Leading Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes. They must be able to execute a plan under pressure. The same qualities that help them succeed will help any leader perform at a higher level and especially in a crisis situation.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In terms of the workplace, Eades defines love as contributing to someone’s long-term success, and well-being and discipline as promoting standards in order for an individual to chose to be at his or her best. The most important thing frontline managers can do is connect their specific team to the purpose of their work.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

This si a post by Ken Goldstein, author of Endless Encores : Repeating Success Through People, Products, and Profits. Leading through People, Products, and Profits means committing to the idea that talent is a priori to all success. I've written the words People, Products, Profits (In That Order!)

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2012

Fistitude is a fable about a basketball team at a small private high school that is struggling through a rough season. Through Fistitude —each finger representing a success attitude—author Sean Glaze presents five lessons to build leaders and teamwork. It’s a gift.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

by @wallybock My Top 10 Tips For Achieving Predictable Success by Les McKeown @PredSuccess The Real Price of Success by @SahilBloom See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. It's Time for Action by @artpetty Relevance is earned, not given.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2017

This year at the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, Team New Zealand beat the defending Oracle Team USA. What made their victory possible was a new team with a new approach. Great Teams Serve Each Other. Team New Zealand operates as a team. Great Teams Maintain Their Composure and Focus.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I N COACHING VISIONARY LEADERS, I hear a common pain point: Their team isn’t moving fast enough or focusing on the right things. As we dig deeper, however, we inevitably discover that their team isn’t the problem. Your team is busy discussing current or upcoming projects and priorities. Stunned silence. Are you kidding me?” “Oh,

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to McKinsey , the common reasons for failure of transformation programs include a lack of aspiration, lack of a shared vision, lack of engagement, low investment in capability building, and an insufficient structure for the transformation team. The second and more important question remains: How do organizations achieve success?

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Leading Blog

JULY 20, 2012

Joe Frontiera and Daniel Leidl present a valuable commentary on success in Team Turnarounds. Success is oftentimes wrongly associated with external gains, such as social standing, a high profile, an influential job title, a trophy that proves one team is better than its opponent, or a car that symbolizes wealth.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Cultures of Growth : How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Mary C. A growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential. Slow productivity is exactly what we need. Murphy Ph.D.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

All In : How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams by Mike Michalowicz It’s never been harder building successful teams. They’ve tried everything from food perks and ping pong tables to endless team-building exercises and training—but nothing sticks. Glad We Met : The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings by Steven G.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If my mind can be structured for failure, then it can also be structured for success.” McManus offers twelve mind shifts we can address to create the mental architecture for success. Great leaders are not afraid to define what it means to be on their team, organization, or movement. Success has a price tag. It’s a choice.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

And yet, what is crystal clear to me after 20 years in leadership roles is that those ingredients, while important to success, aren't enough if you've forgotten the fundamentals of being positive, learning from others, being honest and the kind of person people want to work with. ALWAYS share credit for success. ALWAYS be a student.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

Success Is a Pitfall Past success kills innovation. Always be willing to ask yourself (and your team), What are we missing? The soon-to-be hot streakers first allow themselves to charge up by experimenting in a variety of areas, with varying degrees of success. You become the expert. What if we’re wrong?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

Neil Armstrong’s historic step onto the lunar surface was not his achievement alone, but the result of decades of effort by a team of thousands. In this, as in most complex human endeavors, teams outperform individuals. Along the way, I learned a great deal about team development and leadership. Outside ROPE Teams.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 11, 2014

Soldiers morph into Rangers—individuals into teams—when they get a sense of who they are and what they’re a part of. Successful organizations are able to focus and execute according to purpose. Every plan should be run by a red-team. Red teams play the role of adversary.” This is the glue that holds everything together.”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Mentorship Unlocked : The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success by Janice Omadeke What is a mentor? Why is having a mentor crucial to success? More importantly, this generation of leaders isn’t awakening the untapped potential within their teams. Or how do you make sure that you're a good mentor?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

Many of them get dropped, making it impossible for the team to win the race. In order to run a successful race, the teammates must help and support one another. Usually, teams need a coach to help them make the most of their potential. Successful perpetuation of the family legacy? How do you measure that lead?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Managers are also the most important guides needed to help teams and organizations navigate the seismic challenges in today’s world of work, including automation, hybrid work, and skill shortages. They can inform all three in return. Consequently, Senior leaders should make transforming the role of middle managers their top priority.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They maintain that “useful information” is a crucial driver of effective leadership—that their job is primarily to educate and inform their teams with facts and figures. Focus on what they want to say, not on what their team needs to hear. Scrutinize your point to make sure it isn’t trivial or tangential to your team’s work.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

