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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

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From “hands-on” execution and metrics to “hands-off” strategic decisions and measures, here are 4 shifts to navigate. The Chairman and President left town while managers communicated the bad news. So ask yourself, “How can I shift from Subject Expert to Strategic Executive in my new leadership role ?”. Shift from “Me” to “We”.

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Executive Coaching and Leading Change

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It’s no surprise that a Korn Ferry survey found leading change one of the top reasons for leaders to hire an executive coach. Leading change is more challenging than managing a project that has defined beginning and end points. The post Executive Coaching and Leading Change appeared first on Lead Change. Encouragement.

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Manage change with SCARF

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Many years of working as a management consultant, coach and mentor tell me the exact opposite is often the case. The answer, simply put, is to structure your conversation using many of the excellent, tried and tested tools that exist in the leadership, management and business development archives. What if I don’t?

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Are You Ready to Apply For an Executive Role?

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Posted in Change Management Considering we live in an age that has been increasingly defined by a heightened sense of competition and specialisation, it is no wonder that acquiring an executive position has become so coveted in the employment market. Change Management executive recruitment interview personal branding'

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3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning

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Alan has spent his learning budget on books about agile development and software team management. The post 3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning appeared first on Lead Change. Recently I’ve been learning how to handcraft leather goods and have taken workshops on data visualization. This is a guest post by Danny King.

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Essentials Of Executive Sponsorship (Part One)

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One of the main reasons that projects fail to launch, or realize long-term success, is the lack of executive sponsorship. In fact, a 2014 Research Study by Prosci indicated that projects with strong, effective executive sponsorship were 3.5 Do I know what makes the Executive Leader tick? Be open to the feedback you receive.

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Change: 5 tips to improve communication and accelerate execution

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Posted in Change Management Communication is key to execute a change project. Believing that your team will implement change without fully understanding the objectives or the reasons for the change will lead to failure. Here are 5 tips for communicating effectively and giving your change project the best chance of success.

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