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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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 26, 2023

Although conflict is normal, it can affect employee morale if not managed correctly. Knowing how to manage conflict in the workplace is vital for your leaders, turning a potentially harmful situation into an innovative and productive one. Managing Conflict in the Workplace Conflict management at work is about mediation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

To navigate more demanding customer expectations , an acute distrust of business and so much remote working, leaders need to find new ways of operating. When we operate from a sense of our presence, we are in a state of absorbed relaxation. Other people are attracted by this expansive energy and want to draw closer.

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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). Coordination.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2020

This extra ‘shunting’ action helps the engine to tick over and ultimately resume its operation. As people are slowly starting to return to work and potentially begin spending again, you can position yourself at the forefront in the line of companies chomping at the bit to once again establish their audience in the best possible way.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Thus, both types take preparation and skillful execution if they are going to produce positive results. No amount of tactical change management training will substitute for having an entire organization that has a clear vision of goals, shared responsibility, and personal accountability to achieve results.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 18, 2021

Plenty of proactive companies are shifting and adjusting their operations to incorporate sustainable practices. Companies have plenty of opportunities to ‘go green’ such as reducing wastage and pollution, using renewable energy and biodegradable materials, community volunteering, and more. Improved operations and lower expenses.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This should cover not only construction costs but also ongoing operational expenses. Well-lit spaces contribute to a positive work environment; proper ventilation ensures a healthy and comfortable atmosphere. This is crucial for seamless operations and connectivity in the digital age.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 23, 2018

The summer months can signal the death knell for a business unless managed properly. Once airborne, only a tiny amount of energy is then required to keep it flying. Which is why the summer months can have such a negative impact on overall business performance, unless managed appropriately. Think about an aircraft.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

” Five years earlier, we’d conducted introductory service/quality improvement workshops for senior management and head office staff of a large company. The senior management team declined. Managers needed to take more leadership and empower people. As Yogi Berra would say, “It was Deja vu all over again.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Modern ways of working require us to consistently tap into our cognitive powers, creative energy, and collective genius. Many workers now function like Apps on a smartphone, sitting pretty on top of a company’s operating system (OS). The onus falls on us to safeguard our positioning. Discerning: Time is finite.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

When it comes to building a network of strategic advisors, it’s natural to look to people with more position power, access, and influence as your primary go-to’s. It’s natural to focus on building a great relationship with your manager. And I was his HR and team development sounding board. Highly reciprocal.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2014

With that said, rethinking the whole process is the only means to get the edge needed to become and remain “of Choice” and be positioned to deal with any emergence issues that result as a by-product of the institutionalization of needed changes. The game is won by gaining the expected results, not by micro managing the work of each employee.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2013

Executive leader brings hands-on management and operational experience to StrategyDriven’s Power & Utilities focused advisory services. “We are delighted to welcome Greg to StrategyDriven as our Chief Operations Officer,” says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven Enterprises LLC President and Chief Executive Officer.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

If a leader assumes their formal authority and position are sufficient to lead, they will quickly run into resistance. Ian McAllister, General Manager at Amazon, reports that one of his greatest challenges as a new manager was thinking too small. You have less energy to think about strategy.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The primary motivation for this was to make a positive contribution to society, but there was also a strong belief that speaking up helped to express corporate values. ” This extends to being active participants in each of the regions in which they operate. Focus on operational efficiencies. An overwhelming 77.5%

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2024

It’s something every company can adopt to give back to society and make a positive impact. You can also advocate recycling and go for energy-efficient practices. Conduct an audit of your machinery and choose the most energy-efficient alternatives. It’ll position you as a socially responsible brand.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ironically, while we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity, we spend almost half—40%—of our time attention and energy on unimportant or irrelevant activities almost insuring that we miss the possibilities all around us. But you have to make a conscious choice to operate in this quadrant. Q1: The Quadrant of Necessity.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Let’s look at how humble leaders provide positive answers to the three prime questions people have. Instead, people want to know that the way their organizations operate is ethical. The most promising path to optimizing organizational performance is to get people to put their very best energies behind a shared plan. Who are you?

