Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Find Dan on Twitter at @DanOestreich. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 267

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

There are toxic work environments that reflect on where you work and not why you hate your work. Falk says, “unless you are in an exceptionally bad working environment, in which case you should leave, your excuses are obstacles of your own creation.” So, what’s the answer to this conundrum?

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Motivation How To Learning-by-Doing Goal 245

Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 22, 2010

So if your intent is to engage your team and/or have great dialog, consider the following: The Physical Environment The room should not be too large or too small: A room that is too large can often suck energy – and sound – away from the discussion. What else have you noticed about the environment that promotes team dialog?

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Environment Team Greenleaf Maslow 176

Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Team Building. Follow Henry on Twitter.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 97

Leading Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

The authors say three components characterize effective teams : Sustained Performance (are able to generate positive results over time), Team Resilience (can work through challenges and can quickly bounce back from adversity), and Vitality (can maintain the energy, vibrancy, and resources needed for future success). Communication.

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Team Teamwork Cooper Self-aware 299

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 322

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 19, 2014

.” – William Arthur Ward When it comes to effectively leading teams and organizations in today’s fast-paced, 24/7 global economy, it’s becoming more and more evident that the days of command-and-control leadership are well behind us. Consequently, we expend less energy to perform these very tasks.

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Organization How To Environment Learning-by-Doing 279

Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Dual Awareness is having an “awareness of both our external and internal environments and how they impact each other.” When we find ourselves in an Adaptive Zone, it is common “for all of us to blame others for our problems when we are in protection and operating from our default mindset and behavior patterns.

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Self-aware How To Uncertainty Agility 334

Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s explore why leadership development is important, as well as the benefits and challenges of effective leadership development. Defining Leadership Development In simple terms, leadership development is a set of activities that equip current and future leaders with the tools they need to perform effectively in their roles.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Long-term 52

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The authors define performance as “what an enterprise does to deliver improved results for its stakeholders in financial and operational terms. Use four levers to reshape the work environment: role modeling, understanding and conviction, reinforcement mechanisms, and confidence-building efforts. Act : Generation of energy.

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Hamel Objective McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 276

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Values-based leadership. It’s increasingly evident that corporate success requires a healthy natural environment, an educated workforce, peaceful coexistence between nations, and consumers with money to spend. ” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate.

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Cooper Long-term Politics Energy 97

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

Guest post from Dr. Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.

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Leadership Micromanagement Consensus Drucker 298

Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

They call it the CEO test because the intensity and consequences of these challenges grow as you move into higher levels of leadership. They believe that “to succeed in a leadership role, you have to achieve a certain threshold level of proficiency in each of the skills” highlighted in these seven tests. Why is it important?”

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CEO Crisis Guidelines Gordon 428

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Firstly, there is a growing global talent shortage across industries, and the demand for executives is far outstripping the supply, creating more pressure in an already highly competitive executive search environment. ” Here at N2Growth, we operate as a retained executive search firm. How do executive search firms work?

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Execution How To Process Marketing 392

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 5, 2015

And yet, what this story of the NASA janitor reveals is the both the possibility and opportunity for us to use our leadership to create that kind of environment where our employees feel valued; where they know that the work and contributions they make matter because it’s tied to the larger purpose that defines our collective efforts.

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Environment Long-term Short-term Succession 100

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Generate and bring positive energy daily. All slogans and no action.

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Class Mission Statement How To Teamwork 87

HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Figuring out how to inject energy and passion back into the workplace and work will be key. These spaces prioritize social connection and collaboration, fostering an environment where ideas can flourish untethered. One of the most sought out leadership skills in 2024 will be the ability to provide direct feedback and address conflict.

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Leadership Diversity CPO Career 109

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: In a 2021 interview, you mentioned evolving leadership approaches. How has your leadership style adapted over the years, and what lessons have you learned in shaping a successful leadership philosophy? Every leadership journey progresses from individual contributor, to manager, and then leader.

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Innovation Diversity Leadership Leadership Pipeline 52

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Generate and bring positive energy daily. All slogans and no action.

