Lead on Purpose

JUNE 2, 2012

So, how does leadership really play out in this type of non-hierarchical organization? In my experience, there are three major competencies that when developed, create a magnetic leadership style. In modern leadership conversations we hear the term transparency bandied about with regularity. Authenticity. Transparency.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

It doesn’t matter how much effort one expels to achieve success. It’s the success that matters. An active leadership style enables you to know when to “push” and when to step back and observe. Measure results, not effort to change behavior. If you don’t someone else will!

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LDRLB

JUNE 7, 2013

Acurio’s leadership style, which he traces to his mother and grandmother, fits the ideal expressed by 64,000 men and women we surveyed to discover consumer preferences around the world. These sentiments were strongest among the young, in more mature consumer economies such as Japan, Western Europe, and North America.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2020

They rely on outdated and ineffective leadership styles that diminish the performance of the companies they lead. “We We are on the precipice of an exciting new world of work, one that gives executives an opportunity to chart a new course for what their leadership should look like, feel like, and be like,” the authors say.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

Fortune 500 companies are mature, well branded, well capitalized, already successful companies. Level Five Leaders : Jim refers to a hierarchical matrix of leadership that describes 5 different types of leaders, and suggests that only with rare exception can anything other than a Level 5 leader take a company from good to great.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 23, 2023

We would also attract loyal followers who would be more willing to help fill in the gaps of our leadership. Wouldn’t it be easier if we dropped the game playing and revealed the true fears we have in leadership? Leadership takes people, including the leader, places they’ve never been. Okay, so what’s new?

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Maturity Leadership Styles 66

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Former subordinates, who suffered under his autocratic and abrasive style, might differ. Theoretically, the principles and personal characteristics that constitute great leadership should mirror those of greats CEOs – but not always. Can a good “start-up” CEO guide a mature organization? Apple shareholders would surely say yes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2013

Guest post from Great Leadership regular contributor Paul Thornton: Management style greatly affects employees’ motivation and capacity to learn. The most effective managers vary their styles depending on the employee’s knowledge and skills, the nature of the task, time constraints, and other factors.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Former subordinates, who suffered under his autocratic and abrasive style, might differ. Theoretically, the principles and personal characteristics that constitute great leadership should mirror those of greats CEOs – but not always. Can a good “start-up” CEO guide a mature organization? Apple shareholders would surely say yes.

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CEO Bureaucracy Maturity Human Resources 122

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Former subordinates, who suffered under his autocratic and abrasive style, might differ. Theoretically, the principles and personal characteristics that constitute great leadership should mirror those of greats CEOs – but not always. Can a good “start-up” CEO guide a mature organization? Leadership bell ceo'

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 27, 2019

If any of these describe your leadership style, you might want to take a look in the mirror and examine the face that’s peering back at you…you might have bolts growing out the sides of your neck. Losing your temper only shows a lack of maturity and self-control. You might be a Frankenboss if you…. They deserve it.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. It transcends service and quality.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

They provide a unique window on the impact overly controlling, self-centered leadership styles can have on others: “Regarding the letter you sent, the heart of your servant is ill, when my lord said: Don’t you know how to read a letter? What are the enduring qualities of great leadership?

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 29, 2019

I’ve learned through working with dozens of pastors and leaders, if we are not careful, leadership can become a game we play rather than a mission we live. We would also attract loyal followers who would be more willing to help fill in the gaps of our leadership. It’s part of maturing as a leader. Get another degree.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Maturity Leadership Styles 36

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I read through this month’s Leadership Development Carnival entries, I felt a bit of the same. What unites them is their love of leadership and their ability to articulate their outstanding ideas. ” Find Beth on Twitter at @bethbeutler.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Throughout my leadership career, I have continued to have positions where people older than me, with more experience than I have in many areas, report to me by position. But, even there, I personally recruited a staff member almost 15 years older than me, which meant there were literally three generations of leadership in our church plant.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Team Maturity 42

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. It transcends service and quality.

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Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Scientific Management 50

LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

Les: Well, I’m Les McKeown I’m president and CEO of Predictable Success. Because he came on with Predictable Success. The second book was, to be frank, a major part of that model that I scissored out in order to make the first book predictable success of a length people would purchase.

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Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles 60

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 10, 2016

I’ve learned through working with dozens of pastors and leaders, if we are not careful, leadership can become a game we play rather than a mission we live. We would also attract loyal followers who would be more willing to help fill in the gaps of our leadership. It’s part of maturing as a leader. Get another degree.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Maturity Leadership Styles 30

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leadership Schizophrenia: The Fine Line Between Hubris and Humility by Starbucker on September 19, 2010 Leadership is a balancing act. Were there times that your hubris actually got in the way of progress? I am not sure!

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Leadership Leadership Styles Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 362

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Here's a post that I wrote for SmartBlog on Leadership , published 10/25: The majority of popular leadership advice falls into one of two categories: 1. Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills).

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 13, 2015

Today, even though I have aged considerably since then and had years more leadership experience, I continue to have positions where people older than me, with more experience than I have in many areas, report to me by position. I do not believe we could have had the success in revitalization we’ve had without their input.

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Learning-by-Doing Team Maturity Leadership Styles 30

N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

There are simply no words that can do justice to the example of servant leadership epitomized by Command Chief Master Sergeant James Hotaling. Jim’s answers to my questions are nothing short of a leadership manifesto. Mike Myatt: Has your leadership style changed over the years, and if so, how?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Many will argue about the importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership. Some believe that a high EQ is absolutely necessary in order to be a successful leader, whereas others believe that you can be a good leader even with a low level of Emotional Intelligence. What kind of a leadership traits do you exhibit?

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Leadership Goleman 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

“Why change my leadership style? Savvy leadership is also required to know how to lead both the experimental, creative, project-loving people recruited to help capture the first customer and the organized process-loving people required to implement efficient and reliable processes.

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Project Process Entrepreneur Agility 9

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2014

Daniels recently shared his insights on leadership with me : Question : As you move from Project Manager to Vice President, what do you plan to do the same, and do differently, from a management standpoint? Daniels: All leadership skills translate. Question : What leadership skill did you learn as a teen that you still use today?

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Engineering Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Skills 56

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Alphabet, Larry Page writes on abc.xyz —Alphabet’s new URL—stands for two things: A collection of letters that represent language, the substrate for Google’s indexed search results (the company’s mature business). Many have already built maturing, multi-billion dollar core businesses, however.

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Strategy Maturity Business Model Wireless 8

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. One challenge with those discoveries is that many provided conflicting results regarding who leaders were, what they did and what the most effective style of leadership was.

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Situational Leadership Hersey Blanchard Argyris 52

Miles Anthony Smith

MARCH 3, 2018

So why not build your thought leadership for your business and just happen to sell them something at the same time? Content marketing fulfills those demands." - Neil Patel The days of simply and inexpensively buying ad space on Google are over; as the market has matured, ad platforms are getting much more expensive. SEO makes demands.

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