Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 18, 2013

According to most of the research on leadership effectiveness I’ve seen, courage ranks pretty high as an important leadership characteristic. Like any valid leadership characteristic, there is no “courage gene”. Here are 12 tips for leaders that will help grow some leadership courage: 1. John Wayne. Trial by fire.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 30, 2014

Gene Kranz, flight director for the Apollo 13 mission, led the rescue effort. “Apollo 13″ is a remarkable movie. During one of the movie’s best moments, Kranz (played by actor Ed Harris) rallies the troops and declares with resolve that “failure is not an option.” Why would he say this?

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 24, 2024

My Top Ten Life Lessons My books/workbooks and articles and blogs ( indexed on our website by topic ) have my life learning difficulties and conclusions intertwined with research and writing, workshop design and delivery, executive coaching, leadership team, and culture development, along with morning spiritual reading and meditation.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 3, 2017

The Answers From Leadership Podcast Episode 37 With Leon Logothetis Do you believe kindness can change one person? Kick back, pop in your headphones, and listen to this great episode of Answers From Leadership. Kick back, pop in your headphones, and listen to this great episode of Answers From Leadership. We want to be heard.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 5, 2015

Note: This is the 3rd installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership” The first installment is here , and the second here. . It is a key step towards building the culture of accountability that is the heart of More Human leadership. ” – Robert Orben.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2015

When leadership foresight is compelling, inclusive, and easily definable, people want to be a part of it; they want to follow their leader to that place. Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry said, “We must remember that the promise of tomorrow will not be fulfilled easily. Leadership is the conduit. World-Changing Foresight.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 4, 2012

Welcome to the March 4th, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition. There's a lot 'o good reading here, so why not pour a mug of your favorite green beverage and take in a wee bit of leadership development. Shamrocks: Mark Bennett, from TalentedApps , starts us off with Leadership and Thinking – What’s the Catch?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 14, 2014

Thinking before speaking is a challenge for a lot of people. It might even be hard for you, especially if you are trying to prove to the world how smart you are. Take the following little test and see if you’ve got this bad habit running through your communication with colleagues, friends, and employees. Either way, the damage is done.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 12, 2016

I’m going to go with “hiring talented teams”—the who, not the how, of leadership. I don’t view leadership as what one single person does. Geoff: Marshall! Let’s start by saying what we think isn’t the #1 key to success. This should raise some eyebrows. G: Yep, or financial tricks, being competitive, humility, or hard work.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 22, 2013

The question of whether leadership is nature or nurture is one that managers often battle with. They believe they've found the specific DNA sequence associated with strong leadership abilities, and that this sequence contributes to around 25% of the variance in leadership ability amongst managers. "

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 31, 2013

A cursory read of evolutionary doctrine suggests that the selfish individuals able to outcompete others for the best mates and the most resources are most likely to pass their genes on to the next generation. But the latest science shows that, in fact, we are also hard-wired to be generous. This represents a new scientific frontier.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The conversation about diversity and inclusion (D&I) has gathered a lot of momentum in the last few years, in the corporate world as well as in society more generally. Thinking about D&I is by and large no longer a tokenistic gesture. In many culture-driven companies, thinking and talking about diversity and inclusion is non-negotiable.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The debate is over and the verdict is in: like building leadership or other forms of expertise, we can improve our EQ at any time in our lives. He likens this leadership development issue to treatments for alcoholism, drug addiction, and weight loss: “They all require the desire to change. programs). You have to want to change.”

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Few things in my life have the consistency of the following exchange. . Stranger: “So what do you do for a living?”. Me: “I’m involved in the leadership development profession. Obviously the words vary to some degree, but the main idea is incredibly consistent. What’s more, this has been happening for several decades.).

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

He is currently the Manager of Leadership and Management Development at a Fortune “Great Place to Work&# , “Training Top 125″, and “High Impact Learning&# (HILO 80) company. He is also a great guy and one of the nominees for the Best Leadership Blog of 2010. So we’re talking about leadership courage here.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 3, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit What would Jack Bauer do? When Jack Bauer, the show’s hero, confronts the president, she admits she doesn’t like to do this but in this particular instance the end justifies the means. Was Krantz right?

