Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Thoughts of the Gettysburg Address, his leadership, which overcame many setbacks, or the fact that his quotes, are among the most famous in the world. …Your face is your logo. …Your style is your slogan. …Your past success or failure , along with how you achieved it, defines your brand. .

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2013

It’s often about taking our strengths too far or misapplying them. He needs to raise his game so he understands how efficiency can harmonize with other complementary leadership traits he needs to nourish. In order to find the middle ground, our choices “can too easily drift toward the middle in a cowardly compromise of nothingness.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

What does it take to hold on to your genius through failures and disasters? Find your passion. Passion will move you beyond yourself, beyond your shortcomings, your mistakes, and your failures. To succeed you have to believe in something with such passion that it becomes an unstoppable reality.

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CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

The risk of not getting leadership and culture ‘right’ are significant. The question begs to be asked and answered then: If we spend so much of life at work, how is life at work going? Why are people not engaged and can something be done about it? Why are people not engaged and can something be done about it?

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Ben Lichtenwalner presents Digital Media and the Future of Leadership at Hope College’s Critical Issues Symposium. Leadership is not easy, but digital media makes it easier than ever before. I recently spoke at Hope College’s Critical Issues Symposium, on the topic of Digital Media and the Future of Leadership.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 25, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom returns moviegoers to the island of Isla Nublar. There’s also plenty of leadership lessons in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Let’s take a look at the leadership lessons you will find in the latest Jurassic World film. We celebrate too early.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 25, 2022

Unfortunately, I hear some really bad decisions being made in many of those. Much of what I’ve learned in this post though I learned through suffering through my own bad decisions as a leader during periods of decline or plateau. Let the vision – the reason why you exist – drive everything you do.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 24, 2024

Questions range from what your parents/grandparents were like, to favorite movies, books, and TV shows, first dates, sports played, or favorite toys. The answers are compiled over one year and can be published along with photos in a book for your family and future generations to read. Reflecting on life lessons, not so much.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

Some are unavoidable; some are errors we can learn and grow from; some come from the neglect or bad actions of others. Sometimes the worst struggles are the ones we inflict upon ourselves through bad habits of thought. If you understand worry, you can recognize it as fear trickling through your mind and wearing you out.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 4, 2015

That is, making a speech “sound” spontaneous, but making sure there was much preparation, and a good structure, behind it. Acknowledge the people behind the product (seems all too obvious but it must be said). As you can probably also surmise, this list hews very closely to my 8 Principles of More Human Leadership.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 23, 2018

Leadership is one of my life’s great passions – and I’m pleased to share with you my journey (in three parts in 3 weeks) to what I consider to be the heart of great More Human leadership – the success trifecta. Along the way I learned SO many things about leadership, because I had the honor of actually DOING it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

There seems to be way too much focus on “ me” and not enough focus on “ we” in today’s world. There seems to be way too much focus on “ me” and not enough focus on “ we” in today’s world. In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 13, 2012

You see people inside and wonder why they have locked themselves into the building. Don’t feel too bad, we’ve all done it (and lived to laugh about it). This is a great illustration of the way many students (as well as people in general) approach leadership. But the leadership door won’t open for them.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me. As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While today’s post is a bit more kumbaya than most, please don’t check out on me because you perceive this topic too gooey and gushy to be relevant. If you take what follows to heart, it might just change your world. David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&#

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 1, 2018

That’s how bad I was hurting. Running is a passion of mine. Leadership Setbacks. You have to step back and reassess your priorities or even the mission. You might have to consider why you’re leading or why you’re trying to accomplish what you’re doing. I couldn’t run.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 16, 2012

However, I firmly believe that, at least as important as what’s on the above (or your) list, is the leader’s diligence in ensuring that he/she can be readily replaced. The guy at HP is let go because he was a bad fit to begin with and made too many bad choices. Is it the ability to develop a clear and inspiring vision?

