Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 3, 2018

We are not talking about long term relationships here. Long term has a term. In negotiating terms, this means that you don’t envisage an end to your relationship which will last until you and your partners decide that you no longer need to work together and not because your contract has reached its term.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Yet such a rapid and competitive approach to innovation may not be sustainable over the long term. Even the apparent leaders in the race seem to suffer from ‘premium position captivity’, and often cannot maintain the leading position for long. Every time a disruptive new innovation comes through, the bar is raised.

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MAY 16, 2019

An even better distinction comes in the differences between transactional and transformational leadership – a term brought to prominence by James McGregor Burns in the political sphere and then adopted in business.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

From team leaders to the C-Suite, long-term sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. Executive Coach Beth Armknecht Miller says it is essential for companies to make succession planning a priority at all levels of management.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

I have seen in my own business, and also in my clients’, that clarity of vision and passion for purpose are instrumental in long term success. There is a growing movement in the business world that proves all of these points to be true. Bethany is also the host of The BusinessMaker’s radio program, “Brandonomics”.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Partial absences which also impact a company financially occur when an employee shows up substantially late for work, takes long lunch breaks, or asks to leave early. While initially costly, the long-term benefits are well worth it. What Can Be Done To Help Control Absenteeism?

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

They look out for the long-term interests of colleagues and are unwavering in this quest. Employees are more likely to promote the business; and encourage other colleagues to do so also. What to look out for? Ethical leaders are people-oriented. They authentically promote ethical behaviours, both inside and outside of the workplace.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Often this is a slow, long term process. If you need to change someone’s behavior (or a group’s behavior), then you have to clearly communicate the desired end result and the rewards for changing (or consequences if they don’t change). However, with patience and continuous follow up, changes in behavior can be made.

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JUNE 8, 2017

According to Cyrus Foroughi, a doctoral student at George Mason University one minute of distraction is more than enough to wipe your short-term memory. When you need to step away from technology to focus, set a short-term auto-responder explaining what you are really doing and when you will be back (i.e., I’ll be back in one hour).

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

While it might help in the short-term, the pursuit of approval is a guarantee of long-term failure. So I challenge us to look for ways to coach and teach others that even though being "others focused" is often painful in the short term, it is valuable and worthwhile in the long run.

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MARCH 5, 2019

In any organization, leaders have a choice, they can concentrate on urgent short-term goals, or they can equip themselves with the relationship sensing and building skills they need to balance priority tensions. Trial and error can work if you have the time, otherwise, you may have to take a calculated risk.

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MAY 22, 2018

Dave Farrell, the long serving CEO of May Department stores, was always very consistent with ethical decision making. While things didn’t always work out in the short-term the way they hoped, in the long-term they were successful. Largely as a result of these “profile” employees.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Our culture has long viewed happiness in the workplace as a sign of lower productivity. Thousands of employees at Nationwide were trained on how to put the latest happiness research into practice to achieve tangible business results, and it didn’t take long before Baker and his team saw the effects. And why wouldn’t he?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Neuroplasticity is the term used to describe how the brain continues to reinvent itself, constantly changing over time depending on what we focus on, while older, unused pathways shrink and become abandoned, and new ones, with repetition and focus, emerge.

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JULY 30, 2019

It can take a long, long time, but it’s not the time spent that matters. Are you positive, upbeat and smiling when you try to succeed at anything, or are you down on the world and predisposed to think in skeptical terms about what is possible? Rather, fulfillment is in the doing. That’s action.

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APRIL 9, 2015

This is the most confronting of the three options, but it is the mostly likely option for producing a long-term change in the behavior. What’s comfortable in the short term isn’t what’s best in the long term. Remember, when providing feedback: • If your intention is to be supportive, you will be.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The COO is motivated by short-term considerations – higher profits and greater bonuses – rather than long-term ethical behavior. After all, why should the customer be burdened by possible defects in the product that went undetected because inspections were not made?

