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Becoming a Successful Leader: How to Master the Challenge of Focused Leadership (Part 12)

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The Power of Focused Leadership Leadership is more than just guiding others; it’s about influencing them towards a common goal. This post delves into the importance of focus in leadership and the ways to master this essential skill. With 3-10 primary goals, you might accomplish only 1 or 2.

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How to Engage Employees During Uncertain Times

Lead from Within

At the core of leadership is the leader’s responsibility to calm people down and engage them in a way that provides comfort and assurance along with honesty. When your employees are anxious, when their work schedules change, when nothing is operating normally it’s easy for people to feel scattered and disengaged. The Leadership Gap.

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Common Purpose Leadership

Leading Blog

For example: Emphasize One Goal – Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines, recognized that his customers valued on-time performance. In order to underscore this goal, Bethune decided to send every employee a check every time the company was first in on-time arrival. That’s real leadership.”

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Leadership Essentials for the Matrix Environment

Great Leadership By Dan

to “How do I attain enterprise goals by working effectively within a very fluid and complex networked environment?” New emotional and social intelligence research from Hay Group has shown that Empathy , Conflict Management, Self-Awareness and Influence are all key skills required for effective leadership in the matrix environment.

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What is Strategic Leadership?

Lead on Purpose

Throughout the ages, leaders and followers alike have wondered whether the process of leadership depends on inborn traits or whether it can be taught. Still, some people who strive for leadership never quite achieve it. Leadership skills can be taught. What is different about strategic leadership?

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I’m Not Naive, We’re Just Cowards

Modern Servant Leader

Dear Opponent of Servant Leadership , No, I’m not naive. You think Servant Leadership doesn’t work “in the real world” I guess organizations practicing servant leadership like Southwest Airlines, Vanguard, REI, U.S. This, in essence, is what most leadership books boil down to.

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Boldness Should Never Stand Alone

In the CEO Afterlife

We don’t want airlines, oil riggers and gas pipeline distributors acting bold. Caution is the operative word. Let me give you an example of this in business leadership. You’ll never find a breakthrough idea for your business if your goal is to increase sales by 4 or 5%. Bold and Virtuous Leadership. Bold Visions.