Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

It’s easy to get sucked in to their incivility. Here are a few of her thoughts: When you experience incivility, your sense of thriving comes into play in a particular way: by making it easier for you to reframe the negativity of the event so that it isn’t nearly as destructive. Civility isn’t just the absence of incivility.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 21, 2016

It’s okay – in fact it’s natural and normal to have these fears, but if you don’t learn how to manage the fears that come with leadership, you’ll succumb to shortcuts that compel, but don’t influence. When we get scared, we can do the same thing and leave our teams frustrated and confused about their own priorities and expectations.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 19, 2022

Fewer are willing to take responsibility for writing their own fortune. Your future is a blank sheet of paper waiting for you to co-create what is to come.” I suck at it. A wise old sage hosted a dinner. The guests eagerly opened them to read the words of wisdom they contained. “Is this a joke?”

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 8, 2015

We just never expected this news and we’re learning how to deal with the failure of senior leadership. We just never expected this news and we’re learning how to deal with the failure of senior leadership. Through seeing this leader fail, I’ve come to some realizations about what we can do when a leader fails.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As a millennial leader, I see the ways our generation’s coming of age in the workforce has prepared us to lead from these spaces, to support a more inclusive and empathetic framework, and to embrace failure as an inevitable process towards achievement. To say Kris lives in a complex and complicated world is an understatement.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Some of us want so desperately to be accepted that we will sacrifice the good of the rest of the organization for our own selfish emotional gain. Some of us want so desperately to be accepted that we will sacrifice the good of the rest of the organization for our own selfish emotional gain. Prepare to be Hated. Conquer Your Fears.

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 15, 2013

The problem is, hearing what we do wrong, sucks. Before offering your constructive criticism, make sure you understand where the person is coming from. Before offering your constructive criticism, make sure you understand where the person is coming from. We all want the best for our team and we each want to succeed.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 13, 2013

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Why do so many people, businesses, marriages, and even entire empires fall? We’ve probably heard the proverb “Pride goeth before a fall” but could the answer really be that simple? We’re discussing the kind of pride that keeps people blinded, stuck, and isolated.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Essentially, internal silos are created out of fear that if a mistake is found or some form of failure is encountered, the organization’s leadership will be interested primarily in finding someone to take the blame.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Losing touch with these underlying leadership principles creates or adds to communication failures: No quick fixes. Losing touch with these underlying leadership principles creates or adds to communication failures: No quick fixes. Lasting effectiveness comes from moving beyond bolt-on programs to built-in processes.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

What kind of CEO displays his biggest failures on the wall of his office? That way,” he explains, “ Visitors can see that failure isn ’ t a bad thing when you ’ re trying to innovate.”. Each restaurant has its own meat cutter, who maintain their edge through competition. He lead with heart and was beloved by his employees.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s selfishness, plain and simple…our tendency is to be focused on our own interests as well as pointing out the flaws in others instead of improving our own. It’s why I wrote my book Why Leadership Sucks™ … to highlight the fact that servant leadership is the best way to go.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Here’s the thing…most leaders get sucked down into the weeds and they spend too much of their valuable time majoring in the minors. It’s what I call a “ Game Changer. ” A game changer is that ah-ha moment that creates an extreme, disruptive advantage or improvement. A game changer doesn’t maintain the status quo, it shatters it.

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Miles Anthony Smith

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

A leader that refuses to see things any way but through their own lens will have trouble identifying problems. A leader that refuses to see things any way but through their own lens will have trouble identifying problems. Failure to identify a problem means that problem won’t be fixed. But can anyone be a great leader?

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

But even if you don’t have a team of direct reports, we are all leaders who come from different walks of life with varied experiences that shape our core values. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. What is your trademark (something that sets you apart)?

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 10, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Danny Rand (portrayed by Finn Jones, known for his role on Game Of Thrones as Loras Tyrell), the Iron Fist and last Marvel Defender to get his own original Netflix series, burst onto the small screen laden with controversy. Critics also hurled negative reviews towards the new series as boring.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly. Why is the world appear to be so topsy-turvy? Have you felt this way? I know I have … many times. But first, let’s talk about this question.

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Building Personal Strength

JANUARY 2, 2011

He blew a great opportunity to further his own interests. Unless the failure to do this thing thats outside your comfort zone creates problems for you. skip to main | skip to sidebar Building Personal Strength Helping people grow stronger for the challenges of work and life. I saw Preston standing by himself in a corner of the room.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

New research shows most of us only cop to failures if they can’t be attributed to something – or someone – else. Staats, and Francesca Gino identify what they call an ambiguity of responsibility , which plays a powerful role in determining when you learn from failure and when you don’t. Myers, Bradley R.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 17, 2023

” “Gravity is a myth; the world just sucks.” ” “Gravity is a myth; the world just sucks.” When we’re bogged down wallowing in the swamp , we’re often mired in negativity, pessimism, and fear. ” “Live’s a b h, and then you die.”

