Leading in Context

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton Thank you, friends, for reading and sharing this Blog in 2016. I appreciate all the ways you have helped forward the movement toward authentic ethical leadership. Only by bringing out our best as leaders are we able to bring out the best in those we lead. As we head into this holiday season, I wish you hope.Hope is what keeps us going when problems seem impossible to solve, when time is short, and when solutions are distant.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In yesterday’s post , I shared eight things I know now, that I wish I had known when I had started my career. Today, I am sharing seven more: Be Interested in What’s Right, Not Who’s Right. I’ve seen too many talented people along the way focus their energy in all the wrong places, most commonly by obsessing over winning arguments. Intellectual Integrity is much more important than perceived Intellectual Prowess – which by the way is not automatically prescribed to the winner of an argument.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 21, 2016

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

I’m blessed enough to get the opportunity to speak at universities all over the country and the question I’m most often asked by students is, “What do you know now that you wish you knew, back then, when you started your career?”. I thought I’d share a response to this question in an attempt to serve any of the younger, or younger at heart, Lead Change readers.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The ethos behind leadership has changed drastically in the last 10-15 years. We’ve seen leadership become more self-centered and me-driven. Leadership has slowly drifted away from helping others to helping the leader. This trend has been disastrous for organizations. We’re seeing the fallout from this self-centered leadership every day. What Went Wrong With Leadership.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Recognize and solve negative patterns or you’ll end up solving the same problems over and over.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Recognize and solve negative patterns or you’ll end up solving the same problems over and over.

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David A Fields

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Many readers know that I’m 6’1″ tall… if my posture is perfect, I think tall thoughts and I stand on two tins of homemade, coconut dream bars. Is that tall? Short? I only know if I have some sort of standard for comparison. Consultants often look at benchmarks to gauge their recent performance. Those are internal benchmarks.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Too often, businesses don't have clearly defined goals and even less often specific plans to reach those goals. When you set a goal for your business, be sure it is SMART : S pecific M easurable A ttainable R elevant T ime-related Share that goal with your employees, so they understand all of the five attributes of the goal. And then for your plan (sometimes called "program"), keep these tips in mind : Realistically assess the obstacles and resources involved and then create a strategy for navig

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Management Excellence

DECEMBER 21, 2016

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. Luke 2:10-11. As I read the Scriptures, the ability to have joy is a gift. We may not always be “happy” with our circumstances, but we can have joy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Twenty-three years ago, one of my employees — I’ll call him Dale — asked for a private meeting. Dale was serious and bookish and had very strong opinions. His work was fastidious. He rarely socialized with colleagues, but he was impeccable in his commitments to others. And he was skilled at his job. As I closed the door to our huddle room, he came straight to the point, “Joseph, I’d like to offer you some feedback.” I had expected a different agenda.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Future-proofing your business is going to be a never-ending task. Technology is conquering the world, and the business landscape is included in that. Do you still use a ledger for your expense sheets? Likely not. Do you still send written letters to clients? Possibly, but not as often as previously. Do you still hand out flyers to market your business?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Every fall, tens of thousands of law students compete for a small number of coveted summer associateships at the country’s top law firms. The stakes are high: getting one of these rare internships virtually guarantees full-time employment after law school. The salaries are unbeatable, six-figure sums that catapult young students to the top 5% of household incomes nationally and are often quadruple of those offered in other sectors of legal practice.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Tina was at a crossroads. Her daughter had recently left for college, and her husband had his own pursuits. And although she’d once enjoyed banking, she now bore little interest in her work. For some time, she had been asking herself whether she should quit. But what would her colleagues and bosses think of her? This stream of consciousness carried Tina to deeper, more revealing questions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Despite the fact that executives could improve the value and performance of their companies by shifting capital from under-performing business units to better performing units, most choose to allocate their resources the same way year after year. More troubling, our own research shows that even when business leaders are proactive resource allocators, they are still hesitant to invest in new business models.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

On October 12, 2016, President Obama’s Executive Office published two reports that laid out its plans for the future of artificial intelligence (AI). The reports received less media attention than they might have otherwise because the United States was gripped by the final weeks of a presidential campaign race. But depending on one’s view of AI’s potential impact, the work described by these reports may be more influential on the long arc of history than the outcome of that ele

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Reorganizations can be a useful management tool for finding new value and are often essential as part of a merger or acquisition integration. Getting this type of reorganization right allows business units from the merging companies to be brought together smoothly, corporate activities to be standardized and streamlined, people to be aligned behind desired outcomes, and integration synergies to be delivered quickly.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

It’s cheaper than ever.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Results.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Of all the lessons I’ve learned about innovation and change, one stands above the rest: There is no such thing as an average or old-fashioned business, just average or old-fashioned ways to do business. The thrill of breakthrough creativity doesn’t just belong to upstart companies with the most radical technologies. It can be summoned in all sorts of industries and all walks of life, if leaders can reimagine what’s possible in their fields.

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