Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When we spend time and energy directing our curiosity outward, we reduce the risk of clinging on to a more individualistic mindset (such as the self-help trope that your only priority is for you to show up fully rather than to also consider how others are feeling).

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What about your team, customers, business partners and boss? Remember the customer that signed a big deal just in time for you to meet your quarterly numbers? How did you show them your appreciation? Giving Thanks for Business Partners What about your business partners? Even those that challenged you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? The North Pole used to be a very different place… Nearly sixty years ago, the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer television show documented the poor leadership and culture at the North Pole.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We've been told that working harder and smarter is the only way to succeed in business and life. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike identifies ten hard-earned lessons of spaceflight and his other life experiences, including: One in a Million Is Not Zero, The Thirty-Second Rule, Be Amazed, Know When to Pivot.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I was young and newly promoted in an HR role in the midst of a big merger. It was all about learning to lead courageously when others were not, and to do the right thing for the business. ” “Is it a sound business decision?”. “Do Just be sure you execute well and tell me before you break any big rules.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

If you’re a skier, it might feel like you’ve ridden the first lift up the mountain after a great fresh night of show and you get to make the first tracks in the deep powder. Questions like: “As a leader today, where would it be helpful to show up more like this or with these values?” Own the U.G.L.Y.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Learned Excellence is a comprehensive and practical guide to the mental disciplines of high performance, from the expert who developed the US Navy SEALs mental toughness curriculum and has worked with thousands of top athletes, elite military personnel, business executives, and first responders. It's time to fight back.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 3, 2023

Show Up With More Confidence, Find Your Voice, AND Leverage Their Expertise, If you’re choosing to read this, we know you know the type. It’s hard to know what’s really going on until you connect at a human level and show up curious. They offer unsolicited advice or undesired help. For example _.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

1:20 People want to show up with genuine empathy, and there are also business realities. 7:10 Some recommended elements for a training program : reinforce guiding principles for interaction, reflect to connect, show up calm, scaffold the agenda so people know the expectation for the time/conversation. Return to Work.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 21, 2021

Avoid These Big Mistakes When Recognizing Employees. Showing up sloppy or clueless. If showing up is the best behavior you can find to recognize, keep looking. I’ll never forget the first time I received my first big-deal recognition at an end-of-year meeting at Verizon. And yet, so many companies screw this up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One of your most important tasks as a young leader is to learn everything you can about the business and yourself. Get to Know Your Business How does your business make money? You’re not just doing what you’re told—you’re doing what matters most for the business and your customer. That was a lot of work!

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If you click on any business or leadership-related blog recently, you’ve probably bumped into the new leadership boogeyman: QUIET QUITTING. Quiet Quitting isn’t ghosting an employer by not showing up and quitting that way. Big business websites have begun to say this is a pandemic. Something needs to change.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

How Big Things Get Done : The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner (Currency, 2023) Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. Remember Boston’s “Big Dig”?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change. The North Pole used to be a very different place… Nearly sixty years ago, the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer television show documented the poor leadership and culture at the North Pole. They’re too busy surviving. But it wasn’t always that way.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 23, 2022

Research shows that most people don’t quit early on (other than when we all give up on that New Year resolution to go to the gym). The research shows many people quit in the sticky middle. The crowds of people at the end of the marathon are as big, if not bigger, than they are at the beginning of the race.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2023

“Our proposition is simple: to be a successful business leader in today’s world you are expected to deliver societal value alongside financial value. And doing that takes a new mindset: the ability to think like an activist about the role your business plays in the world,” add the authors. “And

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 8, 2024

A recent study from Harvard Business School explores how people analytics has affected the workplace. The rise of big data In the last twenty years, the rise of “big data” has caused big changes in how businesses, science, medicine, government, and even sports make decisions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive? Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? 03:36 How do we practically ensure your team’s busy day is worth it?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The small business marketing tip we are focusing on here is the one area that has the ability to make or break you so pay attention. Wondering why your Web Site does not bring in the big bucks. I will show you how to write an About Me Page that will turn your web site visitors into clients.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2024

But it really took off when the Internet and big data came along. A new study from Tuck Business School found something interesting about why people like the sharing economy. If your audience has a lot of people who believe in being entrepreneurial and innovative (ESJ), emphasize how creative and competitive your business is.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Ultimately, if big businesses are going to contribute effectively to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, there needs to be transparency and consistency in reporting,” the researchers explain. Beyond just rules In many countries, businesses have to do something called Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs).

