Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Welcome to the January 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared How to Navigate Year-End Reviews for Employees.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

No matter how resistant we are to obstacles, learning curves or outright catastrophes, the landscape in which we work is constantly in motion. Now more than ever, businesses are dealing with the impacts of significant world events that have altered how they operate today. However, change is not all doom and gloom.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

The architects of this revolution are the bold and forward-thinking leaders in human resources. Leaders must shift focus from how to work to why employees should stay. Figuring out how to inject energy and passion back into the workplace and work will be key. How are you looking critically at your benefits?

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Chartered Management Institute

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Advice: CMI’s Next Top Models (for effective decisions) Written by CMI Insights Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Effective decision making is critical for leadership success. How to push a project forward? Advice Looking for advice and guidance? It’s tricky to estimate.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

In the first stage, we learn how to ignite our thinking. Flying in the Face of Uncertainty. Because of uncertainties, rocket scientists build in redundancies and margins of safety. To deal with uncertainties, we must begin walking before we see a clear path. Start walking because it is the only way forward.”.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2018

Lifting your gaze outside yourself while looking inward to remove the roots of resistance is how you become more conscious.” “Lifting your gaze outside yourself while looking inward to remove the roots of resistance is how you become more conscious.” Without it we tend to be reactive, disengaged, an unimaginative.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

David Sax, author of The Soul of an Entrepreneur , says that a startup myth has developed that has “increasingly defined what an entrepreneur was supposed to look like, how they behaved, and what they did. We journey with Sax to a bakery in Toronto run by an immigrant family looking to get a fresh start. And why not?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so? Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal. What Is Executive Coaching?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The strategic leader knows the importance of stepping out of the busyness of business despite the temptation to go faster in times of economic uncertainty. They can then come away with a renewed sense of confidence, purpose, and optimism. How will we pick up customers in need of access to the products and services we offer?

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Many leadership qualities have been observed throughout history. Just as importantly, those same characteristics of a good leader determined how much – or how little – their followers considered them to be effective leaders. Identify Areas of Growth and Improve Your Leadership Skills. What is Leadership?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

How to Earn Trus t and Lead Teams. Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. How does this work? I recently asked him some questions based on his work. “A Mark Brouker.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Although I have seen the words, “Embracing ambiguity,” on the list of leadership competencies for many companies worldwide, I have never met an executive who loves not knowing the answers. Leaders want to feel confident about their choices, to have the answers under pressure, and to rightly respond to adversity.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When you actively consider the people that have made contributions of significance to the field of global leadership development over the years, you don’t get too far down that list before Marshall Goldsmith’s name appears. Ponder, just for a moment, how different leadership was back then—in so very many ways.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2018

Those who flourish in this world don't just have resilience, they have Transformative Resilience : the ability to learn, grow, and spring forward. It leads to new approaches and questions about how to best address an issue. Some people seem to be able to rise to the occasion while others fold in the face of it. Adaptability.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

More specifically, how this Thursday, September 8th marks the 50th anniversary of the airing of the first episode in this iconic, internationally renowned television series. To that end, here are 4 important leadership lessons we can learn from Star Trek to improve the way we lead our team and organization.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Many leadership qualities have been observed throughout history. Just as importantly, those same characteristics of a good leader determined how much – or how little – their followers considered them to be effective leaders. Identify Areas of Growth and Improve Your Leadership Skills. What is Leadership?

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Thirty Lessons I Learned About Leadership. Leadership is a lifelong journey through different experiences every day. This chapter offers thirty lessons as a reflection of my leadership experience. Learn how to change your own self first and how to serve people. Learn how to make small steps while dreaming big.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 23, 2019

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity…over the last several years, the term VUCA has gained momentum in everyday life as a way to describe the fast-changing, chaotic, and unpredictable global environment in which we live and do business. Everywhere you look in leadership circles it’s VUCA this or VUCA that.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 1, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down, and people are looking to their leaders for direction on how to move forward when it seems like life has ground to a halt. Millions of workers have been told to work remotely, often with little training on how to do so effectively.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2016

