Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nokia just couldn’t keep up. Its phones were quickly viewed as antiquated and difficult to work with for developers. In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. To establish this approach, a comprehensive inventory of processes must be developed. Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

With the end of the year approaching, this week is great to share some of my favorites of 2013. Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2013. DiSC TeamBuilding: Steady Changing S – Steadiness Development Activity. I like using activities for Team Building and Leadership Development.

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Home / Human Resources / How to Complete an Individual Development Plan. How to Complete an Individual Development Plan. Perhaps you’ve heard of the professional growth tool called the Individual Development Plan (or IDP for short). Think of performance as the “test” and development as the “lesson.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2013

This post was first published 1/1/2013 on SmartBlog on Leadership: Having trouble coming up with a good leadership New Year’s resolution? For 2013, I’m going to: 1. Develop a charter for my team or organization. Here’s a list of 10 to pick from. These are things that leaders know they “should” do but often don’t.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Here are a selection of tweets from December 2012 that you might have missed: Curated by @wallybock: 13 Sets of Predictions for 2013. Introverts No Longer the Quiet Followers of Extroverts on Forbes by @profkjmoore. Four Ways to Avoid the “Leadership Cliff” in 2013 by @RandyConley. Chief Executive: Are Leaders Born or Made?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. For example, many effective leaders have the following strengths: •Coaching others. Why do you, or would you, follow them? An assessment should be done of the high potential employees to determine their current strengths and development needs.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The new book Gamification in Human Resources highlights several dozen examples of how organizations are using gamification throughout the employee life cycle to recruit, develop and evaluate talent – and it gives you the tools necessary to begin or expand your own gamification programs. We love to know your thoughts about this episode.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Goldman Sachs predicted 300 million jobs would be lost, while the likes of Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk asked for AI development to be paused (although pointedly not the development of autonomous driving). It is difficult to underestimate the importance of self-efficacy in personal development.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2017

Army colonel Sean Hannah’s 2013 study of military leaders concluded that the brains of successful leaders are more complex than average. Because brain development and growth occur throughout one’s lifetime, it is safe to say that it is possible to build good leaders in an organization. We need help and good help can be hard to find.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 24, 2014

And, to help them develop their people as well, because you see, without their colleagues, their people and teams, these leaders, as successful as they might be, would have no one to lead. Developing as a leader is a difficult endeavor. (If This model is just eight steps: Ask, Listen, Think, Thank, Respond, Involve, Change, Follow Up.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Following are the results in descending order of importance: Adaptability to change — 60%. Develops and fosters diverse teams — 33%. Even more revealing is that the value placed on integrity, trustworthiness and transparency by respondent CEOs went down when compared to the 2013 survey results. Integrity — 48%.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

As President of Experiences Unlimited in New York, he develops digital marketing strategies and campaigns to improve organizational performance, leveraging a track record in Marketing Ideation, Social Media, Branded Entertainment, Gamification, […]. Resources Mentioned in This Episode Conference: Enterprise Gamification Forum 2013, Sep.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Whether it’s John Wooden’s Leadership Pyramid , Vince Lombardi’s What It Takes To Be Number One speech , or just catching up with Coach Burton and Coach Mo (my own former coaches), I always come away with something powerful and enriching. In short, it’s leadership development training for life. Never give up. Coming in 2013.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Since adopting my rescue pup, Louie, in 2013, he and I have experienced many challenges as well as delightful adventures. We scheduled a follow-up visit for the following Saturday to see if he would engage more. One thing is certain: Louie loves people! Louie failed. And by the looks of it, he couldn’t care less.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

The following is a guest piece from Thinkers50 creators Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove. Best practice only caught up with the great thinker’s ideas in the 1990s. Rise of the Chinese thinkers The big story in the 2013 Thinkers50 was the arrival of the first Chinese thinkers in the ranking.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Following is the methodology used in selecting this year’s winners: Peer recommendations and interviews. Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. But you’d be woefully mistaken if you think UP is a legacy based company from a bygone era.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

After hearing his list, I said to him that it reminded me of that list of stressful life events where you add up the scores of each event that is going on in your life to determine how much stress you’re dealing with. Check how many apply to you and add up your points: So, what was your score?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Forks happen for a variety of reasons, but they can be summed up into three things: To add new functions. Many altcoins are forks of preceding cryptocurrencies, which develop over time to form their own identities. It is more accurate to define it as a new protocol or technology which powers up a new line of cryptocurrencies.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

