Skip Prichard

JULY 31, 2023

The truth is, sleep is an essential component of effective leadership. Enhanced Decision Making A well-rested leader is a sharp-minded leader. “Sleep isn’t just a time of rest, it’s a cornerstone of leadership success. “Sleep deprivation can jeopardize leadership success. This is false.

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Emotional Intelligence Power Leadership Stress 68

Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

That challenge brings into sharp focus the impact of your people strategy. Significant job losses announced yesterday in two major High Street brands are an indicator of what leadership challenges lie ahead, in organisations, local or global. Measuring leadership effectiveness. Six essential leadership qualities.

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Short-term Sharpe Business Model Long-term 213

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Work with your peak hours and low-energy moments. We all have times when we’re more focused and productive and times when our energy is lower and we’re more prone to distraction. An advantage of working from home is that it’s easier to balance your time, energy and productivity around your individual rhythm. The Leadership Gap.

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Succession How To Crisis Sharpe 218

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 5, 2017

My sports coach advised me not to train for three days after experiencing a sharp pain, and to go see him if the pain didn’t go away. Focus conserves energy that is needed to perform today as you transform for tomorrow. Growth Leaders create and utilize routines that conserve energy as they make it possible to learn or change faster.

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Sports Sharpe Strategic Planning Energy 267

Joseph Lalonde

MAY 8, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article I believe everyone was surprised when the first movie in the Guardians Of The Galaxy series released. 2 was also packed with leadership lessons. . Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. – A leadership lesson from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. I know I did.

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Leadership Energy Power Team 266

Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

It’s also a good day to do some “managing while walking around”, checking in with teammates at mid-week, when their activity (and most likely, their energy & creativity) levels are at their highest. It’s a great way to clarify thinking and push towards action.

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Download Sharpe Leadership Analysis 314

Lead Change Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Not the usual balls or bowling pens, he was juggling sharp machetes and lighted torches. Effective cultural change leadership has many of the same requirements: focus, communication, passion, and sense of the whole. One cannot juggle if afraid of the sharp machete or not respectful of the machete. Delivering Intense Focus.

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Sharpe Resistance Objective Learning-by-Doing 150

General Leadership

APRIL 18, 2013

Eyewitness accounts confirm that raising the flag on the fourth day of the bloody battle of Iwo Jima ignited a wave of energy and enthusiasm that could be heard across the island. The inspiring story of these six courageous men reminds us of the true definition of leadership. Uncategorized Charity Honor Sharp Decisions V.E.T.S.'

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Sharpe Learning-by-Doing Technology Teamwork 283

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Successful entrepreneurship and productive leadership require a sharp focus and high effectiveness. Try to avoid the energy-crash cycle and maintain a steady blood sugar level by eating protein, good fats, and complex carbs. Work around your needs and energy level. 9. Manage your energy. Learn to delegate.

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Tips Sharpe Real Estate Delegation 166

Decker Communication

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Energy, enthusiasm and confidence must show in your behavior. SHARPs (Stories, Humor, Analogies, References/Quotes, and Pictures) help make your points stronger and quicker. Don’t leave out SHARPs because you don’t have enough time – add SHARPS as they actually will save you time by making your point more rapidly.

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Sharpe Bottom-up Agility Influence 75

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Keep your own sense of purpose honed and sharp. It will take energy and effort, but no one said that being a leader was easy. Purpose fathers that final burst of energy that carries your team over the line, with the broken tape fluttering at their feet. You are the leader. Communicate your enthusiasm and dedication.

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Mission Statement Sharpe Incentives Energy 246

Lead Change Blog

MAY 9, 2018

When goals are fuzzy or non-existent, energy is diffused and productivity suffers. But when goals are clearly defined, people’s focus is sharp, effort is purposefully directed, and productivity accelerates. Regardless of the unique challenge, the goal is clear. All good performance starts with clear goals.

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Sharpe Goal Construction Course 183

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

” Employees are constantly told they need to change processes and practices, only for the leadership team to keep on doing what they always do, and managers maintaining the same old routines. Forget “change fatigue,” Altman says; instead, think of “change energy.” Despite an initial surge of enthusiasm, nothing ever changes.

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Altman Six Sigma COO Sharpe 86

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes. You’re not managing your energy well. You must concentrate on managing your energy because there are so many demands on your time, that you can’t meet them all. That’s part of the job.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 203

Lead Change Blog

JULY 9, 2015

Multiple options can linger, sapping an organization’s energy and killing a sense of completion. Sharp discussions net sharp decisions. It’s hard to imagine anything more meaning and motivation draining, more bereft of a sense of significance, or anything simply more frustrating. Deciding not to decide has a price.

