Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Fullan describes a positivity towards change that resonates deeply within me. Leading change well requires managing arational factors. It first appeared in his book, “Managing Change … and making it stick!”. In particular, how active are you in managing people’s emotions when change impacts them?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 22, 2014

” - Will Rogers. John Hunter of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog shares that joy in work encompasses fun—that it is fun to take pride in what you do and help others. Take a look at Positivity and Joy in Work. Our August Festival is all about Humor in the Workplace. Humor and Leadership. ” – Dwight D.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Roger was isolated, burned out, and frustrated. His team had turned against him, his boss was done waiting, and Roger knew his job was on the line if he didn’t produce results. Most leaders who want to get better at leadership do it the way Roger tried to do it. That Won’t Work! David, I’ve tried that. It doesn’t work.”.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

We sweat the close calls without understanding that they could easily be life changing positives. ” Rules were safer, so they created 613 extraneous laws (365 negative commands and 248 positives), building such a berth around the Ten Commandments to further shield their people from mistakes. Every night I both lost and learned.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This demonstrates that despite being masters of their craft and holding positions at the top of their organizations, executives still crave advice and the opportunities to reflect on and improve their own work. Executive coaching fulfills this need. Why Should Your Organization Be Interested? .” Is Executive Coaching Worth It?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 16, 2014

She’s remained enthusiastic, open, curious, and positive. He’s started a local leadership program that is part of the economic development organization he manages that gets rave reviews. He always seems to be able to stay fresh in his work and in his life. He thinks deeply about the impact he is making.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

This may sound harsh, but the truth often is… I’ve witnessed far too many people in positions of leadership that wouldn’t recognize an opportunity if it hit them squarely in the face. If you cannot recognize, attract, and acquire opportunity you should not be in a leadership position. That said, don’t be guilty of moving to slowly.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We should try as much as possible to create a positive self image if we have to enjoy our lives.” Karin Hurt of Let’s Grow Leaders provided How to Be a More Courageous Manager. Randy posits, “Research suggests being a naysayer causes people to perceive you as a more powerful leader.”

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LDRLB

MARCH 27, 2013

[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Roger Schwarz. Roger is the author of the new book, Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. ]. Most leaders often operate under a mindset of unilateral control where the manager or leader feels responsible and accountable for the team and thus dictates to them. Focus on interests, not positions.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 1, 2023

As one of the first Rhodes Scholars to complete graduate work in Women’s Studies, Hunter Arscott has been named by Thinkers50 as “one of the top management thinkers likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.” For example, from a race perspective, in most settings, this is white women.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2012

lead:ology - Leaders vs Managers: A False Dichotomy. The Surest Way to a Positive Attitude by @KevinEikenberry. Robert Fry , Chairman at McKinney Rogers in London wrote in a letter to the Financial Times , that “to be average. Leadershipfreak: If you know more than everyone on your team, you have a weak team. " By @DennyCoates.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

“Do business by design rather than by default.&# — The Product Management Perspective: We will improve our effectiveness and our ability to work with others by giving careful thought to these questions. Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on June 19, 2010 at 10:17 pm said: Roger, glad to hear your enjoyed this post.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The more common case, however, is that someone (the coach, general manager, or owner) plays a strong role in consciously and consistently putting together the right players, coaches, and front office that form a cohesive, effective unit. That is why most great leaders spend the majority of their time on the art of people management.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

American humorist Will Rogers said “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces”. Break change into small, manageable steps, take them one at a time, and take time to appreciate each bit of progress. Examine those who have managed to pull off change successfully and learn from them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2013

It takes the “suggestion box” management approach of the 1970s and ’80s and turns it upside down. At AES, the global energy company I co-founded with Roger Sant, we did not always do a good job of carrying out the advice process, especially the requirement to reach beyond the team or business unit where the decision-maker worked.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury About the Reference Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury recognizes that professionals are in a frequent state of negotiation and provides them with the tools needed to achieve a desirable outcome.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. Instead of accepting the challenge to improve, just position the ideas as criticism without suggested steps to improve. Related: 2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor? 2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Direct the “How”: Above all else, Alan Mulally was a catalyst for positive culture. He vigorously employed a system he had developed throughout his career called: “Working Together”: Principles, Practices, and Management System. I believe it is this: Regardless of the circumstances that surround your attempts to influence others (e.g.,

