Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2017

Mentoring Moment #2: Touch base periodically about their interests for future assignments and career growth. New stretch assignments they’d like to tackle? Did they find another book, course, podcast, blog, or app more useful? Has anything changed in their immediate and long-term goals? Any new skills gained?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 2, 2012

What would be the most effective way to upgrade your leadership (besides subscribing to this blog or hiring me )? Perhaps you have some that you are already good at but you need to stretch yourself on. As you begin to think about your goals for 2012, you might find yourself stumped. What new goals will you have?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

This can be to shadow someone for a week or two, or be trained to do a “stretch” job for 3-6 months.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2019

Similarly, middle-level managers who have proteges are 167 percent more likely to be given stretch assignments. According to new research, senior executives who sponsor rising talent are 53 percent more likely to be promoted than those who don't. Feedback (and Other Dirty Words) : Why We Fear It, How to Fix It by M.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2017

Create opportunities for leaders and emerging leaders to lead; stretch assignments prove and improve leaders. So, when a new project would come along, the leader responsible would assign a seasoned leader regardless of opportunity. Practice it.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 6, 2023

Delegation with Assignment – Some leaders I know confuse assigning someone a task with delegating. Giving an assignment is easy. It’s ensuring the person assigned a task has the skills, knowledge and resources to complete the task and then following through with them until the task is complete.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2019

By knowing what people want to get out of work, you can give them stretch assignments that connect project tasks to their own goals. It’s easier to get people to perform courageous (and uncomfortable) tasks when those tasks tie into their personal aspirations.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Set aside times in the day to get up from your desk to stretch and concentrate on your breathing, even if it’s just a few minutes. Don’t be afraid to ask for help to complete an assignment. Other people attend support group meetings, read books or blogs on loss, or utilize online bereavement programs.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In addition, “Entry-level professionals who have a protégé are 167 percent more likely to have received a stretch assignment than those who don’t.” Sylvia Ann Hewlett reports in her book, The Sponsor Effect , “Senior-level managers are 53 percent more likely to have received a promotion in the last two years, if they have a protégé.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2013

Thankfully I have this blog as an outlet. (-: The “what do we do next” question is a common one that leadership teams will ask, and most busy executives, especially those in smaller, fast-paced companies don’t have a lot of patience for long lectures and complicated theory. Assign someone to collect and monitor all development plans.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Meet with them, take them to lunch, introduce them to co-workers, assign a co-worker to be their mentor and have all of their resources (phone, computer, e-mail address) ready for them. Training, coaching and mentoring, and stretch assignments are just some of the ways to develop employees. Employee engagement and retention.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

We already have thousands of articles about leaders and leadership, and countless thoughts on what leadership is and isn’t–not to mention a constant stream of new articles, blogs and information. With so much going on, it becomes more important than ever to stay focused on what’s most important. Challenge them.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Back in the day, GE’s CEO Jack Welch used to hold forth from the Pit for three or four hours at a stretch leading a spirited back and forth with the high potential leaders in the company’s flagship Management Development Course (MDC). By all accounts, Welch invested his personal time in alignment with those two jobs.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Make a list of each employee’s top skills and use this information when assigning work, so that most of the time, employees are operating from their strengths. Help employees feel appreciated for everything they are good at.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2013

These crucible roles are intended to be stretch assignments: high in complexity and critical to the success of the organization. The post Crucible Roles appeared first on | Elements of Leadership Blog. These crucible roles are critical to developing ordinary employees into extraordinary leaders. Executive Coaching'

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Stretch into Discomfort: People grow and develop in a zone of dis comfort, not comfort. Task people with stretch assignments that cause them to grow and make them a tad uncomfortable. Did he create opportunities for you to stretch, grow, and excel? When you know them, you’ll care about them. Leaders open doors.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

At work, we want our jobs, assignments, projects and "stuff" to move along smoothly: achieving objectives, getting promoted, winning contracts. So, in the end work is very much about "yes" -- " yes " I can take that stretch assignment; "yes" I'll work extra hours; "yes", the project is on track.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

