Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 18, 2022

The fifth principle in the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership is Authentic. This 6-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, through the example of Kay Graham and Ben Bradlee (played by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks) debating personal relationships vs. professional responsibilities. In the long run, it will hurt and cost you greatly.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Real-life examples of declining tenure among C-suite executives in Forbes Global 2000 or S&P 500 companies include General Electric (GE) and McDonald’s Corporation, which have witnessed shorter CEO tenures in the last decade. Meanwhile, the average tenure for CMOs is even shorter, standing at 3.3 years as of 2022, declining from 4.5

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Leading Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

In speaking about hope, he turned to the example of explorer Ernest Shackleton, who, in a seemingly hopeless situation, “continued not only to remain optimistic himself, but he continually instilled hope in his crewmates. Remember the Milgram experiments you studied in your Leadership and Accountability class.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

Jacobs provides an instructive example from his family life: When we put our kids to bed at night, we’d ask them the same question many parents do: How was your day? I learned, for example, to turn my internal chatter to my advantage by reframing negative thoughts as useful data rather than objective reality.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 10, 2019

What we resist is being changed — especially focused on our mistakes and weaknesses. And it’s a major cause of resistance to change. She began her comments with examples of effectiveness she noted in her first few months in the organization. Resistance to change that she encountered was much lower.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 22, 2024

Human-centric leadership involves building caring, trusting relationships, essential for long-term success. 14:50 – 18:59: Overcoming Internal Challenges for Personal Growth The biggest obstacle to personal growth is often internal, rooted in human nature’s resistance to change.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I sometimes use storytelling with my clients to make a point. Last week, one of my clients heard the story of two Zen Monks and it had a profound impact on his leadership. Sometimes, the stories are more profound than any coaching or guiding I could do. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

The pole absorbs some of the car’s velocity, rather than resist it. The pole breaks cleanly and falls over rather than resisting the impact until it snaps and goes spinning off into traffic or someone’s living room. For example, “I noticed that this didn’t happen. These are awesome culture-building leadership moments.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

Welcome to the April Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team building, and more. Linda Fisher Thornton of Leading in Context provided 16 Answers to What is Good Leadership? Development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

” “How do I scale my leadership influence as my team size grows?” ” These are “ Asking for a Friend” questions I hear frequently in our leadership development programs. . Translate your leadership vision to tactical, measurable behaviors. How to Keep Leading Well as Your Team is Growing.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 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. Paula Kiger of Big Green Pen shared Overcome social distance with empathy in leadership.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 21, 2013

It was day 1 of an 8 month Exponent Leadership-Development program with 12 people from different areas of the company. The same group of managers who were enthusiastic about management development and applied leadership to the organization, turned from cooperators to resistors in 3 days! What resistance to change do you experience?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. Leadership is interactive, risky, and experimental.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Leadership begins by taking responsibility for the gap between what is and what should be. Ed O’Malley and Julia McBride believe that anyone can lead, not by being a leader, but by exercising leadership. We need to choose leadership over comfort. Leadership always starts with dissatisfaction. Reorder Values. Manage Risk.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What is Bad Leadership? Bad leadership encompasses a range of behaviors, qualities, and styles that negatively impact an organization , its employees, and its goals. Here are some key aspects that define bad leadership: Poor Communication : Bad leaders often fail to communicate effectively with their team.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 13, 2023

Despite facing tremendous challenges and obstacles, Gandhi never wavered in his commitment to non-violent resistance. Gandhi’s story is a powerful example of the importance of focus in leadership. Gandhi’s story is a powerful example of the importance of focus in leadership. What is your focus?m.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 10, 2022

That resistance to change is often the result of people who have become un-coachable. They resist and complain… because when we feel pushed in a direction – without being given proper understanding of why – we often push back. 5 Need a commitment by leadership to implement and support it as an ongoing priority.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Old Testament Joseph’s heart models some great leadership characteristics. Consider, for example, the life of a Bible character by the name of Joseph. Some say he’s in many ways an Old Testament example of Christ – not sinless, as Christ was, but certainly a God-fearing man.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

