Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

He could have bawled out the engineers and technicians behind the mechanical prop, demanding that they somehow find a way to carry out his vision. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership). Spielberg could have insisted on the shot. But he didn’t.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional development has emerged as a vital tool for business owners and engineers alike to enhance their skills, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success. The Power of Lifelong Learning The landscape of business and engineering is constantly evolving, driven by technological advancements and market demands.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Leaders are in a position to influence how we think about the relationship between empathy and industry. Benefits of Empathetic Leadership. When you start to explore the benefits of empathetic leadership on a deeper level, it becomes difficult to see empathy as anything other than essential for competent leadership.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. With this impressive implementation, it had managed to enter into an agreement with a much larger, high-profile player in the industry. Repeatedly. That card is junk!”

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

Along the way, she learned some valuable lessons about leadership and culture. Their strategy is to use technology and reliable service to consolidate the highly fragmented foodservice industry. Stefania Mallett turned this old idea into a billion-dollar tech unicorn called ezCater. Things were rocking and rolling by early 2020.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Q-Scores and other variants are primarily used by the advertising, marketing, media, and public relations industries. In your industry? How valuable are you to your boss, your organization, your industry? Are you a cog in the machine or a linchpin , once removed, makes the entire engine fall apart? It’s all about VALUE.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

One of our early engineers, Matt Cutts, recall how he would often see Urs Hölzle, the engineering executive who led the creation of Google’s data center infrastructure, pick up small bits of trash in the hallway as he walked through the office. Leadership requires passion. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership. Industry is the second context to consider. Apple is in an industry where fresh ideas, fast thinking and constant change are keys to success. In leadership, likability looks different depending upon the context.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To compete as a world-class company, world-class executive leadership is required. And while finding this elite leadership who will take your organization to its desired future state is critical, top-tier candidates probably aren’t going to walk through the front door. Benefit 3: Confidentiality and becoming a trusted advisor.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

She facilitates strategic planning and executive coaching for clients in diverse industries, in governments, at non-profits, and in academia. She's worked as a Human Resources and Training Director in the cold storage, robotics, and construction industries and enjoys visiting conferences as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The Chevy Corvair, a unique rear engine US automobile that became the poster child for poor automobile safety and design, was just one of the many cars Nader and his team researched in order to highlight the dangers of automobile design and manufacture. Leadership is a responsibility!

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The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Guest post from Ray Zinn Having value is the essence of human happiness, and the essence of leadership. In 37 years as the head of Micrel Semiconductor, we achieved the lowest employee turn-over rate in the industry. The Value of Leadership Providing value is what leaders do. We did not pay salaries above the norm.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation. And it is an article I will continue to update – Because at every event I get the opportunity to meet and see new speakers that might be a great fit for past clients of mine.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2018

Fowler & Noal McDonald: Leadership is a complex idea: one that is not consistently easy to wrap our minds around. We know good leadership when we see it. If we think of what these experiences have in common, we might think of this quote by Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell: “Leadership molds individuals into a team.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Since founding Co-Creation Partners in 2010, he has designed and led programs and workshops for private, public, and social-sector clients across multiple industries, including financial services, basic materials, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. Mark Minukas is the managing partner of Co-Creation Partners.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2023

Women’s leadership programs have been a crucial topic in recent years, with much discourse over their effectiveness in the workplace. On one hand, women-focused programs provide the skills, community support and resources women need to succeed in leadership roles.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

Research from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich reminds us that it isn’t always like this, however, and that people from working-class backgrounds can ascend the greasy pole in certain industries. By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

As you might suspect, Sam Walsh is a widely recognised name within the mining industry. Since taking up the CEO seat at Rio Tinto Sam has steered the business through a torrid industry downturn and firmly positioned them for new growth. Gordon Berridge: What do you see as the greatest leadership strength? On with the interview.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

If companies want to change direction, external candidates are generally seen as more likely to engineer such a change. It found that internal CEOs tend to pursue growth-related opportunities when their firm-specific experience is combined with experience from different industries and regions.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Want to learn more about Anne's leadership journey? Article Our extensive range of articles are designed to keep you in the loop with all the latest management and leadership best practice, research and news. Confirm your registration Login below to confirm your details and access this article.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry. we were able to build upon many of the old habits and traits that had worked in the past to quickly transform into the fastest-growing company in our industry.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2014

Since 1996, we’ve been using a grassroots organizational change approach—with astounding success—in different industries and countries. change leadership Richard Grbavac William Seidman' An organization drives enough individual change to reach a critical mass of change, causing the organization as a whole to transform.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Impact on their industry and in the broader communities they serve. To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

At the end of their shift, a team of software engineers in Boston can transfer the work where they left off (“asynchronically”) to another team in Bangalore, within or outside their own company, which continues the work until, at the end of their shift, they transfer it back — all with remarkable seamlessness. Often, both.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

One simple idea, connecting vending machines to the internet, had the potential to affect multiple industries. One action affects multiple value chains across multiple, high- and low-tech industries alike. He sees this as a waste of time that reduces productivity and impacts the environment from engines idling for minutes at a time.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

In my work with senior leaders and executive teams across a wide variety of industries, one of the most important questions I ask is to learn what those leaders pay attention to. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Amazon best sellers The Culture Engine and Leading at a Higher Level with Ken Blanchard.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 9, 2011

Generally speaking there are two types of spheres of influence…those that just evolve over time by default, and those that are strategically engineered. People who are influential have spent years developing relationships spanning geographies, industries, and practice areas.

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Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Another key characteristic for a successful organizational transformation is an active, end-to-end, and comprehensive leadership. Leadership in analyzing and communicating the impact, securing stakeholder but-in, reinforcing the long-term commitment, and sharing the benefits of transformation with all stakeholders is paramount.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Perhaps you are familiar with the Situational Leadership ® Model but could use a quick refresher to refine your understanding. Or perhaps you have never heard of the Situational Leadership ® Model but are interested in learning whatever you can about viable methodologies with proven track records for developing leaders.

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leaderCommunicator

JULY 17, 2015

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. This week you’ll see articles on insights to successful employee engagement, engineering a happy company culture and rules of internal communication. So whether you’re a new leader or an industry veteran there’ll be something here for you.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Whether the leader grew-up in the organization or was transplanted into a new ecosystem, they can utilize sound leadership principles to guide the organization to success. The difference is the time it takes to build a framework upon which to hang those leadership principles in an unfamiliar organization.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

One rising area that is having a critical mass impact in every industry is the robotics space. Both industrial, machine-like robots and digital, computerized robots have revolutionized the way companies operate. You just finished reading Fueling Business Process Management with the Automation Engine that Can! ! About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2023

This involves gathering and analyzing demographic data, socio-economic indicators, consumer behaviors, and industry trends. Your choice of funding should align with your business’s size, scope, industry, and long-term goals. After establishing the feasibility, the next crucial step is to identify your target customer base.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

StrategyDriven’s Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents reveals how high-risk industry leaders can reduce their significant event risk exposure through application of safety-first principles. nuclear industry’s safety-first principles. nuclear industry’s safety-first principles.

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