Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 9, 2024

Advice: “You can never tell what’s around the corner”: Here’s how to nail succession planning Written by Annie Makoff-Clark Tuesday 09 January 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Recruiting a successor is no easy task — who should take over, and when? To hire internally or externally?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 16, 2014

For May’s Frontline Festival, I asked experts around the world to share their best career advice. Too little thought and planning can lead to not only an unproductive meeting, but potential loss of a star performer. They ask you for your best advice on how to get ahead. Thanks to all the contributors. Jennifer V.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 19, 2014

#55 Create Personal Development Plans – People are more engaged when they are striving and progressing toward goals. Work with your direct reports to create personal development plans. The post Help Your Direct Reports Create Personal Development Plans appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

Dan shares actionable advice for leaders aiming to nurture community and connection in their teams. 15:06-17:06: They explore a three-step methodology to embrace the future of work: recognizing the shift, changing mindsets, and putting plans into action to navigate through these changes effectively.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

He had a plan and was ready to execute, but had very little desire to hear what we had to say. We hadn’t listed humility in the “required” or even “desired” competencies in the job posting. We both felt this candidate was a nightmare in the making. He wasn’t listening or open.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 27, 2020

Then, I have a few who see this as a passing storm, which requires clear thinking and planning for when their company emerges from that storm. So, my advice right now is to relax your thinking, widen your vision, look to the far horizon and consider how you will thrive as this passing storm abates. It can’t be controlled.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? In today’s #AskingForaFriend, I bring you an interview with Mike Maddock , serial entrepreneur, and best-selling author of several books including Plan D. Awareness is key when it comes to a blind spot.

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Career Advancement

JANUARY 13, 2020

Gary reached out for some expert advice on what steps to take to get promoted at work, and here’s what he learned. Devise a plan for getting to know key decision-makers who determine who gets a promotion. Want to revamp your own plan for promotion—or need some guidance on getting started? Ask your boss for an introduction.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals or partners develop a plan and iterate as new information arises. If sophisticated investors are involved — as often happens in biotech — the plan is undoubtedly subjected to intensive due diligence. They're things you never saw coming and you never planned for. Develop living plans that are regularly updated.

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Women on Business

JULY 22, 2018

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Here’s my best advice for those times: Face your obligations. Make a plan to move forward. As a leader, you cannot get stuck in a problem but need to be the source of plans and solutions. The post My Best Advice for Leaders When Things Are Going Wrong appeared first on Lolly Daskal. How to Succeed as A New Leader.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 21, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! The post Three Critical Questions for Strategic Planning appeared first on General Leadership. Read more at [link]. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MAY 21, 2019

If you were giving your best advice to someone who had their whole life in front of them, what would you say? The following represents some of the best advice I can give about life. My Best Advice — Ever. More of My Best Advice. Plan for a rainy day. Please Share Your Best Advice, below. Own your life!

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Additionally, it means that women need to plan their retirement finances and make sure that they have taken action to try and bridge the gap as best they can. So, what are a few of the best steps that women can take to plan their retirement finances? The gender pension gap is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Equity Release.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 5, 2021

You probably heard the advice that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” Making plans is important, but our gut reaction is to plan for the best-case outcomes, ignoring the high likelihood that things will go wrong. The post Are You Falling for the Myth of “Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail”?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The purpose of The HR Digest’s Performance Improvement Plan Sample is to help you bridge serious gaps in an employee’s work performance and address other areas of concern. A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a document that outlines the steps needed for an employee to improve their work performance. And why is it important?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP) is a great way to capture those actions and increases your chances of keeping your commitments to yourself. Senior leaders often hire executive coaches to help them create their development plan. How can you approach them to ask for their advice? What’s your action plan?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone once messaged me on Twitter to ask, “What words of advice do you have for a new leader? 4 words of advice for the new leader: Learn the people first, before making major changes. Plan your approach. Of course, my best advice – Go with God! Pace yourself.” ” That was plenty for Twitter.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 28, 2016

So other than having given advice to my two daughters, I’ll be way out of my element. I'm planning to draw from the “best of” collection below. Or, what advice do you have for college students to prepare them to deal with managers (or other workplace tips)? Put their smartphones down to listen too?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 22, 2024

Let’s start with a timeless piece of advice from Marshall McLuhan, the renowned communication researcher. This helps them choose the right communication channel and plan the key messages they need to deliver. He famously said, “The medium is the message.” ” What does this mean for you as a manager?

