Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Here are a selection of tweets from November 2015 that you might have missed: Do You Have a Contrarian on Your Team? How Great Leaders Respond When the Pressure is On by @WScottCochrane. Why Sleep Is a Strategic Resource from @mitsmr. Be a Leader People Choose to Follow by @JesseLynStoner. via @StanfordBiz. by @TimElmore.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 7, 2021

In their new book, The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders Adam Bryant, who has interviewed more than 600 leaders across his career in journalism and consulting, and Kevin Sharer, the former CEO of biotech giant Amgen, identify the seven key tests that determine whether leaders at all levels will succeed in their roles.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2016

What are leaders to do? Across organizations, more continues to be required with less resources and the need for influencing and collaboration increases while the time to do so seems to diminish. Their leader, Jeff, whom I was coaching, told me that he could not understand the mistakes his team and their reports made.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

When you know you will never be the low-cost producer nor will you ever have the resources to outspend the big cat, you find other ways to skin it – okay, that’s a bit of an overstatement. Clout allows these giants to grow, but there is absolutely no reason why a smaller player cannot become a market leader within their chosen market(s).

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Without a clear sense of purpose, organizations become listless. John Baldoni says in Lead With Purpose that it falls to the leader to make certain that organizational purpose is understood and acted upon. It causes leaders to forget too. People have to know what they are doing and why they are being asked to do it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 5, 2013

For this month’s Carnival, I asked an all-star collection of leadership experts the following question: What is one piece of advice would you give to a new leader/manager? And related to this is a very good leadership book that I recently read, What Keeps Leaders Up at Night , and on which I wrote a review. This list is a keeper!

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 31, 2022

Frank’s been told that his career path will next lead to vice president, and he has an above average shot at becoming CEO. There’s so much more to reach for and there’s never enough time to do it all. The tension headaches are becoming more intense. Part 1 in a series: Let’s Be Frank about Spirit and Meaning. He has it all.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When you hear the word “focus”, what do you think of? As we look at our goals for the year, it’s those that get our continued focus that survive and become reality. Leaders direct attention and resources through the power of focus. Leaders direct attention and resources through the power of focus.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

“Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability. . “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

Driving profitable growth is at the top of every leader’s priority list. As a result, panic often sets in and leaders make rash decisions – either prolonging the stall or causing the company to spiral downward. Growth walls often catch leaders by surprise. Some companies don’t survive growth walls. growth walls.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 15, 2012

Specifically, firms using multiple modes to obtain new resources and skills were 46 percent more likely to survive over a five-year period than those using only alliances, 26 percent more likely than those using only M&A, and 12 percent more likely than those using only internal development.

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LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

Here’s the point: When you know you will never be the low-cost producer nor will you ever have the resources to outspend the big cat, you find other ways to skin it – okay, that’s a bit of an overstatement. Here are 10 ways to survive in a world where big keeps getting bigger: 1. They value doing things right. That is clout.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 17, 2022

Senior leaders have relied on the simple metrics of Return of Investment (ROI) to establish a baseline of effectiveness for their investments. As the effects of the pandemic come to light and organizational resources are more finite than ever before, leaders are looking closely at these metrics to justify the cost of development programs.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. Perhaps, but I’ll let you be the judge.

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LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

Here’s the point: When you know you will never be the low-cost producer nor will you ever have the resources to outspend the big cat, you find other ways to skin it – okay, that’s a bit of an overstatement. Here are 10 ways to survive in a world where big keeps getting bigger: 1. They value doing things right.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 24, 2019

In the realm of leadership, some of us are career criminals doing hard time and the only life we know is within the four walls of our prison cell. In the realm of leadership, some of us are career criminals doing hard time and the only life we know is within the four walls of our prison cell. Why do you lead?

