Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

James Kouzes and Barry Posner emphasize this point in Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership. To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. But good leadership goes beyond that.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2023 curated just for you. For the first time, authors Wendy Leshgold and Lisa McCarthy share their proven system along with compelling stories from the people who have made their boldest ambitions a reality. For bulk orders call 1-626-441-2024 * * * “.

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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. To draw out these ideas, managers have sometimes tried formalized approaches like suggestion systems. These have mostly failed.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 21, 2018

The primary goal of any system is balance, and as a leader, your role is to orchestrate the balance within the organisational system. When a system falls out of harmony we get dis-ease; and yet many leaders I meet don’t understand the importance of balance and creating a sustainable rhythm to ensure the system works optimally.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. When Searcher discovered a plant that gave off electrical energy, Jaeger wanted to continue the search for the other side of the mountains. And it’s a fun one.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 2, 2024

Here are 24 innovative leadership goals for the new year – including metrics to measure your progress…. Enhance Feedback Systems: Create a more robust feedback system for stakeholders to let you and peers know what’s working and what needs improvement. Done right, they also bolster leadership development.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant. We put out fires.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2021. the undercurrents of radical, systemic change?are Being adaptable and flexible have always been hallmarks of effective leadership and a fulfilling life. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Combine this with the fact that Deloitte 2019 Human Capital Survey cites that 80% of companies don’t think they have the right leadership capability in place to address this, then we obviously have a leadership crisis on our hands. How will you use R&D to leverage your time, money, and energy today?

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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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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

Denise balances management and leadership very effectively. He’s the poster boy for making STEMM leadership an oxymoron. Is Your Leadership Engaging or Enraging? They’re creating an energy crisis. Develop a rigorous performance management system that identifies your A, B, and C players.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’re going to accomplish anything big or important—and that’s what leadership is all about—you’ll need systems. Good systems are what we use to accomplish tasks that have to be done, at a certain level of quality or accuracy, again and again. They save time, money, and energy. Because they don’t have systems.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The heliotropic effect describes the inherent tendency in all living things toward positive energy and away from negative energy. In nature, the sun is the source of positive, life-giving energy, so the heliotropic effect explains why plants and other organisms lean toward the light over time.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 11, 2018

Energy vampires* cheer when: Urgencies distract from priorities. Outdated systems and processes… Continue reading → Meetings suck the life out of people. Tough conversations get rescheduled or avoided. Elephants – taboo topics – crowd conference rooms.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

you might put your energies into time-consuming campus outreach programs, complicated recruitment campaigns, or expensive technology. Now we are looking at leadership opportunities that might not have been previously considered. When we ask broad questions, we invite a lot of wasted energy. 360-degree feedback was too specific.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. Entrepreneurial leadership, then, describes the way such a leader behaves. As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Eades presents five leadership styles that we can fall into, but only high love and discipline will be effective in elevating others. You can take a free leadership style assessment on the LearnLoft website. Leadership is relationships. Eades offers systems to help do this right. Feedback is done through direct dialogues.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

W HEN YOU HEAR the term positive leadership , it is easy to get cynical and think it is all happy-talk and disconnected from reality. Relational energy is brought to you by virtuous actions like generosity, compassion, gratitude, trustworthiness, forgiveness, and kindness. But it isn’t. It is known as the heliotropic effect.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Guest post from Stephen Klemich : It is often asked, what is the difference between Leadership and Management? For over 30 years we have always referred to Leadership as being able to rise above the situation, be objective, strategic and find time to contemplate the culture, people and one’s leadership impact.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Fritjof Capra on making change in a living organization: “A machine can be controlled; a living system, according to the systemic understanding of life, can only be disturbed. Working with the processes inherent in living systems means that we do not need to spend a lot of energy to move an organization.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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.” Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage. “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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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. Communication. Find Dan on Twitter at @DanOestreich. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

We also need to trust systems. When we don’t trust, we exert a lot of energy to keep up our guard, to continually assess and verify. This uses a lot of energy and time. When we trust, we re-allocate that energy and time to getting things done and making an impact. Being vulnerable is a way to preserve energy.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

So a goal for me as I’ve grown as a leader is to limit my activities doing things that waste my time and energy. Does it ever feel like you are wasting valuable time and energy? It can be frustrating if your most valuable commodity – time – has been wasted or you invest good energy on the wrong things.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

These eight strategies will help you maintain your team’s energy and morale when goals change frequently. But how you handle those changes makes all the difference in whether or team adjusts and engages with energy or gives up with futile frustration. Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without. That’s life.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 14, 2019

We can’t design with atoms and ignore gravity, conservation of energy and Newton’s laws of motion. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Green Blueprint Implementing sustainable practices in facilities management involves a holistic approach, encompassing everything from energy consumption to waste reduction. Ethical Leadership: Walking the Talk Sustainability isn’t just about the physical aspects of a facility; it’s also reflected in the culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 4, 2021

?. Nothing burns time, energy, and leadership credibility like wasted training. 1:48 – The first mistake that undermines your training (especially leadership training): lack of executive sponsorship. 3:59 – Next, the third common mistake that undermines training: using training to address broken systems.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2019. In Sailing True North , Admiral Stavridis offers a much more intimate, human accounting: the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history's most significant naval commanders. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

time, thought, energy, money) We must take control of our inputs. A system, an object, or a person can preserve stability while they undergo change. And the more stable, functionally sound, and grounded they are, the easier the person, system, or object can incorporate changes without being completely disrupted.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students. Sander Flaum, M.B.A.,

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 29, 2020

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Mehdi Tazi Chief Executive Officer at Beassur Marsh , a Morrocan based insurance brokerage during our global leadership tour. JH: In a recent international leadership survey, over 80% of CEOs answered that they do not have the talent to execute their current corporate strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

Have you spent time really getting curious about the systems and processes in the business? Implementing new ideas takes work, time, and energy. Check out our Live Online and Hybrid Leadership Training. Get ready for leadership development that sticks. Do you understand the mission, vision, and values?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The organization’s structure, processes, systems, programs, and initiatives all support and align with the company’s strategy. . High performing businesses, athletic teams, pit crews, and marching bands are highly aligned, which produces clarity, focus, and energy. . They are highly productive and successful. Misalignment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 4, 2014

When managers see their role as a small cog in a bigger system they do whatever they can to fit in. 5 Ways to Regain Leadership Power. Courageous – Stop complaining about the system, or what can’t be done. They trade power for conformity. Nothing saddens me more than potential leaders who give away their power.

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