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Motivating, Mentoring and Measuring – Leading Unfamiliar Organizations

General Leadership

I was in charge of an unfamiliar organization, one in whose mission I was not well versed. However, a true leader can be successful in any organization. Whether the leader grew-up in the organization or was transplanted into a new ecosystem, they can utilize sound leadership principles to guide the organization to success.

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The Growing Season for New Leaders Never Ends

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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” You may retire, move to a different job, get fired, get promoted…but you will not be the leader of your organization forever. ” Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric.

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Positive Change: Yesterday Is Interesting But Irrelevant

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This simple phrase defines a strategy to spark exponential growth and efficiency in any organization. The problem with this simple strategy is we all naturally become accustomed to our standard, repetitive duties. When you are new to an organization, everything repetitive to others is new to you. ” Tony Robbins.

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Compose, Don’t Impose

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As leaders, we are always looking for leadership strategies that work. A successful leadership experience can lead us to assume that these strategies will work at our next assignment if we impose it on the new organization. No organization is the same.

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Creating a Strategy for Limitless Success

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Outside of the cool gadgets and spectacular stunts, what I most enjoyed about the series was that it reinforced how, with a well-executed, methodical strategy, just about anything’s possible. He understood that achieving extraordinary goals demands setting conditions for success before you begin. ” Steady. Consistent.

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5 Reasons to Share Your Unique Strength

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Raising more than $315 million dollars to end hunger and its primary accomplice, poverty, and disbursing over $43 million in grants to more than 1,000 organizations, Share Our Strength has positively touched millions of people all over the world. And the organization’s success is well known.

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Opportunity: Don’t Do Anything

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“In order for a business unit, function or organization to obtain heretofore unrealized opportunities it is often necessary to have executives who work in the white space and find these opportunities” Peter G. Read more at [link]. Spanberger, Ph.D. … Read the rest.

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