Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

Lesson: If all options appear to be equal, get more information. When feeling stuck while weighing an important decision, it is almost always helpful to seek out new, objective information on any aspect of the matter—even if the effort tor information to be gained initially seems of little value.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They can inform all three in return. They are in an ideal place to see how an organization’s purpose, strategy, and culture are trickling down into the organization and whether they’re actually working.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Four key drivers propel companies, teams, and human beings at work: Drive, Excellence, Information, and Activity. Associated with perfectionism) We go too deep into dashboards and data because we want to be informed. Information – when it turns into overload – needs to hear: What do I truly need to know? associated with frenzy).

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Leading Blog

JULY 27, 2023

Jen Goldman-Wetzler on acknowledging feedback: “Because humans have an innate need to maintain a positive view of ourselves, we tend to be threatened by, and therefore ignore, reject, or become defensive or even aggressive, in reaction to information that does not confirm this view.”

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Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2021

When we do try to teach our kids, our conversation about online safety is too limited, focusing on not sharing personal information, talking to digital strangers, or posting things they might regret later. Stay Informed Create a learning environment and reward curiosity. Help them learn to identify useful information from junk.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Your communication will be limited because you don’t want to give an advantage to the other side by providing information; your actions will continuously favor your side, your flexibility in being able to shift from your positions to needs will diminish, and you won’t be building trust.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Neil Postman on information overload: “Information is dangerous when it has no place to go, when there is no theory to which it applies, no pattern in which it fits, when there is no higher purpose that it serves.”. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

More is needed, including gathering information on the people involved, determining where conflicts may arise, and identifying their possible solutions. A conversation with each stakeholder concerning pressure points and interests can inform any influence attempts.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

When dealing with a pandemic, The World Health Organization is concerned not only about the disease itself but the problem of combating the infodemic , which they define as “an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not—that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it.”.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Diana Peterson-More shares two ways people like to take in information in her very practical book Consequential Communication in Turbulent Times , direct and indirect. I’m thinking of x and reserve the right to change with additional information.” E FFECTIVE COMMUNICATION requires that we know how to best communicate with others.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Einstein was able to imagine the world as a child while keeping apposite scientific information in mind.”. Students may receive information and learn methodologies in school, but the game changers of this world acquire the vast majority of what they know over time and on their own.” Geniuses are lifelong learning addicts. Cross-train.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Those teams understand that information, challenges, and obstacles can come from any angle at any time. Retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney on dynamic subordination: “In a high-performance team, leadership shifts to wherever, and whomever, the leader needs to be at any given moment.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

Part of leading innovation is testing your ideas and incorporating new information as it comes. No matter what the result is, after each experiment you have more information. This information can be used to inform the next step and the direction becomes a little clearer. In other words, you run some experiments.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

You’ve got to have enough input into your life, enough ideas circulating, and enough channels of information, that there’s a constant flow.” Am I focusing too much on what I believe is my core competency?” How do you avoid this trap? Move outside your comfort zone. Explore areas not common to you. Check out the fringes.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Leveraging this inventory to align operational and resource information, various operational data repositories become a unifying Operational Intelligence repository, which is the key driving alignment vertically and horizontally.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

F EEDBACK — often described as a cornerstone of growth — possesses the potential to really inform and shape our professional and personal growth. When providing someone with information that could be taken as criticism or potentially put them on the defensive, one must proceed with intention, care, and authenticity. Objectivity is key.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The best capacities of an earlier time thus remain informative but also incomplete for the challenges we face ahead.”. Source: The Edge: How Ten CEOs Learned to Lead--And the Lessons for Us All.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Develop hypotheses, search for patterns, look for outliers, create alternative scenarios to explain the information you’re receiving. Is there a test you might run based on the information you’ve gathered that can produce more insightful facts and figures?” Interpret the Data. Not all data is alike. Involve Diverse People.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

With that information, you might or might not choose to change course. Erica Ariel Fox on developing an internal Lookout so you can see your reactions rather than just acting on them: “When life hands you a situation, your Lookout sees where you’re headed. Before you do or say anything, the Lookout lets you know.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice we Heard in 2023 via @firstround Reaching for the executive ranks?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

