The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

What’s too often a sad comment on the organization’s lack of leadership is how frequently the consultants present ideas or solutions that have been inside the organization for years. Sounds like he operated by the classic autocrat’s creed; “All those opposed to my plan, respond by saying ‘I resign.'”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. What are Your Most Important Leadership Skills?

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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. Productivity. Communication. Especially those with allergies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

And while individual leaders are key to an organization’s success, collective leadership effectiveness carries the day. This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This is an excerpt from Management Productivity Multipliers by Gerald Kraines, MD. Where Managerial Leadership Begins. This is the backdrop for understanding the purpose and role of managerial leadership: setting direction (i.e., “Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage.” to execute on that goal.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

When people misuse conflict energy, it becomes drama: they struggle against themselves or each other to feel justified about their negative behavior. Drama costs the US workforce over $350 billion per year in lost productivity, absenteeism, passive-aggressive behavior, and wasted energy. The cost is staggering.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s hard to escape this view of leaders and leadership. It can, however, be edified through examining tangible illustrations of leaders and leadership from history. How leaders operated within, or pushed against, the constraints of their time illustrate characteristics of responsibility, vision, sacrifice, and more.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When I began coordinating content for the Lead Change Group in 2014, the idea of soliciting, editing and publishing a different piece of leadership material every weekday was a little daunting. Sometimes, what sounded like a valid leadership idea does not turn out to be a good fit for your community. I was new to the community.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! The themes for this month in the order they appear include: Productivity. New Leadership. Productivity. Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Three Habits that Zap your Productivity at Work. Development. Engagement.

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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. Creativity/Inspiration.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2024

“I have helped tens of thousands of entrepreneurs achieve significant business success by using a disciplined and practical approach to operating their businesses. As you read the book, you will learn how to: Set boundaries in your work life (without compromising productivity) that allow you to become a better leader and better person.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Most have conscious or unconscious habits and rituals that they use to remain highly productive, without feeling overwhelmed. The specifics of an operating system differ from person to person, but the important thing is that you have one. The E stands for Energy, and the three C’s are Capture, Calendar, and Concentrate.

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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. Product development has been speeded up. I’ll leave you to decide which is which!

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. The Leadership File And The Spreadsheet Assassin. I ended up pulling out an old manila file that had “leadership” hand-scribbled on the tab. So I went with the easiest option.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Yes, you want a productive relationship with your boss, a mentor who will challenge you, and—if you’re really lucky—a genuine sponsor opening doors. Whenever anyone asks me what leadership lessons I wished I’d learned sooner, I always have the same response. And yes, we were both highly productive and engaged.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

You may go for another level, you may iterate, you may do some other things, but that’s how you operate and you would expect other people to do the same. So for this kind of leader, their ability to see and touch a work product is crucial. And when they don’t, it feels like bad delegation. ( Until next time.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

But in volatile situations, our ingrained reactions cause us to miss opportunities to learn and grow in more productive ways. 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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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Because leadership requires working together, it’s important for leaders to demonstrate humility (feeling and displaying deep regard for others’ dignity) to create healthy working relationships. Instead, people want to know that the way their organizations operate is ethical. Where are we going? Do you see me? Do you see me? “Do

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Boardrooms today face new, evolving challenges that are increasingly complex to navigate, and they are under immense pressure and scrutiny to operate at maximum effectiveness. Here’s how a global executive search firm can ultimately allow a Board to operate at its peak performance and empower it to realize its most ambitious goals.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

A sense of teamwork is crucial for a productive small business staff. Skip Prichard of Leadership Insights gives us 1 0 strategies to help make a team work well together. A bigger part of it is developing an understanding of the system within which those people must operate and adjusting that system to the people on the team.

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CO2

JULY 9, 2013

by Calvin Guyer Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by David Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright. To recap (full blog post links are below): Stage 1 of the Tribe: ”Life Sucks” (Energy Leadership Level 1: ”I Lose”). The energy is better, to be sure.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Values-based leadership. ” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate. The global nature of the firm allows it to be an activist on the international stage as it not only operates in over 220 countries and regions but cooperates with companies and governments when doing so.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 23, 2018

Once airborne, only a tiny amount of energy is then required to keep it flying. Projects take time, energy and resources to get going, and then when you think everything is going swimmingly, summer kicks in — and unless managed carefully, the momentum can be lost. So lead your team towards a productive summer.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. What new products and services will you create with it?

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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. There is a lack of employee engagement and productivity as accuracy levels decrease, absenteeism increases, motivation is lacking and an unhealthy degree of competitiveness exists.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. His energy toward great service serves as a charismatic contagious vortex that inspires daily action. Balances day-to-day operations with a longer term view.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Chang discusses her journey from HR to a product lead role, the identity crisis she faced, and the profound realization that led her back to HR, where her passion for making a positive business impact through people could thrive. The HR Digest: In a 2021 interview, you mentioned evolving leadership approaches.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Conflict can lead to decreased productivity, increased employee absenteeism and workplace drama. Knowing how to manage conflict in the workplace is vital for your leaders, turning a potentially harmful situation into an innovative and productive one. Although conflict is normal, it can affect employee morale if not managed correctly.

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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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CO2

JUNE 24, 2013

by Calvin Guyer Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by David Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright. For the Energy Leadership framework, the language is “I Lose” and the Think-Feel-Act model is Conflict-Anger-Defiance ( catabolic energy ). Executive Coaching'

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2018

In Leading Clarity , Brad Deutser states that “Clarity operates on the truth that everything is connected.” When we are in clarity, we can maintain a constant flow of energy and maintain connections. The box has four sides—Direction, Operations, People, Engagement—a bottom—Organizational Identity—and a top—Environmental Factors.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Leadership is Contagious. 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. You set the tone to create an environment that empowers or imprisons. And use it for good.”

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 20, 2014

As is often the case when we write about leadership, the focus tends to be on what we can do today to improve how our organization operates going forward and hopefully, achieve the kind of success we envisioned when we first took on this leadership role.

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