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MAY 24, 2023

According to a recent leadership study conducted by Korn Ferry, only 17% of executives believe they possess the necessary leadership capabilities to overcome the challenges ahead. Many executives obviously face self-doubts and question their team members’ leadership skills. Click to continue reading

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Over the course of delivering numerous leadership keynotes and workshops this past year, it’s been interesting to see what themes leaders are looking for answers or guidance on. One of the common issues I’ve been asked to speak on is how to both re-engage employees and re-ignite team camaraderie after two long years of working apart.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Having a significant connection with individual team members as a business owner or manager can be tricky when you have a large team of staff, most of which you may not even physically see, or perhaps some of which work remotely. However, building trust doesn’t mean you have to spend. Click to continue reading.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Establishing remote teams within your business can help you find top-tier talent from anywhere in the world, potentially cut costs, and offer an additional benefit to recruits who are considering joining your company. However, there is an art to successful remote work, so you’ll need to create the right conditions.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

How to keep your virtual teams engaged is likely on your mind considering that 50% of the workforce will be remote by 2020 according to MarketWatch. One of the best ways to do so is to ensure virtual team members are building a respectful and collaborative culture, which necessitates excellent. Click to continue reading.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s about leading a team to make sure its members are doing their jobs to the best of their ability as well. Being a manager doesn’t just mean doing your job to the best of your ability. Whilst motivating yourself might come easily, it can be more difficult to motivate. Click to continue reading.

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JULY 26, 2023

In addition to being a former Googler, Tamara Sanderson is the co-founder of Remote Works, an organizational design and consulting firm with a mission to liberate teams from the nine-to-five and teach them how to do their best work, anytime, anywhere.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 28, 2021

Leaders encourage, empower, and inspire their team members to reach shared goals by treading new waters. There are as many different types of leaders and skill sets as there are personalities. Nevertheless, all various styles intersect where goals meet realization, as leaders are able to translate ideas into deliverable projects.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 24, 2012

Why do most efforts to improve team or individual performance fall apart within a short period of time? These questions are just some of the topics I discuss with Stanford professor and author Shirzad Chamine in this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 24, 2012

Why do most efforts to improve team or individual performance fall apart within a short period of time? These questions are just some of the topics I discuss with Stanford professor and author Shirzad Chamine in this episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 3, 2022

Most of us find it challenging to communicate with people whose styles and opinions are very different from our own. Learning to listen respectfully and attentively to coworkers and employees, regardless of the cultural or personality differences, is a critical skill that should be developed by anyone who is motivated. Click to continue reading.

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MARCH 23, 2022

In prolonged periods of uncertainty like the one we’re in right now, it’s natural that we take a more cautious approach to things. But what if that fear of the unknown also leads us to avoid failure and the powerful lessons we stand to gain that can help us achieve. Click to continue reading.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 10, 2014

Our team of teachers and high school students had just finished a rafting trip, changed into fresh clothes, and loaded up our convoy of vans to head out to our hotel. With the other drivers in tight formation behind me, I led the team up a hill, but as I crested the hill and descended the other side, it looked like the road narrowed.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 8, 2018

But then, come Monday when I walked in the door, those sullen faces had returned and I found myself once again leading a team suffering from dour face syndrome. The post Are You Curing Only The Symptoms Of What Ails Your Team? How Leaders Create The Right Environment To Resolve Team Conflicts. appeared first on Tanveer Naseer.

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APRIL 22, 2014

When it comes to leadership in today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, there’s no question that the only constant we should expect is change. Of course, great teams are not simply a product of the various people who comprise the group.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 13, 2018

Modern leadership training is being taken over by a clever but misguided trend. It will fail because it leaves the heavy lifting required in actually impactful leadership cultivation relegated to the role of little more than an afterthought. The following is a guest piece by Stanford professor Dr. Leah Weiss.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Could conflict actually be productive and beneficial for our team? Conflict is something most of us tend to avoid because we view it as being negative and counter-productive. But what if we’re seeing this wrong? That’s the focus of my conversation with organizational psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Liane Davey.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

A management scholar and executive-education lecturer with a PhD in Organizational Behaviour, Barrett is also an accomplished jazz pianist and the author of “ Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz ”. A similar balance of clarity and flexibility is ideal in the workplace, giving teams what Barrett calls “guided autonomy”.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This past summer, my daughter Malaika worked at her first summer job, which also happened to be her first time in a true leadership role. Some times, she worried that she was speaking too much and other times, she wondered if she didn’t give her team enough insight or guidance on what to do.

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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 4, 2016

With a complex endeavour such as leadership, it’s only natural that there be different schools of thought and perspectives on what would be the best way to lead your team and organization forward.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

With the arrival of Fall, it’s only natural that leaders are shifting their focus towards what needs to be done to complete those goals they set out for their team at the start of the year. But this time of year also presents an important opportunity for leaders to energize. Click to continue reading.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

It’s from that vantage point that I sat down to put together my Top 10 leadership insights for 2016 as determined by you, the readers of my leadership blog. But how do we know if we’re truly being empathetic in our leadership? Read more on this leadership insight here: Is Your Leadership Based On Influence Or Authority?

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JUNE 20, 2017

Even though you might have great analytical skills and intelligence, not listening properly decreases the effectiveness of your leadership role. Become a better listener and everyone wins: your employees feel part of a team and you can lead them to success. There are some simple yet effective ways you can become a better listener.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With so many books, articles, and studies on how leaders can be more effective guiding their teams in today’s faster-paced, global environment, why do leaders still struggle to help their organizations to succeed? What’s next in store for me, including a discussion of what the focus of my next leadership book will be.

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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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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 15, 2014

I hope you’ll enjoy the combined insights Chris and I bring to this piece on how we can effectively take over the reins of an established team and help them to continue to achieve success in attaining the shared purpose that defines why we do what we do. * * * * * The house is perfect. As a leader, the same goes for developing a team.

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Tanveer Naseer

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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Tanveer Naseer

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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JUNE 11, 2013

He said, “We only have had a swimming team four years.” He replied, “The coach had a simple philosophy, if you want a football team you get some horses, if you want a swim team you get some fishes.” Leadership defined The dictionary defines “lead” as “to take or conduct on the way”. I said, “Good.” Then he said.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. But time has not diminished the importance of integrity as a leadership trait. Why is integrity such an important leadership trait? The following is a guest piece by Terri Williams. In fact, Hird says that leaders with integrity actually strengthen the business.

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APRIL 4, 2017

When I shared insights based on some of my recent writings on leadership, this leader asked me an intriguing question – ‘how do I go about inspiring others?’ Rather, we need to cast our eyes out further to assess whether we are doing our part to inspire others by the example we create through our leadership.

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MAY 20, 2020

In this time of uncertainty brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a curious outcome that the one certainty we do have is that we’re living in an age of collective disruption, where the reality of how things were always done around here is fast being replaced with questions of. Click to continue reading.

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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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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Correctly leading a team is one of the most important aspects of achieving all the necessary objectives of your workplace. Furthermore, a good leader keeps their team motivated and creates a good work environment. Nonetheless, the idea of “good” leadership is something that remains very subjective. Each of us has.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For the third part of this month-long series celebrating the release of my first leadership book (which will be available in bookstores and online retailers next Thursday, September 25th), “ Leadership Vertigo ”, co-written with S. Honesty is selected more often than any other leadership characteristic. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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