The Practical Leader

JANUARY 11, 2023

Gardner also quotes Scott Armstrong, “an expert on forecasting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania” on his “seer-sucker theory: No matter how much evidence exists that seers do not exist, suckers will pay for the existence of seers.”. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior.

Agility 69

Agility Heskett Armstrong Uncertainty 69

Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 7, 2013

Whatever your goal and whoever is on your team, your success will be determined by how willing you are to say no when an excuse is offered. 9) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon. 17) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought and began to develop the McDonalds franchise. 5) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Franchising 207

Franchising Armstrong Collins Morale 207

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Moreover, you will actually create very positive relationships with your team members as you share frequent and helpful feedback conversations. How are each of your team members contributing to the success? In the same meeting, be sure to ask how you can better support their success and improve on your leadership in the whole team.

Efficiency 70

Efficiency Armstrong Human Resources Handbook 70

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s one that started in the early 1990s with authors like David Armstrong and Peg Neuhauser, and continued in the 2000s by authors like Annette Simmons, Evelyn Clark, Lori Silverman, and Stephen Denning among many others. What you want to avoid is just giving them a list of actions — what you did: “I led a strategy development team.

Storytelling 50

Storytelling Silverman Armstrong Trends 50

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. Posts are organized by NFL team conferences and divisions. Maybe this year will be different. Miami Dolphins.

Leadership Development 243

Leadership Development Development Leadership Benchmarking 243

Chris Brady

JUNE 22, 2010

Armstrong called "the most efficient andcruelly repressive secret police in Europe." Posted by: Cathy - Team Rascals | June 28, 2010 at 06:28 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.   From therethe airmen would be returned by ship to Britain to fight again.

Blog 122

Blog Letter Armstrong Books 122

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2012

When his boots touch the ground, his last name will join the ranks of Armstrong and Earhart, and he’ll claim the title as the bravest person on Earth. The team’s aim isn’t just to break records, though. If successful, they hope that the protocols they’ve developed will help “advance the science of survival at extreme altitudes.”

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Team Armstrong Class Travel 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 3, 2012

A Better Way to Evaluate Leadership Poitential Jeffrey Cohn and Jay Moran Jossey-Bass (2011) How and why to cope with a leadership evaluation and development crisis to produce more effective leaders As Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis suggest in Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, leaders [.]. Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?

Crisis 85

Crisis Review Books Development 85

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I learned that in order for me to be successful as a healthcare leader, I needed to practice what our medical team preaches. You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. Chris Jordan of Team CNE. Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. What is that!?”

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

Eight years and $24 billion later ($150 billion in today’s terms), Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon as 600 million people watched on their televisions. From 1961 to the 1969 lunar landing, 12 Gemini missions and 11 Apollo missions took place, each with its own teams, roadmaps, goals, successes, and failures.

Wilde 13

Wilde Armstrong Project Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

The care team ultimately found him a temporary rehabilitation facility where he recovered for two weeks until he was ready to go home. This is the only way teams can reach a shared understanding of a patient’s diagnosis, identify and resolve any blind spots around an issue, and develop more-robust, well-rounded treatment approaches.

Health Care 10

Health Care Diversity Armstrong Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Instead of relying on each individual care provider to develop their own approach to performing certain procedures, checklists formalized a standard order of operation. Organizing for high reliability involves attending to not only the culture of a surgical team or health care organization (i.e., Sensitive to operations.

Innovation 8

Innovation Health Care Operations Compliance 8

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2011

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m Make conversation with your team. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

Mentor 61

Mentor Mission Statement Magazine Tips 61

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Welcome to the November, 2012 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Chris Edmonds , from Driving Results Through Culture , examines Lance Armstrong's fall from grace from the perspective of personal integrity: Personal Integrity is in Your Hands. There's way too much good stuff to try to read it all in one sitting.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 271

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Tell me more about how that relationship developed and how he influenced you especially. Four paths to developing people on your team, making sure they were engaged. I’m reading about … I’m very interested in Custer, for various reasons, George Armstrong Custer. It’s a really big trend right now.

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Drucker Class Armstrong Books 74

Chris Brady

MAY 6, 2010

Posted by: Marianne Ashton | May 06, 2010 at 10:54 AM Stretch Armstrong: What do you mean I can’t be the goalie? Posted by: Michael Clark | May 06, 2010 at 11:06 AM After patting his team mate on the shoulder, Nigel suddenly realizes his full potential.in I was gonna post the same line! the long arm of the law will get you.

Blog 72

Blog Leadership Letter Armstrong 72

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

A group of us bought the company from the Armstrong Group in a buy-out in 2007. I first became interested when I watched a TV documentary on the Cradle-to-Cradle concept that was developed by the German chemistry Professor Michael Braungart (and ex-Greenpeace) and the US architect William McDonough. I'm also an owner. We did that.

Strategy 10

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, among others, share Warren Buffett’s discipline to read extensively, safeguard time for personal development projects, and constantly seek new stimulus and perspectives. To develop a routine, time for reflection should be a regularly scheduled and a protected event on the leader’s calendar.

How To 13

How To CEO Kahneman Armstrong 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

While we didn't expect to find many organizations that had woven innovation into every element of their management model, we did hope to discover individuals and teams making real progress on important pieces of the puzzle. by Toney Armstrong, Memphis Police Department. Fail Forward. by Ashley Good, Engineers Without Borders Canada.

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Innovation Core Competence McKinsey Armstrong 8