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Lead from Within

MAY 19, 2021

If you’re in the habit of speaking over others, interrupting, and making statements without allowing others to respond or express their own thoughts, you kill the energy and ideas of your team. Instead, try dedicating your energy to helping others be successful. Spotlight your people instead of yourself. Talk less and listen more.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

Many positions require physical strength and stamina. The oilfield services market has been booming due to the growing energy demand. From project management to technical support, these firms can help their clients manage the risks and costs of drilling operations.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These are all phrases we’ve heard from managers (and executives) recently. People are yearning for human connection, with one another and their manager. Eileen McDargh contributed The Energy of Unexpected Gratitude. Bernd Geropp provided New as a manager – 5 most important tips. Are you ready?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I am not a fan of micro managing. Even so, in my position, I often have to say “No”. I have to consider the amount of money and energy expended as it relates to the entire church organization. The fact is, as with any organization, we operate with limited resources and sometimes saying no is the right decision at the time.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

Like many new managers, I had been promoted because I was ambitious and good at the front-line work. Have you seen this happen with other new managers–perhaps even with yourself? Good training helps managers understand themselves and manage their own emotional states. It’s not so unusual.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 18, 2018

Everybody has an off day, and a healthy team means you can call people out on things that aren’t right and then face them together as a team, helping each other improve in positive ways. They will bring a naturally reoccurring energy to the table. I have a saying for this: “WE over ME is more important.” Ranked #9 on Inc.’s

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Generate and bring positive energy daily. Don’t just manage people, coach your people. Constantly assessing and modifying existing methods of operation in order to advance and unleash peak performance is a characteristic of all great leaders. Perseverance in the face of adversity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Working with consultants from GISC, he deepened his commitment to quality workplace by honing his own management skills. In order to delegate more effectively, he arranged for his managers to develop their leadership skills further as well. I wanted to be back in the kitchen, and developing my managers enabled me to do that.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Being servant leaders as Chartered Managers In an opinion piece in the Daily FT , Ajantha Dharmasiri CMgr FCMI, president of CMI Sri Lanka , reflects on a successful year and assures that CMI Sri Lanka will continue to facilitate the processes of up-skilling, multi-skilling, and re-skilling managers. Read it here.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

This is an excerpt from Management Productivity Multipliers by Gerald Kraines, MD. Their departments and their managers suffer because they are not getting the full value from that position. Yet, even with a powerful CPU, if the energy source is not sufficient to power the processor, no work can be done.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

That’s because top-tier executive leaders devote time to imparting principles, techniques, ideas, values, and emotional energy to others, sharing their wisdom and expertise with younger employees in order to create a stronger and more dynamic business. Executives today are saddled with a business landscape unlike anything in the past.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

Mindfulness is about managing your attention and in turn managing your thoughts. They describe selflessness as “the wisdom of getting out of your own way, the way of your people, and the way of your organization to unleash the natural flow of energy that people bring to work. They call it MSC Leadership. Mindfulness.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

They valued compliance, agreeableness, and respect for positions. Yes, we could, but if you need to change it is useful to make culture also operational and look at the daily (inter)actions. ” John was stunned, but he managed to say: “But why was I invited to this meeting if I can’t share my view?”

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2021

Energy Levels. It takes a lot of time, effort, and energy to build a successful company. So let’s think about energy. There are plenty of tried and tested methods for boosting energy levels. A person with a positive attitude will see and do things that the negative person would not. Outside of Work.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Generate and bring positive energy daily. Don’t just manage people, coach your people. Constantly assessing and modifying existing methods of operation in order to advance and unleash peak performance is a characteristic of all great leaders. Perseverance in the face of adversity.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

When I started writing, and speaking about making work human, I was passionate about the topic because I had seen human-centric practices fueled by trust have an incredible, positive impact on the companies I worked for. You could feel the good energy there. That’s what I’m shooting for. That’s incredibly gratifying for me.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I’m speaking of those moments in which we find ourselves operating in the present without joy, face an uncertain future with little hope or are seemingly pursuing a path with no discernable purpose. The manuscript Peale had tossed in the trash was The Power of Positive Thinking. The more we resist, the more we stagnate.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

It is also very much about hiring people with the propensity to learn new things, operate effectively in an environment defined by ambiguity and successfully manage the conflicts that will inevitably present themselves. A commitment to ongoing development is a key cornerstone of any Talent Development and Management strategy.

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