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The most popular post on this blog continues to be one of my first posts written in 2008 called How to Write a Great Individual Development Plan (IDP). Development Actions: This section is the heart of the development plan. In one of the earlier versions of that post I had offered to send readers an IDP template.

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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. Here are their responses: 1. Here are their responses: 1. Jennifer V.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Managers must keep things in order through planning, executing, and evaluating. Managers are expected to handle the workload; leaders are expected to determine what comes next. Management is a disciplinary process while leadership is an aspirational intention. Managers by nature are pragmatists; leaders are dreamers.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

When writing a professional development plan (PDP) ask yourself two questions: Where are you now? It’s important to have a self-assessment before creating a professional development plan,” says Beau Lhotsky, a career adviser at Australian help and Paper fellows. “A Always seek advice from professionals (i.e. Utilize Resources.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s given me advice I like to share with young pastors. Of course, in full disclosure, I consistently try to convince them I’m not the guy to listen to but they keep asking for advice, so I keep sharing. 7 pieces of advice I give to young pastors: Don’t try to have all the answers. Prioritize your life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

17:49 Additional advice for people who are leading people who are tired. Plan the week out but allow for flexibility. 28:48 Last bits of advice. Add up the years of experience on your team. 13:30 When you have the moments when you wonder if you can continue, what conversations do you have with yourself? Name them: dark moments.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 23, 2024

Action Item: Set a stretch goal that feels slightly out of reach and develop a step-by-step plan to achieve it. Mentors provide insight and advice and can often see potential in us that we may not see in ourselves. This can be intimidating, but growth and comfort do not coexist.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

If there’s not a lot to do while your workload is ramping up, spend time reading everything useful you can get your hands on: old documents, marketing and business plans, competitive analysis, the organization’s full website. The post The Best Advice You Need When Starting a New Job appeared first on Lolly Daskal.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Here is some advice for building a remote company that runs smoothly: Use the Right Tools. Determine Your Communication Plan. The biggest thing a remote business is missing is in-person communication, which is why a communication plan is so important. How can you be sure that your staff are doing what they said they would?

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 8, 2014

Which also means that there are many people who planned to set goals during the holidays – and definitely before January […]. My calendar shows January 8th – which means we are already more than one week into the New Year. Which means that a goodly percentage of those who set resolutions have already broken them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning Kit is a “best of” collection of blog posts from the award winning blog Great Leadership , written by Dan McCarthy, an experienced leadership development practitioner and author. Dan's advice about how to develop great leaders is always practical and real world tested.

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HR Digest

APRIL 8, 2020

In order to meet the deadline, you’ll have to create a well-structured plan on how you are spending your minutes and hours. The post Manage Work from Home: Useful Advice from The HR Digest appeared first on The HR Digest. A deadline plays a significant role in ensuring that your day is productive.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Execute your plan with vigor. When your team develops an effective approach or plan against a competitor, put it into action quickly and decisively. When Washington decided to follow the plan he and his officers had developed, he immediately put it into action.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Joel shares some super practical advice that I don’t want you to miss so watch the video to hear more (and share it with your introverted friends!). He also gives practical ideas to improve your executive presence such as how to interject when others are doing all the talking…and how to prep in advance with your plan to share.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Question: What is your biggest piece of advice to readers who want to be more forward thinking? It happens all the time — we know that change helped us before, but now we see a new change and we think this time is different. But it's not. Feifer : Consider why change is so hard.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Question: What is your biggest piece of advice to readers who want to be more forward thinking? It happens all the time — we know that change helped us before, but now we see a new change and we think this time is different. But it's not. Feifer : Consider why change is so hard.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 21, 2013

One of the most difficult skills for a teammate or leader to learn is how to give people on your team advice that gets results instead of resentment. I have since learned that there is an effective process of four steps to offering advice that can even help to strengthen your relationships while it improves team performance.

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