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 26, 2022

A pandemic, fast-changing technologies, global competition, the Great Resignation, and shifting leadership demands. Tramuto argues that successful leaders practice compassionate leadership by showing numerous firsthand examples and profiling compassionate leaders. Why do we need to rethink leadership? Donato Tramuto.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 3, 2018

Whenever people tell me they want to be a leader, I always ask them ‘why’? Leadership isn’t easy. Leadership is a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows. When things go right, your team will get the credit but when things go wrong, you’ll take the blame. Yes, leadership is gratifying. Listen to your intuition.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Leadership Walk by Kevin Eikenberry on September 6, 2010 in Leadership , Learning We are all on a walk. Each of these is part of your leadership walk. It is your walk that matters.

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Miles Anthony Smith

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

31 Great Leadership Qualities, Traits, & Characteristics to Master ​ Good Leadership Qualities & Traits Aren’t Out of Reach, Are They? ​ Nobody sets out to be a bad leader, do they? ​ ​There’s no denying the importance of having strong leadership within every company.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

There are several reasons why people are uncomfortable with or even avoid correction. Wherever it comes from, you have probably experienced more bad corrections than good ones. However, when they don’t, it your job as the leader to step in and teach them what is correct and help them do it. Image via Creative Commons.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

Not too long ago you were fielding five customer service requests a day, and now over a hundred are flooding in daily. Your sales team was generating twenty or so good leads a week, and now it’s clear that you could generate an order of magnitude more if you just had the people or the right mechanism. Look for a buyer.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

APRIL 8, 2022

Chances are, you follow several thought leaders in your industry or in other spaces you’re interested in. You can set your own schedule, and people will value your time. However, this career path isn’t for everyone — there are drawbacks to being a thought leader, too. Try my course: Getting Your Ideas Across!

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If the media’s constant bad news about company layoffs, overseas outsourcing, and a decreased availability of jobs isn’t getting you down, the attitude at work probably is. When the mood is bad in the office, you may not even realize you’re operating in a negative environment. Find out Why. Check Yourself.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 29, 2017

That first meeting with staff was always a difficult one, because there was a wall up, and a palpable attitude of “OK, you’re the new sheriff in town, but we’ve been burned too many times. Why should we trust YOU?”. “Why Why should we trust YOU?”. Your effectiveness as a leader depends on it. We’re wary.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I have a simple leadership principle. You have an idea – it’s not a bad idea – it may even be a great idea. Spend your energies at first on deciding whether it’s an idea worth pursuing. You may have to talk about some of the how to decide the what, but spend your first, best and most energy on the what.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 23, 2013

Have you ever noticed how when someone tells us how they’ve been really busy with work, we automatically interpret this as being a bad thing? In this light, it’s not too surprising why we’ve created a negative connotation around the word ‘work’, whether it’s as a verb or a noun. Bad choices.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I’ve got too much going on today.” In Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action , Simon Sinek writes, “The drive to win is not, per se, a bad thing. One evening after an especially hectic day, Frank decided to join a few others from the office at their favorite brew pub around the corner.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Ruth King has a passion for helping business achieve that lasting financial success. Tell us more about your mission to help businesses create sustainable growth. Why do profitable companies go broke? Ruth King argues that they must also consider the importance of building wealth or risk bankruptcy. Leaders must watch cash.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

They have to go to the trainings, and then report up line to their managers annually to account for why that needle hasn’t budged. I am, frankly, quite baffled. For the last 20 years, and all around the world, we CEOs have invested untold millions into the question: “What does it take to have an engaged workplace culture?” trillion globally.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. Perhaps, but I’ll let you be the judge.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The bad news – one piece of the goal setting puzzle many of these systems don’t tackle, or do so inadequately, is the issue of goal size. Too often this important component is relegated to one simple comment like “make them realistic&# or “believable&# or “a stretch&#. This one is related to the last one.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on team building and equality… Before I start, let me point out that I hold Dan in high esteem and find myself in agreement with him much more often than not. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post.

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CO2

APRIL 19, 2018

Our goal in conducting these client interviews is three-fold: We encourage self-reflection, and these interviews provide clients with a chance to consider why they sought coaching, what the process has meant to them, and what they might do next. As coaches, we want to learn more about what we do well and why, as well as how we can improve.

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