Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2019

As I shared stats from my organization’s recent survey, the reporter passed along comments from a CEO he’d just interviewed: “Email interrupts me all day long. My organization, Booher Research Institute, recently commissioned a survey of email habits and productivity from the Social Research Lab at the University of Northern Colorado.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

Culture and feedback surveys gathered input before and during these follow-up workshops. ” The CEO went on to outline “a suggestion program” (which was a form to fill out and send to him) and stressed the company’s open-door policy. ” That was it. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2022

In his recent book, Decline and Prosper! The researchers utilized both survey results and also administrative tax records to understand changes in earnings alongside those of education, births, and marriages. In total, they analyzed changes over about a 30 year period from the 1980s through to the 2000s. .

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It surveyed top professionals from more than 120 countries about the skills needed for effective leadership in the decade ahead. This kind of workplace demands a different kind of leader: people who follow their inner convictions and passions, and who engage with others in an authentic and open way. A recent MIT study underscores this.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2023

But the Chapman University Survey of American Fears (yes, that’s a thing) — the gold standard for fear assessment — doesn’t seem to agree. The pores of their learning faculties are opened as wide as they will ever be, and you are the thick, delicious, intelligent moisturizer that’s going to plump their brains with knowledge and empowerment.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. Unfortunately, it’s usually the latter. What’s driving leaders to create this culture of fear? Well, it’s fear.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You can’t just open a business and expect people to come flooding to it. Provide an online bookings system. Customers don’t always like to book appointments over the phone or in person. Instead, they might like to book them online either through your website or social media pages: so, make sure to provide them with this option!

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hamza gestured with an open hand and said, “Please, sir.” It is important to be open to feedback when working internationally to notice the “awkwardness” of a situation and make adjustments. One of the leaders asked for permission to speak. The room grew quiet and uncomfortable. The person who asked to speak blushed and turned pink.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 9, 2022

As my colleague, Kathy Cuff, recently wrote about this topic, a recent Gallup survey estimated that 50% of American workers are disengaged. Surveys consistently show that people rank things like career growth, autonomy, appreciation, and recognition, higher than compensation in what they value most about work.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

According to a survey conducted by the employee engagement platform Achievers, 43% of respondents say their managers are OK in giving recognition, while one in five admit their managers are horrible in giving proper recognition. Despite this, many managers and leaders make the same mistake.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

We opened our copy of the Dallas Morning News this morning to a wonderful supplement, a magazine on the Top 100 Places to Work 2011 in D-FW. At number one is Gaylord, and as one of our clients (we’ve presented some of our book synopses for one [.]. This is the third year for this project).

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2017

The feedback uses an anonymous survey consisting of quantitative data and qualitative (open-ended) questions. While 360-degree surveys aren’t perfect, having administered hundreds of them over the years, I’ve seen them result in positive leadership change. Sometimes dramatically so.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 8, 2022

then the new book, Both/And Thinking , by authors Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis , is for you. As the book explains, that better way is both/and thinking versus traditional either/or thinking. Polman often surveyed his leaders, asking them to surface and recognize the tensions, rather than avoiding them. Smith Marianne W.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Focus on the person in front of you.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2022

Parts three and four will explore openness and justification for a rationale of compromise on credentials and how this impacts a timely and successful conclusion of senior executive hiring. In case you missed it, please see part one of this series on P.E. The Soft Skills. Jeffrey Cohn , and J.P ” HBR June 2016.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Most books aren’t honest enough about how hard it is to reset ,” adds Homkes.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event. Because most organizations don’t bring back the exact same speaker every year. The question is intended to serve them –.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 6, 2022

Indeed, whole books have been written explaining how we can better manage our email load. The volunteers were sent an email asking them to participate in a survey about contemporary political issues. The emails were sent a few weeks apart, and each contained the invitation to complete the political survey.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 8, 2019

But this is a misconception—or a blind spot, as we call it in our book, What Are Your Blind Spots? Sixty-three percent of survey respondents said CEOs are somewhat, or not at all, credible. Have the team members place each of these on an open wall space and start to “affinity-group” them.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

