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The One GRAND Leadership Illusion That Sinks Organizations & Performance

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That is not to dismiss the importance of knowledge, systems, the timing of opportunities and other factors that leaders believe with all their hearts are the reasons for their success or failure. How Can Your Mental Maps Cause BIG Trouble to Your Organization? The Real Problem Is Your Leadership “Map.”.

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When Great Company Cultures Go to the Dark Side: 7 Signs Your Organization Is Headed in the Wrong Direction

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They have the clarity, discipline and consistency to make those values deeply embedded into their organizations, often outperforming in growth and profitability by as much as 150%. Below are 7 blind spots and clues that your organization’s culture – no matter how successful in the past – is possibly headed in the wrong direction.

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7 Leadership Pitfalls That Sabotage Company Growth

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Success Blind Spots . Companies that hit a wall have experienced past successful growth. However, success often creates cognitive or psychological leadership blind spots. Past success can exaggerate your ability to control events. Organically grown leaders don’t know what they need to know to get to the next level.

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The Accountable Leader: Developing the Right Mindset and Practices That Ignite Peak Performance (Part 3)

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This final part of the article series addresses my top 10 leadership and culture practices for a strong accountability organization. To build a high performance organization, a strong accountability mindset and practices must be embedded into your company’s DNA. Photo Credit: David Niblack.

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Recommended Business Book: “It’s My Company Too!”

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When was the last time you heard employees taking “ownership” and responsibility for the success and sustainability of the company? In Tom Walter’s words, “Like college athletes, engaged employees are valuable, but entangled employees, like Olympians, are the ones who take an organization to new heights.

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12 Strategic Thinking Questions That Yield Big Results. The Bonus Question Is The Punch Line.

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To embrace and utilize the power of questions within yourself and your organization on a daily basis. When it comes to customers, how is your organization shifting from a “how many” to “who is our most profitable customer” focus? How are you breaking down big change in your organization into pieces too inconsequential to fail?

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How Great Strategic Thinking Leaders Think. The Finale Says It All.

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While strategic planning is an important activity for implementation, a plan, without strategic thinking preceding it, has little chance of success. It is the art of making the right decisions for attaining future success in a complex, uncertain world. . The same is true for organizations. Achievement/Success Thinking.