Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

They look out for the long-term interests of colleagues and are unwavering in this quest. If you have leadership responsibilities or are concerned with human resource management and are recruiting or promoting your next tranche of leaders, look for the qualities outlined in this short article. What to look out for?

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

While it might help in the short-term, the pursuit of approval is a guarantee of long-term failure. So I challenge us to look for ways to coach and teach others that even though being "others focused" is often painful in the short term, it is valuable and worthwhile in the long run.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2013

If a leader only has authority and is unable to influence others, then his leadership will be short lived. and Leverne Barrett, Extension Leadership Specialist of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension, depicts someone’s choice of influence tactics in terms of the “softness” versus “hardness” of the tactic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The COO is motivated by short-term considerations – higher profits and greater bonuses – rather than long-term ethical behavior. After all, why should the customer be burdened by possible defects in the product that went undetected because inspections were not made?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 25, 2019

Defenses give people short term comfort but prevent achieving better things. In short, it’s cool not to be so cool. When leaders try something new without knowing the outcome, the walls of resistance will rise. People react defensively to cope with fear. Their reactions are normal. Everyone has defenses. Self-knowledge is power.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. Unless these are aligned with the organization’s strategic long-term goals, they aren’t supporting the motivation and attitudes needed to drive innovation efforts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 19, 2017

Yet such a rapid and competitive approach to innovation may not be sustainable over the long term. The ‘innovation race’ needs to be understood as both a long-term marathon, as well as a short-term sprint.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 30, 2013

If so, put them on your “short list” of successors. However, if you are preparing someone to step into your role, either short term (i.e., a vacation or leave), or long term, development has a different focus. Use a performance and potential matrix to assess your own team. Look outside of your team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 5, 2018

Foresight helps leaders act in a manner that addresses problems in the short term and solves them in the long run. Hitler expected America to cower and beg the Japanese for terms, just as the British and French had done at Munich. In war, foresight is as valuable as it is rare.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

81% of workers in the top Companies to work for rated their workplace as “Fun” · Fun (short-term “happiness” shocks) is best delivered in short and consistent doses. . · Roughly 7 out of 10 people are disengaged at work – 6 out of 10 managers are disengaged. · Extrinsic and intrinsic happiness are indicative of productivity.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

These labels and/or descriptors will typically just cause confusion and add little value to the discussion.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 18, 2017

Let's start by defining terms. That's what leadership is, in plain terms. Send short emails with descriptive headers instead of tomes that go nowhere. The concept of "Leadership" is a fixture in our daily lives that dictates the experiences we share with others. Leadership: The ability to encourage others to accept an idea.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the short term, it can seem more efficient to make decisions about what people need rather than taking the time to talk to them about it, particularly if they’re not fluent in the same language of culture, country or industry. We may have seen a hundred similar challenges before, and think we already know the audience well.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 27, 2016

He couldn’t walk, his short-term memory was gone, his speech was severely compromised. “We Jeffrey is just as smart as before, but “because of his physical disabilities, and especially because of his impaired short-term memory, every day for him is like climbing Mount Everest.” We willed ourselves to go on,” Judy recalls.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

First, if any leader is going to implement a successful program, they have to define their terms. In short, Fred’s brain was keeping him safe by giving him a little bit of “anxiety” or “apprehension.” Leaders tell you how critical it is to building a team. But what exactly is “trust” and exactly how do you get it?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

While things didn’t always work out in the short-term the way they hoped, in the long-term they were successful. They were constantly probing the organization to learn more about trends. Any discussion about their business always had an unusual depth of knowledge. They could spot momentary trends of weakness and know what to do.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 9, 2015

This is the most confronting of the three options, but it is the mostly likely option for producing a long-term change in the behavior. What’s comfortable in the short term isn’t what’s best in the long term. Remember, when providing feedback: • If your intention is to be supportive, you will be.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

It also reduces employee turnover: investing in colleague developments demonstrates a desire to have a long-term relationship. Many colleagues are sleep-deprived due to travel or having young children and this gives them a chance to refresh their brains and gain the energy boost from a short nap.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 8, 2018

In short, change is an insidious beast. When it comes to creating value over the long-term, the identity of the organization is sacred. Maxims such as change or die and change is the only constant permeate organizations, globally, keeping executives up at night as they consider how best to move forward.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2015

