Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2020

Leadership. If you’re serious about the concept of being able to get through change in a healthy and productive way, then you should strive to hone your leadership abilities. Although there is a great deal of uncertainty especially in the current environment there are a range of soft skills we can improve and utilize.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Simon Sinek tells the story of a time he was waiting to board a flight when one customer committed the unforgivable sin of attempting to gain access before his group was called. Roadblocks are created and clients become frustrated with a company run through fear and uncertainty.

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Airlines Simon Micromanagement Uncertainty 284

Women in the LEAD

OCTOBER 3, 2009

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? » Beyond Uncertainty   More so than ever before in the last fifty years, uncertainty is a part of everyday life.

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HR Digest

APRIL 27, 2023

What if vulnerable leadership can help you achieve your goals and inspire your team? In fact, recent studies have shown that vulnerability is a critical trait for successful leadership, one that fosters trust, inspires loyalty, and drives innovation. And vulnerability in leadership, paradoxically, can be the key to that agility.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 17, 2020

As everything started to shut down this past weekend, I spent a good bit of time on Monday scrolling through my LinkedIn and Instagram feeds to see how some of the best-known people in my field of leadership development are handling this new reality. Simon Sinek is filming short videos where he’s answering questions from readers.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In a time of great uncertainty, courage, empathy, love, and a passion to improve the status quo now and forever are required. The titles listed below—published in 2023—capture many of the key themes and trends organizations are wrestling with. These titles address how it can be done and how others are doing it. How many have you read?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 18, 2011

Military work — like business — is risky, pressured, and fast-changing. It calls for absolute clarity about the mission, extraordinary adaptability, and precise management of complex systems.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react? You can, however, embrace uncertainty by adjusting your views as new information becomes available. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

As Paul Simon puts it in “The Boxer”: “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” Above all, managing complexity requires courage ­— the willingness to sit in the discomfort of uncertainty and let its rivers run through us. ”

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Decentralization Simon Consultative Uncertainty 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Harvard Business School professor Bob Simons leads you through the seven key questions about strategy that you and your team must answer in order to implement it effectively — from "Who is your primary customer?" to "What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night?" by Robert L.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

Julian Birkinshaw and Simon Caulkin report on an experiment they did with a sales team at the Stockholm offices of a major insurance company, in which they asked the team's manager to free up two additional hours a day to, well, manage. MLK Jr's Real Leadership Lessons. JUST ONE MORE THING TO ADD TO YOUR TO-DO LIST. Want to Be CEO?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

With exquisite mock precision, they describe these highly specific futures, shrugging off uncertainty on the grounds that the future is ultimately unknowable. But the uncertainty of the future is no excuse for less rigor or clarity. But the uncertainty of the future is no excuse for less rigor or clarity.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The second conversation touched on how people deal with uncertainty and anxiety in the workplace. You have many provocative questions and prompts to spur excellent conversations in leadership teams. Her interview is a vivid demonstration that empathy doesn’t just begin inside an organization – it really needs to come from the top.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2011

Previously, I posted excerpts from articles that comprise a series sponsored by Harvard Business Review. Now, all of the articles plus other material have been published both in a single volume and as a PDF and the collection is for sale for only $19.95. To learn more about this book, please click here. * * [.].

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

One thing we can say with confidence is that uncertainty will remain high for some time in politics, macroeconomics, and business, at both global and national levels. To respond to this challenge, companies will need to become more sophisticated about strategy during uncertainty in five ways. Match Your Strategy to the Environment.

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