Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

You can’t waste your mental energy looking for a way out or an alternative plan. All of your energy needs to be directed toward your goal or you’ll never reach it.” Through the examples of people who had to cross that barrier of doubt and fully commit to their potential, you will find parallels to your own experience.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Non-stealing in leadership involves not stealing (but instead giving) opportunities, knowledge, and acknowledgment to team members. Positive communication and mindfulness foster focus and protect valuable energy. Ethical leaders know how to practice control of energy in order to cultivate focus and ease for their team.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

F Futurist Bob Johansen tells us in The New Leadership Literacies , that over the next ten years the world will become explosively more connected. To help prepare leaders for the future, he offers a list of five new leadership literacies. The military, for example, uses simulations to train soldiers. What Leaders Need to Do.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. Uniquely human skills. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

JULY 5, 2019

To help us better understand grace and to help us intentionally apply it in our leadership, Baldoni explores grace from five perspectives with this acronym : G is for Generosity : the will to do something for others. E is for Energy : the spirit that catalyzes us. Grace requires energy. “It They are an inspiration to us all.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

In many organizations, authority-based leadership is waning. Tommy’s boss saw that Tommy had freed up time and refocused his energies on what the manager needed from him, and told him, “I’ve been waiting for you to figure this out.”. For example, they are decisive when they need to be collaborative.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2020

If we are scared off by that jaguar, held back by things we’d been taught in the past or our fear of change, for example, we would not get past the jaguar and cross the bridge. We receive the energy to move forward and take positive action. There is reality itself, and then there is what we perceive it to be.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Falk offers “proven step-by-step tools and approaches that will make it easier and less energy-consuming for you to master your mind and to think and act deliberately in your professional life.” That, of course, requires that we overcome our reluctance to expend energy on deliberate thinking. So, what’s the answer to this conundrum?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A meticulous process may require extra time on the front end but will save enormous time, energy, and money on the back end. For example, an attorney who is licensed to practice in your state is a must-have, but a preferred qualification might be that he or she is licensed in adjoining states. Or, “Have you ever fired anyone?”

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

They spent a huge amount of energy chasing these goals, but when they fulfilled them, they felt the same as they had at the start…. As they worked at it and felt they became (for example) a better friend—not because they wanted anything out of it but because they felt it was a good thing to do—they became more satisfied with life.”.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

“If we are to generalize, we can say that you advance as a leader, the technical and tactical skill you need—distribution expertise, for example—pale in comparison to the strategic and interpersonal.” They divide leadership capabilities into two groups: complexity skills and sophistication skills. Purpose Stall. Focus Stall.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2015

Gaps exploration, around your organization’s leading values and ideas, is a great sustainable energy source.” Talgam looks at the leadership styles of six great conductors in terms of how each of them did or do embrace ignorance, explored gaps and listened. “Gaps are the renewable fuel of new thinking, enabling change.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2013

Struggle is a part of any human endeavor and leadership is no different. But as Joe Badaracco has pointed out, “ leadership is a struggle by flawed human beings to make some important human values real and effective in the world as it is.” The Adaptive Leader Profile is available from Snyder Leadership Group.)

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Leading Blog

MAY 12, 2021

. * * * Lance Mortlock is a strategy partner with Ernst & Young, a visiting professor at the Haskayne School of Business, and a board member for the Canadian Energy & Climate Nexus.

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2019

Consider, for example, all the other concepts that courage connects to in workplace settings. Leadership takes courage because it requires making bold decisions that some people won’t agree with or support. TRY Courage requires you to exert energy in order to overcome inertia. A common example of TRUST Courage is delegation.

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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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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

O VER THE PAST FEW DECADES, we’ve seen several examples of “brand renegades.” Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries. Invest in strategic partnerships.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Using the key sticking points between people, they identify 4 Working Styles : Pioneers value possibilities and they spark energy and imagination. The authors naturally go into detail on each of these types and give an example of a well-known person that fits that type. They’re outgoing, spontaneous, and adaptable.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Act : Generation of energy. Advance : Leadership placement. When this happens, you simply go back to, for example, the Assess question, “ How ready are we to go there? ” Then ensure that performance initiatives are engineered to promote the necessary mindset and behavioral shifts. The relationship is dynamic and not linear.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

They truly believe they can transform employees, even those with below-average skills and drive, into valuable players through their excellent example and the sheer force of their iron will. Some “wait until their energy and passion are waning and then take their business to market. This is patently not true.”. Mistake #6: Think Big.

