Great Results Team Building

MARCH 5, 2024

Imagine collaboration erupting, not from forced mandates, but from a deep understanding of “why” and “how” each role connects to the team’s success. Why Team Alignment Matters: Disengagement is costing you. Lack of clarity around mission and vision can lead to disengagement and decreased productivity.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

As I conduct observation coaching with leaders, I watch for how their words resonate with their audience. Effective leaders use communication as a critical competency to build trusting relationships, align team members around a vision, lead necessary change, and drive action. Channel : how you deliver your message (i.e.,

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Lead from Within

MARCH 28, 2024

Disengaged employees are less likely to go the extra mile, affecting task efficiency. Lower Work Quality: The absence of appreciation can manifest in the quality of work. In the intricate web of a successful organization, each employee plays a pivotal role. They are the lifeblood of the company.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 27, 2020

Guest post from Vince Molinaro: Publilius Syrus was a Latin writer who lived from 85 to 43 B.C. It takes real and accountable leaders to lead in today’s and tomorrow’s world. In today’s complex world, leaders are being asked to step up in dynamic and unexpected ways. At a time when we need leaders to be stronger, they are not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). The problem is leadership on autopilot. Where are we?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. Creative?

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Your style of leadership is important to every element of your team’s success. Toxic leadership happens at every level in every type of organization, leaving employees, teams and organizations demoralized and ineffective. It’s rarely intentional, and many leaders who practice toxic behaviors aren’t even aware of what they’re doing.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 14, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed that some leaders struggle to connect with their employees and seem out of touch with their needs and concerns. As a result, leaders who are absent or disengaged may not be fully aware of the experiences and needs of their team, leading to a lack of connection and understanding.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 18, 2023

As colleagues who worked under Rob’s leadership for years, we can’t recall a single instance when we felt pushed out, nudged to leave, or disengaged. Originally from Canada, Rob is a leader who brings enthusiasm, positivity, and a total commitment to people—all day, every day. You have to care.”

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

How would you describe the young professionals in your organization? How are their needs and desires different than the seasoned veterans on your team? Young professionals today are the leaders of tomorrow, as I share in my book Stand Out! Young professionals today are the leaders of tomorrow, as I share in my book Stand Out!

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Lead from Within

MARCH 10, 2023

There is growing evidence to suggest that positive work cultures are more productive than negative ones. In fact, research shows that employees who feel positive about their work environment are more likely to be engaged, motivated, and productive. Therefore, it is important to include happiness in any business culture.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2019

Guest post from Fiona Murden : In 1998 I graduated from business school feeling I knew all there was to know about leadership. I began work as a management consultant and much of what I’d learnt was very quickly thrown out of the window. I became obsessed with observing like a detective, working out what, why and how.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Humanizing Leadership Mentors. During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. How they showed up as leaders and how they engaged was critical to my leadership development.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

As a leader, we are all too familiar with the struggle that often exists between the need to get things done (results) and the need to build and maintain relationships, with clients and team members. So how as a leader do we maximize the effectiveness of our time investing in our people. So how do you know what to do when?

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Next Level Blog

MAY 19, 2020

A few weeks ago, I received a nice comment on LinkedIn about one of my blog posts from David Hoey who shared that he’s been a regular reader since 2010 when I wrote about the leadership lessons offered by the Chilean mine rescue. Leaders accept help – There is very little that leaders can accomplish by themselves.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

M OST PEOPLE have been around a bad leader at some point. Someone who doesn’t communicate, sets impossible expectations, or is just difficult to be around. You’ve likely experienced the draining, exhausting feelings from having to work with or for that person. Hopefully, most people have also experienced a great leader.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 14, 2020

When times are uncertain, people disengage. They’re distracted by anxiety and personal concerns, worried about the future, and less likely to view the work they’re doing as an important part of their life. Leaders need to know how to positively re-engage and refocus their people. Provide insight and communication.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

M ANY of today’s leaders are saying: I know leadership is about people, not tasks; effectiveness, not efficiency. It’s leading us to increased depersonalization and disengagement with our employees. How do I keep the digital demands of today from overwhelming my business? The Benefits of Engaging Leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

I highly recommend reading Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer’s recent books, Leadership B.S. In them he makes a compelling case that most leadership training has failed to produce effective leaders and that the poor state of the vast majority of workplace cultures today is harming the health of people. Below I explain why.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Welcome to the October Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of development, engagement, productivity, team building, and more. Eileen Hahn shared Being Brutally Honest—What It Says About You As A Leader. Here’s how.”

