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The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession

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Succession is the final act of leadership, but too many executives get this part wrong; here's what to focus on to get it right. The post The Final Act of Leadership: What Leaders Get Wrong About Succession appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Winning at Chaos: How to Succeed When it All Falls Apart

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They formed into LGOPs: Little Groups of Paratroopers – self-directed clusters of Soldiers doing their best to execute the mission. And when it’s time to execute, make sure the guys on the ground have the latitude (and backing!) Key to success: centralized plan, decentralized execution #leadership Click To Tweet.

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Master the Habit Cycle and Achieve Your Goals

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We take the decision out of the loop and go straight into execution of the thing we need to do. So, if we can get a good pattern of activity going involving Cues, Routines, and Rewards, eventually we don’t have to even think about doing it any more, it just happens. Putting it on Auto-Pilot. I’ll use myself as an example.

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Building Influence – 6 Ways to Earn Respect

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What followed was the sort of crisp battle drill execution that would make any infantry commander proud. Green, a parent who was new to our troop, had volunteered for the job. Once she knew where to set up, she went into action. Battle Drill. Tables set up and loaded with stacks of plates, bins of cutlery, and piles of napkins.

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Book Notes – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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The story line follows her actions from the first days on the job, to turning her stalled executive team around. To stop the bleeding, the board fires the CEO and hires, Katheryn, an outsider, to step in. Through the story of Katheryn’s experiences, Lencioni is able to explain what he sees as the five dysfunctions of a team.

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Book Notes – Blue Ocean Strategy: How Leaders Drive Change

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But what I really liked about this book was that the authors didn’t leave you hanging there, with a new strategy and no plan to actually execute it. They presented a simple tool for figuring out how to differentiate your offerings so that you can enter uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant (the blue ocean).

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Independence Day: 7 Ways to Defuse Conflict and Assert Your Freedom

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Of course you have to be clear about requirements, but when you give people more input into a project at the front end, more latitude to execute it as it progresses, and a say in the decision-making process along the way you are making room for their energies to dissipate constructively. Build in some operating space. Reduce the pressure.

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