Leading Blog

JULY 20, 2020

Y OU are likely being asked to “work things out at your own level” in your job more and more. You’ve probably asked your direct reports to work things out at their own level, too. You, your colleagues, and your direct reports are grappling with what I call “the authority conundrum.” Do not take it lightly.

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David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

It’s the beating heart of the work your consulting firm produces for your clients, and it’s the reason you win consulting projects. Therefore, offering more value, along with chocolate-glazed pastries will enable you to secure bigger projects faster, right? The post It’s Not Value.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The only other choice is to outsource your thinking, and hope you don’t get caught in a distortion field. I am of the latter school, believing that conflicts are values-based, thus, rarely can they be resolved, merely managed to the win-win. Welcome to the December 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! Communication.

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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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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Your consulting firm’s clients are wired to notice certain things. Let’s take advantage of that wiring to help your consulting firm win more projects and create happier clients. Consulting clients want results. That’s pretty obvious, right? That’s because they’re human.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2019

When you look back on your career, you remember the jobs you took, the jobs you declined, the opportunities realized and the opportunities lost. You also remember the Consultants. As a consumer of consulting services for more years than I care to admit, I have developed a well defined view of a typical engagement.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2023

Ten years ago, I featured l eadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader, Nathan Magnuson , for the first time on my blog. I had just wrapped up a consulting project helping the FBI build a brand new leadership development program from scratch. as the best new leadership and business book for that year.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It has illuminated our strengths and exposed our vulnerabilities. It has called on us to reinvent and transform. 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. Certainty is out. Complexity is in. Common sense no longer helps us connect the dots. Blog Post ).

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 27, 2017

Some people will jump right in the basket and look forward to the journey and the destination. And what we’ve learned over the last twenty-five years of implementing change projects is that the work doesn’t end when you’ve reached your goal. We like to use our Baker’s Dozen of Project Readiness questions.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To diffuse it, open by conveying your sincerity and warmth with a handshake, eye contact, and a smile, as appropriate. Other ways of reducing tension in the first few minutes are sharing airtime while projecting genuine interest, showing respect and asking for agreement on some small initial ground-rule (e.g., We all negotiate.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With a master’s degree in management, you will help companies overcome their problems and secure your future. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, it’s the perfect win-win opportunity. Management consultant. Employers prefer high standards and qualified employees throughout all branches of business.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s a win for everyone; employers don’t have to rent out as much space. Separating your personal life and work goals is hard enough, but having both in the same space can invite chaos. What’s more, it will probably add to your home’s market value as well. There are many possible upgrades for your WFH setup.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are going fast down the wrong road that isn’t going to help your organization. One of the very best books I have read on speed is Lead with Speed: Fire up your team, power your engines of development, and make your organization soar. It is one of the earlier “let’s go fast” projects I have read about.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

If employees think the goal is to win at a team-building event, then they may feel more pressure to learn the rules which will help them win against their opponent instead of getting into the spirit of doing something together as a group with no ‘Win’ (or ‘Lose’) as the defining outcome. Flash Mobbing.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 5, 2015

New jobs, new projects, new goals, new hobbies – the possibilities are endless. Set Your Destination. New project? You can take it anywhere you want, right? You can take it anywhere you want, right? The start of your next big thing is a critical period. Get a Quick Win. Bide your time.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 11, 2018

I shared this story with best-selling author and consultant, Jesse Stoner, a woman who knows more than a thing or two about the power of enduring vision. But I continue to believe I was right to make the company’s employees priority-one. The means to that end was a lonely trek up a perilous mountain, its peak masked by high clouds.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Teams form and disperse based on projects. And with the right mix of experiences, will likely arrive better prepared to take on the role. You can order your copy of Up is Not the Only Way here. Careers used to be predictable. There were paths and ladders. The hierarchy worked – for some. The world of work was changing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 25, 2019

The job of a leader, whether of a large corporation or small project team, is to discover new ideas to make life better for their customers, workforce, and communities. Nevertheless, to create a winning idea, you need to learn as much as you can about the stakeholders whose lives you want to improve. Everything. The Core Four: 1.

