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How SWOT Analysis Harms Leaders

Lead Change Blog

Take the most popular of them, the SWOT analysis, where you try to figure out the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats facing your business. Relying on SWOT to inform your strategic plans without accounting for cognitive biases results in appalling oversights that ruin profitable businesses and bring down high-flying careers.

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I Dare You to Do Better.

Rich Gee Group

Following a bar fight, Captain Pike challenges a young, egotistical Kirk with a powerful statement: “Your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. Action Item: Conduct a personal SWOT analysis to identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In our careers, the fear of failure can be a significant barrier.

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Great Leadership: The Power of I’s

Great Leadership By Dan

I remember some of the most important themes great leaders provide from the first letter of the word, which I call “The Power of the I’s”: • Interesting and Important Work —Everyone should have at least part of their job be of high interest to them. Bob Nelson, Ph.D.

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Create Commitment: 12 Habits to Build Agreement and Accountability

Let's Grow Leaders

You can help your team avoid endless discussions, analysis paralysis, and chokepoints by moving conversations to intentions to specific actions. ” Related Article: How to Say No at Work: Powerful Phrases to Stand your Ground It’s never easy to say no at work. After all, you want to be helpful, responsive, and a team player.

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How to Encourage More Courage on Your Team (Team-Building Activity)

Let's Grow Leaders

This conversation is incredibly powerful for two reasons. A Powerful (and Easy Team Building Activity to Encourage Courage) If you’ve read our book, Courageous Cultures, you know it comes with a downloadable Executive Strategy Guide. Duration: 30 minutes Instruction: Ask each team member to create a timeline of their career.

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What is Expert Power?

The Center For Leadership Studies

Consider Expert power as the relative extent to which you have “been there … and done that!” Developing Expert power is a function of: Pinpointing Your Passion: It stands to reason that no one can become an expert in everything (although we have all met people we could not wait to get away from who were convinced they were!).

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7 Steps to Bulletproof Problem Solving

Leading Blog

In the book they apply the process to individual problems such as, “Should I put solar panels on my roof?,” “What career should I choose?,” Rushing into analysis with a vague problem statement is a clear formula for long hours and frustrated clients.”. Some problems don’t need complex analysis, others require more complex tools.