Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mind Shift #2: You Don’t Need an Audience You don’t need an audience to reveal your greatness. You don’t need an audience to prepare for the biggest moments of your life. Commit to greatness when you have no audience. Two key leadership ideas: Leaders create clarity, raise standards, and call people to more.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. Extraordinary leaders share a passionate commitment to achieving their vision that borders and sometimes crosses the line into obsession.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Leadership is not a quality that is innate in some people and not others. The key is to start young and to commit yourself to lifelong learning. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 ways that you can develop strong leadership skills during your adolescence. Joining clubs and teams is a great way to develop leadership skills.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

While the concept of thought leadership is well established among individuals, it is less so among organizations, which is a gap a recent study from INSEAD attempts to plug. They believe this is a mistake, not least as the LinkedIn audience is likely to be more reliable than that found on Twitter.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 29, 2024

Identify Your Audience: Decide who needs to hear the message. Structure Your Key Messages: Plan your conversation, focusing on what you want your audience to think, feel, and do. Be mindful of employees’ other commitments and adjust, if possible, to give them time to process the difficult message.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

Greet the audience as you would a group of friends. Eye contact— Start by making solid eye contact with the audience. Ask a question that directly engages the audience. Benefits— Explain what the audience will gain. Offer some fresh ideas and insights that will interest the audience. Get their attention.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 29, 2015

For the past several years, one constant of my leadership blog has been the fact that I publish new leadership insights every Tuesday throughout the year. From almost every vantage point, it just made sense for me to save these leadership insights until after the holiday break when more people were likely to read these new pieces.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 14, 2021

Whether your team is heading back to the office, will continue working remotely, or somewhere between, silence and space are critical leadership gifts to give your team. Every Friday morning the most popular morning radio show in town hosted Live Audience Friday. Don’t lose one of the most valuable aspects of remote work.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The first thing I do is thank them for the opportunity to serve their audience… I ask if there is anything else I can do to help them in that moment… Then I remind them of our scheduled post-game conversation about a week after the event.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 10, 2018

Taken from the Introduction of The Art of Servant Leadership II by Art Barter. In The Art of Servant Leadership II, we offer a case study in transforming a company into a servant-led organization. They allow the servant leadership behaviors to renovate their hearts, and ultimately this transfers into their hands of service.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Welcome to the December Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Jeff writes: “Relationship building and expertise are both needed to gain influence in leadership roles.

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Decker Communication

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s important to remind the audience that they matter and how we come across is the tell of that. The post Remote Presenting: Commit to Connection appeared first on Decker Communications. Here’s some tips on what TO DO to ensure a great experience, every time. The answer is, we do. The answer is, we do.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Soon, I will share my pick for the Best Leadership Book of this year (2022). In the meantime, here's a reminder of what I selected as the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. for a limited time.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2017

If your life was a silent film, could the people in the audience discern your influence? I just Googled “leadership,” and got 861 million hits. We’ve written books on leadership, blogs on leadership, articles on leadership, and white papers on leadership. We leaders have become a communicative group.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

Today, we flashback to 2021 : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2019

Guest post from Fiona Murden : In 1998 I graduated from business school feeling I knew all there was to know about leadership. As a result, those critical aspects of good leadership become even more important. Hence, I believe the fundamentals of good leadership are as true today as they ever were, but with a twist: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2016

I opt for the “commitment to his passion” interpretation. Passionate Leadership is Courageous. It comes from leadership that takes its lead from a dogged commitment to a principle as well as an insatiable desire to stand for that principle. Passionate Leadership is Conviction.

