Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Jennifer V. Miller writes 7 Things Employees Want to Know In a Department Reshuffle.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership This post is by Jane Perdue, founder of Braithwaite Innovation Group and a leadership and women’s issues consultant. Are you trapped in the paradox of perfection? Aim for excellence rather than [.] 3 reasons to kiss being perfect goodbye.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Guest post from Stephen Shapiro : To find better solutions to your most difficult business problems, paradoxically, you don’t want o focus on solutions. Instead you want to make sure you are asking the right questions. Changing the question changes the range of possible solutions. When we ask broad questions, we invite a lot of wasted energy.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Try Courage. Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. Access it here.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2023

Sfumato (Being Comfortable with Ambiguity) Thriving in an uncertain world requires us to leap into the unknown and find our way through ambiguous and often paradoxical situations. Here are my key thoughts these 7 aspects: 1. Curiosità (An Insatiable Curiosity and Thirst for Learning) Curiosity is at the heart of learning.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Lisa Kohn of Chatsworth Consulting Group shared Why tough conversations are so tough to have – and what to do about it. Welcome to the September 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! Communication. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Stop Blaming Zoom! The Problem with Your Meetings Might Be You. The Problem with Your Meetings Might Be You.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2017

David Grossman of The Grossman Group explains that conflict is a paradox that every leader faces: Create teams that work well together but embrace conflict. David Grossman of The Grossman Group explains that conflict is a paradox that every leader faces: Create teams that work well together but embrace conflict. Stephen Moyer.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

However, often the paradox is that transformation is unlikely without some messiness. However much you might have researched and consulted upon those ideas, other factors will impact. The process was painful, and at times very messy, but it eventually delivered a creative and innovative solution. Change arouses emotions.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 11, 2013

He concludes that a crucial component of greatness is leaders with a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. He concludes that a crucial component of greatness is leaders with a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. Resources Mentioned in This Episode. Audio version of the book.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Paradoxically, it will help you to be more flexible when you want to be. Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, and author believes the rate of change has become so rapid that it now outpaces our current ability to adapt. In order to manage during this disorienting instability, leaders need to learn faster and better.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 19, 2017

Guest post from Gaia Grant and Andrew Grant: Most of us love to watch a race. We like to observe the highs and lows of others as they experience a hard-fought competition. It’s exciting to tap into the innate competitive drive. Indeed survival today seems to depend upon our ability to literally get ahead as fast as possible.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

O NE RECENT EVENING, exhausted after a long day of work, I collapsed into bed and turned on the television. On screen was the classic scene from “Jaws,” where actress Susan Backlinie is stalked by the unseen aquatic predator and then pulled underneath the dark water. But this wasn’t the film itself. Spielberg could have insisted on the shot.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren ’ t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren ’ t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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Coaching Ourselves

APRIL 21, 2022

CoachingOurselves is pleased to collaborate again with consultant Marilyn Laiken, formerly of the University of Toronto, on our newest discussion guide, “The Key to Organizational Agility: Managing Paradox”. Agility represents a set of paradoxes which are the key challenges for organizations in today’s context. “.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Ann Van Eron , founder and principal of Potentials , a global executive coaching and organization development consulting firm. She founded her consulting firm, Potentials, when she started her doctorate. She is a certified Master Coach with the International Coach Federation.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

Here’s the paradox: Millennials are stepping into a world where one of the things they are good at—technology—may well be one of the things that hurts them most and undercuts their ability to flourish. M ANY of today’s leaders are saying: I know leadership is about people, not tasks; effectiveness, not efficiency.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Paradoxically, it will help you to be more flexible when you want to be. Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, and author believes the rate of change has become so rapid that it now outpaces our current ability to adapt. In order to manage during this disorienting instability, leaders need to learn faster and better.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Is this one of the classical Managerial Paradoxes of our time? I am taking a break at Grand Cafe Loos in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. My mind is spinning around as I try to defragment and reorganize the many experiences, images and memories that have made 2016 such a fascinating year. I was not only taken by surprise, but utterly baffled.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Steven is an executive coach and management consultant who spent twenty-five years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and had a private psychotherapy practice in Boston. What happened then is that, paradoxically, this negatively disposed individual became positively disposed. Steven Berglas.

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 21, 2011

It is a paradox - an incredibly selfless thing that is also very selfish. When you’ve been doing, investing in and supporting startups and consulting with businesses for a long time, it’s easy to get lulled into thinking you know a lot; and you do, but not everything and not forever. Recently, my mentoring has increased.

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CO2

APRIL 10, 2014

The paradox of partnerships is that the founders often forget what brought them together. The paradox of partnerships is that the founders often forget what brought them together. by Gary Cohen. “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Paradox of Success: A Book of Renewal for Leaders. The Paradox of Success: A Book of Renewal for Leaders. He speaks, consults and serves on the faculty of management at Oral Roberts University’s College of Business. He compares this path to an S-curve, where entropy begins near the top. New York: Harper. O’Neil, J.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 22, 2013

He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at IMD and consultant to several global companies including Accenture, Alcan, Amer Sports, Barclays Global Investors, Cisco, Coca-Cola, HP, IBM, IFC, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Nestlé, Nokia, Roche, Sara Lee, Tetra Pak, and Toyota.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Because he so embodies the paradox of head and heart, I’m a big fan of David Whyte , a poet and philosopher who does leadership consulting. Real talk is two-way communicating that moves past what’s obvious, superficial, and assumed to get at the core of authentic meaning and connection. Ronald Laing.

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Lead from Within

MAY 6, 2014

There’s a paradox about compliments. The deal closed after months and months of negotiations. Everyone was exhausted and beyond relieved. It would not only bring in a large amount of revenue in the business, but it would prevent any more layoffs. As everyone walked out of the room, he yelled out, “ Great Job , job well done!

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 30, 2022

In Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit , organization consultants and professors, Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal (co-author of the classic Corporate Cultures — the 1982 book that popularized the idea of organization culture) conclude, “The signs point toward spirit and soul as the essence of leadership.”

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

A TEDx speaker , author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream, and regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Whitney is available for both speaking and consulting. Erin Newkirk, the founder of RedStamp , provides a good case study in grappling with this paradox. That was 2004.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The study sought to compare the relative effectiveness of both verbal and nonverbal approaches to establishing a rapport with someone, with the researchers believing it could be relevant regardless of whether in a job interview, a medical consultation, or even a police interrogation. So how can we build these relationships with our peers?

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 5, 2013

It requires integrating disparate ideas, accepting paradoxes , looking for the And Both instead of Either Or, combining things in new ways. It requires integrating disparate ideas, accepting paradoxes , looking for the And Both instead of Either Or, combining things in new ways. So what does this have to do with business?

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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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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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Paradox of Success: A Book of Renewal for Leaders. The Paradox of Success: A Book of Renewal for Leaders. He speaks, consults and serves on the faculty of management at Oral Roberts University’s College of Business. He compares this path to an S-curve, where entropy begins near the top. New York: Harper.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. There has been no shortage of information published on the topic of Emotional IQ or what’s referred to as EQ in recent years.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. While this test is not as detailed as more comprehensive assessments, I have nonetheless found it to be fairly thorough. That said, any self exam is only as good as the honesty of those taking the test.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

The following is a guest piece by Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue, with David A. Self-promoting divas and power-hoarding executives destroy organizational trust. Indeed, his research showed that “good-to-great” CEOs generally received very little attention, whether in the mainstream press or in his interviews for the book. Then came the tempest.

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