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

While it didn’t take long to weed out incompetence, we recognized that technical ability alone was not reason enough to promote professionals to managers. This is a flawed strategy with serious consequences for an organization’s engagement, financial performance and long-term sustainability.” Many are generally minor performers.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

In either case, you need that effect to occur after you’ve finished speaking, sometimes long after. It turns out she was planning to give three long PowerPoint presentations to make up the day. Think in terms of physical expression , i.e., using gestures that amplify, support, or strengthen what you’re saying. Not a chance.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s our go-to approach to strategy development because it helps us to break down long-term growth planning into practical, incremental activity. It’s what some people call ‘backcasting’: setting a vision and then working back from it to identify the steps you’ll need to take in order to achieve it. Backcasting is positive.

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JUNE 1, 2017

Oh, the good old days, when people stayed where you wanted them for as long as you wanted them to and retired with a golden watch and some balloons. Those good old days are long gone, if they ever existed at all. When you create a “culture of return” you create a “culture to remain.”

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

And, often changes are taking place externally in the market that are missed providing competitors with the advantage in the long run. A leader's ultimate job is to move her organization forward towards the company's long-term vision. So what are the important things a leader should be focused on?

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JUNE 5, 2018

Foresight helps leaders act in a manner that addresses problems in the short term and solves them in the long run. Hitler expected America to cower and beg the Japanese for terms, just as the British and French had done at Munich. In war, foresight is as valuable as it is rare.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Unless these are aligned with the organization’s strategic long-term goals, they aren’t supporting the motivation and attitudes needed to drive innovation efforts. Key performance indicators (KPIs) and rewards systems make up a large part of the organizational immune system.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Otherwise, it would have long been done. The other way is to assess where the organization is in terms of having embraced “sustainability”. Connecting such external challenges with internal core competencies may not be obvious or evident. This is were cutting-edge innovation comes into play.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

So how do agile organizations square the circle – obtaining the speed, innovation and flexibility they want – while employees get the fair deal, at least in terms of development, flexibility and empowerment, they want? Coaching and mentoring can help, as long as they do not reinforce the “one-size-fits-all” solution approach.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Such techniques will also help you implement your decisions well , and formulate truly effective long-term strategic plans. Then, you can use structured decision-making methods to make “good enough” daily decisions quickly ; more thorough ones for moderately important choices ; and an in-depth one for truly major decisions.

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MARCH 25, 2014

In addition to influencing your employee’s behavior and attitudes through your day-to-day behaviors, you’re also having an impact on their long term development. We all learn powerful leadership lessons from the examples – both positive and negative – from current and former managers.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

The charter will include our purpose (or mission), our vision, our values, long term (2-3 years) goals, objectives, and action plans. Feel free to submit your own in the comments section – there’s nothing like a public declaration to help hold yourself accountable. For 2013, I’m going to: 1.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

These labels and/or descriptors will typically just cause confusion and add little value to the discussion.

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Development Guidelines Short-term Mentor 121

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The best leaders demonstrate their long-term commitment to their employees through the specific behaviors they display on a daily basis.

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MAY 18, 2017

Let's start by defining terms. That's what leadership is, in plain terms. As long as you hone in on the base motivations lurking below the surface, you're walking down the right path. The concept of "Leadership" is a fixture in our daily lives that dictates the experiences we share with others.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The term derived from international politics is a power, an authority, a right to have a say or influence over another. It’s a commanding term, it evokes strong images. Count on these team members to drive engagement and purpose for long haul success. They consistently contribute and engage. Settling is not in their nature.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the short term, it can seem more efficient to make decisions about what people need rather than taking the time to talk to them about it, particularly if they’re not fluent in the same language of culture, country or industry. We may have seen a hundred similar challenges before, and think we already know the audience well.

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APRIL 19, 2018

In working and speaking with hundreds of company leaders, HR representatives, and employees at all levels, we’ve found that for your company to be successful in the long run, it needs to stand for something, and that something needs to be authentic! Emphasize a long-term view to keep your purpose present in major decisions.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Sacrificing long term growth for immediate gain only serves to benefit those higher-up in an organization’s hierarchy rather than those who really need it. Entrepreneurs willingly turn a blind eye to this for the sake of immediate gain and in turn, sets the entire machine up for failure.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Human Capital 216

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Has anything changed in their immediate and long-term goals? The individual will understand that you are investing time—no matter how brief—in their career development. Mentoring Moment #2: Touch base periodically about their interests for future assignments and career growth. Any new skills gained? Hobbies become career aspirations.

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