Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For two years (2016 and 2017) Deloitte’s Global Human Capital trends survey has positioned organizational redesign as the number one concern for businesses. An effective team leader will understand this requirement for flexibility, evaluating their performance, examining not only their leadership style but the appropriateness of that style.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Soon, I will share my pick for the Best Leadership Book of this year (2022). In the meantime, here's a reminder of what I selected as the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. But remember, it’s not enough to identify the values that will drive decisions by all team members – Transparent and consistent communication from the CEO and leadership team is crucial.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

Today, we flashback to 2021 : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Ego Free Leadership : Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business by Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes “Anytime we know intellectually what to do, but our actual behavior is inconsistent or in contradiction, it is a sign we are being short-circuited by our egosystem. Uniquely human skills. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Quality leadership or a lack thereof is easy to spot if you know what to look for. I was absolutely stunned to read the results of a survey published in the January/February 2014 edition of Chief Executive in which respondents (sitting CEOs) ranked the top 10 skills needed for effective leadership. Integrity — 48%.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We did a series of focus groups, interviews, and surveys within a division of a large company to help Chris, the division manager, determine why their culture wasn’t performing at the level he wanted. Their individual and collective leadership was weak. Their individual and collective leadership was weak.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 12, 2023

Neuroscientist and Emotional Intelligence author, Robert Cooper, made several trips to Tibet as part of his research on the inner side of leadership. ” Authentic Leadership Isn’t Just What We Do, But Who We Are Action is the outer expression of leadership. But leadership isn’t just what we do.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 28, 2022

then the new book, Both/And Thinking , by authors Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis , is for you. As the book explains, that better way is both/and thinking versus traditional either/or thinking. Polman often surveyed his leaders, asking them to surface and recognize the tensions, rather than avoiding them. Smith Marianne W.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

About this time a year ago, I announced my pick for the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Let's look back to that well-deserving book. Flashback to the 2021 post : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 28, 2022

Between the leaders I’ve worked with in our Next Level Leadership® group coaching program and the individual executives I’ve coached over the last 20 plus years, I’ve delivered around 2,000 colleague feedback reports. That’s a path to limiting your opportunity to grow and take on leadership roles that don’t just play to your strengths.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Write Down Your “Rules of The Road” – This is another “put it on paper” exercise; 7-10 personal rules to guide your leadership and your life going forward. In my case, there were 4 : Quality, Service, Leadership, and Accountability. It’s a very powerful exercise well worth doing.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It surveyed top professionals from more than 120 countries about the skills needed for effective leadership in the decade ahead. This kind of workplace demands a different kind of leader: people who follow their inner convictions and passions, and who engage with others in an authentic and open way.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

.” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

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. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

Culture and feedback surveys gathered input before and during these follow-up workshops. Managers needed to take more leadership and empower people. ” The CEO went on to outline “a suggestion program” (which was a form to fill out and send to him) and stressed the company’s open-door policy. .”

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event. And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation.

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LDRLB

JUNE 7, 2013

[Editor’s Note: John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio are the authors of The New York Times Best Selling Book, Athena Doctrine: How Women (And the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule The Future. All proceeds from the book support The United Nations Foundations’ Girl Up Campaign ( www.girlup.org ).]. Reasonable. Patient. Resilient.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2023

But the Chapman University Survey of American Fears (yes, that’s a thing) — the gold standard for fear assessment — doesn’t seem to agree. Whether they are doing their first TEDx talk or just trying to scale the leadership ladder at work, they almost always feel fear and anxiety about the effort. His new book is The A-ha!

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I’ve been fortunate enough over the course of my 34-year career to have arrived at what I call the leadership summit – a high place of great business success and personal satisfaction, and a fulfilling culmination of years of effort, determination, and dedication. It’s a very powerful exercise well worth doing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2022

Send a book that emphasizes the message or has it written on the front cover . Acronyms related to the message (if you’ve read any of our books, you know this is one of our go-to favorites). Open issues lists. Messages are either printed on or included with the food. Swag gifts (Tchotchkes with key messages). Newsletters.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2019

As I shared stats from my organization’s recent survey, the reporter passed along comments from a CEO he’d just interviewed: “Email interrupts me all day long. My organization, Booher Research Institute, recently commissioned a survey of email habits and productivity from the Social Research Lab at the University of Northern Colorado.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The behaviors of the leadership team are THE single biggest influence on what’s expected/rewarded and discouraged or unacceptable for everyone else. In still other, more effective teams, people listen to and question each other with respect, support each other in word and deed, and work through disagreements with openness and humor.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2017

The feedback uses an anonymous survey consisting of quantitative data and qualitative (open-ended) questions. While 360-degree surveys aren’t perfect, having administered hundreds of them over the years, I’ve seen them result in positive leadership change. Sometimes dramatically so. The feedback can be raw and hurtful.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2014

Leadership development is the number one priority for human resources (HR) leaders globally, according to Talent Management : Accelerating Business Performance , a survey by Right Management, the career and talent management experts within ManpowerGroup. Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Points to Uptick in Hiring Confidence.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 10, 2017

I open my book, The Magnetic Leader: How Irresistible Leaders Attract Employees, Customers and Profits , with the results of a recent TinyPulse New Year Employee Report, where one thousand working Americans shared their workplace wishes for the New Year. Here’s how you can begin your transition from manager to magnetic leader.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

As my colleague, Kathy Cuff, recently wrote about this topic, a recent Gallup survey estimated that 50% of American workers are disengaged. Surveys consistently show that people rank things like career growth, autonomy, appreciation, and recognition, higher than compensation in what they value most about work.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Be Personal.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hamza gestured with an open hand and said, “Please, sir.” It is important to be open to feedback when working internationally to notice the “awkwardness” of a situation and make adjustments. One of the leaders asked for permission to speak. The room grew quiet and uncomfortable. The person who asked to speak blushed and turned pink.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2022

Parts three and four will explore openness and justification for a rationale of compromise on credentials and how this impacts a timely and successful conclusion of senior executive hiring. You are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. The Soft Skills. Jeffrey Cohn , and J.P

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2016

Yet over the years I have learned that leadership culture has changed. Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes, authors of the bestselling book The Leadership Challenge , have surveyed tens of thousands of employees about what they look for and admire in a leader. Great Leaders Facilitate a Shared Vision.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. In his book “The Speed of Trust,” Stephen M.R. It’s all about the people. Here are three profound ways great leaders go about valuing their people. Great leaders trust and believe in the people they lead.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 7, 2021

In their new book, The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders Adam Bryant, who has interviewed more than 600 leaders across his career in journalism and consulting, and Kevin Sharer, the former CEO of biotech giant Amgen, identify the seven key tests that determine whether leaders at all levels will succeed in their roles.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 8, 2019

But this is a misconception—or a blind spot, as we call it in our book, What Are Your Blind Spots? Sixty-three percent of survey respondents said CEOs are somewhat, or not at all, credible. Have the team members place each of these on an open wall space and start to “affinity-group” them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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