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Whether you’re the platoon commander of an Army Infantry Patrol, or the Director of Human Resources, you’re still a leader. The temperature is dropping quickly in the desert night. The temperature is dropping quickly in the desert night. You open the door and see a burst of light.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 16, 2018

This is an instance where you do want to obsess over the details and make sure you’re putting yourselves on a solid course to victory for the long-term. Efficiency and speed will become even more important as you grow and the only way to do this is by coming up with a framework of best practices. Technology Solutions.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 10, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Danny Rand (portrayed by Finn Jones, known for his role on Game Of Thrones as Loras Tyrell), the Iron Fist and last Marvel Defender to get his own original Netflix series, burst onto the small screen laden with controversy. Critics also hurled negative reviews towards the new series as boring.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2014

In the realm of business in particular, the need for leadership has become crucial. As business leaders, we are troubled by the regular announcements of once-proud companies being sold, broken up, or downsized. Today, in almost every sector of society, we are facing a crisis of leadership. In the U.S.,

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 11, 2010

The women in my family are like that…bossy. They have been bossy for generations in fact. My great grandmother raised four daughters and, with her husband, ran a dry goods store somewhere in the south of Cornwall. My great grandfather was a handsome devil, with, (I’m told), something of a roving eye. Bossiness was a necessary skill.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

The Leader: Understanding the leader's motivation is the critical first step. The extrinsically-motivated leader might move on to a better offer somewhere else, leaving the initiative headless. The extrinsically-motivated leader might move on to a better offer somewhere else, leaving the initiative headless.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

The world is littered with the hollowed-out shells of firms that tried to do too much and spent too big trying to grow too fast. Many of those firms were midsize companies; they didn’t have the resources of the big firms to sustain setbacks, nor were they scrappy like most small companies, making do with the resources they had.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Why do companies get caught up in illegal behavior, harassment, and toxic leadership? It produces organizational dysfunction, as employees become hyper competitive to win. Our research identifies an underlying cause: what we call a “masculinity contest culture.” Masculinity Contest Cultures.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

A systemic shock cutting across industries and borders, Brexit poses significant strategic challenges for business leaders as they navigate the fallout. How can leaders develop a specific view of the industry- and firm-level implications? What are the first-response imperatives for corporate leaders? Financial economy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

As consumer landscapes continue to rapidly evolve over the next 10 years, incumbent consumer goods and retail companies have a window for transforming, and in doing so, they must adapt the characteristics of disruptors. Wise leaders will enable individuals to be entrepreneurs and masters of their own fate.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Reaching out to them can give you even greater insight into how they did it and what they’d like to do differently. Reaching out to them can give you even greater insight into how they did it and what they’d like to do differently. Capitalize on the resource. However, this is not always the case.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At the same time, many of these teams struggle to communicate to leaders the importance of having a well-funded security program. These struggles can lead to serious gaps between the resources allocated to security and the actual support needed to properly protect corporate and customer information. Building Trusted Products.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

This tells us businesses aren’t acquiring other businesses simply to expand what they’re already doing. They’re doing it because, strategically, they have to – if they want to survive over the medium to long term. Joe Beck/Unsplash/HBR Staff. A brick-and-mortar retailer buys an e-commerce platform.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2015

“You will never find them,” said a senior leader in a multibillion-dollar IT company. The “them” the leader was referring to were zombie projects: the nefarious enemies of well-intentioned innovation efforts around the globe. The leader was skeptical. Every project went under the proverbial microscope.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Expedition leaders encourage active followers. The lessons about leadership learned in the crucible of the backcountry environment — unpredictable, challenging, and dynamic 𕢔 map to today's business environment. Think of it as an MBA from nature.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Not only do raw ideas have little intrinsic value, but they are often very costly. Ideas in and of themselves do not constitute a philosophy, principle, or strategy. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things. . Let me state right from the outset that I place little value on ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Among economists, business leaders, and others, the debate continues over what George Mason University’s Tyler Cowen calls “The Great Stagnation” of the U.S. economy — and what interventions might return it to growth. Cowen points to the fact that wage levels in America have plateaued. The two don’t always march in lockstep.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

—positions that typically direct the mission and control the resources at medical centers. For example, women do not achieve promotions or advancement to leadership positions at the same rate as their male peers. Yet overall women make up only 34% of physicians in the U.S., What’s Holding Women Back.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

The topic of industry disruption — “a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses” — is rife with misconceptions. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. One of the biggest is that it is a mysterious, random, and unpredictable event.

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