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JANUARY 9, 2018

Perhaps most interestingly is the fact that – as was the case for the my top leadership insight in 2016 – the top leadership insight I shared last year came from a piece that revolved around a personal story of mine and the lessons I learned of how to be more effective in how to lead and serve those under our care.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

A leader’s ability to create a collaborative environment through open communication and mutual understanding is undoubtedly becoming a critical leadership skill in today’s faster-paced, increasingly interconnected world. But how do you establish and maintain team harmony if those team dynamics are in constant flux?

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JULY 15, 2014

At the time we were writing this piece, Chris was stationed at Kabul, Afghanistan as the Chief of Staff/Chief Operating Officer for the NATO Air Training Command. As a leader, the same goes for developing a team. Follow these five simple ground rules and your new leadership challenge will be off to a great start.

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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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MAY 20, 2014

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve written about how successful leaders build thriving teams , along with what necessary steps we need to take to not only encourage organizational growth in the months and years ahead, but how we can help our employees to adapt to changes we need to make to ensure we achieve our shared purpose.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

With the arrival of this last month of the year, I’ve been finding myself in a mixed state of mental exhaustion and reflection, which considering the work involved in bringing my first leadership book out into the world alongside my regular workload is quite understandable. And it’s meant to be hard.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Having worked with a number of teams and committees, I can honestly say that this team was one of the most effective and collaborative teams I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Of course, the reality is that the nature of how a team performs and interacts is largely dependent on the person leading the team.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

As someone who absolutely loves sports, I follow the fortunes of various teams and often wonder what makes some more successful than others. Certainly, there are times where it is all about certain players and their transcendent ability to carry the team – Michael Jordan made the Chicago Bulls and they have never been the same since he left.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

While the research team knew that it would take them years to unravel the structure of the DNA molecule, they nonetheless understood that achieving this goal would be a defining moment. In the face of prevailing uncertainty, it might sound odd to encourage that we build or nurture ‘sloppiness’ into how we operate.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

From that perspective, I’d like to share with you some of the leadership insights I’ve written about over the past 52 weeks, not just as a reminder of the lessons that were shared, but also so we can contemplate how we might apply them going forward.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When it comes to leading teams, the common focus in the leadership literature tends to be on team building; on answering the question of how do we rally people and get them on board and aligned with our company’s vision or long-term goals. Encourage your employees to ask ‘what is our purpose?

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Organizations in practically every industry are struggling to attract and retain great talent, especially in senior and executive leadership roles. With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

I recently had the chance to interview over 200 highly successful people including billionaires, millionaires and many CEOs who were leading small and large teams alike. The specifics of an operating system differ from person to person, but the important thing is that you have one. Kevin Kruse is a New York Times bestselling author.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

When it comes to studying leadership, the natural tendency is to focus on those leaders whose successes and achievements continue to inspire us and drive so many to emulate them in the hopes of replicating their accomplishments.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

There is a change happening at the very top of the organizational hierarchy that, like a weather vane, reflects some of the fundamental changes happening across every organization and the marketplace they operate in. It also has had an impact on the way leadership works. This is where trust and leadership suddenly become synonymous.

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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. Reports then came out about how the news had not only hit Michelle hard, but that her entire team was deeply upset by the change in the lineup.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

When it comes to leadership, there are many facets that we examine and explore in our drive to learn how we can succeed in leading our team and organization. Seen from this perspective, it becomes easier to understand why we need to be asking ourselves what’s the underlying motivation that compels people to follow our leadership.

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MAY 29, 2018

Commit to an ongoing effort to celebrate the unique aspects of your employees, your teams, and your brand. Offering clients information about your company’s mission, vision, and values—expressed in a brand—gives them a better understanding of how and why you operate. It means forming teams that act on those values.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

To that end, as we make plans for what we’d like to achieve in 2016, here’s a look at my Top 10 Leadership Insights from 2015, insights that can help you to use your leadership to not only drive success in your organization in 2016, but create that kind of environment that will allow your employees to thrive under your care.

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JULY 28, 2015

While this might address our concerns (and fears) over the short-term, the reality is that it will have a far greater impact on our long-term success as a leader of our team or organization. Instead, we have to provide our employees with responsibilities that will ensure that things continue to operate smoothly in our absence.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s this recognition of contrast in Pisa where we must take pause and articulate a set of leadership attributes that embody contrast. The Connected Leader in the Flat Army model can be thought of as an individual encompassing behaviours that invoke business harmony in their team or organization.

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JULY 25, 2017

As a leadership writer, I get asked from time to time to share a list of my favourite leadership books; books that I found to be the most informative either for those new to leadership, or for those looking for new insights on how they can build on their existing leadership skills.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

He has a Board-approved strategy, a solid operating plan with targets, and a newly developed business unit organization structure to implement it. She needs her leadership team to collaborate across silos, make difficult strategic and operational decisions and lead with a more integrated “One Company” mindset.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. But it’s not just the best workers.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Is the leadership spine aligned and strong? Does the change team continue to meet on a frequent basis? Hand Off the Project to the Business Ideally the business has been involved in the process all along, but sometimes a small, designated team handles the change while the business continues to run.

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JULY 29, 2014

As leaders, it’s critical that we’re also taking vacation breaks from leading our team and organization in order to ensure that we’re consistently offering our best to those we lead. Of course, it’s not just the art of writing that benefits from taking time off for rest and relaxation to keep improving your craft.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward When it comes to effectively leading teams and organizations in today’s fast-paced, 24/7 global economy, it’s becoming more and more evident that the days of command-and-control leadership are well behind us. The superior teacher demonstrates.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. If not, your team’s culture has to be reworked. That is why it is key that leadership oversees the CRM process.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. If not, your team’s culture has to be reworked. That is why it is key that leadership oversees the CRM process.

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JULY 30, 2013

Unfortunately, when it comes to courage in leadership, we often have a wrong impression of what that means. When it comes to courageous leadership, the image that often comes to mind is of a leader who is not just assertive in the face of uncertainty, but who also exudes a sense of fearlessness regarding the situation before them.

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JUNE 24, 2014

When it comes to thriving in today’s fast-changing, interconnected global economy, one of the attributes of organizational success that often comes up is ensuring that we promote greater collaboration among the various teams and departments within our workplace.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The problem is that while the executive team has had three months to prepare for a big change, the employees never know about the change until it’s ready to happen. When employees are informed of potential changes, they learn to trust the leadership and often they will give you new ideas you hadn’t thought of.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Inevitably, this creates stresses in our teams and workforce as our employees grapple with how to circumnavigate around these disruptions in an attempt to keep doing what they were doing before the change. The post How To Embrace Change In Today’s Organizations appeared first on TanveerNaseer.com.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Voted as one of the top 100 business thought-leaders in the United States, Steve’s work has been adopted by several universities to help students gain a better understanding of how the business world really operates. In fact, they may be the strongest team player you have. In a word, fear. Most dissent is not disloyalty.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Through both of these exercises, I demonstrated how the growing distractions and communication channels leaders now have to manage in their day-to-day affairs can so easily cause us to drift from the leadership path and direction we originally set out to take. Guy Kawasaki and Tanveer Naseer – MHLC 2013 3. “It’s

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of being interviewed by various media outlets about my first book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”. Or a computer programmer could talk about a fond childhood memory of exploring this far-off imaginary world that might inspire the backdrop used to tell an upcoming story on film.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

On the other end of the spectrum, I’ve seen leaders who were so lackadaisical in their direction that there were numerous periods of dead silence as participants waited for the team leader to speak up and guide the process forward.” Is it to make a decision, discuss information, or resolve an operating issue?

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