Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2013

I’ve always felt that way when it comes to most HR and leadership development processes – simple is always better. One way to increase the chances of changing behavior is to ask yourself or others that you are coaching a few “return on investment” (ROI) questions before a development goal and actions are committed to.

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JUNE 23, 2015

You learned it in Leadership 101: goal setting is the most powerful motivational tool in a leader’s toolkit. But is your goal setting up-to-date?

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Although every leader I work with is unique, it seems like the development goals end up being somewhat common from year to year. To help you get a head start on your 2010 leadership development plan, here’s a list of development goals that may apply to you too. Leadership presence. Change leadership. Collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Petrin provides a nice 8-step approach: Back in December, Dan talked about " 10 Big Development Goals for Leaders in 2012." Goal #7 in the blog post stated: “Find a mentor and/or hire a coach.” Here are eight steps to follow: Step #1: Identify one or two specific leadership skills you feel that you could improve through mentoring.

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JULY 16, 2019

Guest post from Tabitha Laser: What is leadership? Since joining the workforce more than 25 years ago, and serving as a leader for numerous organizations, it’s apparent that leadership means very different things to different people. This is the first in a series of leadership books she calls “The Deadly Practices.”.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

If this premise and the figures above are accepted it would suggest that only 10% of team leaders are high performing, enabling their teams, whilst 40% of leaders are failing in their leadership tasks, whilst the remaining 50% are barely holding in there! Sounds complicated? Not really. Are you leading your team with the appropriate style?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Ian Hesketh and Sir Cary Cooper : Which style of leadership behaviour is the most effective has been the challenge for most executives for many years. Ethical Leadership is proven to improve employee wellbeing and promotes extra-role effort. Ethical Leadership is proven to improve employee wellbeing and promotes extra-role effort.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Guest post by Brant Menswar and Jim Trick: While on the surface, you would think the goal of any songwriter is to write a song that dominates the airwaves, flies up the charts, sells millions of records and wins a coveted Grammy Award. So what does this have to do leadership? How does this impact great leadership?

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JUNE 19, 2020

Connection At its core, leadership isn’t about control, power, or a job title. Leadership is a relationship between two people. Communication and leadership are joined at the hip. Great leaders know that the goal of act of communication isn’t communicating, it’s to create shared understanding.

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MARCH 5, 2019

In any organization, leaders have a choice, they can concentrate on urgent short-term goals, or they can equip themselves with the relationship sensing and building skills they need to balance priority tensions. Building balanced relationships through trust is at the heart of the IFB Model of leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 28, 2019

A few years ago, I was asked to facilitate a leadership retreat for a tech company. It’s not about replacing action, which we know is a necessary leadership ingredient. We still need to reach our goals, meet deadlines, and produce results. But what if our bias for action, our quest for pushing harder, won’t work anymore?

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JULY 2, 2020

Guest post from Brad Chase : No business subject garners more attention than leadership. There are endless leadership books, classes, websites and more. Strategy, your plan to compete, is all about making the right bets to achieve your goals. And that includes the other critical components of great leadership.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Now, the types of leadership qualities that show up on list after list are there for good reason. However, when you look closely, you discover that it becomes difficult to see empathy as anything other than essential for competent leadership. This is the power of empathy at work. The POWER of Empathy?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 22, 2013

Studies on goal attainment prove over that over that people with written, specific plans are more likely to achieve their goals. Important, complex, and challenging goals like starting a business, retirement, or becoming a great leader are rarely achieved in a year. Take a 360 leadership assessment. .

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2014

I have also observed up close and per sonal the leadership styles of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Scott McNealy, Mitt R omney and a number o f others. Here are three ways I have seen leadership demonstrated powerfully- the type of leadership that gets results. L et them kno w about your financial goals.

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JULY 27, 2017

Guest post by Mark Miller: Leadership is a fascinating quality. There are countless articles, studies and opinions about what makes good leadership. But, no matter *how* you develop and act out your own leadership qualities, there will always be two sides: A private, individualistic view, and the view the public and your team sees.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This is a basic truth I learned early on in my business career, and it has sustained me throughout a succession of leadership roles — right up to my present work as an executive coach. In my dual role as President/CEO and first sales representative, my goal was to generate revenue one customer at a time. Setting Goals Now!