The following list is verbatim from one of those sessions and is representative of what I’ve been hearing in all of them: angry anxious anxious, flustered frustrated upset confused understanding a bit anxious disappointed. You do want to watch your caffeine intake as the day progresses so you’ll be set up for a good night of sleep.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

The picture that accompanies this post is me in that moment from 2013.). In case you’re not familiar with it, the Pit is the well at the bottom of an amphitheater style room that seats about a hundred people on GE’s Crotonville leadership development campus in the Hudson River Valley.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The following process is being used by coaches around the world for this same purpose. When these steps are followed, leaders almost always achieve positive, measurable results in changed behavior – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key co-workers. Develop an ongoing follow-up process.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Following the strategic planning meeting there was 4 follow-up meetings to refine the plan and document action steps. Objectives: Develop strategic plan for 2014+. Develop, update and refine plan through 2014. Mike of Create-Learning arrives and sets up. Teams gather successes and progress made of 2013.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

Jennifer is recognized world-wide as the “go-to” expert on the power of introverts following the success of her first book The Introverted Leader. Tip: Turn e-mail chains into conversations by picking up the phone or walking down the hall to see a colleague. Who gets their voice heard in the office?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In the 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers Annual Corporate Directors Survey it was reported that the average age of board directors is 68 and mandatory retirement has risen to 72-75. The reality they have grown up in is far more complex, global and faster paced than that of yesteryear. Follow me on Twitter @Patricia_Lenkov.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The following is a guest post by Therese S. At best, leadership development is a fun day out, at worst it is a gut wrenching, annoying exercise that leaves you cringing as someone teaches you to suck eggs. In the US alone, US$ 156 billion is invested in learning and development every year, or US$ 1,182 per employee (1).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

MAY 29, 2013

Take a look at the new book by this author, Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference (Berrett-Koehler, April 2013); I find myself pumping my fist and saying “yes!” These scientists and engineers develop innovative products and breakthrough ideas. The atmosphere was so calm. — Jennifer B.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 7, 2014

The following is a guest piece by Sally Helgesen. Pink continues his own tradition of digging up fresh, pertinent, and provocative research to support virtually every point he makes. See “ Daniel Pink’s New Pitch ”, by Theodore Kinni, strategy+business magazine, Autumn 2013.)

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 21, 2014

It’s because the higher up you go in the organization, the more your problems are behavioral. You’re smart, you’re up-to-date, you know the technical aspects of your job, but often you may lack some important people skills and it’s hindering your success. I have never seen “effectively sucks up to management” on one profile.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 5, 2013

Welcome to the August 5 th , 2013 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? Ah, if only I had this when I got my first promotion. This list is a keeper!

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 14, 2013

The following is a guest post by Doug Sundheim. I followed up. “I There were 5-10 elements of the goal plan that should have gone through a much more rigorous vetting and consultation process before they ended up on the list. I agree these are critically important to strengthening goals. But they’re not the whole story.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2014

Pixar has been phenomenally successful with the likes of Toy Story , The Incredibles , Finding Nemo, and Up, to name but a few of its films. If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. When Pixar focuses on making great films, profit follows.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 17, 2012

As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter we spent an extremely busy summer getting up to speed on ZF’s powerful and very revolutionary strengths-based leadership approaches. Strengths-based leadership has deep and profound implications for personal, team, and organization development.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

February 11, 2013. We don’t want followers who simply show up to do their work and leave, we want ones who generate ideas on their own and possess the motivation to see them through. When each individual comes up with different good ideas, the operating environment quickly gets complicated. by Nathan Magnuson. Dan Miller.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 2, 2013

January 2, 2013. Professionally, I have a goal to post fresh content on this site each week in 2013, and also to make some aesthetic upgrades. Personally, one of my goals is to step up my cooking game! Personal…lose 52lbs in 2013, one per week. Thanks for sharing, Nathan, and have a great 2013! Sounds good.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 4, 2014

How can we develop the courage to differentiate ourselves from the masses? How can we follow our heart and pursue our passion? It’s a great legacy for those around us to know we spoke from our heart and we stood up for what we believed in. We can freeze up our feelings or we can learn to thaw out our heart.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 28, 2014

A pioneer in the use of customized, 360 degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool, I’ve spent the last 30 years using feedback to help people change for the better. 3) Focused: Then say that there is a behavior that came up that you would like to change.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2012

10 minutes of web surfing led to a few sound musings on this topic, and though I generally aspire to craft my own take when writing, I landed on a webpage that I couldn’t pass up sharing. Take a look back on the past year and draft a list of the following: What worked and what didn’t?

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