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, leadership, productivity, team building, and more. as sponsors of this month’s Carnival. Check out these ideas.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome to the February Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership shared Things We Don’t Say Often Enough. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Welcome to the February Leadership Development Carnival! Jesse Lyn Stoner of Seapoint Center provided How to Make an Effective Apology and Restore Trust and Your Credibility. Marcella Bremer of Leadership and Change Magazine provided Are you Downloading, Debating or in Dialogue? Communication. Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2018

Guest post by Ken Pasch: Roughly $15 billion is spent every year on training leaders in the U.S. For example, let’s say you have a friend who’s a skilled mechanic. To start, leadership decisions are much more subjective because there are few absolutes. Leaders must adjust their leadership styles accordingly.

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CO2

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Importance of Recognizing Leadership Flaws In the ever-evolving landscape of leadership, recognizing the bad characteristics of a leader is just as crucial as applauding the good. Poor Communication: The Barrier to Team Success Effective communication is the backbone of successful leadership.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 10, 2018

Positional leaders—those with name plaques on wooden doors but impotent in influence are the gatekeepers of this ideology. As a result, many leaders are displaced– less effective, influential and impactful than they could be because they are underutilizing their passions and strengths in lieu of maintaining the status quo.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2019

Here are a selection of tweets from March 2019 that you don't want to miss: How To Combine Passion And Discipline For Tremendous Results by @WScottCochrane Passion and discipline are dependent on each other. Millennials are Most Critical of Leadership Development Programs by Diane Belcher @HBPCorpLearning via @_hrtechnologist.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Leadership is a complex endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. We often tend to make things more complicated than they need to be and that’s true in the field of leadership. Effective leadership is an inside job. It’s all about a leader’s character and intention. It is a question of the heart.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Shrinking budgets, bad leadership, inflated demands all contribute to the loss of purpose. Shrinking budgets, bad leadership, inflated demands all contribute to the loss of purpose. In far too many workplaces, you’ll find individuals who are working harder and putting in longer hours but without much conviction.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 20, 2017

Guest post from Bob Kulhan : Most of us aspire to be great leaders—passionate, inspiring, thoughtful and productive. So if we all have the potential to be great leaders, where do some go wrong? A regular self-audit can keep you from slipping into one or more of the following leadership categories.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 15, 2018

I’d guess it’s unlikely that you think of your leadership team in this way. So you might be surprised when I say that many companies including yours are following a Superhero leadership strategy. And the research suggests it’s probably not working.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! ” In other words, someone who stocked the dairy section was as empowered to share positivity through leaving a note on a store-wide gratitude board as was the manager. .” Unlimited provided How to Write a Meaningful Thank You Note.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 3, 2020

A common management response when an employee is underperforming is for someone in leadership to be called upon to step in and fix it. Great leaders, however, understand there are lots of reasons that trying to fix a person never works. Leadership is supposed to be about serving others, not trying to repair them.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Leadership for Tomorrow. Jonas Altman’s book, Shapers: Reinvent the Way You Work and Change Your Future crossed my desk and grabbed my attention. The biggest shift a leader can make today is to stop looking to change their organization or others within it, and start to change themselves.” ” -Jonas Altman. “The

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Founded by George Gallup as the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935, the organization delivers analytics and advice to help leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems. Both can be highly engaged and productive, but leaders must identify which is which to prevent burnout. Gallup, Inc. Among workers in the U.S.,

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Lead from Within

JUNE 18, 2020

As a coach working with CEOs and other leaders, I help my clients learn to be ready for what the future is likely to bring—and for the possibilities that they can’t see coming. If your team found working together to be a struggle before the pandemic, they’ll be more challenged than ever.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The author was poking holes in the notion that work is the end-all, be-all in life; pretty radical stuff in a culture known for its strict work ethic. Instead of selling his soul to work, the author talked about “tang ping,” which literally translates into “lie flat.” It’s actually a new name for an old problem: disengagement.

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