Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Top-down, one-dimensional leadership models are hopelessly outmoded in today’s rapidly changing world, and they waste the leadership ability that is present throughout an organization. After all, if leaders are those who are responsible for their world — then everyone is a leader. Can this be changed? Learn more and register here.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

Examples include climate change, income inequality, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, stress and anxiety and lack of purpose and meaning. If organizations want to thrive and create healthy and vibrant business cultures with high levels of engagement, then business leaders need to think differently. Team-Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

As much as you may have a put together a diverse team, you need to be diverse in how you, the boss/leader-of-the-team/ employer/lead dentist, handle your people. You need, then, to constantly work on the diversity of your thinking. You certainly are going to find plenty of them if you hire a diverse staff.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As I work with organizations preparing for the new year, one of the most common topics of discussion is what it takes to set a strategic course through times of uncertainty. How could an organization be both, clear in its’ path forward, and malleable as conditions changed? Adjustment is easier for some organizations than others.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

Companies have done this by requiring employees to have lunch with someone outside their organization, fostering diversity, and establishing the office as a community through deeper connections. Her areas of expertise include capacity building, gender equality, and nonprofit organizations.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

If so, “adverse selection” may be at work in your organization. Have you pinpointed all the ways you are driving diversity out of your enterprise? Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues Is your company inadvertently pushing good people away? Are some of your best performers leaving?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2014

BIG works with individuals and organizations to create cultures of constructive dissent, respectful irreverence, unrelenting empathy, character-based leadership mavericks, and unparalleled performance. Leadership Development diversity grow comfort zone inclusion tolerance'

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

In this post, Robyn shares the importance of making time for reflection—as individuals, as leadership teams, and as organizations—and offers guidance on discerning the past to create what we want moving forward, so that we can continue to be the leaders we most want to be. Find Robyn on Twitter at @ThoughtfulLdrs. Team-Building.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2015

This diversity stuff doesn’t work. Feeling internal and external pressure to have more diversity, some companies define diversity as “making the numbers,” and task Human Resources (HR) with hiring more women and minorities. That’s typically the beginning and end of attention companies give to becoming more diverse.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

He is exceptionally proud of his organization and the people he employs. He is keen to create a learning organization that will empower his employees to stay a step ahead of the new international competitors, who are putting pressure on his sales and profits. He delves for diverse conclusions and the reasoning behind this diversity.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

BIG works with individuals and organizations to create cultures of constructive dissent, respectful irreverence, unrelenting empathy, character-based leadership mavericks, and unparalleled performance. Leadership Development diversity inclusion micro inequities Pat Harris'

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2012

This past week, we had another Lead Change Tulsa breakfast dialogue and the topic was Effectively Leading Diverse Organizations. Posted in Self Leadership Sometimes, a description of what something is not helps to also describe what it is. Over 40 people, many new to Lead Change, joined us for this discussion.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 29, 2019

These companies find themselves managing complex organizational change, with challenges that will vary depending on the professional levels and geographic diversity of their human resources. Successful implementation of any change agenda, whether it is new software applications, process, or organization, is dependent on human resources.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development SmartBlog for Leadership [link] A Department of Labor report on the glass ceiling noted that “what’s important [in organizations] is comfort, chemistry, and collaboration.” Might these hidden needs be the reason most companies have failed at incorporating diversity as a [.]

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It requires leaders to shift their organization to being a great place to work – by ensuring that Good Comes First: good people doing good work in a good organization. Shelley Row of Insightful Leadership shared Your Organization Needs a Vision Now More Than Ever. That’s a high standard. Have you worked on YOUR long term vision?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

3) Encourage healthy debate and diversity of thought , opinion, and perspective. Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that. Neither takes precedence over the other because both elements are needed for success. Malcolm Forbes. Isaac Newton. easy to do.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2018

Imagine trying to lead an organization or team without words or conversation. Think of how and where you might be able to take your team or organization empowered with those keys! Questions that invite diverse perspectives, new information, and disruptive ideas related to the outcomes you’re after. Impossible, right?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

In a crisis situation, it becomes even more important that organizations pull together experts with unique, cross-functional perspectives to solve rapidly changing, complex problems that have long-term implications. As a result, collaboration across an organization can break down. Collaboration is all about working together.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

As a leader runs an organization, it is important to hire people who have the domain knowledge of the business that they are in. They know the ins and outs of the business, and can help your organization traverse the landscape and develop new products or services that can help you increase your market share.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