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. That’s because many of the foods you eat throughout the day were likely produced from crops grown with Monsanto’s patented genes. Main menu Home. Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won’t Admit It.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

That’s because many of the foods you eat throughout the day were likely produced from crops grown with Monsanto’s patented genes. What is the definition of strategy? Elementary question, you say. Here is the elementary answer. Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. Tactics are often misconstrued as strategies.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 18, 2010

And it’s not the whole band, it’s just Gene Simmons singing a couple of songs by himself and his makeup doesn’t even look right. Grow Bigger Feet. » August 18, 2010 How to Perform When the Room Doesn’t Work Not to get all prophetic or Inception on you, but today’s post is inspired by a dream I had last night.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

There’s a fine line between being competitive and overly competitive, between winning when it counts and when no one’s counting-and successful people cross that line with alarming frequency. by Marshall Goldsmith. Behavioral issues become so important in upper management. Who would you rather have as a CFO? Not a tough choice.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 3, 2015

It’s from that lens that I decided to write my own personal tribute to this childhood hero of mine, by sharing some stories from his life and what lessons we can learn from them about how we can use our leadership to bring out the best in those we lead, as well as inspire them to commit to the vision we have for the future.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 17, 2012

Gardner Perhaps no writer on leadership has made a greater contribution to American life than John W. I learned about him through his books, Excellence (1961), Self-Renewal (1964), In Common Cause (1972), On Leadership (1990) and others. I studied leadership and practiced what I learned. Gardner (1912-2002). For everyone."

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

That’s because many of the foods you eat throughout the day were likely produced from crops grown with Monsanto’s patented genes. What is the definition of strategy? Elementary question, you say. Here is the elementary answer. Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. So are goals. Ever heard this?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In fact, any attempts on my part to behave in any way that was deemed less than civil, resulted in my having to make amends without passing go or collecting my weekly allowance. To them, civility , good manners and consideration for others were pretty important components of a successful life. Successful collaboration is not possible without it.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

JANUARY 18, 2010

A DREAM OF CHANGE, A FUTURE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT… ONLY ACHIEVED THROUGH A LIFE OF SERVICE. By Jewel Daniels. Thank you to the Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you to the Martin Luther King Jr. It is a brisk and rainy morning, one of which many chose to stay home but you chose to be here. I found my answer in the legacy of Dr. King’s DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

As explained by Siddharta Mukerjee in his book The Gene , Sanger “turned his own strategy upside down and tried to build DNA, rather than break it down.” There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than “wrong thinking,” also called reverse thinking.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

Yes, that Willy Wonka (in this case played by Gene Wilder in the 1971 movie). It was a man in a purple suit and a tan top hat, singing to a bunch of kids in a chocolate factory…… “If you want to view paradise. There’s nothing to it” –. “Pure Imagination”, Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley. It was Willy Wonka.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Worse than this is the fact that 60% of average Americans only get through the first chapter. Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Do I have your attention yet?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2014

Malcolm Gladwell of bestselling Tipping Point and Outliers fame proposed a delightfully provocative way to begin his onstage debate with Sports Gene author David Epstein about whether practice or genetics is the better guarantor of professional success. Does this represent a serious failure of leadership? The need is urgent and global.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2014

In today’s rapidly changing and exceedingly competitive business environment, it is imperative to continually uncover new and innovative ways to stay ahead of the curve and, most importantly, not get left behind. It is about the kind of thinking that can take a company from good to great, or from failing to wildly successful.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 8, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory by Starbucker on August 8, 2010 “If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world? Yes, that Willy Wonka.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This question is a focus of my research as an organizational scientist, executive coach, and leadership development consultant. Participants were asked to choose the 15 most important leadership competencies from a list of 74. Demonstrates strong ethics and provides a sense of safety. Is it what you want to hear?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This is the exclusive, short story of how Diageo North America, with creativity and guts, both in operations and in the senior ranks, achieved the holy grail of carbon emissions reductions. They did it without using carbon offsets — and about 38 years earlier than they had to. But Dunne's process revealed a surprising number of no-brainers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Genetic studies suggest that genes determine only 10% of the variability in creative potential, so there is a lot of room for development. Photo by Andrew Nguyen. Though our inspiration levels fluctuate from time to time, we all differ in our baseline levels of creativity. Get better at helping your employees stretch and grow.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 22, 2009

And he wonders if he may be carrying a GTY gene passed down from his late grandfather. I guess there is a gene for that after all, for which I am thankful, but it takes hard work, honesty, and love to realize its potential. I don’t know if we can prove there’s a gene for GTY, but no doubt there’s a Chip!

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Storytelling Long-term Mentor Energy 63

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? Trouble is, it’s hard to think of any business challenge where real pro­gress has been harder to come by. And it’s not just your company. Imagine a car motor that lacks a transmission, timing belt, water pump, or starter.

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