Lead from Within

MARCH 5, 2024

Effective leadership isn’t just about guiding a team or achieving organizational goals; it’s also about personal growth and development. Improve Communication Skills: Effective communication is at the core of leadership. Setting clear objectives helps you stay focused and motivated.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2022. Two world-renowned strategists detail the seven leadership imperatives for transforming companies in the new digital era. Smart Leadership : Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact by Mark Miller. Digital transformation is critical.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Researchers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that the mere contemplation of a Plan B diminished the team’s performance and motivation. 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.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 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. Crisis Leadership. Communication. ” Find Mary on Twitter at @maryilaward.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 13, 2023

Gandhi’s story is a powerful example of the importance of focus in leadership. It illustrates the way in which an unwavering focus on a goal can inspire and motivate others to join in the cause, and ultimately lead to significant change. This keeps them on track and able to inspire and motivate their team to do the same.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

Twenty-two different studies have, in the years since, found that the more materialistic and extrinsically motivated you become, the more depressed you will be. Twelve different studies found that the more materialistic and extrinsically motivated you become, the more anxious you will be. You could track the movement.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This is a basic truth I learned early on in my business career, and it has sustained me throughout a succession of leadership roles — right up to my present work as an executive coach. Tupperware was where I learned how recognition can be an important motivator. In my recently released book, Motivation Now! Celebrate Now!

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Leading Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Leaders that understand and practice ethics at work are also better at motivating and empowering individuals in order to fuel collective progress. Non-stealing in leadership involves not stealing (but instead giving) opportunities, knowledge, and acknowledgment to team members. This practice enables collective progress.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Chip Bell shared The Secret Sauce of Leadership Communications. Communication. Who is Mary Follett? What happened?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

Leadership is not something just reserved for the top bastion of an organization. It exists everywhere, and right now we are witnessing some great leadership and also some really poor leadership. There are plenty of examples of companies adapting to this change. I’ll leave you to decide which is which!

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 1, 2014

We all know people who inspire us, who encourage us—through their actions and example—to work hard, to persevere through difficult circumstances. While every circumstance is different, leaders find … Continue reading → Leadership build confidence creativity energy example factors inspire motivate optimism'

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 20, 2017

But we all know people in the business world who do a terrible job in leadership positions: awful bosses, disengaged department heads, ineffective team managers, and otherwise bad bigwigs in nice offices who make the work environment an unpleasant one. THE ZOMBIES This approach to leadership is thoughtless, passionless, and lacking in energy.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Transparent and consistent communication from the CEO and leadership team is crucial. Leadership Commitment: Setting the Example Remember, tools and strategies are powerful, but leadership commitment is the true north star. Regularly assess your own leadership behaviors and seek feedback from employees.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Leadership theory has always been an attempt to understand what make a leader effective and distill and share those lessons with others. Leadership theory has evolved and continues to evolve over time. Another important leadership theory is Servant Leadership popularized by Robert Greenleaf in the seventies.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

But remember, it’s not enough to identify the values that will drive decisions by all team members – Transparent and consistent communication from the CEO and leadership team is crucial. Remember, a culture of appreciation goes a long way in keeping employees engaged and motivated.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided 8 Steps to Avoid Flipping Your Lid in Challenging Leadership Situations. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Change: Drive Your Desired Culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Better yet, the most important behaviors leaders can do to develop and maintain motivated, engaged employees tend to have little or no cost, but rather are a function of the daily interactions that managers have with employees pertaining to work in the context of each employees’ jobs.

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Lead from Within

MAY 19, 2021

Good leadership is focused on others, but self-serving leadership undermines that principle to focus on the ego and the symptoms can take hold and begin damaging your leadership before you’re even aware. Work to becoming a leader who empowers, inspires and motivates by being available and accessible. Defensiveness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2012

"Leadership is about managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you.". Professor James Clawson , author of Level Three Leadership. Great leaders raise the energy level – and bring out the best in those around them. You can walk into any work environment and feel the energy (or lack of).

