Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Should leaders pivot their plans due to the possible impact of the new COVID strains – coming from the UK, South Africa, and elsewhere , and discovered across the US – on their businesses? Yet another element of these brand-new strains should make you much more ready to change your plans: they’re a lot more infectious.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2020

Guest post from Mark Brown: Leaders in the outdoor leadership space are quite familiar with a wilderness ethic and organization called Leave No Trace. Deliberate planning to minimize impact will ensure more positive outcomes. Dispose of Waste Properly: Waste disposal builds upon planning and preparation.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. His death put a kink in the planned Black Panther 2 movie, Wakanda Forever. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It’s too late.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This makes career planning in great detail irrelevant. How do you plan for flexibility? Consider the following steps: Know yourself : Knowing what motivates you along with your strengths, weaknesses, skills and talents is a great way to start your career plan. Reprinted with permission from SmartBlog on Leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

” Of course, hosting an all-hands meeting or company offsite can be a significant investment of time and money, particularly if you’re having people travel in. You invite them to share something general like “their leadership best practice.” It’s hard to do THIS on Zoom.”

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Leadership Freak

JULY 18, 2018

He was a retired union pipefitter that had traveled the country welding pipes in nuclear power plants.… I came across a pony-tailed biker-type guy with a long scruffy beard in a cigar shop. … Continue reading →

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Summer, when the road warrior, business travel divas deign to disrupt their routine to fly with their families on vacation. They’ll be the people who are walking about a quarter mile ahead instinctively passing on the left and otherwise artfully sidestepping the aimless people who don’t have a plan for getting to the gate.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Playing for parity by traveling the traditional path of best practices just ensures one thing; you will spend great amounts of time and money failing slowly, publicly, and painfully. Now that the thinking and planning has been done, it’s time to start doing. Think next chapter vs last book. Focus Point #4 : Reset the activity.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I went back to my boss with a detailed business plan to set up a Quality Consulting unit as an independent business unit. That opportunity allowed me to travel across the globe, meet customers, understand their challenges, offer solutions, provide consulting support, sell services and contribute substantially to organization’s growth.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The path is well-known, even if little traveled.”. Bestselling author and Vice President of High-Performance Leadership Mark Miller describes how any organization can create a culture in which leaders are routinely and systematically developed, resulting in a surplus of leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 6, 2020

They will constitute our leadership moments. I offer the following story in the spirit of us staying focused on our personal leadership opportunities, be they born of position, status, rank, reputation, health or wealth and in the service of our acting as we and those we might lead would hope. Three generations talked and played.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Consulting is a time-intensive business where exhaustive hours are spent traveling to remote locations, making presentations together in close quarter conference rooms, and collaborating with customers. Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

In the end Ripley traveled to 201 countries in 31 years. Yet his life can teach us valuable leadership lessons. Leadership requires many skills. Know that life changes : World war broke out during Ripley’s lifetime and this limited his ability to travel. Your leadership position will change. Life will change.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

As a successful basketball coach and educator for over 20 years, Sean gained valuable insights into leading winning teams – and now he travels around the country to share those lessons… Sean’s engaging conference keynotes and interactive team building events help accelerate the growth of more effective leaders.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

What these conversations really need is time travel. At CO2 Partners, we find it’s helpful for the client to imagine time-traveling to the future and looking back on the present. For conversations about future plans, I also recommend Darrell Mann’s book Hands on Systematic Innovation. Time travel to the future.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 14, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article (Flashback Edition) One of my favorite podcasters Pat Flynn’s, of Smart Passive Income and Ask Pat, favorite movie is Back To The Future. So, I figured why not use Back To The Future as the first “flashback” Reel Leadership article. Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Back To The Future.