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AUGUST 13, 2020

There have been great examples of leadership in our multiple crises of the moment. Even without a definitive answer, we know he has a process based on data and rationality with a goal of public safety and avoiding death. Crisis leadership is a crucible and it’s natural for us to be inspired by what it can produce.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shamis: One of the most gratifying experiences in writing a leadership book is the introspection youallow yourself in the process. Inept managers were responsible for losing talent with leadership potential. So how does an organization go about creating a culture that distinguishes between leadership development and developing leaders?

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

The October, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival is being hosted by Lisa Kohn and Robyn McLeod from Thoughtful Leaders. goals leadership development carnival success planning team 2014' It’s not too early to get a jump on 2014 - you can find their answers right here.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2012

There are a gazillion sites and books full of leadership quotes, so I’ve never been too inspired to duplicate what’s already out there. However, I did enjoy combing through all of those sites and picking out what I thought to be the 25 best leadership development quotes. Leaving leadership development up to chance is foolish".

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 20, 2017

But we all know people in the business world who do a terrible job in leadership positions: awful bosses, disengaged department heads, ineffective team managers, and otherwise bad bigwigs in nice offices who make the work environment an unpleasant one. THE ZOMBIES This approach to leadership is thoughtless, passionless, and lacking in energy.

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MAY 15, 2018

Fowler & Noal McDonald: Leadership is a complex idea: one that is not consistently easy to wrap our minds around. We know good leadership when we see it. If we think of what these experiences have in common, we might think of this quote by Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell: “Leadership molds individuals into a team.”

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

The Three P’s of Second-Wave Leadership So, how do leaders practically manage this new batch of workers in the workplace, and what do these Second-Wavers need from an employer? Ironically, they are extremely collaborative, but they still require hands-on individualized attention when it comes to their career path and goals.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

While enjoying a live performance, it became obvious to me that, in addition to hearing great music or watching talented dancers, I was also seeing examples of good leadership. What an example of leadership and followership in action. That’s leadership! Members of the John F.

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JUNE 19, 2012

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. These are the tried and true models that have shifted my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership moments for others.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The November 4th Leadership Development Carnival is up! Tom asked this month''s contributors to respond to the following question: Employee engagement is the emotional commitment an employee has to the organization and its goals, resulting in the use of discretionary effort. leadership development carnival'

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JUNE 22, 2017

Garry McDaniel : For over three decades, the Gallup organization has been conducting surveys to illuminate the role leader’s play in creating a workforce of engaged employees to organizational leadership. Separately, each has value; together they define the difference between mediocre and outstanding leadership.

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MAY 14, 2012

Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. However, they use the terms “leadership” and “management” interchangeably. What if we took a simplified version of the Pipeline model, and mash it with a distinction between leadership and management?

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JANUARY 5, 2015

I''ve recently turned over coordination of the Leadership Development Carnival to Becky Robinson, from Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group. Becky is a thought leader, an awesome networker, and very well respected in the leadership development space. leadership development carnival new years goals the Lead Change Group'

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 14, 2013

However, for a manager, being unskilled in leadership and not wanting do do anything about it is a recipe for failure. These are often the managers who "get sent" to leadership training or have a coach forced upon them. Doesn't know a lot and doesn't really give a damn about it. That's not always a bad thing. The Eager Beaver.

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JUNE 4, 2012

If you’re in charge of your organization’s training, talent management, succession planning, or HR function, when’s the last time you talked to your C-level executives about leadership development? Within the last few months - I talk to our C-level Execs on a regular basis about leadership development. Pick one answer: A. If not, why?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

3) What are your professional goals? Give yourself 60-90 days to determine if you have the right mix of talent to achieve the goals and objectives. These meetings also provide an opportunity for your team to demonstrate their talent, and for you to demonstrate inspirational leadership. 2) What motivates you?

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JULY 1, 2012

Welcome to the July 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! If you just happened to stumble accross this blog for the first time, here's the deal: I maintain a distribution list of over 75 leadership development bloggers who I've gotten to know over the last five years. I'm honored to present them to you.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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MAY 30, 2013

With “buy-in” in place, development has to start with an assessment that measures skills aligned with the company goals, processes, and cultural expectations. Without some form of support or mandate, leaders will not seek development until: § An organizational culture exists that supports leadership development.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Too often I see leaders communicating by telling.what''s wrong with this technique? And in order to master inquiry, you first need to define the goal you want to accomplish. Here are some goals that a leader may want to accomplish through good questions: 1.

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