No matter how big or small the change you want to make, if you’re a team leader, it all comes down to you. We need frontline leaders to help workers bring their best selves to work each day, to find out what’s holding team members back and how to address it. And it starts with really understanding the role of the frontline team leader.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

2 Simple Writing Momentum Hacks by @wallybock How Failure Feeds Creativity Being right all the time is killing creativity.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

You can also use data to help your team make better decisions. Better yet, they can measure the success of their decisions. As you lead through uncertainty, think about how your team adjusts to last-minute changes and what kind of map you’re using. Data Can Help You Measure Success. Data Is Your Flashlight and Map.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

With uncertainty swirling around every corner in the world today, team members are reevaluating their workplaces and walking out as they look past hollow promises and perks that are a mere temporary bandage. And your journey to a magnetic culture starts by recognizing that good culture simply isn't enough to drive top performance.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Erosion of Traditional Corporate Culture A strong corporate culture will influence how team members interact and conduct business. Teams operating within a strong culture share a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors. The Impact of High Turnover Frequent employee turnover further complicates the picture.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Come Up for Air : How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work by Nick Sonnenberg “There just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done!” You and your entire team can get more done, in far fewer hours, with the right blueprint. Sound familiar? Come Up for Air is that blueprint.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

After the Layoff: How to Support Your Team When it Just Got Smaller by @LetsGrowLeaders. Failure Before Success via @TheDailyCoach. How To Build Resilient Teams by @davidburkus. What To Cover In A Team's Weekly Meeting by @davidburkus. How to Become a Successful Business Leader by @JosephLalonde. via @corp_rebels.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2021

Here are a selection of tweets from July 2021 that you don't want to miss: How To Lead When Your Team is Smarter Than You by @PhilCooke. Baseball’s Work-Life Lessons from @JohnBaldoni Success Demands Unity of Purpose by @artpetty. Limitless Leadership Success: Be Comfortable w/ Curiosity by @KateNasser. How do you know?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

A tale of mentorship, hard truths, and the path to success. Ren's journey guides readers through numerous factors necessary for success, including building a solid team with strategic placement of individuals in carefully selected roles appropriate to their skill sets and crafting the all-important business model.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 2, 2021

Formalize the roles and responsibilities of the senior leadership team as champions of both the strategy and the breakthrough innovation teams set up to carry it out. Set up an organizational model that protects breakthrough innovation teams from the countervailing influences of the core. It is not an either/or proposition.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The result is Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success. Team: If the other elements in the diamond-and-square framework are aligned, a weak team is unlikely to deal a death blow to the venture. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

G IVEN we are in a sustained period of instability, how as leaders do we dial up the resilience and innovation, without burning out ourselves or the teams we lead? How do we leverage the instability to build resilience and innovation that creates success in ourselves and our teams? Doing this will automatically drive innovation.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2023

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2023 that you will want to check out: The Magic of Assuming Positive Intent by @Julie_WG How Magic and Happiness Impact Leadership by @DebbieLaskeyMBA A Conversation You Should Have about Grit with Your Teens by @TimElmore How To Be A Great Team Player by @davidburkus Successful People Skills: How to Deal With (..)

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Leading Blog

MAY 19, 2020

The principles for successful leadership are the same, whether you are down the hall from your team, in the cubicle next to them, or they are working remotely. Much of the successful social interaction at work comes from spontaneous conversations that happen throughout the day. Replacing the Spontaneous Interaction.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

I've learned that from my nearly forty years of working with scientists and clinicians to transform inventions into successful commercial products. Assemble diverse teams with complementary skills and a shared vision. After several successful ventures, he was suddenly diagnosed with a life-threatening genetic disease.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2021

How To Spot The 6 Greatest Culture-Killers Your Team Can Face by @WScottCochrane. Be Sure the Right People Are Contagious on Your Team by @BrianBranam Moses quarantined distraction. The One Thing The Greatest Leaders Do (Which Others Don’t) To Become Successful by @BrianKDodd.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2023

Insider Ted Van Dyk Can America overcome the recent political polarization and dysfunction? Or are our circumstances so dire and unprecedented that decline is inevitable and history holds few lessons?

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