Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our series of industry trend research reports — created using our flagship 360-assessment tool, Benchmarks® for Managers — shows that great similarities exist among leaders across industries including healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, tech, energy, and government (civilian). Participative management. Army Leadership Trend Report.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From management courses to leadership seminars, there is no shortage of opportunities to further your learning, gain new skills or master the ones you already have. You can also review benchmarking prospects and employee performance, and weigh up how efficiently resources are being used. Training programs are developed for a reason.

Metrics 52

Metrics Training Benchmarking ROI 52

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 26, 2019

However, what worked best was modelling ethical leadership throughout, providing an alternative approach that most had never experienced. Why I believe in ethical leadership—and why you should too. Your report gives you a benchmark to start your reflection on your ethical values and how they are influencing what you think and do.

Ethics 213

Ethics Survey Morale Analysis 213

The Practical Leader

MARCH 9, 2022

Their 65% reduction in injuries over a three-year period vaulted them to become a benchmark company in their industry. ” When we’re hired to start a culture development process with an organization, we’ll often assess the current culture through a series of small group and one-on-one interviews.

Delegation 133

Delegation How To Benchmarking Participative 133

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Rajeev Peshawaria says ironically, even though leadership hasn’t changed, we have Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders. Superior leadership requires incredible amounts of emotional energy —the power to stay the course despite the most formidable of obstacles.”

Emotional Intelligence 282

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Energy Benchmarking 282

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying “The best bosses revel in helping others succeed” Mark Stelzner presents Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel posted at Inflexion Point.

Blog 218

Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So rapid is the pace of new developments, and so diverse the forms of competition, that many large corporations struggle to be agile enough to compete. This is shared leadership in action and works on the principle of “I own what I help to create”. And it also means that a new approach to leadership and management is needed.

Agility 120

Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Feedback from highly cohesive teams can provide the benchmark for other team settings as well. Clear Goal The designers of the survey need to have a clear idea of their goals and should develop their tests accordingly. The 360-degree appraisal system provides data that can be replicated. What Are Some 360-degree Examples?

360-Degree Feedback 110

360-Degree Feedback Company Peer Review Review 110

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 16, 2013

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance. Development of coaching & feedback using DiSC.

Development 114

Development Team Team Building Training 114

Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The young people almost immediately engaged and participated as the speech unfolded. Fueled by his personal and corporate desire to give to others, Paul developed skills and techniques in Leadership, Goal Setting, and Sales Techniques, including his Grid Square Technology. This article originally appeared on paulcummings.com.

Chief Executive Officer 140

Chief Executive Officer Benchmarking Books Learning-by-Doing 140

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

This process helps to define and develop value systems to create success. Develop a mission statement. Develop the vision statement. By benchmarking activities and accomplishments against planned objectives, then the company has a barometer of its previous phase and an indicator of its next phase.

Mission Statement 80

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 80

Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

How do you choose a professional development course? Accidentally, I come across the professional development course, find it useful and enroll in it. Do you take microlearning courses to improve your skillset- time management, leadership, or other skills? I participate in L&D activities because I want to learn.

Trends 52

Trends Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Agility 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team. This leadership should be committed to the organization’s vision, mission, and core values. Google’s leadership ardently focuses on sustaining a culture of innovation, collaboration, and transparency.

Compliance 235

Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Black professionals do not just participate in African American community events. It is good business to recognize opportunities for practice development. Holds benchmarks for Continuous Quality Improvement. There are as many subtle differences in every ethnic group as the next. Realistically attainable goals.

Diversity 89

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 89

Women in the LEAD

AUGUST 11, 2009

Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed?

Letter 40

Letter Survey Simon Benchmarking 40

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 4, 2012

The performance and potential matrix (9 box grid) is one of the most widely used tools in succession planning and development. You’ve probably found this post from an internet search – I hope it helps answer your questions and you’ll find Great Leadership to be a valuable resource for all things leadership development.

