Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Team dynamics is one of the overlooked parts of a business. Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. If a team is out of sync or out of flow, things happen slowly or at worst not at all. Michael Jordan.

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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.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 16, 2020

I was pleased when a local manufacturing Human Resources manager called me and asked for some Supervisor Leadership Development face to face. Situation: The plant brought on a new Operations Manager and the need for managerial-leadership skill development is recognized. Coaching and Performance Feedback. how we worked together.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player. “Yes, my team can do that for you,” might mean, “I’m going to have to postpone our team’s strategic planning offsite. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. The CCO works closely with executive teams to define the company’s commercial path, making pivotal decisions about brand positioning, market competition, and revenue growth.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. Constructive critiques and affirmative recognition pave the way for heightened team morale and a company culture of continuous improvement. What is Leadership Feedback?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

This month’s festival is all about team time. The question for the month is: What is an area of growth you are focusing on, either professionally or personally? This month’s question was: What tips do you have for working well with a team? You may discover that your team is nothing more than a committee in disguise.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here are some insights and action items to help maintain the alignment between daily operations and your corporate purpose: Express the Widespread Impact of Their Work Make the Connection Clear : Employees need to see how their work contributes to the bigger picture.

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Art Petty

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager's Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy working environment and support manager and team success.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 28, 2021

Many leadership teams fill their days with sand. Heike Bruch, professor of leadership at the University of St. ” This typical approach means speeding up to pile on more tasks and projects. ” This reactive and crazy busy acceleration are the first two of our Seven Leadership Team Failure Factors quiz. .”

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And we find that the leadership approaches and the language used aligned itself with that goal. It is this need that David Marquet thoroughly discusses in Leadership Is Language. This is the subject of Leadership Is Language. Doing something doesn’t mean you aren’t thinking, but the brain operates much more automatically.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. When this happens, I interpret this as meaning that our team isn’t working very efficiently. So, instead of saying that the project sucks, share what values are at stake and what concerns you have.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nevertheless, businesses that solve these challenges can benefit from increased flexibility, reduced operational costs, greater productivity, and an improved ability to scale. The first step towards this adaptability is to equip teams with the right tools to perform their tasks efficiently.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2020

Businesses need managers to run successful operations at various levels and across various departments. These managers efficiently plan, manage, supervise, control and monitor business operations. Senior managers need to develop communication, motivational, and leadership skills to further the success of the company.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Newest in the series is the HBR Project Management Handbook. Nieto-Rodriguez defines projects as : Limited in time; they have a start and an end. Further, he explains that projects differ from operations , which are day-to-day activities, and which generally follow similar patterns and objectives every year.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 17, 2021

It starts with strong and sustained leadership rippling out from the senior leadership team. Many divisional, departmental, branch, or other sub-unit leadership teams add to the tangled culture hairball by following along with a weak or dysfunctional culture or — even worse — wallowing in helplessness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As you meet more people and learn about the business, validate or invalidate your hypotheses, which will become the basis of your future vision, strategies, and/or operational plans. Ease your new team’s worries by hosting a Day 1 meeting. Capture your hypotheses, ideas, and observations in a journal. 2) What motivates you?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

However, while often not “planned”, our research shows that many leaders’ paths follow this pattern because they have been operating with a serendipity mindset. A serendipity mindset is not a mythical power that only specific leaders are born with but a way of operating in both our professional and personal lives that can be learned.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. Internal recruiters do not have the tools or abilities to fill these critical leadership roles, their ‘open requisition’ stack is too full, and all roles get equal attention, whereas the most critical ones need a dedicated team. Typically, Ms. Earlier, Ms.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Read more to find out what they are!

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. Her team had been holding user experience calls each week and the feedback had been great! “Is

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 10, 2021

In their Harvard Business Review, “Too Many Projects,” Rose Hollister and Michael Watkins write, “Leaders keep layering on initiatives, which can lead to severe overload at levels below the executive team.” ” This is a critical problem that’s burning out managers and team members.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions. Assessing the leadership team’s and employees’ readiness to embrace new ideas and behaviors is vital.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Steve Digioia of Steve Digioia provided Leadership Series: Ron Kaufman. Communication. shared Work is Broken.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 5, 2019

One way to achieve it is to facilitate quality relationships that can sustainably and meaningfully connect team members and networks. Building balanced relationships through trust is at the heart of the IFB Model of leadership. So, the question is, how can leaders lead by using IFB principles?

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QAspire

JUNE 10, 2012

A start-up or a fledgling organization relies on individual heroism of their people to successfully deliver projects. These team members are enthusiastic, engaged and willing to see the project succeed. They are emotionally connected to the purpose of project/organization. Emotion is the basis of how they operate.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

trillion in 2023 and is projected to grow nearly 14% a year in the next 6 years, that's understandable: there's a lot at stake. Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. Assemble diverse teams with complementary skills and a shared vision.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 9, 2022

Learn what a cross-functional team is and why they can be so rewarding to manage. Imagine a baseball team of all catchers. Imagine a medical team that’s nothing but radiologists. A cross-functional team is a group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

He said, I busted my ass to get this done, made sure it was perfect and I met every one of the projects requirements. You may go for another level, you may iterate, you may do some other things, but that’s how you operate and you would expect other people to do the same. I met with my boss today and she blew it off.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 14, 2022

One day when I was still working in a corporate role during the pandemic, I had a rather unique leadership class experience. As our business operations continue to move to society’s new post-pandemic normal (*knock on wood*), the conversation about effective organizational support continues to evolve.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. Are you the right example for your team to follow? Have a Great Monday!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As most of you know, the team at Weaving Influence took over stewardship of the Lead Change Group blog in 2014, and has been consistently providing near-daily leadership content that all of you have contributed to on a monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly basis. We will continue the Leadership Development Carnival through 2021.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Another executive who works in a multinational Fortune 100 insurance company told me that they are working more hours than ever before just to carry the load of lost team members. About 247,100 openings for top executives are projected each year over the next decade. It’s a win-win.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. your role shifts toward, “Let’s get our best people on the project.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health? Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. Ward manager Lisa Birks (no relation to Rachael) clearly relishes her problem-solving role on the team. "I But might one answer actually be to boost their capabilities?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As we navigate through the challenges of the 21st century, it’s clear that managing a facility with an eye towards both operational efficiency and environmental stewardship isn’t just wise; it’s imperative. Engage Your Team: Sustainability is a team sport. That’s the goal. But how do we get there?

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