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 20, 2019

Or I could lead with my chin and suck it up. Which comes first? Who knows where these people come from, but it’s a market-driven profession, so buyer beware. Guest post by LaRae Quy. I learned quickly in the FBI that success would not make me confident; instead, confidence would make me successful. Guess what? Guess what?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2011

Most managers are harsher judges of the results of their employees than they are of their own results: "You didn't meet quota, but I really tried to meet mine." Suck it up. It's because he's willing to suck it up and do whatever it takes to get the job done. Here are the ten best ways to enchant your employees. Provide a MAP.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

One such recent experiment I called "choose your own presentation." Consider it a summary of what's on my mind as 2010 comes to a close. How do I come up with an idea? One of the simple ways that I try to make experimentation an everyday activity is to always try at least one new thing each time I give a presentation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In regular phone calls and meetings for nearly two decades, as well as a biennial Pioneering Leaders summit, the group has been helping each other figure out how to work more effectively so they could have time for their lives, sharing successful strategies and learning from failures. Dimitri Otis/Getty Images.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

They are obligatory, perfunctory, dreaded time sucks for both giver and receiver, putting a check mark in an annual rite of passage that is largely ignored until the Earth completes another full orbit around the Sun. ” If you don’t like the answer, offer your own opinion. I don’t like performance reviews.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Instead of seeing the upcoming difficult conversation as a black hole sucking in all my wellbeing — which is how stress made it appear to me — I realized that these things happen, that yes, they are unpleasant, but the world continues to turn. In truth, some help is simply more helpful than other help. ” No one-upmanship.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

What can you say about your own performance? How can you be honest without coming off as arrogant, or shooting yourself in the foot? In his view, since study after study has shown that we are horrible judges of our own performance, any self-evaluation should focus exclusively on positives; people should not be self-critics.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

The first step is to get your own house in order (if it’s not already) and exhibit good time management practices yourself, says Saunders. Be smart about how you allocate the hours of your own workday—the meetings you attend, the emails you respond to, and the projects you sign on for—so your team can follow your lead.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. They were pitching their ideas and plans to Eric and their peers; once the pitch was complete, the group would then brainstorm. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out. rubber trees take years to mature.".

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

They’re little time bombs that go off when you least expect it — sucking up your time and draining everyone’s energy. If you are one of the unlucky people who must deal with a clueless colleague or a brutish boss, you’re not alone. Sadly, far too many people at work lack basic emotional intelligence.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

“A narcissist comes across as charming, charismatic, and confident,” he says. “A narcissist comes across as charming, charismatic, and confident,” he says. They are quick to claim credit for others’ achievements and blame colleagues for their own failures. So how do you stay sane?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

” They anticipated the conclusion to which macroeconomists are now reluctantly coming, that an economy dominated by large corporations must eventually undergo a system-wide stagnation. Companies deserve to work this way as well. But in the current business landscape, that’s just not permitted. .” Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

“But you mustn’t make them the villain,” says Holly Weeks, author of Failure to Communicate. “But you mustn’t make them the villain,” says Holly Weeks, author of Failure to Communicate. Colleagues like that can be difficult to work with, but you probably don’t have a choice. Don’t judge.

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Leading Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Can paying careful attention to the missteps of others help us to be more alert to our own? Find, develop, and support good people, and they will in turn find, develop, and own good ideas.”. Catmull admits, “early on all of our movies suck.” Ed Catmull’s Book, Creativity, Inc. Eventually, that lead him to computer graphics.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

A quick thought experiment: name a leader in a position of power you (really) admire, trust, and respect. Not just the head of an "alternative" company or political party, but a well-known, mainstream, orthodox, leader of the status quo. Even after a few moments to reflect and consider, most people can''t name a single one. So: resign. Step aside.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

The text that follows is meant as both a rebuke of my industry, and a challenge to my fellow practitioners…It is my hope that this post stimulates vigorous discussion, and a great deal of thought on how we evolve the practice & discipline of leadership, not for our own glory, but for the good of our clients and society as a whole.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 7, 2014

Everyone loves a crisis; except the unprepared who didn’t see it coming – those led straight into the proverbial brick wall by a leader who missed something they shouldn’t have. “This is what allows leaders to avert a crisis as opposed to getting sucked into a crisis,” said Myatt. . “Skipper” Pitts.

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