Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 24, 2012

The sport of Curling makes an excellent analogy for servant leadership. In this sport, each player must lead in a way, but the Sweeper is like the servant leader. On the stone’s path to it’s objective there may be obstacles (opposing stones). Question: What is your favorite sport analogy to leadership?

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Servant Leader Sports Objective Project 205

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

an objective or a goal the leader needs to pursue through the behavior of others) There will always be a follower! (a One of the best descriptions of that reality in professional sports was provided years ago by Bum Phillips. For example: There will always be a task! (an

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

Coordination is sharing information and resources so that each party can accomplish their part in support of a mutual objective. Cooperation is important in networks where individuals exchange relevant information and resources in support of each other’s goals, rather than a shared goal. It is about teamwork in implementation.

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Cooper Teamwork Environment Creativity 290

Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 7, 2012

It’s 4th and goal, with seconds left in the game. Your team has a decision to make – take a knee, kick a field goal or go for the touchdown? Excessive communication should be your objective. In any professional sport , teams are constantly aware of the scoreboard. It’s 4th and goal with seconds to go.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Kennedy proclaimed, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”1 Every sport has a means of calculating success or levels of success. Football has the aptly named goal line. Golf counts strokes.

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Armstrong Engineering Industry Sports 142

HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Similar to a team huddle before a rugby match or any other sport, it requires everyone to come together and define each role and goal for the overall team. They are responsible for keeping the team on track towards goals while also introducing technology and leading communication. These leaders concentrate on the delivery goals.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” Clearly define your goals. Like a sports scorecard, competitive spirit demands measurement and accountability of performance.

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Power Sports Competitive Advantage Advertising 208

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2011

Being Canadian, I’m sure it comes as little surprise that I’m not much of a baseball fan (growing up, hockey, football and soccer were the sports I preferred playing). When it comes to baseball heroes, few are as well-known and revered as Babe Ruth, or as he’s affectionately known by baseball fans “the Bambino”.

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Sports Career Goal Follow-up 240

CO2

JANUARY 19, 2015

In team sports, coaches try to put their players in a position to succeed. In individual sports, coaches design drills and exercises to improve specific aspects of a player’s game—like second serves in tennis or triple axels in figure skating. The goal is to improve the individual’s form, accuracy, strength, or endurance.

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Executive Coaching Execution Sports Objective 78

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Keep in mind I’m not talking about the classic cause and effect here – that is, the objective results of the labor, which is in most cases contributing to profit or loss. I just need to get them (and myself) across the goal line to the fun zone. This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes by James Michener.

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Learning-by-Doing Sports Conference Objective 334

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The easiest example involves pay scales where years of employment equal pay raises on some type of objectively measured scale. ” A variation of this occurs when we value our own contribution more than the work of another, even though an objective evaluation might give the edge to the other person.

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Participative Education Objective Teamwork 150

Six Disciplines

APRIL 4, 2014

In sports, no one questions the importance of having a good coach. A lack of a solid strategic plan - mission, vision, values, strategic position, vital few objectives. A lack of well-defined goals - specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and tangible (deadlines and attributable responsible people).

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Organization Seminar Brainstorming Strategic Planning 106

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

That has been recognized in the old paradigm of strategy management and is typically addressed by engaging the different business units and functional areas in planning exercises that ensure their objectives and budgets are aligned and supportive of the overall strategy. For most organizations, cross silo cooperation is an unnatural act.

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Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

It’s important that you not only have a clear understanding of your organization’s objectives and the reasoning behind them, but also an intense passion for performing well in your role. For the coach of a sports team, winning really is everything. by Marshall Goldsmith. Is winning everything in business, though?

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Sports Talent Management Objective Magazine 104

The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 8, 2022

Ironically, perhaps, I have a son who by any objective measurement available is a very good golfer. This is a challenging decision for most 17- to 18-year-old kids that I believe is made more difficult if the kid in question aspires to play a sport professionally. the same courses that professional golfers played on the PGA Tour).

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Situational Leadership Management Leadership Competitive Advantage 59

CO2

JANUARY 19, 2015

In team sports, coaches try to put their players in a position to succeed. In individual sports, coaches design drills and exercises to improve specific aspects of a player’s game—like second serves in tennis or triple axels in figure skating. The goal is to improve the individual’s form, accuracy, strength, or endurance.

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Sports Executive Coaching Objective Consultative 60

CO2

JANUARY 19, 2015

by Gary Cohen In team sports, coaches try to put their players in a position to succeed. In individual sports, coaches design drills and exercises to improve specific aspects of a player’s game—like second serves in tennis or triple axels in figure skating. The goal is to improve the individual’s form, accuracy, strength, or endurance.

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Executive Coaching Sports Objective Consultative 60

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

Our Leadership Experiences immerse leaders in powerful metaphors from professional sports, songwriting and human space travel to bringing leadership lessons into sharp focus. Balancing competing priorities: Executives need to be able to balance competing priorities, such as short-term financial goals and long-term strategic objectives.