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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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David A Fields

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

A consultant asked me this question: Once I’ve won a project with a new client, when should I start trying to win the next project? What advice would you give this consultant? When have you started selling follow-on or pull-through projects to existing clients? Fields, all rights reserved.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

A Guest Post from Lisa Hamaker, Kaliday Consulting, and author of Creating Joyful Work. However there is always more—a different department or project, new products, new companies. However there is always more—a different department or project, new products, new companies. Leading Your Team to “Stand it Good ”.

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David A Fields

JULY 9, 2014

A question I was asked: I have a project with a client right now, and I see opportunities for more business with them. What would your suggestion be to this consultant? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below. The post How to Win Follow-On Business appeared first on David A.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building submitted Top 11 Inspirational Songs to Motivate Your Team. Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. Communication. ” Randy Conley shares three steps for How To Tell Someone You Don’t Trust Them Without Destroying The Relationship. Follow Randy on Twitter at @RandyConley.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

Before discussing the pitfalls, let’s gain an appreciation for the astounding power of autonomy done right. It’s autonomy: “the feeling that your life–its activities and habits–are self-chosen and self-endorsed.” Given all this goodness, how can you craft intelligent autonomy, or empowerment done right?

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David A Fields

JULY 9, 2014

A question I was asked: I have a project with a client right now, and I see opportunities for more business with them. What would your suggestion be to this consultant? Post your suggestion by using the ‘Leave a Comment’ box below. relationships starting projects value proposition'

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

David shares how to avoid this leadership mistake and keep your people energized with one simple practice. They play the most important role in mobilizing their teams, helping them see the whole picture, and stimulating their motivation. Your challenge is to get them to share ideas at work. Follow Charles. It’s not that hard.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

A big project is made up of hundreds, maybe thousands of those types of repeated tasks. Don’t let that happen to your team. I created an assessment of the five fundamental skills for personal success, based on the Cycle of Winning I describe in Serial Winner. Strategy is important, innovation is important. What are they missing?

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 10, 2014

Some will gloat that “I knew that was a stupid decision” when a project fails but won’t say it before the decision is made when it really counts. The best antidote to “executive exuberance” is also the best way to tap more of your corporate brainpower. Those reading the tea leaves see that the top of the house is leaning toward a yes.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Great consultants don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time talking about theory or generalities, they would rather roll up their sleeves and get into the mix to help you address your project needs and challenges now. Treat the interview as a sort of dry run for how the candidate might approach the project.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

This 3P Framework strategy process is chronicled in Xbox Revisited, and I now use it in my consulting, board work, and civic engagements. Managers, Coaches, and Captains: Even with the greatest strategy, teams can still flounder without the right leadership. the skills I call on every day.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 26, 2014

It isn’t the command-and-control way of leadership that wins the day. Don’t wait for the conclusion of a big project—celebrate the victories, large and small, every day. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive, just know in your heart it will be returned. Two men shared a hospital room.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 7, 2016

The positive effects of smiling are so poignant that Dale Carnegie devoted an entire chapter to it in his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People. ” Since people prefer to do business with their friends, a simple smile can generate positive energy right from the start. Value Results AND Relationships.

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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. That corrosive malaise will eat away at your people until you have a group of zombies shuffling through their day without any meaning or purpose to their work. Did you follow up on that plan?”. “No,

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2015

How does your request fit in with their annual strategic plan? My clients in large corporations (naively) believe they win on either price, relationship history, or quality/brand. A global consulting client received an RFP from a Fortune 50 company – the company historically used Company X as their consulting provider.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 2, 2022

I once consulted with a church struggling to move forward. I felt like a genius consultant when I uncovered the root problem, but the truth is I only discovered what they already knew – yet never admitted. I quickly assessed that they needed to create unity in the church in order to move forward.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Best of Blogs Winner by Kevin Eikenberry on December 16, 2010 in Leadership , Leadership Blogs , Learning The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner! This is an unprecedented third title for Steve Roesler.

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