Benchmarking 261

Benchmarking Talent Management Tools Review 261

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

If the number of executives from other companies who have been benchmarking GE’s management-development centers is an indication, interest in creating corporate universities is on the rise. Here are some of GE’s principles for achieving those essential aims: A leadership institute should reflect the company’s leadership ideals.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Human Resources Benchmarking Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

These assertions are based on a diverse set of fields, including psychology, sports, arts, and leadership. We hope that by dispelling these myths, explaining the reality and offering some sound advice instead, we can help move people toward more effective personal development. If the path is generally up, all’s good.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Advice Learning-by-Doing Comparison 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The right to win is the ability to enter or participate in any competitive market with the reasonably justified belief that you will succeed and create value. CDS starts with what you as a company do best – better than anyone else – and builds from that internal base of strength in making market participation choices.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate. The more positive results are shown, the more universal will be participation. Benchmark measurements of accomplishments. Make-good efforts cost more on the back end than doing things right on the front end. There are no magic shortcuts.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We secured the participation of 57 female CEOs — 41 from Fortune 1000 companies and 16 from large privately held companies. They were four years older, when compared with benchmark data, before becoming CEO and brought more-diverse functional and industry experience to the position.

CEO 8

CEO Benchmarking Mentor Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. When risks do present themselves, they develop plans to minimize the risk and identify where it is needed most. To develop better risk management behaviors, CEOs need to: List a minimum of eight ideas for new initiatives. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

Innovation 8

Innovation Skills CEO Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The executive was tasked with transforming his new division into a service center for 22 field offices supporting community development. He knew he needed to get up to speed fast and so we helped him craft a three-step plan: Conduct an automated, anonymous survey of both senior and line managers to identify leadership blind spots.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Workshop Survey Benchmarking 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. With the right leadership, I think so. Can other countries follow this model?

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

So it's no surprise that GE, P&G and IBM occupy the top three spots in Hay Group's seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership (BCL) ranking. Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Performance assessment is a cooperative thing In order for a performance assessment to be effective, both the leader and the individual must participate. It is part of the leader’s job to create working environments that invite participation and interest. Well, probably a lot of things, but here are a few thoughts to begin with.

Performance Review 40

Performance Review Review PR Blanchard 40

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2019

Countries around the world are faced with considerable skills, productivity and social inclusion challenges that require novel and innovative approaches to skills development. “Skills provision was reformed to be much more market-oriented and aligned with the city’s economic development strategy, ” the authors explain.

Skills 84

Skills Innovation Education Restructuring 84

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

After ensuring that there were no significant differences in company or participant characteristics between the groups, we compared respondents’ capabilities across the seven ‘tudes. Cross-pollinating HQ and international leadership. laura schneider FOR HBR. Hiring required external skill sets.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

And yet, by using gamification principles, Deloitte has seen use of its Deloitte Leadership Academy (DLA) training program increase. Participants, who are spending increased amounts of time on the site and completing programs in increasing numbers, show almost addictive behavior. The technology research firm Gartner , Inc.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Video Training Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

It is about developing hypotheses about the future. The strategy is fuzzy, and traditional metrics can't be applied early in the process, because that which is truly new has no frame of reference nor benchmark. the company may not look so relevant in that future. For this process, it is best to take a 10-20-year perspective.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

Brock is a Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, an executive leadership coach, servant leader, and a man of integrity. Is it possible to help our people develop good character or do we simply accept that if they don’t have good character by adulthood, they never will? He put his own plan in place.

Ethics 95

Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

For decades, Mike has served in senior leadership roles within the Power & Utilities Industry. His experience includes within the nuclear oversight, quality assurance, engineering, licensing, performance benchmarking and improvement, training, leadership development, and change management functions.

Power 50

Power Licensing Engineering Benchmarking 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

But platforms and networks can be developed in many different ways. Or it could be indirectly, as Opower does in giving people benchmarking data on energy usage to foster conservation and efficiency. Since it was networking human and relational capital, its KPIs were about participation and engagement. Insight Center.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Business development. Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Running the business.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Human resources development. Programs must be competent, effective and benchmarked. Let your people participate in devising the indicators. Businesses should review their Strategic Plan annually. Portfolio analysis.

Goal 50

Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Business development. Can the benchmarking information be accessed regularly? Let your people participate in devising the indicators. Readily measurable values: Time and cost of product development-service delivery cycles. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. Indicators must promote action.

Strategic Planning 69

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 69

Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

Business development. Participated In It. Benchmarking. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree.

Planning 62

Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 62