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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do

Lead Change Blog

In the years since The Secret originally appeared on bookstore shelves, over 500 thousand copies have been sold to leaders and learners around the world, and several additional books have been published in this leadership series, including The Secret of Teams (2011), Great Leaders GROW (2012), and The Heart of Leadership (2013).

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Leading Blog

In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. A post-mortem was conducted that pointed to a lack of organizational alignment, internal politics, and a lack of technical competence that hindered its ability to transform. The second and more important question remains: How do organizations achieve success?

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Hope Is What People Need from Leaders Today

Michael Lee Stallard

As to the impact of hope, Brooks noted: “In a report in The Journal of Positive Psychology in 2013, researchers defining hope as ‘having the will and finding the way’ found that high-hope employees are 28 percent more likely to be successful at work and 44 percent more likely to enjoy good health and well-being.”.

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How Ethical a Change Leader Are You?

Lead Change Blog

The team I worked with were characterised by lack of confidentiality, conflicting personal and political agendas, lack of respect, and a lack of trust. In part, my success came about because I am familiar with working within such environments. Hence my success with my new team. Why did I succeed?

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Overcome speaker anxiety to become a fearless and engaging speaker

Career Advancement

This may not sound like a surprising admission, since 74 percent of the US population surveyed in 2013 shares a fear of public speaking. If I could make it through the ordeal without passing out, I’d consider the experience a success. Like most audiences, you were polite and encouraging.

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4 Steps for Making Change Happen

Great Leadership By Dan

Historically, the vast majority of political and social change led to chaos not utopia. Let the success of your little experiment become contagious. Put in place measurable goals to track success. Genetics teaches us that the vast majority of "change" called "mutations" are actually harmful to the organism.

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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

These noble families also held positions of power in the English political system, from which they were able to pass laws that protected their privileges and claims. Don’t hang on to yesterday’s success. You can read more on mastering this difficult balancing act in the Hay Group 2013 Best Companies for Leadership study.