The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In the last couple of weeks, our Performance Readiness ® has tumbled evidenced by the fact that today even routine tasks like making copies, conversation, coffee and calls are done differently now and take more energy to accomplish. Make the Intervention as Quickly as Possible. What would be most helpful for you right now?

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Download My Personal Development Plan Template Today. Leadership is the act of guiding a group of people or organization to a desired goal, result, or higher level. “Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title.”

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Quality Leadership Cooper Delegation 59

Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Hey, it’s David, and you’re listening to leadership without losing your soul, your source for practical leadership, inspiration, tools, and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process. Welcome to the show today.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. I think your encouragement to: remember those who have fallen, be thankful for those who serve, but continue to move forward – is sound counsel.

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Steve Farber

JULY 27, 2016

Choosing love, then, is not something that should be restricted to personal or romantic matters. Acting from love in your business brings about a wealth of benefits. Healthy employee and customer retention, combined with the growth and abundance associated with love-based decisions, makes for an overall healthy and successful business.

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Competitive Advantage Self-aware Video Motivation 40

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Bo Eason Today, Eason shares the following great advice: Question: How can a person stay focused and not let distractions take her/him off course? Take a nice deep breath, think about your life, and start writing. Make a copy and put it up in your bathroom or on your bedside table or somewhere you’ll see it every day.

How To 50

How To Commitment Long-term Learning-by-Doing 50

General Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Committed to using every ounce of energy to promote change, his inspiring example confirming how a single, persistent person can make a profoundly positive difference. No matter how daunting or discouraging their circumstances. Today, Mandela’s legacy looms large over a world with too few positive role models. Ever failed.

Learning-by-Doing 406

Learning-by-Doing Short-term Positioning Commitment 406

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Today’s little rant is about change. Whenever I think of the challenge of change, I think of Sally Field, well, not Sally Field exactly, her character, Norma Rae. It will make life better in the end. The good ones will not make promises to bring back the past. Luckily, for us all, it doesn’t happen that often.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 17, 2020

Yes, self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do things even when you’re reluctant to — but it really means more than that. Do you: Make yourself proud or do just enough to get by ? Think for yourself or yield to popular opinion? Make decisions based on facts or act primarily on emotion?

Learning-by-Doing 114

Learning-by-Doing Ethics Morale Blog 114

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together. And today I’m talking with Alex Shootman, President and CEO of Workfront. Alex, thanks so much for joining us today.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

Today, too many strategists believe that a clever plan to win the internet’s attention is a good digital strategy. The painful truth is: attention itself isn’t worth as much as today’s marketers, boardrooms, and beancounters think. Make the terms and conditions impossible to understand!

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Marketing Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

If you have any hope of reaching 2014 in your current trouser size, you are going to need a strategy. Saying “I just won’t eat any of it” is not a strategy — if you leave this up to willpower alone, you will not succeed. Don’t think about white bears!”) Decision making Health Managing yourself'

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Strategy Resistance Follow-up Planning 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Those are the problems of yesterday — and today, here's the thing: we largely know how to solve them. Whether you're an assiduous manager, a chin-stroking economist, a superstar footballer, or a rumpled artist, here's the unshakeable fact: you don't get to tomorrow by solving yesterday's problems. Now that's singularity.

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Short-term Long-term Open-book Consultative 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

One of the most critical success factors we found at Coty was that it was not who was tapped as a leader or even a team’s technical skills that mattered most. The traditional, even predominant, way to form a team follows a well-rehearsed and perfectly logical flow: Develop a strategy. Allocate budget for a team.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

He was asked to explain his strategies for expanding distribution and introducing new products to market. But the fact of the matter is, I got taken.” His goal today? “To Maybe you’re thinking that Martin just didn’t know how to play his cards right. To ruin this company.”. This wasn’t rocket science.

Management 9

Management Proposal CEO Human Resources 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Research shows that leaders who think and act from the same assumptions and behavioral repertoires they’ve used for years are prone to stagnate, underperform, or derail. As a result, they don’t get defensive and they’re willing to take risks , such as making a mistake or appearing non-expert in public.

Agility 8

Agility Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching Telecommunications 8

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Stop and ponder that for a minute; then think about whether your content is truly invaluable against that backdrop. They are on top of the latest trends in SEO, SEM and copywriting strategies. Neil Patel Neil provides constant value to his readers through amazing long-form content with tons of strategy built into every post.

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Marketing Content Audience Brand 105

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Too many business leaders today are out of touch with the employees they lead. Participants are taken out of their day-to-day workplaces to be inspired by expert faculty, work on case studies, receive personal feedback, and take away the latest leadership thinking (and badges for their résumés). Make it experiential.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Many of the most common missteps we see companies make would fit nicely in Steve Kerr’s management classic , “The folly of rewarding A, while hoping for B.” You only create value if you solve a problem that matters. But take the time to think about the logical connection points inside your organization.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Six Sigma Constraint 8

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Just when I think it's right, I hit "preview", and it's a complete surprise each time. Think of it as leadership graffiti. (-: Bon appétit! Here's Don’t Make it about you: " Tips on how to better tailor your professional communication to get the outcome you are hoping.". How we begin matters. John Hunter , from The W.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 271

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It has called on us to learn to think better. In the list below, you will find resources to help you do just that—think better. The more we use technology and outsourced thinking, we diminish our ability to think for ourselves. Gruenfeld reminds us that we have more power than we think no matter where we are in life.

Books 449

Books Leadership Simon Learning-by-Doing 449

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on the myth of perfection. Patton said it best: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” Here’s another pet peeve – the phrase “would you rather have something quick or right” makes me cringe every time I hear it.

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Blog Leadership Competitive Advantage Brand 409

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. I think not…rather I believe that many among us are sadly lacking the innovative approach to our practice that we so consistently demand from our clients.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

How can an organization tell whether it’s actually letting data inform its decision making — or if it’s merely using superficial analyses to retroactively justify decisions it has already made? But they’re just a bit player in the far more sprawling drama that is data-driven decision making.

How To 11

How To Pharmaceuticals Process Objective 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Hyperkinetic change has a way of turning today's iconic leaders into tomorrow's bewildered bureaucrats. In most organizations, the responsibility for setting direction, developing strategy and allocating resources is highly centralized. Beyond these structural limits are cognitive limits.

P&L 8

P&L Supply Chain Bottom-up McKinsey 8