It’s all about getting the person in a state of mind that we call “short-term thinking mode.” Remember that implicit language is more valuable to you than explicit language—when you say you want to “resolve” the issue, let the person infer that that might mean a slap on the wrist, when you’re thinking more in terms of firing him.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2016

That’s not a word you hear CEOs using often enough—but it’s a term that great leaders don’t shy away from for a minute. In short, from adversity and authenticity (and the corresponding apology) came advancement. The term “spin” comes from the practice of spinning a yarn, telling a story, sharing fiction.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2013

Bully bosses, like jerks, were probably always mean-spirited people but got promoted because of their hard work, technical talent, and their ability to manipulate, intimidate, suck-up, and get short-term results.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Sacrificing long term growth for immediate gain only serves to benefit those higher-up in an organization’s hierarchy rather than those who really need it. Entrepreneurs willingly turn a blind eye to this for the sake of immediate gain and in turn, sets the entire machine up for failure.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 29, 2017

Problems developed, however, when higher-level managers saw the benefits (in terms of profitability) to the company, and they began to create more and more ways to incentivize (and recognize) employees to “do more.” In the early days of recognition, employees were rewarded for work well done and for reaching established, measurable goals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2015

This type of tactical kick-start will help you gain the momentum you need for the long-term success of the CCO. Commitment Questions: Is your CEO committed to the timeline required and are they willing to suspend the usual short-term expectations of immediate results and have the patience for the customer work to take hold and yield results?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2018

In short, we teach leaders to be proactive with change. Sometimes they have to come to terms with the need to let go, or relinquish, something. If you do, you’ll build tremendous loyalty, trust, and engagement, which is priceless. The system is new, but Bob still knows all about the organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2015

That’s because it’s so easy to put off recruiting tasks when faced with short-term problems that appear to be more urgent. Make Recruiting a Priority Doing a great job with recruiting takes a lot of time. Most executives profess recruiting is a top priority, but very few practice what they preach. Don’t let that happen.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 12, 2013

That may be when time is short. The term “management consultant” wasn’t listed. One of General Fogelman’s famous sayings was “You can always tell the leader, he’s the one that gets things done.” Some observers think that an effective leader means simply giving orders and ensuring that they are obeyed. Drucker consulted a dictionary.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Effective delegation can have short- and long-term benefits for you, your staff, and your organization. This increases the time available to you for focusing on projects that require your particular skills and authority, as well as higher-level tasks such as long-term planning and policy development.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2015

These young eager beavers will only be patent with these, “less than impressive leaders”, for a short period of time then, without warning, will bolt to companies that offer them the challenges, diversity, involvement, and opportunity that they seek. Labels tends to establish “sub cultures” or the “haves verses the have not’s”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2013

DON’T STOP SHORT. If you want to succeed, you have to have a long-term, big-picture focus. So stop trying to meet everyone else’s expectations by putting on a show. Instead, take a look at the man in the glass. Are your actions ones you can be proud of? They choose to quit rather than power through.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 2, 2016

Alice Roosevelt, Theodore’s eldest child, was often surprised to find that her father - the most popular man in America - would suddenly and silently succumb to what she termed “a melancholic streak.” An intensely sick and asthmatic kid, living in sheltered aristocracy, Theodore fought off death as a youngster.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In times of rapid change, many companies lose their focus, failing to adequately engage and enable their current workforces as the organizations shift to achieve short-term or immediate objectives,” added Lash.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

The key lies in getting leaders to create more positively charged references where they have no choice but to interpret both the causes and consequences of those references in permanent, pervasive and personal terms. Diligence In my coaching work, I sometimes encounter an executive who is looking for the quickest, shortest way….the

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Yes, they can “handle the truth”, and once they get over it, will want to pitch in and be willing to sacrifice in the short term for the greater good. Let people know exactly what the situation is and what needs to be done. Ask for their help. Enlist your team’s help. In a crisis, leaders make sure everyone is focused and engaged.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2008

For example, assigning a operations manager to do a sales rotation, or a short-term stint in another region or country. - These projects, which should have very clear objectives and a short duration, offer employees the chance to practice targeted problem solving, work in cross-functional teams, and be exposed to senior executives.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 23, 2013

It’s not just that leadership is hard and takes a lot of practice – it’s that we need to set the expectation that anytime we try something new, our performance will actually drop in the short term, but improve in the long term. I’m sure there are other reasons – please leave a comment with your thoughts.

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