Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In our leadership development training, we like to start out by asking people to list as many characteristics as possible about their former leaders that they both abhorred and adored. Ten Leadership Traits That People Adore. Ten Leadership Traits That People Adore. Provides timely, clear, constructive feedback.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Plus, data is increasingly making the case for Board diversity , with research showing that “diverse teams outperform their peers” and that companies with diverse leadership report more revenue. Recruit based on desired leadership structure. Technology, media & telecommunications. Financial services.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 24, 2019

I worked with another client planning fast growth for his telecommunications business. However, I have gained more knowledge through over forty years developing individuals, teams, and organisations on a firsthand basis. I worked recently with a client who thought their business was doing fine. Connections.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2014

Guest post from Robert Bruce Shaw : Research into the psychology of leadership highlights the benefit of being more confident than you should be. As a leader, then, it is to your advantage to have a team of individuals with whom you can test your ideas and discuss potential problems. Robert holds a Ph.D.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

"While the global population is largely gender balanced, men hold eighty-five percent of senior leadership positions in public companies," states Melissa Greenwell , author of the new book, Money on the Table: How to Increase Profits Through Gender-balanced Leadership. Identify and communicate criteria for successful leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2014

Those relationships allow for application of tools of invention – using a facilitator, leveraging diversity, getting the team, place, space and pace just right, changing roles, and improvisation. The creative teams he developed laid the foundations for today’s music, movie, and telecommunications industries.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

A really good leader makes sure the entire team learns as much as possible from the failures, extracting maximum value from the experience. But he also recognized another risk: that the team responsible would pull back and become too risk averse. Dahlstrom , based in London, is the global leader for McKinsey Digital’s B2C team.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

A really good leader makes sure the entire team learns as much as possible from the failures, extracting maximum value from the experience. But he also recognized another risk: that the team responsible would pull back and become too risk averse. Dahlstrom , based in London, is the global leader for McKinsey Digital’s B2C team.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

However, this is something that we also strive to inspire amidst our own team. Virtual programs with a major telecommunications firm in Malaysia. Rather than using a standard story and leadership framework, we specifically addressed their setbacks to ensure their current and future success.

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Thin Difference

AUGUST 8, 2019

By building a high-performing team , your business will be far more likely to weather industry storms and succeed long-term. They can also translate that vision to their team and show them how they can contribute. This is a great option for new employees or a team or department with shared goals. Who Should Coach? Guest Post.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

We are thrilled to have Ruth join our StrategyDriven team," says Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven President and CEO. For nearly three decades, Ruth led the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ (INPO) Information Technology Division as Director, Computer Systems and Telecommunications and Director, Information Technology and Data Services.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. What if you really do need to get the other team on board? So what can you do?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. It comes from the work my clients do. They are amazing.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

I’ve been struck over the years watching executives opine in public about the need for “accountability” and “high performance,” then complain helplessly in private about one or two middling members of their own team. Chronic mediocrity is a symptom of ineffective leadership, not anemic personnel.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. You then have a better chance at creating a more permanent place for yourself within the team.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The changing role of leadership will mean that the relationship between managers and direct reports will have to change in both directions. Future leaders will work with their managers in a team approach that combines the leader’s knowledge of unit operations with the manager’s understanding of larger needs.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2011

With more than 4500 Team Members worldwide, we serve more than 175,000 clients in every major industry sector. Keith has over 10 years experience in telecommunications and data networking. As a business owner or IT manager, you need tips and tactics on striking the right balance. To learn more about Black Box, click here.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

As part of my new book, The Future Leader , I interviewed more than 140 CEOs around the world and asked them each to define leadership. Judy Marks is the CEO of Otis Elevator and leads a team of over 70,000 employees around the world. My role in terms of leadership is to set the vision and to share it. What Makes a Great Leader?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

Written in a clear, professional and straightforward manner, it is relevant to the management of all types of projects, including IT, construction, engineering, telecommunications and government, as well as many others. So keep your team happy by rewarding and recognizing them for their successes. And there you have it.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

To achieve " connected leadership " you must: Map your world -- Analyze stakeholders as precisely as your customers, understand trends and discontinuitites, and quantify the value at stake from external relationships. Leaders who hand over important societal issues to non-core corporate affairs or legal teams do so at their peril.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 18, 2011

Weak — even nonexistent — Second and Third Rings doom many organizations and internal support teams. If you took that discussion to your management team, a conflicting array of opinions would further confuse things. Blurring the Lines: A Broader Definition of Service/Quality.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Lou Gerstner’s arrival at IBM in 1993 is a classic example of leadership through a liminal period. Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. Business education Informal leadership Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

Nokia, today’s telecommunications networking company, has made corporate transformation into an art form. In 1992, new CEO Jorma Ollila and his team made a decision that is iconic in the world of corporate reinvention, going all-in on the emerging telecommunications markets. Of course, we know what happened next.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. Our leadership practices remain authoritative. And, a paltry 38% reported that their organizations had effective leadership running the show.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

There are many ways that even a good business with good leadership can be damaged or bankrupted. Looking back, I can see that these years were crucial to our eventual success because we were building a customer base, establishing our name in the community, developing our team, and paying down debt.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

To get through this, managers have to get their hands dirty, engage their teams to make choices, and sometimes confront recalcitrant colleagues – none of which can be delegated to subordinates or consultants. In this example, the CEO was a conflict-averse individual who wanted his team to “work things out” when there was a problem.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

But good planning and proper leadership support can help. Here is what the leadership team did: They linked strategy to behaviors. This is often difficult because multiple stakeholders across functions must invest in a new approach while still meeting their own obligations to keep the current business running.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

Their founders — China's first generation of entrepreneurs — are nearing retirement, so these companies' futures hinges on how effectively the incumbents manage leadership transitions. Consider, for example, the Shenzhen-based Huawei , which has become the world's second largest telecommunications equipment-maker.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

That's what we found when we studied the top management teams of companies in Europe over the past three years. The COO's role, we find, is driven by three factors: the company's strategy, the composition of the executive team, and the relationships between the members of the top team.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets, and the pace of global organizations create 24 x 7 work lives for most executives. So, forget work-life balance and think personal organization and finding ways to relax.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Depending on your corporate analytics culture and the experience of your analytical team, your analysts will probably approach this problem by asking one of the following questions: How do we create the best model to predict which customers are most likely to churn? Here''s a common business problem: You want to retain more of your customers.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. While delivering millions of dollars in profits, these projects have helped develop a cadre of leaders who can inspire teams to achieve big goals. Of course, a goal that is too ambitious will break the team’s spirit.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Yet, he found his path to the first team at Tottenham blocked by other more established players. Tottenham Hotspur feared that the lack of first team action would stunt Caroll’s development and growth. For example, in the Premier League, players on loan are not permitted to play against the team loaning them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The CEO sitting across from me is explaining how he and the other executives of a telecommunications firm were caught off guard by a new technology that disrupted the firm’s business. Our conversation took place at the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School affiliate) Leadership Forum, held in October at IESE Business School.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You want to give a member of your team a stretch assignment, but she tells you she’s just “not ready yet” — she’d like to get more experience before taking it on. If someone on your team is hampered by a harsh inner critic, they’re likely to talk themselves out of sharing their ideas and insights.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. The job of Swisscom’s Silicon Valley team is to find the very best ideas from the giant marketplace of mobile innovations and introduce them to headquarters in Bern, Switzerland.

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