Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Luca de Meo at Volkswagen AG did it. Ed Catmull at Pixar Animation did it. Larry Page at Google also did it. Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. and The Google Guys yields a strong confirmation that the pursuit of innovation might require a partnership approach, not a traditional teamwork style.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Guest post by Bonnie Marcus : I earned my certification as an executive coach in 2006. At that time most people still assumed that coaching was done primarily in sports not business. Coaching for executives was a relatively unknown field and untapped resource. When companies hired a coach for an executive then, it was primarily because that executive needed some assistance to improve their leadership and management skills; that they weren’t meeting the expectations of their position.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The path to remarkable is paved with feedback. Feedback, received well, transforms leaders. However, the behavior leaders fail at most is seeking feedback. Feedback that hurts the most often helps the most.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Highly effective leadership is needed throughout every organization, from the first-level managers to the CEO. The chief human resources officer must take the lead in developing leadership programs, processes, and events to ensure that leaders are ready and effective. As a core criterion, the expectation of leaders has always been to “get the job done” by managing assets and people in a complex global environment.

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

This article is an excerpt from the book “ No Cape Needed : The Simplest, Smartest, Fastest Steps to Improve How You Communicate by Leaps and Bounds.” Want more? Get your copy today. DON'T. DICTATE. Increasingly, great leaders recognize that transformative leadership isn’t about telling people what to do. Instead, it’s about equipping and then empowering teams to make smart decisions together, respecting the collective brainpower of the group.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Around the end of the 20 th century, busyness became not just a way of life, but a badge of honor for most Americans. In fact, the busier you are, the faster you work, the more you can multitask—the better. That is how our society now measures competence and success. If you’re busy, you’re important. Yet, leadership experts would argue we’re measuring the wrong thing.

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Management Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

All you need is one hour to read Brian Tracy's pocket-sized guide for managers, Motivation. "You cannot motivate other people," explains Tracy, "but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation. As a manager, you can create an environment where this potential for self-motivation is released naturally and spontaneously.

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Managing Communities

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

I think healthy teams are intentionally created, so wherever I serve I’m consistently trying to make our environment better. Over the years, I’ve learned some things will not develop healthy teams. Many times it’s as much about what we don’t have on our team as what we do have. The team I now serve with works well together – most of the time.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Alfie Kohn , author of Punished by Rewards , No Contest: the Case Against Competition and many other books on human behavior, management and education is the guest on this Deming Podcast. Alfie explains that, as a contrarian, he searched for issues where logic and research suggested certain action while practice differs from those expectations. His research into competition showed the practices in our organizations ran counter to the evidence of what is beneficial to achieving the best results.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In many companies and organizations, new managers are selected as a result of their success in technical and operational roles. This seems to be a sensible approach, as the manager needs to understand the challenges facing his or her direct reports. At the same time, it’s fundamentally flawed. The skill set required to excel in a technical/operational role is different than the skill set required for success as a manager.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

In the hunt for sales growth, profit growth, or share growth from the sales force, every sales leader, whether new or seasoned, whether from a growth-stage or a mature-stage company, faces the same question. Where will the growth come from? The best answers are frequently unearthed by looking at differences in performance, sales activity, and market potential across different pieces of the business — certain customer segments, selected products within a broad portfolio, or specific groups

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Implementing a value-based strategy is on the mind of nearly every health care organization in the U.S. It seems that every week, one or another announces a new “Center for Health Care Value” or “Center for Health Care Innovation.” These organizations are accepting the fact that the volume-driven system is in its dying days, and that the future will demand that they deliver demonstrably better value: improved outcomes, lower costs, or both.

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