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Mission Statement Teamwork Commitment Energy 110

HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

As CHRO, I always reinforce with my HR team that we are the architects of not only the employee experience but the structure of the organization and the operating model. We are also dedicated to creating an environment where all employees feel they belong, have an equal opportunity to contribute to our success, and can do their best work.

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Engineering Innovation Short-term Long-term 52

Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2018

In Leading Clarity , Brad Deutser states that “Clarity operates on the truth that everything is connected.” In clarity, we can see all the factors, recognize them for what they are and what they can become, and create connections that can be relied on to establish or reestablish equilibrium and an environment for growth.

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Constraint Operations Bottom-up Energy 191

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regardless of the workspace or type of work that employees need to perform, it is important to create a more relaxing and chilled environment. At the end of the day, the employees are going to use all of their energy and skills to improve production and adopt a positive attitude that is of great help for any workspace.

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Stress Environment How To Learning-by-Doing 50

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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Company Leadership Press Release Innovation 241

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 9, 2015

Do you know how current trends will change the face of leadership in your company? Is your company ready to meet the new leadership challenges in the coming years? Are you aware of how leadership is evolving to respond to those trends? As a result, millennials are being pushed into leadership roles before they are ready.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Strategic Planning Trends 100

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Leadership is Contagious. You set the tone to create an environment that empowers or imprisons. How you interact with others, how you show up, how you operate all impact others around you. How to Encourage Contagious Energy. How do leaders best encourage contagious energy? You are contagious. And use it for good.”

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Power Self-aware Leadership Energy 84

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ironically, while we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity, we spend almost half—40%—of our time attention and energy on unimportant or irrelevant activities almost insuring that we miss the possibilities all around us. But you have to make a conscious choice to operate in this quadrant. Q1: The Quadrant of Necessity.

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Productivity Products Energy Insurance 285

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions have announced a partnership that will expand energy services to clients and prospects of both companies.

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Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 57

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. Oftentimes it is because the team is so busy they don’t have the time and energy to reflect on how things are going and what they could do better. Michael Jordan.

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Competitive Advantage Team Teamwork Absenteeism 263

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 18, 2018

If we all have a shared vision that we’re moving towards together, a healthy leadership team will be able to call each other out without anyone taking it personally. They will bring a naturally reoccurring energy to the table. In 2009, he founded an energy efficient remodeling business whose revenue scaled to $2M within the first year.

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Bottom-up Energy Commitment Career 214

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2015

“We’ve got some exciting changes next year which will include an important restructure to streamline efficiencies and operations. Queue the massive energy drain, distraction, resume writing, sleepless nights, worried conversations, LinkedIn surfing, and butt kissing. Restructuring is often a necessary, bold leadership move.

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Restructuring Energy Environment Planning 180

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2024

You can also advocate recycling and go for energy-efficient practices. Conduct an audit of your machinery and choose the most energy-efficient alternatives. By going green and minimizing your negative footprint, you will benefit the environment and at the same time, establish yourself as an eco-friendly business.

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Supply Chain Ethics NGO Education 87

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

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Operations Chief Executive Officer Uncertainty Strategic Planning 50

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 28, 2015

Namely, the faster-paced, increasing demands on our time, energy, and finite resources that we all have to manage as members of the modern workforce. To that end, as I make preparations for my vacation break, I’d like to share the following benefits that taking a vacation has on our ability to be successful in our leadership.

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Succession Leadership Delegation Environment 100

Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Sensors are used to make products, infrastructure, and environments, more intelligent and more responsive to human needs. Early technology issues limited blockchain’s utility—it wasn’t scalable enough and consumed too much energy. To streamline operations and control costs. He was born in the U.K. and became a U.S.

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Innovation Supply Chain Technology Wireless 264

Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2021

If you’re currently uninspired by your working environment, then it could be time to upgrade your office space. Energy Levels. It takes a lot of time, effort, and energy to build a successful company. So let’s think about energy. There are plenty of tried and tested methods for boosting energy levels. Soft Skills.

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Succession Energy Learning-by-Doing Influence 121

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

The best CEOs kept all six plates spinning at all times, even if the external and internal environment meant that some needed to be spun faster or slower than others,” explain the authors. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 93