropped out of business school and threw away the rule book. Through trial and error and a whole lot of perseverance, he opened the first Texas Roadhouse in 1993. To develop your mission and values, moderate open and honest discussions with groups around your company. Eventually, good things will happen.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2016

The term “drive performance” is popular in a bottom-line, transactional world made up of managers and executives who lead through their positional authority. 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.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2020

Laura Huang explains just how to gain that advantage in her insightful and encouraging book, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Certain people seem to be endowed with a unique advantage in which they can execute faster and better and get the things they need, because they are positioned in such a way that others help them move forward.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

“No boss or mentor drove my success—although they did open doors for me. Williams is best known for his tenure as CEO and Chairman of Aetna, where he transformed a $292 million operating loss into $2 billion in annual earnings. The book is exceptional. There is a lot of emotional intelligence contained in this book.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Too many lead for the sake of position and power and what that entitles them to. Lakhani (Harvard Business School Press, 2020) AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. David Marquet (Portfolio, 2020) In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes, those concrete instructions and processes will not work. There are so many different ways that leaders can build creating a positive company culture. Cautionary tales abound.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms. What’s more, SMEs are frequent participants in open innovation partnerships with a range of stakeholders.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

They valued compliance, agreeableness, and respect for positions. Yes, we could, but if you need to change it is useful to make culture also operational and look at the daily (inter)actions. Maybe he’d have to start looking for another position. Or for fear of losing their jobs. So down-to-earth?

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

He was clearly operating on the assumption that if they knew better, they’d do better. ” The CEO went on to outline “a suggestion program” (which was a form to fill out and send to him) and stressed the company’s open-door policy. .” Building transformation into the company’s operating rhythm.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

It is a refinement on authentic leadership as it acknowledges that as a leader you need to understand yourself and how you’re perceived, then making behavioral changes to become the leader you want to be, even if it means operating outside the identity you’re comfortable with. It must be something that comes from within.

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Leading Blog

MAY 28, 2021

If so, who leads the operation? Peter’s research found was that just because an employee stands out in one position doesn’t mean he or she will excel at another. They often simply don’t possess the skills needed to succeed in their new position. James Clear, in his book, Atomic Habits, describes three levels of behavior change.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Suggestions for C-suite executives Be open about your own learning and development. Don’t think for a second that leaders throughout the organization don’t notice the absence of discussion about c-suite development and learning. Your support of learning and development at all levels in the organization is crucial.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For two years (2016 and 2017) Deloitte’s Global Human Capital trends survey has positioned organizational redesign as the number one concern for businesses. in 2011 to deliver TDP (a cloud-based team development tool and methodology) to the international markets. Simon operates from London with a Dublin-based support office.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Sully opens the movie as the narrator. We can come to love our organizations or our positions of leadership too much. There have been plans for multiple sequels ever since.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

You may have a comprehensive rule book, a checklist, and an operating manual, but without the right positive corporate cultural attributes those concrete instructions and processes will not work. There are so many different ways that leaders can build creating positive company culture. Cautionary tales abound.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. This implies that a broken switch can be reset through a consultant, coach, or book intervention. This requires an open-minded approach that values flexibility, adaptability, and continuous learning.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our ability (and willingness) to learn impacts our personal and business growth, operational excellence, and our capacity to innovate. Army Special Forces believes that adaptability—learning—is predicated on self-efficacy, resiliency, open-mindedness, mastery achievement motivation, and tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty.”

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 19, 2017

An increasingly divided political climate has had many companies—large and small, new and legacy—across industries stepping up and taking positions on issues typically outside the realm of business. Profound changes in cultural sentiment are shifting the landscape for business.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: How did your journey in leadership and business development shape your perspective on organizational change over the past decade? The HR Digest: In your book, you discuss unique leadership competencies and how leaders connect employees to customers. How can these competencies drive positive change within an organization?

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Mid-February brings the beautifully presented, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2016

Unfortunately, her title is a strategic, operational, financial, and cultural derailing eventuality to the intended track of her purpose, vision and values. He feels trapped by his position, power, and perks. Download opening chapters of his new book, Chief Leadership Officer, here or order the book here.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2018

The results of these studies, captured from subjects operating under real or near-real conditions, has put the nature vs nurture debate on leadership to rest. Better leadership is emerging as the defining quality that governs the ability to attain positive outcomes and get the best performance possible out of teams.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Mid-February brought the visually-engaging, coffee-table-styled book, Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt , written for senior executives who are frustrated by the slow pace and limited return on investment (ROI) of their digital transformation, and are unsure what’s holding them back. He is based in Paris.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2018

Because “all of your team members are operating in their gift zone, there’s a tremendous amount of energy and excitement, because everyone is essentially doing what he or she was born to do.”. That’s because it is only by being accountable that you can discover and develop your gifts and help others discover and develop theirs.”

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. You share six myths about culture in your book.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2021

As such, it’s vitally important that any leader develops the soft skills they need to get where they want to go. If you go into things with an optimistic, positive attitude, then you’ll be much more likely to succeed than if you went into it with a negative attitude. Leadership Skills. They’ll also be in charge of other people’s work.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Along the same lines, I don’t really care if someone does or doesn’t want to be led by me.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. It was a tough choice, so for 2022, I'm picking two books: Both books are timely, highly relevant, full of great teachings and well worth reading for leaders at any stage of their careers.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

He’s also the publisher of BiblicalLeadership.com and wrote Leading From The Lions’ Den: Leadership Lessons From Every Book Of The Bible. The book is a fable about Leo Perkins, a man who desires to save his company but deep down he’s more worried about bruising his ego. First, it’s a short book.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 12, 2021

If you are even a casual reader of this site, you know that I am passionate about reading and books. Though we usually feature non-fiction on this site, I am often found lost in a book of fiction and most often thrillers. It’s one of those books that pulls you in and somehow sticks to your fingers, refusing to let you put it down.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

They have money, customers, data, employees, suppliers, partners, and infrastructure -- which put them in a perfect position to transform new ideas into concrete, value-creating, successful offerings. Continuous optimization, both on the operational side and the customer side, is good and important -- in the short term.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Because business is fraught with many risks and challenges, and because this journey isn’t right for everyone, I’ve developed some questions that will help you get more clarity so you can make better decisions for yourself when it comes to starting a business. More on the PBOD in the book.). Personality Questions.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. Opposing positions, competitive tensions, power struggles, ego, pride, jealousy, performance discrepancies, compensation issues, just someone having a bad day, etc. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

If you want a book that will stimulate your team’s thinking, provoke a new mindset, and provide terrific discussions, then pick up a copy of former Amazon executive John Rossman’s Think Like Amazon: 50 ½ Ideas to Become a Digital Leader. They also operate with an owner’s mindset. Develop a Customer Obsession.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Of course, there were some great books such as those by Morton Hansen, Amy Edmondson, and Ron Ricci. But mostly collaboration was talked about in books focusing on teams. The very debate is a positive. I applaud the open discussion. Develop all employees to be self leaders. There was little written about it.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

Bob Lisser, author and business strategist, unveils the secrets to unlocking this growth advantage in his book aptly titled The Growth Advantage. Lisser’s book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a crucial aspect of growth: the Planning Advantage, the Execution Advantage, and the Company Advantage.

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