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LDRLB

MARCH 26, 2012

Last May, I wrote a post entitled “Save a Tree, Stop Strategic Planning.” I still think consultants make too much money off of organizations’ planning efforts (it’s only okay if you hire me as your consultant). I still think those plans look really pretty on bookshelves. Is that planning session worth $2000 per hour?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here are ten books to help you get back into the world of work and make plans for an improved future: How Trust Works : The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired by Peter H. In The Unlocked Leader veteran executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil explains how superhero leaders can become effective human leaders.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

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. A targeted culture-change plan defines desired behaviors, implements training, and establishes feedback mechanisms.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In many of my keynotes as a teamwork speaker, I share that an accountability partner is crucial to your growth, so this article will guide you in finding a person who aligns with your goals, and equip you with strategies for cultivating a robust communication plan to maximize the potential of this dynamic relationship.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2015

While an obvious notion, it helps introduce four ideas – pillars – for success in self-leadership. These Four Pillars – ideas for strength in daily self-leadership – are inspired by some of history’s top thought leaders. Know your plan. Know Your Plan. The Four Pillars. Feed yourself first.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question. Let’s get back into the scene again, and the bar is still set high. Realize that P.E.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school. Executive leadership training programs can offer support and meaningful dialogue to master new challenges effectively. What is an Executive Leadership Training Program?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Anybody can travel the path to Transpersonal Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all seen and been a part of this: we come back from a workshop, conference, strategic planning session, or other great event excited to make great changes. First, let’s look at some of the reasons why change did not occur: Action plans were not made. Many people fail to plan for what to do after.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s never too early to start planning for 2015. Over the years, he’s traveled extensively around the world teaching for numerous international organizations. His topics include leadership, creativity, team building, and more. Career Development Team Dynamics Value Creation opportunities Planning strategies'

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CO2

JULY 10, 2012

Creating a Personal Marketing Plan. A personal marketing plan isn’t a bio or a résumé, though it draws from the same well. A personal marketing plan demonstrates how your unique skills and talents would be ideal for a specific position (or two) in a particular organization/market. Assess Your Leadership Style (Part 4).

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development A small group of us meet monthly for coffee, connection and conversation. Meaningful and ambitious plans were disclosed: getting a new job, losing weight, traveling to Europe, writing a book, being more patient, spending more time with family, getting organized.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 12, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Disney adapts Madeleine L’Engle’s story A Wrinkle In Time for the big screen. And not only is A Wrinkle In Time enjoyable, you will take away many leadership lessons from A Wrinkle In Time. Let’s get into those leadership lessons now. Cation: A Wrinkle In Time spoilers below.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Posted in Leadership Development [link] As this year winds down, I’m preoccupied with the question of how I can be more effective next year. My historical method, and the process I’ve started for 2014, has been to create a plan – complete with goals, strategies and tactics. Leadership Development resolutions Servant Leadership'

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

For the past six months, he’s been an awesome participant in a cohort of the Next Level Leadership® group coaching program I’ve been leading in his company. Fourteen months later, he and his leadership team have done just that. Seth is the U.S. national sales leader for a line of business in a global company I work with.

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LDRLB

MARCH 26, 2012

Last May, I wrote a post entitled “Save a Tree, Stop Strategic Planning.” I still think consultants make too much money off of organizations’ planning efforts (it’s only okay if you hire me as your consultant). I still think those plans look really pretty on bookshelves. Is that planning session worth $2000 per hour?

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 6, 2015

With this difference, Terminator: Genisys delivers leadership lessons I think you’ll enjoy. Leadership Lessons From Terminator: Genisys. He grew up with a mother who knew things because of the people and things that had traveled back in time. The path of leadership can look easy. It’s much different.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 1, 2024

Just like a key needs the right grooves to unlock a door, your leadership approach needs to adapt to different personalities to achieve truly productive communication. Their leadership skills inspire others to achieve goals. The most effective leaders understand that clear communication isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2018

Can’t you do anything without planning it to death? What I see, Liz, is you holding everyone up because of your ridiculous obsession with planning and perfection.”. After a lengthy conversation, the three of them emerged with a plan—and peace. Liz wanted to travel back roads. “Liz, you make me crazy. Time is money, Liz.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Do you make assumptions when planning for a change? My experience tells me that unconscious assumptions underpin most planned change. What is more, those assumptions can be important determinants of whether the actual change planned occurs. Often in change processes, you exchange your version of reality with others around you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The band had travelled 13 hours on 14 buses for this once in a lifetime experience. The 500 piece band had planned to hold their final rehearsal on the fields of Newark airport. ” As I experienced his leadership, “eyes” had little to do with it. Now slime was falling from the sky. All eyes on me.”

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