One of them is the ‘online paid surveys’. There is also hardly any risk in this work, ‘online paid surveys’ are excellent work for students. There are certain websites which get the online paid survey work done by the student and refuse to pay when its time for the money handling.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 28, 2022

then the new book, Both/And Thinking , by authors Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis , is for you. As the book explains, that better way is both/and thinking versus traditional either/or thinking. Polman often surveyed his leaders, asking them to surface and recognize the tensions, rather than avoiding them. Smith Marianne W.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 12, 2023

The VIA (Values In Action) survey is based on 24 universal character strengths defining what’s best about people. The VIA Survey is the result of a multi-year effort involving 55 noted social scientists. Over 27 million people have taken the free VIA Survey on Character Strengths. .” He touched his palm to his chest.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

In his book “The Speed of Trust,” Stephen M.R. The research behind what makes those companies get on that list is conducted by the folks at Great Place to Work , who report that 92 percent of employees surveyed at these companies believe that management is transparent in its business practices.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A few additional key takeaways from the book include these from King: It’s no longer about having power over others but rather power with others, which is about working with others to achieve results. Sample questions to ask include: How could I be more open about the decisions I make? Michelle P. Michelle P.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 7, 2021

In their new book, The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders Adam Bryant, who has interviewed more than 600 leaders across his career in journalism and consulting, and Kevin Sharer, the former CEO of biotech giant Amgen, identify the seven key tests that determine whether leaders at all levels will succeed in their roles.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 25, 2023

In “Stop the Meeting Madness,” a survey of 182 managers across a range of industries, 65% reported “meetings keep them from completing their own work,” and 71% said, “meetings are unproductive and inefficient.” An atmosphere of openness and trust. ” That’s a day a week wasted!

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2017

Undeterred, she read books and sought advice from experts, eventually becoming an expert herself and going on to counsel scores of veterans and their wives. One year the report of Marianjoy’s annual employee engagement survey included 80+ pages of optional comments, even though its engagement scores were near perfect.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

This shift may have started in 2010 when Brené Brown, a sociological research professor, published The Gifts of Imperfection , and perhaps took off with her next book Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead in 2012. Fast forward to today and you see the opposite is true.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 5, 2021

It read as follows: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. Well, we're only five months into 2017 and there is a new leadership book so good that I can't wait until year-end to share it with you. Focus on the person in front of you.

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LDRLB

JUNE 7, 2013

[Editor’s Note: John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio are the authors of The New York Times Best Selling Book, Athena Doctrine: How Women (And the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule The Future. All proceeds from the book support The United Nations Foundations’ Girl Up Campaign ( www.girlup.org ).]. Reasonable. Patient. Resilient.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

A recent Bloomberg article reported, “as of first-quarter 2017, 45 percent of small businesses reported that they were unable to find qualified applicants to fill job openings.”. Alan has spent his learning budget on books about agile development and software team management. percent from the previous fall.”.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Open Source Leadership : Reinventing Management When There's No More Business as Usual by Rajeev Peshawaria Based on Peshawaria's research spanning 28 countries, he concludes that traditional industrial age thinking needs a massive upgrade to successfully navigating the brave new world of business. Best Leadership Books of 2015.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2020

Perhaps now more than ever it's time for the book by John Blakey called, The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits That Inspire Results, Relationships, and Reputation. By the time you finish the book, you will also have learned about the nine habits that inspire trust.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 28, 2021

Today, I bring back one of my most-read blog posts from a few years ago: At the end of each year, I select my choice for the best new leadership book for that year, and then highlight that book on my blog. And, it's likely to be among the select few options for best new leadership book of 2017. Be Personal. Be Passionate.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We did a series of focus groups, interviews, and surveys within a division of a large company to help Chris, the division manager, determine why their culture wasn’t performing at the level he wanted. Each manager opened the folder and looked into a large mirror inside. Change begins here.

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Engaging Leader

JUNE 20, 2013

He was ranked #9 Most Influential International Thinkers by an 11,000 HR Director Survey in HR Magazine. He also teaches “Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence,” a popular massive open online course (MOOC) through Coursera.org.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 11, 2019

Dianna Booher is a communications expert with more books to her name than I can count. Stop creating distractions from your core work by keeping your email open all the time.” As a communications expert you have tackled many big topics and finally this book hits a big one: email. what do you say? Second, cut the clutter.

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