At the Center for Respectful Leadership , we believe that Coaching for Respect ™ (CfR) is something every organization should consider trying first (even if they rule it out) before moving to more formal, investigative, disciplinary, or legal remedies. Or—once again—there may be nothing done at all. Without a doubt, yes.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By investing in coaching your board chair, your organization can unlock the full potential of its leadership team, paving the way for innovation, collaboration, and sustainable growth. One of the critical benefits of board chair coaching is the development of practical leadership skills.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

One manager said “ Sometimes you have to make an example of someone to show people that the change you want is going to happen.”. Photo Credit. The managers nodded. I was frightened And asked, “ That may be a good technique. I’m worried about those that stay and the message you send when you cut the persons head off in public.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: Starting From What Is » Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience September 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus This is a more personal post than I usually write. The biggest challenge I experienced was that of letting go of my own resistance to accepting that I had something to learn.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

They can be useful as to where you’ll find resistance. Through the examples of people who had to cross that barrier of doubt and fully commit to their potential, you will find parallels to your own experience. I think every anxiety, fear, crisis, or doubt you might experience is found in the many examples Higgins shares.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Live by Example and Inspire Others to Do the Same by @FrankSonnenberg. Paradoxical Coaching - When Clients Resist by Anne Perschel @bizshrink. 3 Ways To Avoid The Leadership Chaos In The Emotional Extremes by @WScottCochrane. What Makes a Great Leader? by @ScottEblin. Shultz Trust is the coin of the realm. How did 2020 help you?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Getting feedback is like asking someone to hold up a mirror for you to see how others experience your leadership. In my new book, Mission-Critical Leadership: How Smart Managers Lead Well in All Directions , I suggest using a 360-degree approach to obtain this feedback. 360-Degree Feedback Assessments. Development Plans.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2019

Episode 34 – Making Change Work: The Problems of Change Management: Bias, Resistance, and Push explores the problems associated with change management, namely, that of bias, resistance, and push. why with thousands of years of amassed leadership experience change management isn’t easier. Additional Information.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2019

Episode 35 – Making Change Work: If Decisions Are Always Rational, Why Are Changees Resisting? During our discussion, Sharon Drew Morgen, the New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Little Secrets , shares with us her insights and illustrative examples regarding: why decisions are always rational. Additional Information.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. Grants example is instructive for us today. Blog Post ).

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school. Executive leadership training programs can offer support and meaningful dialogue to master new challenges effectively. What is an Executive Leadership Training Program?

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Leadership is a complex endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. We often tend to make things more complicated than they need to be and that’s true in the field of leadership. Effective leadership is an inside job. The shift from self-serving leadership to leadership that serves others is motivated by a change of heart.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

To that assertion, this article will explore the relationship between leadership and change in general and emphasize the importance of structural agility when responding to the forces of unexpected change. Leadership During Change Speaking in general terms, when change hits , your readiness to perform shifts.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Badness is hard to resist , especially contagious when those in charge are the toxic ones. He’d replaced David, the former regional leader whose compassion had put him at odds with corporate leadership. As the weeks and months under his leadership passed, more and more of the management team became infected with James’s toxicity.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

Cote shares in Winning Now, Winning Later , a practical example of playing the infinite game. Cote offers example after example of what this looks like in terms of changing the culture of the company and the thinking developed as people worked through issues and broke down processes to find the previously undiscovered efficiencies within.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 6, 2023

We confuse certain words in leadership. I’ve noticed we confuse a lot of words in leadership. Here are pairs of words we often confuse in leadership: Possibility with Probability – Just because something has a chance of happening, doesn’t necessarily mean the chance is good. Giving an assignment is easy.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 8, 2016

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. This week you’ll read articles on leadership & millennials, grace in corporate culture, Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s Challenge & how to learn by example. Some of us may resist or see the exceptions.”.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 20, 2017

To help you get started, let me share a few examples of times a leader needs to be strategic with their decision. One flaw in leadership is when the leader thinks only about how he or she views the decision and not how the decision affects other people. The issue is subject to resistance. Those are just a few examples.

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CO2

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Importance of Recognizing Leadership Flaws In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership, recognizing the bad characteristics of a leader is just as crucial as applauding the good. Poor Communication: The Barrier to Team Success Effective communication is the backbone of successful leadership.

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