Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Thank you all. Learn more about RLI here. Let’s Get Started.

Leadership Development 201

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 201

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Thanks to those who contributed the many excellent posts on leadership practices, the workplace environment and personal mastery. And a special thanks to carnival leader Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership for the invitation to host this carnival.

Leadership Development 205

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 205

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. For leaders aiming to propel their teams to unparalleled success, the art of delivering impactful feedback is crucial. What is Leadership Feedback?

Examples 52

Examples Team Succession 360-Degree Feedback 52

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. The methods and processes worked!

Case Study 116

Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Being proactive in supporting employees’ professional growth by identifying development opportunities and offering resources or training programs. It enables employees to express their ideas, concerns, and feedback freely, fostering a sense of psychological safety and trust.

Environment 52

Environment Positioning Strategy Diversity 52

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Our greatest challenge as leaders is not understanding the practice of leadership; it is practicing our understanding of leadership. The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is “if they understand, they will do.” by Marshall Goldsmith. Most make a lot of sense.

360-Degree Feedback 166

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

The Practical Leader

APRIL 9, 2012

This is an extraordinary book on leadership from the experts in extraordinary leadership. That book was based on their extensive database of more than 200,000 multi-rater or 360-degree feedback reports describing 20,000 managers. Periodically I search Amazon for an update on how many leadership books are available.

Motivation 53

Motivation 360-Degree Feedback Emotional Intelligence Review 53

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Our greatest challenge as leaders isn’t understanding the practice of leadership; it’s practicing our understanding of leadership. The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is, “If they understand, they will do.” by Marshall Goldsmith.

360-Degree Feedback 96

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

LDRLB

OCTOBER 13, 2010

[This post is adapted from my submission into the M-Prize, the world’s first management innovation award. Studies have shown that those promoted to management will be more likely to develop into pricks as they work to ensure compliance in their subordinates. Leadership democracy management' It sounds like despotism.

360-Degree Feedback 68

360-Degree Feedback Compliance Follow-up Power 68

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. Specifically, what is the role of the leader in creating and sustaining an innovative organization? Or, as Hill puts it, “Conventional leadership won’t get you to innovation.”

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. Specifically, what is the role of the leader in creating and sustaining an innovative organization? Or, as Hill puts it, “Conventional leadership won’t get you to innovation.”

Education 8

Education Innovation Execution Content 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Over the last decade, I’ve conducted thousands of 360-degree feedback interviews with the colleagues of the leaders I coach. My goal with these sessions is to get a better sense of my clients’ strengths and weaknesses, but more often than not, the feedback isn’t particularly useful. Erika Andersen.

360-Degree Feedback 14

360-Degree Feedback How To Comparison Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

Here’s the problem: EI is difficult to develop because it is linked to psychological development and neurological pathways created over an entire lifetime. People need to be invested in changing their behavior and developing their EI, or it just doesn’t happen. They need to change, or they need to leave.

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence Development 360-Degree Feedback How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Doctors were once viewed as ill-prepared for leadership roles because their selection and training led them to become “heroic lone healers.” The emphasis on patient-centered care and efficiency in the delivery of clinical outcomes means that physicians are now being prepared for leadership. ” But this is changing.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This organization had hired us to administer 360-degree feedback assessments for roughly 4,000 leaders, and agreed to let us use that data for this analysis. We focused on two items that have stood out to us in over 10 years of administering 360-degree assessments with over 1.5

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Diversity Dunning Analysis 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In our previous blog, Bad Leaders Can Change Their Spots , we described a group of 71 leaders who were able to elevate their leadership effectiveness from the 23rd percentile to the 56th percentile — that is, from being poor leaders to good ones. They developed a broader perspective.

360-Degree Feedback 11

360-Degree Feedback Cooper Learning-by-Doing Skills 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. Understand that most people, including senior leaders, are uncomfortable providing this feedback.

Career 9

Career 360-Degree Feedback Mentor Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I recently returned from a trip to Beijing where I was working with senior managers to develop leadership skills in one of the largest companies in the world. Being perceived to work hard often contributes to strong leadership scores, since it's viewed as a sign of commitment. But, then, an entirely different thought came to me.

360-Degree Feedback 12

360-Degree Feedback Globalization Participative Skills 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

Over the last five years, Zenger Folkman has collected 360-degree feedback data on 2,187 HR leaders. Second, we rank-ordered 49 leadership behaviors for all those in HR from the most negative to the most positive behaviors. Developing and coaching others. Innovates. Practices self-development.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Skills Positioning Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Of the younger group, 44% ranked in the top quartile for overall leadership effectiveness when compared to all leaders in our database. The 360-degree feedback instrument we use collects data on 49 leadership behaviors. In contrast, the older group had only 20% in the top quartile. Focused intently on results.

Management 8

Management 360-Degree Feedback Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If you speak candidly with a manager's direct reports about his development needs, their comments tend to focus on a fairly predictable set of issues: fairness, delegation, openness to their ideas, the quality of performance feedback, coaching, and career guidance. To succeed, as Odysseus did, keep three things in mind.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Delegation Career Execution 8