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Motivating, Mentoring and Measuring – Leading Unfamiliar Organizations

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I was in charge of an unfamiliar organization, one in whose mission I was not well versed. However, a true leader can be successful in any organization. Whether the leader grew-up in the organization or was transplanted into a new ecosystem, they can utilize sound leadership principles to guide the organization to success.

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Establishing Goals: Achieving Greatness One Step at a Time

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“Do not merely set goals for your organization…. The post Establishing Goals: Achieving Greatness One Step at a Time appeared first on General Leadership. Curator Posts establishing goals greatness inspection Leadership stricklin Thunderbirds USAF' Establish a culture which owns the success of the team.”

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Top Gun Wisdom: Finding the Real Horses in your Organization

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Quote from “Top Gun” Every organization has a leader whose job it is to produce results: combat aviators, increased sales, on time deliveries, or increased profits. Each of these positions has some bottom line, some overarching goal that the leader must meet or face the consequences. … Read the rest.

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Bridging the Divide

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“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.”

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Think Twice Before Going Back to the Basics

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Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible.”. A typical reaction when we feel our organization has strayed too far from its original purpose is to talk about getting back to the basics. Vince Lombardi.

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Strategic Professionalism Series: Commitment

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As a leader, you must realize no one is as committed to success of the organization as you. Your challenge is to motivate those you lead, those who do the work and enable success of the organization, to be truly committed to success of the mission as well as their individual success. Read more at [link]. Commitment.

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Check Out Today’s 200-Second Soundbite™ Video Spotlight!

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He chooses to embrace the discomfort of change and reacts by pushing through that discomfort towards a goal on the other side. The disruption in the organization causes ripples that spread behind the leader and force change rapidly to compensate for the imbalance. Originally published in written form: [link]. … Read the rest.

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