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Sharpe Self-aware Objective Cost 150

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 14, 2013

The problem is that it takes time and energy to really think through the implications of a set of goals and facilitate a thoughtful process to vet them. Doug Sundheim is a leadership and strategy consultant with over 20 years experience in helping leaders drive personal and organizational growth.

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Goal Sharpe Teamwork Follow-up 273

Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 10, 2016

This will keep you sharp in your area of expertise while continuing to give you some satisfaction doing work you love. Make sure that you spend enough non-work time doing things that energize you so that you can use your reserve energy to develop those great work relationships that will sustain your leadership and your organization.

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Development Sharpe Creativity Energy 100

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Leadership. by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. Leadership , Marketing , Strategy. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Did you like this?

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Strategy CEO Marketing Strategy Human Resources 234

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Multiple options can linger, sapping an organization’s energy and killing a sense of completion. Sharp discussions net sharp decisions We’ve all been in meetings where a decision is supposed to be made but in fact you are left with no sense of tangible forward progress. Deciding not to decide has a price. We’re not evil.

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Sharpe Self-aware Objective Motivation 120

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 8, 2020

We have placed so much energy investing in the next generation of leaders that we’ve left a ton of leaders my age wondering how to remain relevant and useful. I was at a conference representing Leadership Network. We had just announced a new initiative with a super-sharp millennial group. Here’s one example. A chance encounter.

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Learning-by-Doing Sharpe Mentor Energy 79

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Today’s world is one of sharp contrasts. I don’t have enough energy for this, and it is never going to stop. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven' Silent Killer #6: Modern Indentured Servitude.

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Productivity Products Six Sigma Chief Executive Officer 71

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Leadership Tip: Hiring managers would produce greater value by spending more resources on finding rare, star performers. Instead they spend too much time, energy and resources putting out day-to-day fires and trying to improve the performance of average or sub-par performers. Consider a Different Recruiting Philosophy.

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Sports Definition Long-term Quality 102

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. ” ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Being sharp means being succinct. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! How do you best focus the time and resources you have?

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." It narrates an engaging story about accountability in an energy-cogenerating firm called AES. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 56

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Speaking with the credibility of decades having developed her leadership skills side by side with Tony, Pat initiated an important message by asking for a show of hands of husbands present with their wives (visually we could see many were not). Clayton humbly reflected leadership training in action. From the biggest kid of them all.

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Open-book Learning-by-Doing Travel Blog 124

Decker Communication

OCTOBER 3, 2018

He modeled perfectly the use of SHARPs. Through behaviors for energy. But with the use of SHARPs, we can make our content pop, like it’s off the charts. But what was almost as amazing as the experience he created singing, was the one he created speaking. Pitbull made us believe that he believed.

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Content Sharpe Audience Reference 65

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". So that there's not a sharp, painful trade off between meaning and money; so that bankers don't earn hundreds of times what teachers do. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money?

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Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 21

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Keep a laser sharp focus on gross margin. Your leadership is crucial. Economy Execution Leadership' Prepare for inflation.

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Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

This left the concept of “leadership” less related to obvious authority and more with subtle influence. It was the highest compliment I could have bestowed on a leader fond of saying, “Never add any more leadership than is needed.” Lemons take very little energy, but lemonade is a creation you have to work at.”

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Long-term CEO Audience Short-term 150

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. This generally has to do with soft skills, things the organization can't teach you like leadership skills, the ability to work effectively with a team, time management and follow through, being persistent. Particularly at more junior positions.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

She is professional, articulate, sharp, and enthusiastic. ” If Maria stumbles, or can’t seem to answer a seemingly simple question, such as “can you describe your leadership style?” How would your staff describe your leadership style?” Practice on-the-spot coaching. You and Your Team.

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Leadership Styles Sharpe Airlines Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

You might think that the dwindling away of an institution that devoted much of its energy to equalizing incomes would be a big part of that discussion. Since unions fell into sharp decline in the private sector in the 1970s, the private-sector wage gap between blacks and whites has grown. It hasn’t been.

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Politics Sharpe Education Hotels 11

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 19, 2013

Knowing who we are and what we are meant to do allows us to focus our energy and achieve sustained high performance. Values often influence people''s choices about where to invest their energies. Energy isn’t wasted in the politics of the team, organization or community because there aren''t different rules for everybody.

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Innovation Chief Executive Officer Self-aware Sharpe 91

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

So when it comes to motivating employees to change, it should be no surprise that leaders who rely on rationality typically spend time and energy on the wrong things, send messages that miss the mark, and create frustrating unintended consequences. Yet most do it anyhow. What improvement idea are you working on?"

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Motivation Gordon Sharpe Airlines 15