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 27, 2024

The rise of new technologies, especially AI, has had a big impact on the value of skills. “Conceptualizing the relationship between skills as a network enabled us to show the context dependency of human capital,” the researchers conclude. ”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Various studies show that the failure rate of executives coming into new companies is 30 to 40 percent after 18 months. On one end of the spectrum are the incredibly large firms, which come with big brand name recognition, high overhead, and revenues reaching into the billions annually, according to Ms. Plethora of Choices.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 11, 2024

Renewed value Research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business shows that so-called store showrooms can also be valuable, especially for big-ticket durable goods. Like in a regular store, showroom customers can touch and check out the products, ask questions, and see how they might fit in their homes. .

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

As Frei and Morriss show through inspiring stories from ancient Rome to present-day Silicon Valley, the origins of great leadership are found, paradoxically, not in worrying about your own status and advancement, but in the unrelenting focus on other people's potential. Strategy First : How Businesses Win Big by Brad Chase.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 8, 2024

Generous Inclusion : Be inclusive to invite collaboration and show respect. Generous Moments : Make small acts of acknowledgment in important moments to make a big impact. Also, many of us do not have experience with showing emotions and the power of what happens when we do. It shows you care about others. Ask questions!

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I believe that staying abreast of new ideas, trends, and information is essential to a high-performing career and business. You can either have a business that meets your needs and makes your dreams come true; or, you can be part of a day-to-day nightmare. This is my gift to you. Stand Out Authors in 2021: 1.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 24, 2022

Small things can do big damage: Otis Haywood Senior (Keith David) and his son OJ were talking. The small object did big damage. You can easily dismiss the little issues in your life or business. The longer we let little things linger, the more they have the chance to do big damage. Quiet descends upon the duo.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 21, 2023

With many businesses moving toward online office spaces and remote teams, connecting with your remote employees can seem complicated. A big thing to remember for remote teams is that the online space acts like a traditional office. Online initiatives to help spur continued career development show a commitment to your team.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In The Art of Statistics , world-renowned statistician David Spiegelhalter shows readers how to derive knowledge from raw data by focusing on the concepts and connections behind the math. Drawing on principles from business and behavioral economics, the book shows readers from all walks of life how to provoke action as a mechanism to advance.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The way you show up impacts how others experience you, and therefore the quality of the interaction. Leaders that use their position and the company hierarchy to create a big wake often create inefficient relationships that alienate team members; this, in turn, undermines the long-term viability of a company.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s competitive job market, it can be difficult for small businesses to retain valuable employees. As a small business owner, what can you do to reduce turnover and keep your best people from leaving? Even small accommodations to schedules or locations can make a big difference in employee satisfaction.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Businesses of all types struggled as a result of the lockdown measures introduced during the Covid pandemic, but perhaps small, local businesses struggled the most as they lacked the means to shift their trade online overnight. If I’m a small business owner, it’s not so straightforward what I should do,” the researchers explain. “If

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Some businesses have their employees in the office, while others still have employees working remotely. Go the Extra Mile: Remote work comes with the flexibility of extra time off or flexible scheduling, as a leader make use of this benefit to show your remote employees that their successes are recognized.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Growth is the goal. Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Life's Great Question will show you how to make your work and life more meaningful, and greatly boost your wellbeing. As do countless business leaders and members of special forces.) Experimentation Works : The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. Running disciplined business experiments. They fly blind.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2022

” Harvard Business Review , June 2016. Investors are tremendously experienced in their respective business sectors. Candidates will need to show an aptitude to work with an investor lead and possibly many overseers. How have they behaved in the past while extracting their business from downturns?

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