Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Research shows no one is happy with annual performance reviews—not executives, not managers, and not individual contributors. Even HR teams responsible for performance management aren’t convinced annual reviews provide value. Even HR teams responsible for performance management aren’t convinced annual reviews provide value.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Just as a failed cancer drug proved incredibly useful for managing the AIDS virus, a past failure can become a wild success in a different context. It’s most fitting to celebrate failures related to innovation, rather than execution, Harvard Business Review points out. You want to celebrate the failures that show you took a leap.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit July’s Leadership Carnival Published by Michael Lee Stallard on July 5, 2010 03:56 am under E Pluribus Partners Every month I participate in a leadership carnival with several bloggers whose work I respect.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

The process usually starts when teams are pitching leadership on wildly optimistic and conflicting use cases, and the board, excited but unsure how to proceed, puts some poor, unsuspecting soul in charge of the whole thing. This, however, is a mistake. It very rarely works out.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. “What makes a great CHRO, great? Carol is cool under pressure- very cool.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 18, 2022

As my guest, Jim Huling, points out in this episode of my podcast “ Leadership Biz Cafe ”, the problem is not with the strategy itself, but with how leaders go about executing it. For the past 40 years, Jim has served in various corporate leadership roles, from Fortune 500 organizations to privately held companies.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 24, 2014

David is Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches courses on leadership, creativity, strategy, and organizational behavior. Chesterton Harvard Business Review Inc. He is the founder and host LDRLB, a […].

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It is about providing leadership to all those passion-driven over achievers who end up as the “Mozart” in organizations. What would your leadership style be like if you supervised film director James Cameron, Steve Jobs, runner Usain Bolt, Lady Gaga, activist Susan B. But this piece is not about the Mozart. The Plight of a Mozart.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

But in the world of leadership, humor has typically been typecast as a manifestation of individual personalities and thereby a spontaneous and non-replicable activity. Social humor is practiced as part of the IDEO design thinking process that “encourages wild ideas” to take root. Harvard Business Review, September, Vol.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The fisherman’s wild gestures sent the tray smashing against the wall. Failures are so critical to our leadership and learning — as well as health and wellbeing — that Harvard Business Review once devoted an entire issue to it; “The Failure Issue: How to Understand It, Learn From It, and Recover From It.”

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 10, 2022

“Some people bring happiness wherever they go, other people bring happiness whenever they go” Oscar Wilde. ” “Happiness Improves Health and Lengthens Life, Review Finds,” ScienceDaily. “To offer a people hope is to acquire a position of leadership in their lives.” ” Anonymous.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In 1891, the Anglo-Irish playwright and author, Oscar Wilde, wrote, “We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.” There’s little personal feedback on leadership behaviors. Do you work for a bully boss? How do you know?

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Wilde Bottom-up Technology Letter 69

The Practical Leader

MARCH 11, 2020

According to a survey by Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy, 92 percent of people agreed that “negative feedback, if delivered appropriately, is effective at improving performance.” Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s deadly to leadership effectiveness. How are you doing?

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Construction Wilde Open-book Learning-by-Doing 82

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 11, 2012

Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations Bob Vanourek and Gregg Vanourek McGraw-Hill (2012) “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”

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Review Ethics Books Leadership 70

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He hunted wild animals in Africa and, as a naturalist, started the U.S. Strategy guru Gary Hamel wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “Corporations around the world are reaching the limits of incrementalism. I knew his reputation for being a bit of a wild man. Forestry Service. Fun leaders are about light.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This month’s LeaderLab podcast featured Mike Figliuolo discussing how to distill your leadership down to One Piece of Paper. Guest blogger Bob Lieberman outlined how to display Innovative Leadership in the Wild. We reviewed Peter Bregman’s new book 18 Minutes. Lastly, we’ll say it again: Thanks Steve.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

He makes some very valid points about leadership and culture. Review their plan. Leave the conversation with commitments from them and give them commitments from you and the leadership team on how you will help them! The District Leadership practices humility and being human. Ask about their successes. Living the Culture.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 8, 2010

Effective leadership, employee engagement and employee motivation are closely linked to the alignment of behavior with personal values. Effective leadership, employee engagement and employee motivation are closely linked to the alignment of behavior with personal values. Military Gamification in Everything? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 15, 2010