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Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 12, 2012

Whether your organization is looking to address the challenges being brought forth by today’s global economy or simply to make some changes to keep on course with your objectives, the following five steps should prove fruitful in helping to drive your employees’ efforts towards your shared goals.

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Organization Succession Goal Learning-by-Doing 268

Leading Blog

JUNE 20, 2013

If your primary objective is to bring the team into a state of harmony and oneness, it doesn''t make sense for you to rigidly impose your authority.". Jackson''s goal wasn''t to provide all of the answers. "I''ve Let Each Player Discover His Own Destiny. When in Doubt, Do Nothing.

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Leadership Creativity System Tactics 285

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Focus on contribution to the larger good—not just the achievement of your objectives. An effective salesperson would never say to a customer, “You need to buy this product, because if you don’t, I won’t achieve my objectives.” The effective influencer needs to be a good teacher. Focus on making a difference.

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Influence Guidelines Ethics Energy 183

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 27, 2023

A small number of businesses in the trial tied conditions to the reduced hours, including offering fewer vacation days, agreeing to short-notice staff recall, or a “conditional” four-day week that only persisted if performance goals were achieved.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 1, 2017

His first goal was to see how hard it would be to make them dislike each other. The days were filled with hotly contested sports, tug-of-war, and other contests. What bridges the gap is a common objective, a shared goal, and a team culture that forces everyone to work together for a common benefit. Let the Games Begin!

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m always amazed at the number of organizations that charge sub-par leaders with mission critical tasks and then wonder why they failed to meet their objectives. The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. Great reminder Mike.

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Bottom-up Blog Objective Brand 310

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2016

One of our ongoing goals must be to continuously make the world better by improving what we do. Although the media likes to glorify the lone creative genius, a closer look at creativity reveals that it is, to a large degree, a team sport. White Hat: Look at the situation objectively. What are the facts?

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You talk on the telephone, watch sports on TV, and don’t spend much time with me.” An objective that made sense when they were 9 and 12 years old didn’t make sense for them as teenagers. It’s a different ballgame if you attach a real number to that goal, and people are aware of it. Life is good.

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Sports Open-book Document CEO 138

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

You talk on the telephone, watch sports on TV, and don’t spend much time with me.” An objective that made sense when they were 9 and 12 years old didn’t make sense for them as teenagers. It’s a different ballgame if you attach a real number to that goal, and people are aware of it.

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Video Sports Document Travel 70

HR Digest

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Especially when gamified objectives and new formats are introduced, team-building activities for work can be a lot of fun. Companies that have team-building activities for work move one step closer to their employees and towards their productivity goals. Let us look at some examples.

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Team Building Reputation Team Review 52

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

They are also well aware of the consequences associated with falling short of those expectations and failing to communicate those circumstances to others as soon as humanly possible Goals: On an interim basis (i.e., Can you ever really become “objective”?

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Situational Leadership Leadership Long-term Hersey 40

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Charlie Judy, HR Fishbowl : Goal-Setting is as Easy as 1 + 3 - For many organizations it is time for performance reviews and setting goals for the coming year.  Sadly goal setting is something that many organizations and managers do quite poorly by making it out to be much harder and more complex than necessary.

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Blog Human Resources Talent Management Emotional Intelligence 154

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. “Great CHROs are worth their weight in gold. Their job is nearly impossible, but absolutely critical.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 26, 2014

For example, professional athletes master the fundamentals of their sport and excel at the highest level on the court or field of play. but they still have to learn how to deal with wealth, fame, and the many other challenges and distractions that come with professional sports.

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Books Goal Sports Commitment 70

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

You talk on the telephone, you watch sports on TV, and you don't spend much time with me." It's a different ball game if you attach a real number to that goal - a number they are aware of. If I faltered, I always told myself, "Well, I can get a credit toward my goal, and it only takes me 10 minutes." It was an eye-opener.

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Prahalad Document Goal Learning-by-Doing 114

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 21, 2014

For example, professional athletes master the fundamentals of their sport and excel at the highest level on the court or field of play. but they still have to learn how to deal with wealth, fame, and the many other challenges and distractions that come with professional sports.

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Books Goal Sports Commitment 70

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Focus on contribution to the larger good--not just the achievement of your objectives. An effective salesperson would never say to a customer, 'You need to buy this product, because if you don't, I won't achieve my objectives!' In an academic institution the goal may be sharing ideas, not impacting the world. Nobody wins.

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Influence Ethics Cost-Benefit Analysis Guidelines 135

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Involving others in decisions and working together toward goals and objectives are an imperative. Relationship Oriented and Goal Oriented: Developing and sustaining high-quality workplace relationships is becoming more important. Practicality anchors the drive in reality. Collaboration is necessary to get buy in and cooperation.

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Leadership Blog Open-book Greenleaf 221

You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

As such, it is always wise to ensure that the purpose and objectives of the team are commonly understood. It must be said that when one purpose is fulfilled, it is not unusual for teams to re-form and focus on achieving another goal. The team works together until its purpose is fulfilled. Of course, nothing is simple.

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Team Fashion Sports Learning-by-Doing 81