Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Often, and especially in contemporary times, the real story of innovation doesn’t involve lone geniuses or flashes of inspiration, but teams, organizations, and leaders who cultivate systems and cultures where new ideas can sprout and flourish. Innovation had become the goal, and that wasn’t enough. But there was much more than that.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Just as the body’s immune system keeps it healthy, stable and tolerant of change, an organization’s immune system must be strong in order to handle the task of innovating. Assessing your organizational immune system.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I advise my clients on various aspects of leadership, and one topic that has been gaining increasing importance in today’s rapidly evolving business is the role of ethics in artificial intelligence (AI). Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A coach works closely with individuals or groups, assisting them in setting goals, identifying challenges, and exploring potential solutions. Their primary goal is to deliver valuable insights and expertise that can lead to tangible outcomes and sustainable results.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

Navigating Leadership in a Diverse Industrial Landscape The Twin Cities, encompassing Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota, showcase a diverse array of industries from healthcare to technology, setting a dynamic stage for both leadership development in Minneapolis-St.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation. And it is an article I will continue to update – Because at every event I get the opportunity to meet and see new speakers that might be a great fit for past clients of mine.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I N HIS BOOK Thank You for Being Late , author and award-winning journalist Tom Friedman argues that to understand the twenty-first century, you must realize that “the planet’s three largest forces”—technology, globalization, and climate change—are accelerating all at once. Have a digital nervous system. Keep people fully informed.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It also helps organizations excel during the executive transition, adjust to their new executive leadership, and support their new executive. Data compiled by McKinsey shows that nearly half of all leadership transitions fail, and just two years after executive transitions, up to 46% of them “are regarded as failures or disappointments.”

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2023

It doesn’t explain why some people born into leadership positions aren’t good leaders. A more recent theory is called the “systems” theory. This theory says that leadership is not just about one person but the whole system or group. A recent theory is called “distributed leadership.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

G OOD LEADERSHIP is an important element in the success of any organization. Having effective leaders can help a company achieve its goals and maximize efficiency. There’s been a lot of debate on whether leadership skills can be acquired in life or the person must be born with them. The answer is both.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Yet sometimes internal systems present metrics that are easy for us to monitor but aren’t the right things for us to monitor. A few years ago a printing plant client installed a new $20M high-technology press which could deliver speeds of 50,000 impressions an hour. Monitoring performance metrics is a good thing. Here’s an example.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

This will give you a better understanding of the company’s culture, values and goals. This includes the tasks you will be responsible for, any goals or targets you are expected to meet, and who you report to. Learn the company’s technology and systems: Many companies use specialised software or systems to manage their operations.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

This will give you a better understanding of the company’s culture, values and goals. This includes the tasks you will be responsible for, any goals or targets you are expected to meet, and who you report to. Learn the company’s technology and systems: Many companies use specialised software or systems to manage their operations.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

Navigating Leadership in a Diverse Industrial Landscape The Twin Cities, encompassing Minneapolis and St. Paul, showcase a diverse array of industries from healthcare to technology, setting a dynamic stage for both leadership development in Minneapolis-St. Integrating Sustainability into Leadership Development in Minneapolis-St.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In a highly competitive environment, leaders may be willing to engage in unethical behavior, compromise their values, or manipulate information to achieve their goals. This lack of accountability can also be seen in the system's absence of checks and balances, where leaders are given unchecked power. Encourage transparency.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The CPO is responsible for aligning the organization’s human capital strategy with its overall strategic goals. The CPO works closely with executive leadership, department heads, and HR teams to align these strategies with the organization’s goals and objectives.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Where Managerial Leadership Begins. This is the backdrop for understanding the purpose and role of managerial leadership: setting direction (i.e., people, processes, technologies, assets, money, etc.) to execute on that goal. “Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage.” ” -Gerald Kraines.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s the goal. Ethical Leadership: Walking the Talk Sustainability isn’t just about the physical aspects of a facility; it’s also reflected in the culture. Ethical leadership means embodying the principles of sustainability in every decision and encouraging everyone in the organization to follow suit.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

You need to look at the board’s accomplishments, goals, and skills as a whole and on an individual level and contrast them against one another for a 360 view of your board’s competencies and deficits. Board effectiveness can be measured internally through a self-audit system, but this can be challenging without bias.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

I was recently chatting with my colleague, Jack, about how each of our teams were adapting to the new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system our company implemented six months ago. Coaching is not a match for a team member who has little to no competence on the goal or task. That individual needs a Directive style of leadership.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

She emphasizes the role of AI as an enhancer of human capability, dispelling the notion of technology replacing human skills. The HR Digest: In a 2021 interview, you mentioned evolving leadership approaches. Every leadership journey progresses from individual contributor, to manager, and then leader.

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Leading Blog

MAY 19, 2020

I N The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership , we included 19 Rules for remote leaders to follow. The first rule was the foundation for everything else: “ Think about leadership first and location second. ” Using Technology to Help. Technology can be part of the answer.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. She wearily said it was their unfocused frantic pace of activity. “We have lots of projects, goals, and priorities. Kerry saw that many were systems, policies, and processes designed to serve management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

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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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Chief technologist, technology. But a leadership team’s members need to own responsibility for the whole business, not just their individual pieces of it. And nothing brings a team together more than one shared, most important goal. Luke’s Health System, and Apex Leaders, to name only a few. The results were dramatic.

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Tanveer Naseer

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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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times. What is VUCA Leadership? If businesses are to get through difficult experiences, strong leadership is essential.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Buffer employees say they live out this value through such activities as prioritizing reading and incorporating a transparent salary system. In the spirit of helping you think about your leadership goals for all of 2019, not just the year’s first day, I created three dates from a random number generator.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

M ANY of today’s leaders are saying: I know leadership is about people, not tasks; effectiveness, not efficiency. Many business leaders are perplexed by the task of leading in an ever-increasing technological world. In the midst of managing these exponential leaps in technology, there is a war for talent. Listen deeply.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® Model has been a viable tool organizations have relied upon to build leaders and drive behavior change for over 50 years. an objective or a goal the leader needs to pursue through the behavior of others) There will always be a follower! (a The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a language of change!

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 4, 2024

Leadership doesn’t make “a difference.” Systems that gather customer feedback can provide invaluable insights IF you act on the information. The goal isn’t just to create a sale, but to create connections. Leverage technology. Utilize technology to improve customer service efficiency and effectiveness.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A 360-degree appraisal system provides an elaborate set of criteria to evaluate an employee. Edwards and Ewen’s 1996 book 360° Feedback: The Powerful New Model for Employee Assessment & Performance Improvement is one of the earliest discussions of the 360-degree feedback systems but the multi-rater concept goes as far back as WWII.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2023

Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) implementation can be a transformative journey for organizations, enabling them to achieve operational excellence and drive sustainable growth. Understanding EOS Implementation EOS is a comprehensive framework that helps businesses achieve clarity, alignment, and traction toward their vision and goals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 21, 2016

Guest post from Robert Galford: It has been hard to ignore the recent spate of stories about the newest techniques and technologies designed to increase employee efficiency, motivation and/or engagement. For example, people could engage in overcompliance, providing so much detail as to overwhelm the system or render the data useless.

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