Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

Leadership Insight: How to Spot Fear by @KateNasser. The Power of a Strong Leadership Foundation by @DougConant. Leadership by What Example? Seth Godin Hates Being Organized by @danshipper Don’t ask: am I organized enough? Self-Awareness and Leadership: The Ins and Outs via @DDIworld. from @wallybock.

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General Leadership

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Jack Welch. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization. It should be no different in leading an organization.

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General Leadership

JUNE 30, 2014

” Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric. You may retire, move to a different job, get fired, get promoted…but you will not be the leader of your organization forever. The post The Growing Season for New Leaders Never Ends appeared first on General Leadership. Someone will replace you. … Read the rest.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. When that continuously happens, organizations aren’t maximizing the potential of their leaders—or getting the most out of their workforce as a whole. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Organizations need people who know what they’re doing, where they’re going, and have the skills to get there. ” It’s frustrating to try leading an organization without the right talent. Develop Talent to Create a Fast, Nimble Fleet appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership. The organization was relatively small, everyone was together in one location, and they relied on local contacts to keep the business going. In leadership, likability looks different depending upon the context.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2018

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Every organization is under an unbreakable operational fact called the “Law of Business Reality.” That is an organization will serve its customer in a profitable way or cease to exist.

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Business Model Welch Transportation Operations 234

CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2012

There are a gazillion sites and books full of leadership quotes, so I’ve never been too inspired to duplicate what’s already out there. However, I did enjoy combing through all of those sites and picking out what I thought to be the 25 best leadership development quotes. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” — Jack Welch.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Stuck With a Bad Leader?

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It’s unfortunate because I believe that everyone not only has the ability to be leader but also the responsibility to make a leadership contribution in the role they are in. But in this context, they usually associate leadership with a management-type position. Leadership Gets Harder. Leadership Gets Easier.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

T AKING ON A POSITION of leadership comes with assuming risk, encountering organizational challenges, and being a moral role model for an organization. Three attributes that are critical to taking on the mantle of leadership are decision-making, resiliency, and character. Character is the foundation of leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Guest post by regular Great Leadership contributor Beth Armknecht Miller : During the course of my work with leaders, I find that so many of them get hung up on the “should and shouldn’ts” of leadership by comparing themselves with other leaders. We need to have our own leadership brand that is true to our uniqueness.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Bill Lane was Jack Welch’s speechwriter for nearly two decades. Naturally, Welch figures into much of this book. Without real diligence, the organization slides into a mindset of slack. In Losing It , he draws on his experiences primarily at GE to highlight the behaviors that are career killers.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. When that continuously happens, organizations aren’t maximizing the potential of their leaders—or getting the most out of their workforce as a whole. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

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QAspire

APRIL 2, 2017

In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. It all starts from understanding why organizations don’t learn.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough by Starbucker on October 10, 2010 Jack Welch at the World Business Forum, October 5 2010 (Photo by dov.com) Charisma – “ a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty ” (Webster Dictionary) You notice them the minute they enter a room. That aura, that confidence, that vibe.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 30, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Pam and I were planning on seeing the new Tom Cruise movie Mission Impossible: Fallout this past weekend with our Moviepass accounts. To The Movies also provided many leadership lessons. In this week’s Reel Leadership, we’re going to look at the leadership lessons from Teen Titans Go!

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 11, 2022

When GE replaced Jack Welch there was a three-man race for the position between Robert Nardelli, James McNerny, and eventual successor Jeff Immelt. The researchers found that those who moved on to other organizations were typically around eight times as competitive as those who didn’t. ” Next step. ” Moving on up.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 24, 2013

Business leaders frequently ask me, “What one leadership style is most effective?”. The days of the cookie cutter, charismatic CEOs like Ray Kroc, Walt Disney and Jack Welch are gone. So today, there’s a greater need for and appreciation of how style impacts the way you lead and communicate within your organization.

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Leadership Styles Welch Leadership eBook 164

Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Mission and Values of the Organization. It should go without saying that leaders ought to believe in the mission of the organization. After all, they represent the organization to those they lead. Some organizations serve people in the midst of their most vulnerable moments. What types of belief should a leader have?

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White Paper Mission Statement Welch Micromanagement 139

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 16, 2011

I like to start off each week by featuring five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be particularly good reading. Happy Monday! Here are my picks for the week of May 9th - 15th, 2011. Michele feels my pain and offers up five ways to snuff out mediocrity in your business.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

I hope you had a great weekend and are energized for a promising week of Maximizing Possibility in your organization! I like to start off each week by highlighting five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be especially good reading during the past week.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

If an organization has a Complementary Mentoring program (see below), “reverse” mentees will benefit by better understanding the competing demands on employees’ time, which might lead to policies and benefits that allow employees to achieve better balance. They can learn from their mentor’s own journey and past struggles and successes.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

J EFFREY IMMELT took over General Electric from Jack Welch at a time of increasing instability. Your initiatives should be interconnected—and it's the leader's job to connect the dots for everyone in the organization.". He says, "The task of the CEO has never been as difficult as it is today. Lesson 1: Be disciplined and focused.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2013

A long, long time ago, back in the days when Jack Welch was leading GE, organizations starting using a “9 box” performance and potential matrix for succession planning and leadership development. However , like many simple best practices, they tend to mutate over the years as they are passed from organization to organization.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 7, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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LDRLB

APRIL 4, 2011

The April Leadership Development Carnival went live last night. A special thanks goes out to Sharlyn Lauby at the HR Bartender for organizing and hosting this month’s carnival. David Burkus discusses the potentially faulty assumptions of Jack Welch’s favored “rank and yank” method in his post The Topgrading Dilemma.

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