They are more diverse, culturally, and generationally. Increasingly, leaders exist in diverse networks. There is no doubt that we live in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Leaders work in increasingly flatter and leaner organisations. We need to redefine which leadership capabilities matter most.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 30, 2018

In performance driven organizations, these people feel better playing it safe than taking any risk that might make a poor impression. For questions that promote diversity, innovation and challenge, consider asking: Have I included everyone’s opinion, even those that are dissenting? The fearful.” What ideas have we not considered?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

You and I set the ethical tone and shape the authentic culture of our teams and in our organizations. Jake Jacobs of Jake Jacobs Consulting shared Leverage Change: Transform Your Organization by Changing Your Paradigms. Jake writes: “ Transforming organizations takes years, is hard work, and often leads to disappointing results.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

They clearly see where they want to take their organization, and they inspire others to share in the journey. Great leaders leverage diversity and appreciate talent. They actively seek out and leverage diversity of every type. This list outlines the most central of those competencies. Great leaders create vision and inspiration.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

This vision was shared across the organization so that everyone knew how Jobs envisioned Apple in the future. It would be best to build diverse spaces for sub-teams to prosper without being inhibited by others for creativity to flourish. 1. Have a Vision. 6. Aim for Perfection. Final Word.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Julie explains: “ As COVID-19 cases rise and organizations consider how to respond with strategies that prioritize employee health and well-being, we may find ourselves facing new conditions and restrictions. Chris Edmonds of The Purposeful Culture Group provided Culture Leadership Charge: Diversity, Inclusion, and Voting.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 29, 2018

For Alaina, the VP of HR for a healthcare organization, diverging is common practice. She values diversity, novelty, and creativity; yet, she tunes out when she detects tunnel vision or monotonous repetition. Value diversity. Linking Leadership to Learning. Alaina prefers the Imaging style.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 26, 2017

The You Matter Marathon is a world-wide initiative that creates positive connections within organizations and communities by inviting people to share business-sized cards with only the words, “You Matter” printed on them. Many companies, schools, and community organizations benefited from participating. Sponsorship Details.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2019

Sometimes, however, players in your organization lose their effectiveness. Michael posits: “The best-performing organizations foster a sense of connection and have leaders who care about people. Is your organization just tough, or also toxic? If so, you’ve got an “A” team. Discover Michael on Twitter at @michaelstallard.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

They say that the biggest barriers to innovation are manager’s attitude, operational structure and procedures, and lack of diversity. Seventy-five percent believe that organizations can do more to develop future leaders. An organization should focus on improving society, be involved in charities and community organizations.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

These leaders lead employees to take the risks needed with an organization to help them thrive beyond survival mode. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting provided What is Diversity and Why Does it Matter? Mary Ila recaps, “Diversity and inclusion it isn’t about discrimination.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Appreciative practices build resilience for leaders and their organizations and are an intrinsic part of being AI. For twenty years, Jeanie has served as an educational and organizational consultant helping people, organizations, and communities build positive futures and respond effectively to change.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2019

I often hear (about) leaders in organizations mumbling things like, “We need to get the dialog going on the subject of.” In brief: a genuine dialog means connecting with the other, acknowledging their mastery and embracing diversity of ideas, thereby also supporting the other’s need for autonomy. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Anyone who supervises others is automatically tasked with planning, organizing, and directing. They find a way to bridge the simplicity and complexity of leveraging the diversity of thought, opinion, and perspective. Every boss gives orders and assigns work. This transactional stuff is all part of being a manager.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

values service, not status, and stays in touch with employees at all levels of the organization. encourages diversity of thought, opinion, perspective, and experience. (My ~Minor Myers. leads from values and beliefs, not behaviors, in serving the greater good as well as immediate business and personnel needs. Nelson Mandela.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Organizations and markets are complex and constantly changing. Work with a diverse, cross-functional group of people and create a list of potential opportunities. Throughout the process, leaders involve people and build relationships. Diagnose the Situation. What’s going on? Tips for diagnosing the current environment. Brainstorm.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 8, 2014

Because despite all our efforts to “lead change” and encourage servant leadership, most of our readers are struggling in imperfect hierarchical organizations working for an imperfect boss. And even as [.]

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

In many organizations who want and need more leaders, the actual working definition of leadership is conspicuous in its absence – there is no clarity on what success looks like. Organizations did not want me to attend their conference or talk to their leadership teams about our definition of leadership – they had the book for that.

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