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.

Benchmarking 57

Benchmarking Leadership Bottom-up Leadership Pipeline 57

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. Values-based leadership and cultures have huge payoffs. If you’re not using your values as key criteria in performance appraisal/management and especially promotions, they’re just hot air and gas.

Delegation 133

Delegation How To Benchmarking Participative 133

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.

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Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The evaluation report is a compilation of feedback from managers, peers, and juniors. Image Credit – Freepik There are other feedback systems as well, such as the 180-degree and 270-degree feedback systems, which involve fewer categories of stakeholders, such as managers and peers, but not juniors.

360-Degree Feedback 110

360-Degree Feedback Company Peer Review Review 110

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying "The best bosses revel in helping others succeed". Turner presents Lewin and Historical Traces to Change Management posted at JohnRTurner_HPT_resource. The fried clams won.

Leadership Development 248

Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

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.

Metrics 52

Metrics Training Benchmarking ROI 52

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

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Yet conventional silos, management practices and mindsets act as brakes on all of these. To build an agile organization requires a revolution in conventional management thinking and practice. This is shared leadership in action and works on the principle of “I own what I help to create”.

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Agility Short-term Long-term Competitive Advantage 120

The Practical Leader

APRIL 3, 2024

In their paper, Workplace Wellbeing and Firm Performance , they report, “We find that wellbeing is associated with firm profitability and that companies with the highest levels of wellbeing also subsequently outperform standard benchmarks in the stock market.

Company 40

Company Emotional Intelligence Workshop Absenteeism 40

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 20, 2015

Next month’s Festival is all about “Spring Cleaning” for your leadership or team (e.g. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership reminds us that breakthrough results and business success take more than smarts. Less than two years later, she scored in the top 1% on the SHRM exam as she transitioned into HR management.

Advice 180

Advice Follow-up Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing 180

The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 30, 2022

Ensure they have a complete schedule ahead of time (including a road map with 30-, 60- and 90-day benchmarks). Best Practice 2: Train Managers to Conduct Virtual Onboarding. Managers must learn to adapt their in-person training and communication styles as well. Managers should also take the time to check in more regularly.

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Tips Bond Participative 52

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Delivering on this promise has been a challenging activity that many leaders grapple with when measuring digital marketing benchmarks for success. Regardless of how it’s asked, “are we earning a return for our digital dollars” is a “hot button” marketing question poised by leaders, management and operating staff.

CPA 273

CPA Organization Succession ROI 273

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Clarify management values. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. 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. Never let the vision lapse.

Mission Statement 80

Mission Statement Benchmarking Tactics Strategic Planning 80

Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

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. I participate in L&D activities because it is mandatory. I don’t participate as it's a waste of time and resources for me.

Trends 52

Trends Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Agility 52

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The keystone of effective governance lies within the trapeze act of balancing stakeholder interests, harmonizing corporate objectives, maintaining legal and ethical standards, and ensuring a robust risk management system. The strength of governance can be significantly amplified with the employment of a dedicated leadership team.

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Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Black professionals do not just participate in African American community events. Holds benchmarks for Continuous Quality Improvement. There are as many subtle differences in every ethnic group as the next. Thus, multicultural communicating is highly customized. Realize that multi-cultural communications applies to all.

Diversity 90

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 90

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 16, 2013

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. and more… Contact Create-Learning to discuss how to make your DiSC team building and leadership program effective. __. For participants to experience an S – Steadiness type culture. Steady Changing.

Development 114

Development Team Team Building Training 114

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

My research revealed that their company had in fact founded LLB, which younger generations of management did not know. Here are some recent celebrations that drew acclaim and participation: Rice University, 100th in 2012. Benchmarking. Trait-centered Leadership vs. Servant Leadership. Civil Rights Act, 50th.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 4, 2012

It can be a valuable tool for anyone who works in talent management, or for any manager. 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. What is it and where did it come from?

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

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

A recent report in the Journal of Management noted that of nearly 25,000 academic articles on performance, only a fraction include what psychologists call within person variance , which describes ranges, such as that between individuals’ top, average and worst performances. Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Advice Learning-by-Doing Comparison 10

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. ’ I went anyhow.”

CEO 8

CEO Benchmarking Mentor Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As a newly appointed or promoted manager, or someone spearheading a new project, you're more likely to need a plan of action within a month. 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

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

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Every CEO should be cultivating these behaviors to maximize innovative thinking: The most innovative leaders: Manage Risk. Innovative leaders scored 25% higher than their non-innovative counterparts on managing risk. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

Innovation 8

Innovation Skills CEO Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand. Of course, government has long looked to business for new ways of managing. Benchmarking was a key feature of President Clinton's effort at Reinventing Government. And as they do, business managers should take note.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Six Sigma Benchmarking Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

His administration followed up by instituting massive public sector scholarship programs; rigorous assessment practices focused on potential; extensive development and training, including exemplary rotations and milestone courses; and outstanding promotion, recognition, and salary benchmarking practices to match private employers.

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

Note: This post was written with Mark Sebell and Jay Terwilliger, managing partners at Creative Realities, Inc., a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Visible senior management involvement. Third, evaluate the innovation leader for managing disciplined experiments, not for hitting short-term profit goals.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Ask these same managers after a launch whether they met their performance objectives, and too many will answer “not quite” or “not at all.” As the exhibit shows, managers in winning firms were significantly more likely to agree or strongly agree with the statements characterizing each ‘tude.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

"Training is a funny thing," James Sanders, Manager of Innovation at Deloitte Consulting, told me recently. "No And yet, by using gamification principles, Deloitte has seen use of its Deloitte Leadership Academy (DLA) training program increase. The technology research firm Gartner , Inc.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Video Training Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Banner’s leaders made a conscious choice to eschew industry benchmarks in the cost initiative. Finally, the leadership team, in partnership with Booz & Company, invited people from across the system to collaborate in cost reduction. All of Banner’s C-suite leaders served on the leadership team for the G&A project.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

“Increasing demand for clean, affordable electricity combined with an aging infrastructure, retiring workers, growing regulations, rising capital costs, and intensifying budget pressures challenge utility executives and managers now more than ever. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and EUCG Peer Advisor.

Power 50

Power Licensing Engineering Benchmarking 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Retailers like Walmart and Macy’s manage a supply chain, buying and reselling their own inventory. Let’s see what happens when we connect them rather than manage them — that is, focus on the links rather than the nodes. We normally think of people as something to be managed. Human capital. Intellectual capital.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

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. I was asked to do a presentation to an executive leadership team on values-based leadership. The following article is a guest post from my friend and colleague, Brock Brown. Yes – 87%.

Ethics 95

Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

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.’). Crisis management. Missed Marks.

Planning 50

Planning Consultative Learning-by-Doing Cost 50