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 16, 2009

Filed under: Leadership , Purpose Tagged: | initiative , opportunities , Wayne Gretzky « Create value for others Building your position » Like Be the first to like this post. Take inventory of the opportunities you have, decide which ones make sense, and take the shot. But sometimes they are.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Perhaps most importantly they have the ability to align interests and sell the vision unifying leadership, management, staff and external stakeholders as well. Great leaders understand how to manage conflict and close positional gaps. Section III: Strategy. Section VI: Persuasiveness. Section IX: Team Building.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Even if you are fulfilled, the odds are that many of your managers and employees are not, according to new study conducted by Metrus Institute. The good news is that you can control a good deal of this, and even more importantly, you can positively influence the fulfillment, productivity and retention of people in your organization.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Martha Rogers, co-founder of Peppers & Rogers Group, says, “This isn’t a financial crisis, but a crisis of trust.” While there’s no silver bullet, performance management philosophies suggest there are positive options before us. We just need to understand how to best deploy, grow or manage them.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds. – -Will Rogers. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

A decision that delivers positive first-order consequences could very well lead to negative second- or third-order events. Peter Turney, CEO of Cost Technology, suggests using activity-based management techniques to recognize which business activities and which customers are causing a drain on your bottom line. Be extraordinary.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I should say we were talking off the air about- Thanks for ruining Everett Rogers’ curve for me. It’s a little more complicated than a five forces matrix or the Everett Rogers’ normal curve, diffusion and innovation curve. That’s not our market position, so we don’t need to worry about it. DAVID: Yeah.

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Management Craft

APRIL 24, 2011

Positive emotions. The concept of a fully functioning person from, On Becoming a Person by Carl Rogers. What would a talent management system grounded in happiness research look like? Being absorbed in the activity. Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being by Dr. Martin Seligman. Engagement.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. If I read your definition correctly, you are limiting game-changers to positive developments or innovations.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2011

Otherwise positive and productive team members begin to dread coming to work, and the group's best thinking gets siphoned off the company's mission as everyone scrambles to stay out of the bully's crosshairs. The question on the tip of everyone's tongue when this type of nightmare takes hold is, "Why doesn't senior management do something?"

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Pure and simple When you assume a position of authority, either formally as a manager or informally as a team leader, you make the [.]. Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Baldoni and featured by CNN online. to read the complete article, please click here. * * * Leadership is a choice.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Roger Martin , former dean of the Rotman School of Management, on why talent’s powerful economic position is unsustainable.?. Download this podcast. Compensation Economy Finance'

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2012

Leverage the first months in a new executive position- that time of transition that promises opportunity and challenge, but also brings a period of great vulnerability. It helps leaders figure out whether they are losing balance, tending to act like Genghis Khan or Mr. Rogers.

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Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The following article shares one practitioner’s journey to uncover new models and expand his change management toolkit. Change management models. I am a process guy by training, but I make my living from change management. So whilst I might be a process guy it is change management that pays my mortgage.

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Steve Farber

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Leadership is not for the light of heart and yet it is oft confused with title, position, and large pay checks…. For several months prior to launch Roger Boisjoly’s written memo’s predicted: “The result could be a catastrophe of the highest order, loss of human life,”. Leadership is always substantive and it is rarely fashionable.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. Staples requires its 35 senior vice presidents to sponsor high-potential female talent for leadership positions.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2018

Giving performance feedback is one of the most common ways managers help their subordinates learn and improve. This happened with both positive and negative feedback, mostly when the feedback threatened how people saw themselves. What Makes Listening Powerful?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

“M&A is a mug’s game,” Roger Martin writes in the June issue of HBR , “in which typically 70%–90% of acquisitions are abysmal failures.” Most acquisitions don’t work out. What does only Microsoft know how to do that LinkedIn badly needs?

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