Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. Systems perspective. Mental agility. The Goodwill Jar : Reflections on Leadership and Legacy by Nick O. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Pattern recognition. Political savvy.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

There’s lots of talk about building agile organizations. Agile approaches began a few decades ago with software development. According to the Agile Alliance , “One thing that separates Agile from other approaches to software development is the focus on the people doing the work and how they work together.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2019

Scaling Leadership provides a proven framework for magnifying agile and scalable leadership in your organization by multiplying high-achieving leaders at scale. What compelled you to write Scaling Leadership ? Scaling leadership is the only solution that enables organizations to survive and thrive in a VUCA world.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. There seem to be two key reasons.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

And while individual leaders are key to an organization’s success, collective leadership effectiveness carries the day. This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The fast pace of technological advancements, business growth, and market changes demands technology leaders to possess agility in thought that enables them to anticipate changes before they occur. Balancing Technical Expertise with Leadership Skills Soft skills are still critically important…even for technology leaders.

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Niagara Institute

JULY 24, 2023

What if, instead, you developed emotional agility? It means choosing how you’ll respond to your emotional warning system.” What if you didn’t respond this way, though? According to one of the world’s leading thought leaders on the topic, Susan David, this means “loosening up, calming down, and living with more intention.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

from @wallybock Don’t Get Smug The Next Time You Win from @JohnBaldoni Leadership Sketchbook: 7 Keys to Mastering the Art of Leading by Ken Downer @RapidStartLdr Heroism and Leadership in the Movie, 12 Angry Men by Scott T.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 19, 2021

As organizations face more complex interdependent tasks, leadership must become more personal in order to ensure open trusting communication that will make more collaborative problem solving and innovation possible. How to achieve the creativity, adaptiveness, and agility that organizations will need to survive and grow.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Instead, employees […] Holacracy is a fundamentally different “operating system” for organizations. Holacracy revolutionizes how a company is structured, how decisions are made, and how authority is distributed. One crucial principle of Influence 3.0

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are vital in ensuring economic stability as they are no longer just a support system but an integral part of strategic financial planning.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. And that feeds our approach in society at large. Blog Post ).

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 2, 2024

The H1N1 outbreak tested the resilience of our global health systems. Time does not merely pass; it propels us forward into a changing landscape of leadership and innovation. The Ticking Clock of Leadership The essence of time in leadership is more than a ticking clock—it’s the rhythm of progress, the heartbeat of change.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

” Digital Healthcare System Integrations Implementing digital solutions in healthcare is challenging due to the lack of integration between various software applications, databases, and devices used by various health providers. Some of these have occurred rapidly, forcing executives to adapt or be left behind quickly.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

This provides an expanded pool of client expertise and challenges coaches to navigate cultural nuances and broader leadership styles. There’s also a greater understanding of varied leadership styles and the need for more personalized, adaptive, and forward-thinking coaching methodologies.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

G OOD LEADERSHIP is an important element in the success of any organization. There’s been a lot of debate on whether leadership skills can be acquired in life or the person must be born with them. There are some people who seem to be born with great leadership skills, as well as those who developed them later in life.

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QAspire

APRIL 6, 2015

Last week, I was invited to speak as a panelist at Agile Carnival, Chandigarh where I expressed my thoughts on Agile as a method and as a mindset. Agility in our approaches is one of the most potent ways to deal with the challenges of a constantly changing world. Their discretionary effort is so vital for your success.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. The post Leadership and Digital Transformation appeared first on The Executive Hub. Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 19, 2019

B EFORE YOU BEGIN your next leadership development program, read this. It is not uncommon to hear leaders complain that leadership development programs are not delivering the effective leaders necessary to execute their strategies and purpose. The McKinsey approach is founded on four beliefs that constitute effective leadership: 1.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times. What is VUCA Leadership? If businesses are to get through difficult experiences, strong leadership is essential.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Leadership is about being able to lead out from crises before they occur (the defining meaning of Crisis Leadership). What’s needed, is a disciplined, future-focused and intelligent “preemptive-minded cultural” approach known as Crisis Leadership. Leadership Purpose [Focus]. Leadership Purpose [Focus].

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

You must execute with agility and learn along the way to a sustainable, successful, high-growth path. Leaders should also work to avoid SRT Leadership Traps – traps such as, getting in your own way, succumbing to paralysis by analysis, allowing your Board to be your customer and rushing the Reset.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

” They identify five ways leaders can provide stronger change leadership: Don’t just set up training programs — create a learning culture. It’s been a vital focus for many of our leadership team retreats and culture development work. Engage employees in the transition instead of herding them through it.

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Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Apple’s and Amazon’s ability to pivot and adapt rapidly in the face of adversity underscores the necessity of agility in today’s business landscape. Leadership doesn’t make “a difference.”

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Are your own people your biggest barrier to higher innovation and agility? These companies are much more agile and become masters rather than victims of change. IA cultures “generate more high-quality ideas, realize greater speed in implementation, and achieve greater agility — resulting in 5.5

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 23, 2024

Out of Sync: More Lip Service Than Leadership Here are examples of leader’s lips not synced to their actions: Managers with low learning agility set goals to build a culture of innovation and organizational learning. Most of us put leading by example high on the list of key leadership characteristics.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 5, 2016

Dave Ulrich is the author of The Leadership Capital Index in which he details how equity or debt investors can systematically and predictably determine the quality of leadership to make faster and more informed decisions and gain a critical information advantage over their competitors. This is a post by Dave Ulrich and Justin Allen.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 24, 2021

Judy and I discussed how an organization’s culture reflects its leadership team. Partial and Piecemeal Programs — leadership development, succession planning, customer service, agile, safety, talent/performance management, IT systems, executive coaching are separate programs not strategically linked together.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

They begin to cope with their size by cementing in systems, structures and policies, that inadvertently kill speed, agility and innovation. Add to that a network-like system that spans silos and layers of hierarchy. They are learning. But once success comes they nearly always move into the upper right quadrant.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese report in The Collaboration Imperative , that there are four leadership traits of highly collaborative leaders: They focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness. There’s a direct relationship between the agility and resilience of a team and the transparency of its decision-making process.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 14, 2014

The first answer is the nature of management and the nature of leadership. Our misunderstanding of this issue makes us believe that a management-driven hierarchy with competent executives at the top ought to be able to guide an organization to move faster, be more agile and thrive. Management is not Leadership. Why is this?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

There have been, and will forever be, aspects and elements of leadership that remain consistent. Few would argue that surrounding this modest core of timeless stability, the forces of leadership are in a continual state of flux. Providing leadership training exclusively to managers creates an “us vs. them” cultural dynamic.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2023

Women’s leadership programs have been a crucial topic in recent years, with much discourse over their effectiveness in the workplace. On one hand, women-focused programs provide the skills, community support and resources women need to succeed in leadership roles.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. I was getting very few responses. This was going nowhere fast.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As I write this, I am thinking about leadership. But the same challenges are also opportunities to practice better leadership provided we understand what it takes to succeed as a leader in 2015 (and beyond). Creating an environment and system where intrinsic motivation is more likely to happen is the primary expectation from a leader.

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