Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

A few of my clients engage me to teach workshops on leadership skills for non-supervisors. The goal is to encourage those at any level of an organization to see that wherever they are, there’s an opportunity to jump in and lead, to give yourself license. The goal is not to get stuck in that fear but to take action.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Leadership is about building teamwork and collaboration. A big part of leadership is listening to others and working to understand their perspective, but some leaders emphasize their own ideas at the expense of what anyone else might think or feel. Sadly, too many leaders focus on personal power and self-serving goals.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The Power Level: how to harness your own personal power. * The Intent Level: how to show up alert, with purpose and full awareness of your goals. * The Energy Level: the heart and soul level at which connections happen, personal energy makes for the deepest and most lasting connections. It unfolds with grace.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Now, you’re going to be managing a team of high-performers in a division of your company that everyone’s buzzing about. You set clear goals for yourself and targets for the division. You’re focused on achieving your goals and getting results… but before long, you’ve got problems. Further Reading.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 12, 2022

Many managers strive to be one. The importance of being an empathetic leader starts with the simple truth that leadership is about people. This translates into creating real partnerships rather than exerting power. This translates into creating real partnerships rather than exerting power. Let’s start with the definition.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

While most people would agree that being a principled individual is an admirable goal, you may be unconvinced that it can actually produce the results that you desire. Listen to Your Conscience: That’s Why You Have One will prove to you that living a life of honor and integrity will help you reach your goals. Be a better role model.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2015

The scene was a corporate cliché – the annual management meeting. I was a consultant to the company and sat as a guest at a table of eight managers toward the back of the hotel ballroom. The guy beside me leaned over and knowingly whispered, “He doesn’t give a rat’s butt about the managers here tonight.”

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

Position power gives way to personal power with autonomy. When employees have greater levels of autonomy, they are better able to use their personal attributes to contribute to job performance. Her manager would have achieved the same outcome, but undoubtedly would have left a trail of bodies in his wake.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

While we would be naive if we didn’t acknowledge politics as a potentially destructive force, when deployed effectively it can help the company meet its strategic goals and live up to its values, especially during organizational change. But conversely, the sharp edges of hard power can wreck a plan. So what is it?

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Women's Leadership Exchange

JUNE 7, 2007

Or that publishers finally realized that more than half all the managers in corporate America and half all the business owners are women. And add to that all the great books by women that we feature on the Womens Leadership Exchange online bookstore and things are looking up in the land of Business Literature.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

of all managers , much fewer women rise to the C-suite. A survey of 25,000 Harvard Business School graduates found that although male and female graduates had similar levels of ambition , men were significantly more likely to have positions in senior management, direct reports, and profit-and-loss responsibility.

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