Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world. Responsive Leadership can be an antidote to failing leadership and the foundation for building and sustaining organizational trust and confidence. What is responsive leadership? The Big 4 Leadership Attributes.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2015

As we close out 2015 we begin thinking about how we’d like 2016 to be better. This one area can boost innovation, results, engagement, and service – or erode all those things. It deserves leaders’ undivided attention in 2016 – and beyond. It’s the last month of the year. The holidays are upon us.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April. The Three-Box Solution : A Strategy for Leading Innovation by Vijay Govindarajan. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 100 titles. The Third Wave : An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future by Steve Case.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2016

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January. The Right Kind of Crazy : A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation by Adam Steltzner with William Patrick. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 100 titles. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Guest post by Randal Moss : Great leaders consistently talk about the need for their organization to ‘be innovative’ in their thinking. They recognize that innovation is a strategy for growth and that being able to harness that power will drive their organization’s success and their own as well. In some industries that is daunting.

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CO2

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Role of Executive Coaches in Fostering Transformative Leadership Executive coaches play a pivotal role in shaping the leaders of today and tomorrow. This blog post delves into the transformative journey of leadership development through the lens of executive coaching.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2016

Mary Jo Asmus of Aspire Collaborative Services encourages that you are the instrument that makes your leadership work. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership advises that it doesn’t take much to stay interested, motivated, and growing, but it won’t happen by accident. She likens it to keeping a relationship fresh.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Innovation is perhaps the most used word in corporate boardrooms today. Add to this, the challenges of hyper-competitive landscape, organization cultures, shortage of talent and agility to move swiftly and the challenge of innovation compounds. Moreover, innovation is not as simple as having fresh ideas and executing them well.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The following post is a preview excerpt from the Introduction of the New Leadership Literacies by Bob Johansen. This is a future that will be ripe for innovation of all kinds—for good and for evil. In this book, I will explore the external future forces most likely to disrupt leaders and leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

It cannot quite reach that next level of innovation. The leadership challenge for pragmatic leaders is to transform organizations with clunky or myopic tendencies into truly thriving organizations that meet their potential. Pragmatic leaders have to be innovators. In the final analysis, pragmatic leadership is about execution.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

This edition features insights on authentic leadership, change, rationality and transformation. You Can Only Get There From Here – The Art of Intentional Leadership by Scott Mabry. And emergence leads to those seemingly small but powerful innovations and practices that disrupt the established order of things.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Choosing leaders The authors examined 193 private equity (PE)-backed companies valued at $1 billion or more, a figure comparable to mid-sized public firms in the S&P 400 Index, that were acquired between 2010 and 2016. Paying off The advantages of appointing an external CEO for private equity firms are clear, the research suggests.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Susan Mazza , CEO of Clarus-WORKS , Founder/Author of Random Acts of Leadership ™, and Co-Author of The Character-Based Leader. A leadership lesson Susan gained from her first job was the importance of empowering people based on their capabilities rather than limiting them by their level.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

Wild Success by Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely illustrates seven leadership lessons we can learn from the harrowing experiences of extreme athletes. They are cognitive reappraisal, grit, learning from feedback, finding your spark, innovation, resilience, and building balance.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2016

My mind is spinning around as I try to defragment and reorganize the many experiences, images and memories that have made 2016 such a fascinating year. As he started to explain his various considerations, I realized that he fitted into a pattern I have been observing throughout 2016. Abyss of Boredom. The Way Forward.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

The skills touted as most important for advancing careers are changing: 40% of business leaders chose innovation skills as most important for succeeding at work today, behind decision-making skills (39%) and leadership skills (35%).

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. Here's Why Emotions Are The Secret Sauce Of Innovation by ‏@HessEdward. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2017

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey , “72 percent of Americans say ‘a lot’ of responsibility falls on individuals to make sure that they have the right skills and education to be successful in today’s economy.” The Innovators – While employers might innovate on their own, oftentimes they get outside help.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Chip Bell , author, renowned keynote speaker on innovative customer service, and consultant/speaker to such organizations as Microsoft, Nationwide, Marriott, Lockheed-Martin, Cadillac, Ritz-Carlton, Caterpillar, Verizon, USAA, Harley-Davidson, and Victoria’s Secret. 2/2016: Chris Edmonds.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 29, 2018

Whether in terms of profits, innovation or retention of staff. A 2016 study by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) used a Global Empathy Index to measure how much empathy was happening in a company. See box below: And like engagement, empathy is a proven critical factor behind ethical leadership success in business.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