They had informants at airports who fed them information about valuable outbound cargos. For more information, please visit jeroldzimmerman.com. Ensure That All Four Pieces of the Organization’s Corporate Governance Are Coordinated and Complement Each Other. Mafia crews sat around all day scheming possible heists.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

These ungrateful leaders suffer from information deficit.”. On the flip side, managers who lack gratitude suffer, first and foremost, from a problem of cognition—a failure to perceive how hard their people are trying to do good work—and, if they’re encountering problems, what they are. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Able to Learn: The amount and kind of information that is and can be gathered about our lives is astonishing. Algorithms can learn by being fed data about what works and doesn’t work, and they can adapt in real-time to changing information.”. ▪ We have shifted from consuming information we need, to consuming information we like.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

So we need to focus on three specific elements they call the critical few to have the most success: existing cultural traits, keystone behaviors, and authentic or critical informal leaders. Authentic Informal Leaders. Authentic Informal Leaders (AILs) are people who are already demonstrating the kinds of behavior you want to encourage.

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Leading Blog

JULY 2, 2021

We are overwhelmed with information. People don’t want more information—they want insight.”. They need to know why you are saying what you are saying so they can act appropriately. Another common issue is overload. People have plenty of other messages competing for their precious brain cells.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Our bewilderment has resulted from our notion that salvation depends on information. The remedy may be a return to the process of rational thought.”. Source: Robert Maynard Hutchins, Convocation Address 1933. * * *. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Indeed, according to studies on this topic, these two different perspectives, rather than capturing redundant information, may simply capture different aspects of who we are. It’s a complex interweaving of our views and others’ views of us. If we have only internal or only external self-awareness, we’re missing a huge piece of the puzzle.”.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Helping people look back and inward also provides a reservoir of information that allows employees to move forward and toward their career goals in intentional ways that will produce satisfying results.”. They tend to be: Information-Rich – Information flows freely. Encourage employees to get feedback from those they work with.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

“Quality communication means sharing useful information clearly, accurately, and on time to the right people.”. What drives team effectiveness is communicating unique information and knowledge that others may not possess or fully understand. That builds shared awareness among team members.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals or partners develop a plan and iterate as new information arises. A LL COMPANIES begin with a vision. It takes an enormous amount of their time, forces them to commit, and requires some degree of funding. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

We can become so narrowly focused under pressure that our ability to process information shrinks, and our ability to absorb helpful information diminishes. That’s the paradox of pressure. Over the long haul, if we stay in this high-pressure state, this narrow focus can become our brain’s default. So, we need a strategy.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2020

Communicate information out to and bring information in from relevant stakeholders. As you cross over to the right side of the figure-8, now moving clockwise, you enter the action phases of the shape connectivity: Decide on a course of action. Operationalize the necessary organizational resources. Repeat the loop continuously.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

They combine real-time data and transparent team feedback to make informed decisions.”. “[The best leaders] are not coming up with better ways to plan. They’re coming up with better ways to be. Source: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Fail Safe Principles for Leading Through Change. * * *. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

Information, insights, and marketing intelligence must bubble up, not cascade down.”. Acknowledging fears must come first, before collective genius can ‘bubble up,’ instead of information just cascading down.” Degree #4: Listen. Leaders need to listen to and for what they don’t want to hear. Meet people where they are first.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

As a result, he would identify the solution, inform others, and tell them to execute. For more information, please visit [link] and follow the author on Twitter. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. But like many people, his strengths were also his weaknesses.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

So much information is coming at us about things we know very little about and in our rush to form an opinion we easily become susceptible to misinformation and other people’s agendas. Savvy is about understanding the role we (as consumers of information) play in succumbing to and propagating fakeness. They are us.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In Wise Decisions: A Science-Based Approach to Making Better Choices , a team of accomplished industry experts delivers an evidence- and research-based blueprint for making the best decisions you can with the information you have.

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