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OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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JULY 15, 2014

I hope you’ll enjoy the combined insights Chris and I bring to this piece on how we can effectively take over the reins of an established team and help them to continue to achieve success in attaining the shared purpose that defines why we do what we do. * * * * * The house is perfect. As a leader, the same goes for developing a team.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

But as my guest in this episode of my Leadership Biz Cafe podcast points out, that doesn’t mean there aren’t measures Black professionals can take at the individual level so they can succeed and thrive in today’s corporate environment.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

That’s the basis of my conversation with international keynote speaker and former Disney executive Doug Lipp in this latest episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Doug then went on to lead the training team at the corporate headquarters of The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Studios.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

As someone who absolutely loves sports, I follow the fortunes of various teams and often wonder what makes some more successful than others. Certainly, there are times where it is all about certain players and their transcendent ability to carry the team – Michael Jordan made the Chicago Bulls and they have never been the same since he left.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

When you write about leadership for a number of years, and especially when you receive numerous awards and recognitions for your writings and insights on leadership, it’s only natural that one of the questions you’re often asked is ‘when are you going to write a book?’ What is Leadership Vertigo?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For the third part of this month-long series celebrating the release of my first leadership book (which will be available in bookstores and online retailers next Thursday, September 25th), “ Leadership Vertigo ”, co-written with S. Honesty is selected more often than any other leadership characteristic. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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JULY 19, 2016

The following is a guest piece by John Rampton on behalf of The Economist Executive Education Navigator. When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? But, is it possible to create emotionally intelligent teams?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The end result is a pervasive sense of anxiety and time famine, as both companies and the executives within them struggle to keep up. But speed and urgency, although necessary attributes of leadership, are not sufficient. They are also more likely to hold leadership positions within their teams.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

When it comes to studying leadership, the natural tendency is to focus on those leaders whose successes and achievements continue to inspire us and drive so many to emulate them in the hopes of replicating their accomplishments.

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MAY 9, 2017

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles. The following is a guest piece by Kate Rodriguez. Here’s how: 1.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The leader in question is Cort Dial, who is also the guest in this episode of my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Cort is a former manager and executive who now serves as President of Cort Dial Consulting, where he has worked with executives from Chevron, Intel, U.S. Borax, Disney and Apple.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

When it comes to leadership, there’s a common understanding that true leadership doesn’t require formal titles or roles. In terms of leadership, this is a fundamental key to why people want to follow a leader – they want to know that the person they choose as their leader is smart.

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JULY 21, 2015

That’s where great leaders go to get more out of their teams. You can too with a simple assessment tool that provides insights as to how to most effectively lead the unique members of your team. We call that second piece “leadership capital.” The result of those comparisons is the Leadership Matrix (or “the box” for short).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Doritos and effective leadership. We can learn a valuable lesson about effective leadership through their messaging and how it translates to everyday life. Leadership is much like the techniques used in Doritos’ Super Bowl commercial. You provide the vision and the team collaborates to drive that vision home.

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MARCH 27, 2012

That’s the focus of my conversation with executive coach and writer Joel Garfinkle in this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe” Joel has been recognized as one of the Top 50 leadership coaches in the US, having worked with executives from many leading companies including Oracle, Google, Amazon, Ritz-Carlton, and Gap.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Organizations in practically every industry are struggling to attract and retain great talent, especially in senior and executive leadership roles. With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

With this latest piece on my leadership blog, I’m delighted to announce a new partnership with The Economist Executive Education. The reason for that is because in sharing my story, the audience gains a better understanding of the journey I’ve taken that allowed me to understand these notions of leadership.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

That’s one of several questions which I discuss with my guest, Jesse Lyn Stoner, in the third episode of my podcast series, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Jesse Lyn Stoner is a business consultant, former executive, and bestselling author. Does vision still play a key role for organizations in today’s ever-changing world?

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MAY 1, 2018

This question lies at the heart of my conversation with my guest Doug Sundheim in this latest episode of my leadership podcast, “Leadership Biz Cafe”. I’d appreciate it if you could help your support help support future episodes of this leadership podcast by taking a moment to rate my show on Google Play , Stitcher Radio , or iTunes.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Rather, they simply were driven to fulfill the purpose behind why their organization or teams were created. With this in mind, I’d like to ask the following – what are those success stories and inspirational quotes about business or leadership compelling you to do? Taking Another Look at Leadership and Change.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” He also extols the virtues of self-leadership. “A Feedback is an essential part of engaging employees.

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

What new understandings did your choices/decisions reveal to you about your business and the teams you lead? As this is my last piece for the year, I’d like to end by asking you, the readers of my blog, what lessons you’ve learned over the course of the past year?

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AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s this recognition of contrast in Pisa where we must take pause and articulate a set of leadership attributes that embody contrast. The Connected Leader in the Flat Army model can be thought of as an individual encompassing behaviours that invoke business harmony in their team or organization.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Covey About four years ago, I made the decision to shift careers from school leadership to that of executive coach and consultant. Teams and organizations that think “we first” tend to outperform their competition. Certainly, it would be a good quality for team leaders to possess. I refer specifically to Scarcity Theory.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

As recently as 2005 leadership theory talked about personality traits that leaders possessed, debated whether leaders are born or made and focused much of its work on how to identify and groom leaders so they can take over and lead those who worked for them. It also has had an impact on the way leadership works.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That’s the basis of my conversation with business strategist and author Andrea Kates in this latest episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. These days, everyone is talking about the importance of innovation to an organization’s future, but what exactly does it take to be innovative and how do we start?

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APRIL 2, 2013

And what lessons can we learn from this team of “amateur” sailors to make our own teams more successful? Just as people vary in their ability to deal with stress, so do teams. And like individuals, teams can develop the capacity for rebounding from pressure and setbacks. Dennis N.T.

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MAY 14, 2013

They don’t tell you how an individual or team arrived at the goal. OK, so is the entire executive team aligned on them?” It didn’t seem very convincing to me, but knowing he’d be sharing them with the entire executive team the next day, I let it slide. I agree these are critically important to strengthening goals.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

At best, leadership development is a fun day out, at worst it is a gut wrenching, annoying exercise that leaves you cringing as someone teaches you to suck eggs. Perhaps, but that’s how most managers and executives I work with see it…. We recently did an interesting exercise in our own team. So, how do we do this in practice?

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JUNE 18, 2013

It is striking to see how many chief executives see their most important responsibility as being the leader of the company’s culture. Recognizing the importance of culture in business is not the same thing as being an effective cultural chief executive. The following is a guest piece by Jon Katzenbach and DeAnne Aguirre.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

With the year now coming to an end, I thought I’d circle back to this question, and look at what I saw and experienced through my work with various executives, managers, and others in leadership positions to see if we did in fact address this concern facing so many of today’s organizations. But they are bad leaders.

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MAY 10, 2016

The following is a guest contribution from Kate Rodriguez on behalf of The Economist Executive Education Navigator. One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. The idea that workplaces reward extroverts has been around for a while. Here’s how: 1.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The CEO needs to staff several newly defined senior executive roles with leaders who will drive collaboration across former fiefdoms and make decisions that put the company, not their unit, first. Which leaders will have not only domain expertise but also the ability to wear an “Enterprise Hat”? Who will help her lead this transformation?

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

You don’t have to be an executive or even a manager to be a problem-solver. When you consistently come up with innovative solutions to the company’s problems, you’ll gain visibility with the top executives, which can open up career advancement opportunities and help propel you into a top management position.

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