More alarming Gallup’s 2016 survey for the UK reveals that the percentage of UK employees feeling engaged at work has plummeted to just 8%, down from 17% in 2012. These employees psychologically “own” their work, helping move their organisations forward by driving performance and innovation. there is no compelling vision.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 29, 2018

Linking Leadership to Learning. Her strengths in generating alternatives and seeing the big picture allow her to be at the forefront of innovation and engagement year after year. If unchecked by some attention to the opposing Deciding style, Alaina might never deliver the practical outcomes needed for her leadership challenges in HR.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2018

As I polled them with ideas ( 100 Ways to Bullet Proof Your Career , The No B t Guide to Getting Ahead , Leadership Truths from the Trenches ), the one that become the hands down winner was the one that I threw out as a joke: Did I REALLY Sign Up for This?! leadership truths on how to drive, survive and thrive. Work is exhausting.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 23, 2023

The researchers analyzed around 60,000 deals from over 4,500 PE firms between 1990 and 2016. It marks a change from traditional practice that sees money borrowed to buy a standalone firm. Machine learning was used to analyze these deals and found a couple of clear patterns.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At a Stanford Director’s College in 2016, Roger Dunbar, chair of the Silicon Valley Bank, told Venkataraman that “when he hears company executives or board members responding to short-term noise with outsize reactions, he likes to pretend he is lost. Instead, we leave options open to the next generation.”.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

This post is a part of our 2016 Lead Change Group Guest Blogger Series. The title of my presentation was “Toy Box Leadership” loosely based on the book by the same name, with a subtitle “Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child,” by authors Ron Hunter and Michael Waddell. The workshop was a success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Let’s talk about culture,” said the new VP at our first leadership meeting after acquisition number eight. Since we’re talking about culture, is there something as a leadership team that we can do to excite, reengage, and empower them? TJ Jones is an author, speaker, coach and leadership crusader. We want to feel safe.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 5, 2016

A new year means a new beginning, and here’s a promise a week for 2016. Following them through will end up changing your leadership and your life. I promise to encourage creativity and embrace innovation. Lead From Within: A promise a week— will accelerate your leadership to excellence. I promise to lead with heart.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I watched a rerun of the 2016 football game between Penn State and Ohio State recently. How innovative solutions are gathered? Dr. Paul Hersey’s research concluded that leadership is influence. How they listen? How they deploy resources? How they respond to differences of opinion? How they create timelines and make decisions?

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Along the way, the leaders of these organizations turned their backs on the tenets of great branding, defined as carving out unique brand positions and adding to that strategic advantage with innovations that thrill customers. In 2016, the Cayenne will be produced in Slovakia. VW Succumbs to the Lure of Slovakian Labor.

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CO2

OCTOBER 31, 2017

ARC Advisory Group conducted research in Q4 of 2016 to understand how companies were dealing with the “great digitization”. The responses are broken down by Leadership and Employees. And from the survey data, there is a huge gap in perception between what Leadership thinks and what Employees think.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 2, 2016

Welcome to the May 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! This edition touches on so many nuances of leadership! Starting with a discussion of leadership myths about leadership and ending with a discussion of the role of sleep, this collection has something for each visitor. Let’s Get Started.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 26, 2016

That’s why leadership and talent consulting experts at Korn Ferry Hay Group are teaming up with partners Science Applications International Corp. SAIC) and Harris Corporation to offer the Leveraging Military Leadership Program (LMLP). The program has also garnered tremendous support from past participants. About the Author.

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CO2

OCTOBER 31, 2017

ARC Advisory Group conducted research in Q4 of 2016 to understand how companies were dealing with the “great digitization”. The responses are broken down by Leadership and Employees. We have a culture of innovation, experimentation and risk-taking. Leadership: 75% Employees: 37%. Leadership: 76% Employees: 41%.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 5, 2018

It’s important to recognize that attracting and retaining Rockstar performers is vital for organizations to grow, innovate, and outperform the competition. A 2016 Conference Board survey revealed that attracting and retaining talent is the number one concern amongst CEOs, regardless of their company size or industry.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

First in December 2016 in Phoenix where they learned from Alan Mulally as well as me. Whitney Johnson – Thinkers 50 award-winning Management Thinker 2015-17, Disruptive Innovation expert, author Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. I wrote “great teachers” and “very generous.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 21, 2016

Throughout history, the greatest innovators and problem-solving artists of their time were people considered odd or eccentric. Her new book, Intentional Leadership (Motivational Press, 2016) debuts later this year. Otherwise, I recommend an outside party well-versed in the particulars.

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