When Catmull’s name was announced to receive an Oscar for his lifetime of work in computer animation, the crowd went wild, whistling and whooping. So long as Pixar’s leadership preserves its environment, I would expect it to continue leaving the rest of Hollywood in its wake. And rightly so.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 15, 2017

We see this all the time as social proof in the form of movie and restaurant reviews, and recommendations from friends. And be sure to sign up now for twice-monthly Leadership Updates with more tips and exclusive content not available elsewhere on the site! Or, if they aren’t handy, you can always talk about what they have said.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

The lessons about leadership learned in the crucible of the backcountry environment — unpredictable, challenging, and dynamic 𕢔 map to today's business environment. Understanding their go-to "signature" style allows them to then develop situational leadership skills that can adjust to current events and group needs.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the type of excellence that wins product reviews and is featured in advertisements and promotional material. One of the primary functions of business strategy is choosing the dimensions of excellence in which the company will pursue leadership. The franchising concept has been wildly successful over the past 40 years.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 29, 2013

This is the type of excellence that wins product reviews and is featured in advertisements and promotional material. One of the primary functions of business strategy is choosing the dimensions of excellence in which the company will pursue leadership. The franchising concept has been wildly successful over the past 40 years.

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Franchising Wilde Price Marketing Strategy 95

CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). The man just said, “We’ll see.” The man and his son corralled all 21 horses.

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). The man just said, “We’ll see.” The man and his son corralled all 21 horses.

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Executive Coaching Wilde Strategic Planning Taylorism 87

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2012

In former roles, in managing leadership development programs at large companies, I would always take the time to talk to participants before and after they attended an external executive development program. Along the way, I’ve learned a lot, including how to design programs that meet the needs of real-life executives. So what’s the secret?

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 9, 2015

Truman is known for a great quote about leadership. Today, I want to share with you the books that impacted my life and a leadership lesson I took away from each book. The biggest leadership principle I took away from Mojo was that we can’t look at our own view of logic to win the day. Leaders are readers. Are you ready?

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

Good Company is an inspiring and uplifting read for those of us working to bring about a values-based leadership revolution. At times the authors go over the top with unsubstantiated theories and wild conjectures about where the world is headed. And everyone else is worse off.

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Company Parcell Books Review 53

CO2

JANUARY 5, 2011

His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Who are your Balcony People? These are the people in your lives who are constantly seeing the best in you, listening to you, and supporting you in everything you do. It’s a terrific picture – especially during difficult times.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

” — Oscar Wilde. “One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.” The ones who want to be writers read the reviews. The ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.”

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P&L Construction Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 161

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

The Meaning Maintenance Model: On the Coherence of Social Motivations (2006), Personality and Social Psychology Review, vol. Our minds fill in the blanks when information is lacking; new realities that employees begin to construct might be built on the wrong foundation. 1 Heine, S.J., Proulx, T., & Vohs, K.D., 2, 88–110. Bakker, A.B.,

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 22, 2011

His two previous books, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life and Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Lasting Fulfillment ( read my review here ) are loaded with extensive and solid research from the rapidly expanding fields of cognitive therapy and positive psychology.

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Review Emotional Intelligence Positioning Wilde 53

The Practical Leader

APRIL 30, 2012

Hopefully, you’ll rediscover fertile leadership insights, inspiration, and instruction in tomorrow’s issue of The Leader Letter. These include building leadership capacity, unlocking the secrets of extraordinary leaders, and planting the seeds of inspiring leadership. Nature abhors a vacuum, so plants will grow.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Happy clients that go wild about you because of the surprising way you serve their needs. Yes, I will talk to my manager and see if we can do that for you.” How about, “YES, I can do some hard work for you even though it would be easier for me to just say no.” The result? Related posts: Are Your Client Delight Efforts Misplaced?

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Scott Mabry

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This isn’t a formal business review, rather an informal conversation. Another risk in waiting for formal reviews is that a lot can go sideways while you aren’t paying attention, even over a short period. And how they are feeling matters a great deal in achieving your goals.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2015

” Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on heroic leadership: “We choose leaders abysmally today. You have to know the weeds, to have lived in them, to delegate. I wouldn’t want to be a leader who had never lived in the weeds.” We expect perfection, and when we don’t find it we lament the absence of heros.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

Leadership: Building Success - In the latest installment to his Little Big Things series, Tom shares a great lesson learned from RE/MAX founder Dave Liniger about the importance of working to help make your team members wildly successful in order to best serve the customer.  Here are my top blog picks for the week June 7th - 13th, 2010.

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