Lead from Within

OCTOBER 7, 2014

What would happen if we reversed that pattern? And acknowledged our strength by asking ourselves the following: What are you a natural at? What comes easily to you that others struggle with? What does reflection tell you? What makes you feel good? What should you focus on?

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Competitive Advantage Performance Review Learning-by-Doing Review 167

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

After spending months on end working at home throughout the various lockdowns, your employees might finally be coming back into the office with a different mindset. Looking ahead to 2022, employees are keen to carry on their work in a more flexible manner, dividing their working week between spending time at home and in the office.

Trends 81

Trends Long-term Open-book Cost 81

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. It doesn’t come naturally to most of us.

Leadership 78

Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. It doesn’t come naturally to most of us.

Leadership 78

Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Many have seen their companies and their leadership grow year over year. The process is not complex yet it can be difficult, especially when it comes to admitting your mistakes and shortcomings. The key is to define the failures that you had control over. This time has proven valuable to members.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

As your business grows, you will find yourself tackling problems that are possibly further away from your core skillset, this is completely normal, and often when the business starts to utilize outsourcing more. That means that you don’t need to outsource anything that your skillset covers already/.

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Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 61

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: As a pioneer in gender balance advocacy, what are some of the most significant breakthroughs you’ve witnessed in achieving gender parity in leadership roles? The HR Digest: You’ve advised global CEOs and leadership teams across various industries.

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Diversity Globalization Presenteeism CEO 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 23, 2020

As an entrepreneur, you know how important money management is. Both inside and outside of the workplace, it can be the difference between struggling to make ends meet and paving your way for financial success. What’s more, it can be the difference between making and losing a profit. Get educated.

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Entrepreneur Management Tips Credit Scoring 67

Strategy Driven

JUNE 4, 2020

The novel coronavirus forced leaders of hierarchical, on-site, 9-5 businesses to acknowledge what should have been blatantly obvious: work and home life can no longer be looked at as being balanced but should be viewed as blended. If you are pursuing your human potential, you cannot separate work and life.

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Trends Ethics Technology System 80

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

While creating successful teams isn’t as simple as mimicking the processes of emotionally intelligent groups of people, what you can do is create the necessary conditions in which team members can develop their emotional intelligence. Social awareness – leaders can realize what’s going on and give valuable feedback.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Starting Your Own Business? Glean These 19 Ideas & Tips to Skyrocket Your Success Note: This post was written in collaboration with Victoria Greene , an ecommerce brand marketing consultant, freelance writer, and small business owner with a pulse on the future of online selling. If you have, you're not alone; 99.7%

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

Anne Perschel , from Germane Insights, picked Dear CEO: What's Your 400 Year Business Plan? What can leaders learn from the makers of fine cognac? How to grow a company that remains healthy long into the future. Julie Winkle Giulioni picked Make Sure to Learn from Your Successes. "It

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

As an entrepreneur, you know how important money management is. Both inside and outside of the workplace, it can be the difference between struggling to make ends meet and paving your way for financial success. What’s more, it can be the difference between making and losing a profit. Get educated.

Entrepreneur 51

Entrepreneur Management Tips Credit Scoring 51

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. The difference manifests itself in the care taken by the servant-first to make sure that other people’s highest priority needs are being served. Especially now.

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Servant Leader Greenleaf Leadership Airlines 250

Lead from Within

AUGUST 4, 2015

Here are some thoughts to remember about failure and blame: No matter what happened, you can’t spend your life blaming yourself. Remember that you are not what happened in that moment — there is much more to you than one mishap. There is a lot you cannot control, but there is one thing you can.

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Energy Consultative Execution Leadership 60

Lead from Within

JULY 7, 2015

He did not think he needed a coach. He didn’t want to work on self –development, nor did he think he needed to. But when it comes to character development, we’re too often willing to leave it up to chance—and sometimes we all need help. Overconfidence will always bite you. Your character is what you choose to make it.

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Self-aware Career Advertising Construction 60

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Because organizations change, new opportunities present themselves, and people need chances to grow. None of us likes to think about being replaced in our jobs.

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Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

QAspire

JULY 4, 2010

This is the final part of this series which is compiled to form a handy and portable summary “ 25 Things Managers & Leaders Should NEVER Do ” ( Download PDF ) If you are a supervisor, manager or a leader at any level, you should NEVER: Conduct long and unscheduled meetings. Even if you do, keep them short. Another mistake?

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Management Project Delegation Directory 156

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Six weeks ago you met with your colleagues, had invigorating discussions, examined alternatives, and came up with an impressive plan. Did you follow up on that plan?”. “No, No, how about you?”. A quick shake of the head and you realized that the great idea everyone talked about has languished. Who will do it?

