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My Leadership Lessons as Executive Director

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

This is the last week as the Executive Director of the Berrett-Koehler Foundation. I began by facilitating a design team. At that point I agreed to serve as the Executive Director to support the startup period and to give the board time. → Read More: My Leadership Lessons as Executive Director.

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Want Your Team More Engaged? Remove the Weapons of Mass Distraction

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Guest Post by Victor Prince I used to be a “busy executive” with two phones strapped to my belt in the office – one for work and one for personal use. The post Want Your Team More Engaged? Remove the Weapons of Mass Distraction appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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8 Leadership Skills Essential for Success in the Future

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

These changes require some new sets of leadership skills. It used to be that strategy was the province of the top of the organization, and the bottom was responsible for execution. Managing the Mid-Space” describes seven things leaders need to do to connect the mid-space between the vision and execution.

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Want a Strong Team? You Have 2 Choices: HIRE Winners or DEVELOP Winners

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

“It is critical that you build a pool of recognized, well developed and prepared talent for the organization, and that you identify and build future leadership.”. ~ Les Hayman, former Global HR Head of SAP and former CEO/Chairman SAP Asia Pacific, EMEA. Toss out your old-fashioned assumptions of the “bell curve.”

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How to Give Your Boss Bad News and Keep Your Credibility

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

After all, you want to show you’ve got everything under control, are making the right decisions, and are executing flawlessly. As a leader, you want to shine the best light on your team—it’s hard when that light reveals a big mistake. Handling bad news well can increase your leadership credibility.

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Leaders vs. Managers: The Real Answer to What’s Better

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Leadership is about a journey – where you’re going and your actions along the way. Leadership behaviors include: Challenging the current way of doing things: searching for opportunities and taking risks. In 1986 I set out to determine which leadership or management behaviors create high performance teams.

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The Value of Vision Series – Kouzes and Posner

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

We’ve also been asking a similar question about what people look for in a colleague (someone they’d like on their team), and the responses to this question have revealed a telling and vital distinction between leaders and individual contributors. Those in the executive suite must focus on a horizon that’s ten or more years distant.

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