Within the leadership and management field, there is also much interest in discovering insights that can help us to better understand how to inspire the best in our employees. Of course, the typical focus on lessons we can learn from the Olympics tend to be on teamwork, communication, building confidence and the like.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 25, 2011

While the manner in which “Joey” went about quitting his job might be the focus of most news reports and discussions, where greater attention should be placed is looking at why these stories are being cheered and celebrated by the general public, transforming these employees into this era’s version of the everyman folk hero.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

After a beat, I looked at her and told her “don’t think about pink elephants”. Seeing the confused look on her face, I asked her “what are you thinking about right now?”. Flashing a small smile, she admitted that for some reason, she was thinking about pink elephants.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Today, I wanted to bring new voices to the civanonversation on what a healthy leader looks like. I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet. Michael Hyatt.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Know that with a little extra effort and focus you too can become a master entrepreneur and improve your leadership skills. It’s important to document your goals and strategies for how you’re going to achieve your objectives. Being in charge of your own company is a thrilling experience, but it also brings a lot of challenges with it.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 29, 2012

How did Paul respond? In times of uncertainty. The people following you are looking for assurance that everything is going to be okay. They want to hear things are moving forward with confidence. The post A Leader in Time of Crisis, Uncertainty or Change appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Acts 20:1-2.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 8, 2019

Seers, prophets, and fortune-tellers of all sorts have responded to — and preyed upon — the primal desire we have to reduce the uncertainty of what lies ahead. What’s ahead in this shiny New Year stretched out in front of us? Since the dawn of civilization, humans have wanted to see into the future.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 25, 2019

This is how it lead me down the difficult road toward a greater sense of empathy and understanding. So how did confusion and fear come into my life, and how did they play a role in the situation with my mother? How could her company fire her? A few years before I was born, my mother was in a fairly serious car accident.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 12, 2013

Before I get to how great the book is, the story of how Doug and I met starts with taking a smart risk! Part of the problem with risk today is how it’s defined and ingrained in our society. We rarely look at the risk of NOT doing, of NOT innovating, of NOT trying. I’m so glad I did!

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

This guest post by Amir Golan , VP of Business Development at Signals , shows how important it is to look for the small signals and patterns in big data that are easily lost. In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

That’s how you maintain your competitive edge. Meet unanticipated events with confidence. Respond to uncertainty with speed and flexibility. How do we implement an agile mindset to incorporate both sides of the productivity equation? How can we embed a more customer-centric focus on our corporate culture?

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Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2012

His easy-going and humorous way of running our class was a great example of exactly what we came to learn: how to lead a high-performing team.”. Plus there are two more professional development classes starting in September of 2012; Mastering Organizational Complexity ; Solution-Focused Leadership. Community Connections of New York.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. When you have a team looking up to you for guidance and instruction, it’s important to remain consistent in the way you lead. They are all killer personal brand examples.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 7, 2011

Along with several of our Executive Roundtable members , I did one of my favourite things: recharge my batteries in order to climb my next leadership summit. For those who missed the event (or have no clue how Twitter hashtags work), here are some of my favourite tweets from the conference. And we know how that worked!

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Your Voice of Encouragement

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar Tuesday, November 24, 2009 How Assumptions Influence Our Behavior Recently we had a strong storm pass through southeast Virginia. The woman driving that car would move forward slowly and then back up…and she did this three different times. She was extremely emotional and agitated. What I learned.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2012

I looked at the map and my heart raced as I admitted to myself — only to myself — that I had no idea where I was. My uneasiness grew as I looked at my watch and realized I was running out of time. My uneasiness grew as I looked at my watch and realized I was running out of time. I was lost. They were relying on me.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

How we evolve reflects the teachings, experiences and instincts that are not part of formal education. It seemingly looks the same each day but sheds leaves, lets its limbs rot and applies “band-aid surgery&# to its branches late in life. The path toward progress takes many turns, expected and unexpected. by Hank Moore.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

It seemingly looks the same each day but sheds leaves, lets its limbs rot and applies “band-aid surgery&# to its branches late in life. When business news gets on Page 1 of every day’s newspaper and every evening TV newscast, then the public notices and cares. When the outcomes are of high magnitude, the outcry becomes larger.

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