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QAspire

APRIL 22, 2022

My friend Becky Robinson, who released her first book titled “ Reach: Create the Biggest Possible Audience for Your Message, Book, or Cause ” defines reach as: “Reach is not only about creating the biggest possible audience for your work. Reach means expanding your audience plus having a lasting impact. ”

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It is essential to involve key stakeholders, such as faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community leaders, to ensure their perspectives are considered and to foster a sense of ownership in the search for new leadership. By taking these steps, universities can set themselves up for success and ensure a smooth leadership transition.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2018

Welcome to the July Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Learning to self-observe is a powerful leadership practice.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While those major brands display leadership and commitment to their values, the NFL chooses instead to show a failure of conviction. The NFL’s commitment to “X” is a betrayal of their espoused values. The Kaepernick saga was a missed opportunity for the NFL to show true leadership in social justice.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

I first heard the term “servant leadership” in high school. The more I’ve studied business and leadership effectiveness, the more I’ve learned that servant leadership is a supportive, inclusive and empowering style of leading others. Many leaders want to grow in servant leadership.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2021

Surprisingly, full-time commitment to a business venture did not turn out to be the winning strategy. We need it to be specific, improvement-focused, reflective of the audience we are trying to reach, and properly timed. Cautious employees were significantly more likely to succeed. 8 Distrust Comfort. Avoid both extremes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Are you leadership material? You may not be leadership material if: you give in to your moods. You may not be leadership material if: you are not “available” to others. You may not be leadership material if: you send out daily email blasts and constant posts on social media about your woe. you lie, omit, or exaggerate.

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Lead from Within

JULY 3, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have observed that the most successful leaders possess a combination of key qualities that enable them to effectively guide and motivate their team towards success. They inspire confidence and commitment by being clear and consistent in their messaging and actions. What makes a great leader?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 25, 2014

Not to everybody–but chose your words and your audiences carefully. Accusations make terrible leadership apparel. Stay committed to the cause and to your career. Let Your Anger Inform Your Leadership. Your angry words will travel faster and farther than you ever thought possible. Don’t Be a Blamer.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

About this time a year ago, I announced my pick for the Best Leadership Book of 2021. Flashback to the 2021 post : This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one. Let's look back to that well-deserving book.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 17, 2014

One of the things I enjoy in writing about leadership is looking out for new insights into how we can become a better leader to those we serve, as well as discovering new examples that can help to illustrate what those measures might look like in action.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 20, 2013

When it comes to leadership, there’s a common understanding that true leadership doesn’t require formal titles or roles. After listing some of his past jobs, Kutcher tells his audience “I never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job”.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the distinct honour of being recognized by two organizations for my work in the field of leadership. The first came from Inc. Drucker, and placing one spot below Bill Gates.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 16, 2023

Cary, NC – June 12, 2023 – The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS), the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model, announced today the release of Situational Performance Ownership , a flexible, multimodal program that empowers learners to own their role in the leadership process.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 10, 2019

Many speakers claim to provide keynote speeches that inspire and teach, but if you are committed to excellence, you’ll need to choose carefully. Do you wish to increase productivity among your employees or to nurture leadership in your management team, for example? First you must determine your goal for the event.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Effectively communicating with your employees doesn’t necessarily require you to command an audience like a rock star or give a TED-worthy presentation. At its core, transparency is a pretty simple concept: You commit to employees that you will share what you can, when you can. Be transparent. Be vulnerable.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2021

This time each year, I select my pick for best new leadership book for the year. For 2021, my pick is, Heart First , Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything , by David Grossman , published in July 2021. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one. for a limited time.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Leadership manifests itself in moments. So many public leadership moments have happened lately that have made me pause. These moments, with audiences large and small, public and private, happen every day. How can we be ready when our leadership close-up moment happens? Being selfless doesn’t mean being a doormat.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Alaina Love asks The Little Pink Book audience to think about the karma they want to create as leaders. You can micromanage your best people or you can trust individuals to be committed to doing their best. Your actions today affect your future, so make a conscious effort to create positive leadership karma.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

And you need leadership that has a longer time horizon so you can invest in relationships. You want a product that your specific, clearly defined audience wants to buy. You don’t want to have a product that’s got a little bit for each of several markets, but doesn’t “nail it” for any one audience.

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