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Leading Blog

MAY 13, 2011

If the only candidates with experience are simultaneously not qualified to lead, how did they get in the running for leadership positions? From their work in succession planning and executive assessments, they have isolated seven leadership attributes that come up again and again, that provide the key to leadership success.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

T HE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES of leadership don’t change over time. While character, patience and empathy are important for a leader to sustain their leadership, they are not necessarily the behaviors and practices needed to get to the top of their chosen profession. Apex Leaders Lead by Example. They are indeed timeless.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

A marketing manager, for example, can easily create a brand positioning statement for a new brand—they have the knowledge, skill, and experience to draw upon. Let’s take a look at an example from each area to see how focusing on one action can give you 80 percent of the results in 20 percent of the time. Managing Others: Earning Trust.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

For example, Doug Conant, the CEO of Campbell Soup, has written more than 16,000 thank-you notes to employees in the past seven years and created a very positive business in the process. In turn, they are more likely to share their positive energy with your customers, thus enhancing service and the bottom line.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In The Optimist’s Telescope , author Bina Venkataraman suggests that we can a “ radical strain of optimism ” and cultivate a sense of collective agency that would motivate “more people to make choices today for the sake of the future, whether it’s how they vote, eat, use energy, or influence others.” An “ optimist’s telescope ” so to speak.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

Put your energy, effort, and focus into doing a really, really great job on the basics and into consistency of performance. This is great material and it also applies in terms of your leadership. It''s tempting to try to put on the showier aspects of leadership and ignore the hard won aspects of trust, communication and character.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

In no particular order, these six technologies are: Artificial Intelligence (AI): Rather than needing to be programmed to solve problems, AI learns from examples. Early technology issues limited blockchain’s utility—it wasn’t scalable enough and consumed too much energy. It creates its own rules based on training data. citizen in 2008.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

Effectiveness in leadership is not about having all of the answers but not knowing and accessing the power of those you lead. Where are you right now through these four energy centers? The best way to get stuff done, to be the boss, to be a real leader, is to encourage others to step into their best version of personal leadership.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2019

Example: “What must we do in the next 12 months to drive necessary changes in mind-set, action, and behavior to fully realize the benefits of…?”. Your requisite variety group needs to operate with energy and an expectation that the right answers will arise from the right kinds of interactions together.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

B EING A LEADER often means making far-reaching decisions that require major investments of time, resources, and energy. For example, you can make more money but will have less free time; you can fix the bottom line but will have to lay off workers; you can liberate a country but will cause damage and death.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

With passion and purpose working for you, you bring more energy per hour of work. Fresh and compelling examples are used throughout to fully illustrate the seven smart work practices. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Purpose asks, ‘What can I give the world?’

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Reading her autobiography, My Life in Leadership , I was struck by the importance she places on inclusion, respect, civility, decency, honor, honesty and faithfulness. An example for all would-be leaders to follow. My Life in Leadership is full of lessons. Her mantra is, “to serve is to live.” Ask, don’t tell.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

For example, workout, meditation, proper diet, maintaining relationships. Kelly says that knowing how to balance various activities in our life to produce the maximum flow of energy is perhaps the most important skill any of us can learn and develop. Core Habits. What are the daily habits that keep you healthy, focused and energized?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

They relate the observation of Elizabeth Paul as an example. Kubicek writes that while writing this book consumed a lot of time, energy and mental thought, “it is still my responsibility to be the leader worth following in my home. (Do you normally check your e-mail when you first wake up?) Shifting well is both an art and a science.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I N 2004, Barbara Kellerman wrote that “the idea that some leaders and some followers are bad, and that they might have something in common with good leaders and followers, has not fully penetrated the conversation or the curriculum” on leadership. Examples: Roger Ailes and Xi Jinping. Examples: Warren Buffett and Charles Koch.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. For example, if your partner isn’t on board, many people might choose to avoid conflicts between “your-wife-or-your-life” or “your-man-or-your-plan.” It consumed so much time and energy that I didn’t have much left for anything else.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

As part of my new book, The Future Leader , I interviewed more than 140 CEOs around the world and asked them each to define leadership. My role in terms of leadership is to set the vision and to share it. Hans believes leadership is: “Ensuring that people have everything they need to achieve the missions of an organization.

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