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

Use this energy for motivation and focus. HM: Work hard at being a positive example to others, (you can not expect others to work hard if you never sweat yourself!). JH thoughts: The classic “set the example.” Have a vision of what the future looks like and strive to achieve that objective.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 9, 2022

You not only need the technical skills and knowledge to do your job but also the soft and leadership skills that you’ll find are necessary to run your company effectively. Getting ahead in business and your career will require a lot of your time, energy, and focus. Prioritize Self-Care.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Essential Leadership Traits in the Successful Small Business Owner — Guest post by Linda Forshaw. “A While there is merit attached to not being afraid to get your hands dirty, in essence to lead by example, the smart small business owner will place a greater emphasis on a wider leadership strategy.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

That rest and recovery did me a lot of good, because I sit here today with a ton of renewed energy and focus. Ultimately, it’s all a matter of leadership expectations, and the examples that we set. With all this evidence staring at us, the question becomes, why are we still so addicted to work, work, and more work?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 15, 2014

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Several years ago I was working with a business owner who had become stuck because of the way the company structure was set up. These are the things that demotivate you, decrease your energy level, and disengage you from your work.

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Leadership Competitive Advantage Delegation Advice 238

Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

This means you need to dedicate time and energy to actually get to know your team and learn how to work well together. Of course, a great team needs leaders to provide a clear direction that inspires and motivates their teams to achieve greatness together. Have each team member answer and discuss these 4 key questions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Give them concrete examples in a timely manner of what you’ve observed. Generally, a loss is more of a motivator than a gain. Determine what will motivate them. Don’t spend all your time and energy on the difficult person, just enough to know that you provided the person with the opportunity to make the needed changes.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And you improve performance by focusing on motivation, especially intrinsic motivation. When a team member isn’t functioning, for example, whose responsibility is it to address this issue? An ideal strategy is transformational leadership , supported by good career development, via coaching by the HR-department.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It makes sense that if Situational Leadership ® is part of your organization’s leadership development culture and language, it could greatly benefit your recruitment (and retention) efforts if you were to check for this leadership approach and its invaluable competencies in candidates before you hire. What would you enjoy least?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2019

When team members lose interest and motivation, they soon start to look for a new opportunity that fills this void. When team members are not clear about their responsibilities and objectives, they become frustrated and lose motivation. Positive acknowledgement is a form of energy for team members.

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The Empowered Buisness

MAY 6, 2014

It motivated me to learn how the brain works and its impact on our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Willpower is one of the least understood concepts, especially in the world of leadership. The fact that we have just so much willpower before it runs out is a critical, yet seldom addressed issue in the world of leadership.

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Leadership Short-term Motivation Long-term 144

The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The demands on a leader’s energy and attention throughout the year are endless. This article provides you with 3 critical leadership steps for transitioning from the end of this year to 2016. Let’s first address what are transitions. Why Are They Important to Leadership Growth? 2. Eliminate “energy drains”.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

In this month-long celebration of my first book “ Leadership Vertigo ”, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of having some of the top leadership experts – Doug Conant, Liz Wiseman, Jim Kouzes, and Barry Posner – share their insights about three of the four leadership principles discussed in my book.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s all well and good to talk about leadership and aspire to show it, whether it’s in our families, social situations or work environment. To really show leadership and represent everything it stands for, you need to develop a leadership mindset. What’s the Real Meaning of a Leadership Mindset?

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Development Self-aware Power Leadership 52

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2018

Renewable energy in electricity generation. This suggests a new type of leadership – one that Jeff Walker and his coauthors have referred to as “shapers”. Only through collective leadership can we meet the challenges before us. Electrical vehicles in transportation. Electrification in heavy industrials. And the list goes on.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The best example I know of an easy to follow leader is Jesus. There needs to be an element of faith and risk to motivate followers. Others could follow, because He led by example.) Places energy into others Followable leaders consistently invest in other people. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

So, you and the entire leadership of your neglected organization decide it’s time for change. By fulfilling these needs, you tap into your coworker’s intrinsic motivation. By sending, your focus is on extrinsic motivation (nice events, for example). What the heck is going on??? Empty Promises.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

For example: “It sounds like you’re really frustrated with the lack of response from marketing and that’s sapping your motivation. You may or may not agree on what success looks like, but gaining clarity around expectations can save a lot of time and wasted energy. Do I have that right?”. Powerful phrases to create clarity.

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