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Wireless Commitment Follow-up Consultative 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

As I previously mentioned in my recent post “How to Rank a Website,” leverage is one of the fastest techniques you can use to grow a website. There are a lot of ways you can use leverage to increase your website revenue. We said, “If you like this product, would you do us a favor and tweet about it?”

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Covey Brand Follow-up Review 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It’s suggested that businesses spend 8% of their revenue on marketing costs. But what happens when that 8% feel wasted? If you’re not seeing the fruits of your labor, it’s time to rethink your marketing strategy. And who better to help you do that than a small business marketing consultant?

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Consultative Marketing Audience Short-term 10

Lead from Within

AUGUST 25, 2015

If you’re starting a new position or role, or your leadership just needs a refresher use these 90 powerful tips over the first three months to get your leadership on track. In any position, your effectiveness and trajectory are powerfully affected by choices you make – so how can you best make them count?

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Power Succession Learning-by-Doing Brainstorming 60

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 6, 2015

Fauzia Burke Many of the leadership books I read and sometimes review on my blog I first learn about from FSB Associates , a digital publicity and marketing firm specializing in creating awareness for books and authors. What is your title? How long have you worked at FSB Associates, Inc.? Burke : Everything.

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Trends eBook Books Mission Statement 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

IF YOU WILL LEAD, LLC Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Infrastructure Consulting IF YOU WILL LEAD recognizes that your personal and professional success depends, in large part, on your ability to effectively and powerfully lead. He is reminding us that true leadership requires a degree of selflessness.

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Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. To compensate your side of this seesaw, creative shortcuts cultivate new directions for building business and explore the inspiring nature of change. We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve shared various ways you can become a healthy leader over the last couple of weeks. Today, I wanted to bring new voices to the civanonversation on what a healthy leader looks like. I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader?

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Two pillars of the economy – jobs and consumer spending – appear to be on the upswing. According to analysts, the economy would need to consistently add 200,000-300,000 jobs a month to make a noticeable dent in the unemployment rate. Factories are producing, auto sales are rising and new businesses pop up daily.

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Uncertainty Insurance Newsletter Incentives 57

LDRLB

MARCH 30, 2010

A few weeks ago, Hay Group , a global management consulting firm, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com released the Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list. Can you tell us a little about the design of your study? I got a chance to ask John B. Larrere of Hay Group some questions about the study. South America.

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Company Leadership Short-term Long-term 68

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets : Why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it by Sharon Drew Morgen. But all too often, the long lag time between recognizing the need for a new solution and actually purchasing and implementing it leads to lost sales, lost opportunities, and lost productivity.

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Case Study Technology Resistance Project 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

Depending on the study you look at, the impact of turnover ranges from three months of salary for a low level employee who leaves to as high as 400 percent of the annual salary of an upper-level person who leaves. No Nonsense Retention : Painless Strategies To Retain Your Best People by Jeff Kortes. What poor retention is costing you.

Learning-by-Doing 50

Learning-by-Doing Open-book Training Micromanagement 50

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Starting a new business involves a host of challenges, and chief among them is knowing what to spend your money on—and how much to spend. You have to consider salaries, marketing budget, office size, technology services, and on and on. Catherine Ledner/Getty Images.

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top. If you’re looking for fans, followers, and friends to build a Social Nation around your business, don’t panic. There is simple advice that will help businesses avoid the pitfalls and make a strong online impact.

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Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

At some point in your career, even if you’re not a salesperson, you’re going to have to sell something — whether it’s your idea , your team, or yourself. So how can you improve your sales skills, especially if you don’t pitch people often? What the Experts Say. .

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Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

That’s why so many, lured by the promise of flexible hours, higher rates, and location independence, are intrigued by the idea of becoming a consultant or coach when they retire from their “official” career. Of course, competition for these plum positions is growing. that your retirement and new career might entail.

Consultative 8

Consultative How To Career Planning 8

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader. I raise these and other questions in my blog post, Get Your Reality Checked.”.

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Leadership Development Development Planning Self-aware 283

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

When deciding whether to take a job offer, you're hoping to maximize attainment of your objectives. If an opportunity scores highly against all objectives, you'll quickly know what to do. But your choice may not be so easy. You may have two good options. He was told he could return to his former consulting firm.

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Career Tools Goal Objective 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

the consulting firm whose advice has shaped the fortunes of the world’s richest and most powerful companies. It was on what he called “Personal Renewal,” the urgent need for leaders who wish to make a difference and stay effective to commit themselves to continue learning and growing. Look around you.

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Collins McKinsey Advice Learning-by-Doing 15