A proven way to get ahead in your career is to take on stretch assignments. Many companies go to great lengths to create these assignments for employees as part of a retention and development strategy, and for good reason – if employees can’t find stretch opportunities, they leave.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Too frequently we limit the scope of career conversations, thinking they’re only about jobs, promotions, or stretch assignments—the actions employees can take to move forward. But that’s just a drop in the bucket of conversations you can have with employees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Take on a challenging assignment within your current job 3. However, given that job changes are significant and don’t happen all that often, a challenging assignment is usually the best way to develop a competency or competencies. It’s those “stretch assignments” that force us to perform, learn, and have the most impact.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

Like good students who never wanted to be late for assignments, we began recruiting everyone we new, family and friends to help out. It is remarkable how long it takes to stick a penny, fold, stuff, stamp and send a letter. At the beginning of the letter it read “ A penny for my thoughts.&# Age was not a barrier to his continued growth.

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The Office Blend Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

However, this doesn’t mean they wouldn’t like the opportunity to tackle a “ stretch assignment ” that utilizes their skills and strengths, when things calm down. When things are the busiest and work simply needs to get out the door, you rely on your top performers to keep things flowing.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

Stretch assignments. The best development plans incorporate a blend of activities, leveraging the 70/20/10 model of learning: 70% of learning is from doing. On-the-job performance. 20% of learning is from watching others. 10% of learning is from self-study. Consider how you learned to ride a bike.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

Stretch assignments and special projects are one of the best ways to build confidence and skills. .” If you’ve tried to develop confidence in your team, but they’re still scared, take a closer look. You may be falling into one of these 5 traps.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning Kit is a “best of” collection of blog posts from the award winning blog Great Leadership , written by Dan McCarthy, an experienced leadership development practitioner and author. This e-book compilation of the "greatest hits" from his blog will show you why he is.

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CO2

JULY 30, 2013

Crucible roles are stretch assignments: high in complexity and critical to the success of the organization’s mission. What crucible roles have you held in past assignments? The post Two (more) Core Values Exercises appeared first on | Elements of Leadership Blog. For more on crucible roles , see this post.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This has become the mantra I repeat whenever I’ve taken a stretch assignment or felt unsure of myself. His response was, “Remember – You know everything you need to know. You have everything you need to have. You are everything you need to be.”. In my own role as a leader, I share his attitude about development.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 19, 2019

Delegation with Assignment – Some leaders I know confuse assigning someone a task with delegating. Giving an assignment is easy. It’s ensuring the person assigned a task has the skills, knowledge and resources to complete the task and then following through with them until the task is complete.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 21, 2010

She had a couple of  great pieces of advice for people that are going through a difficult stretch in their career. Even if a tough assignment lasts for three years or so, that’s still a pretty small percentage of a thirty or forty year career. First, ask yourself, “What am I supposed to be learning from this?”

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Your greatest value added is going to come in doing things that are going to stretch your comfort zone. Those new tasks will be their stretch. On your point about the developmental aspects of tough assignments, my gut and experience says we learn more in uncomfortable situations than the comfortable ones. That’s a good thing.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 1, 2008

Share the classic Center for Creative Leadership research that shows the developmental impact of job changes, stretch assignments, and other people compared to formal training programs. Get groups of managers together, assign a book, and facilitate discussions around content and application. Start a book review process.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 11, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Others (I was always in this oddly unusual group) would prefer increased responsibility, a new assignment that will stretch them or the opportunity to learn through a workshop or class.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

How do you know when God is stirring your heart for a change in ministry assignment? During the times leading up to a change of ministry assignment I will be growing in my relationship with Christ, usually in new depths of trust and abandonment. Related posts: Discerning a Change in Ministry Assignment.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

More accountability and assigning blame. Or we’re stretched thin, so gathering more resources will solve the problem. Subscribe to Leadership Insights , the blog that transforms. They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Take a stretch assignment and reflect on what you did well and what you will do better next time. Attend a retreat. Serve on a local nonprofit board. Take an art or yoga class.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

If we try to be that, we don’t have time to concentrate on much else Challenge people to stretch Sometimes people are capable of going beyond what they have agreed to do, and yet, haven’t. Or, they are assigned something they believe to be too challenging for them, and don’t think they can do it. No one is a super-hero.

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Women in the LEAD

JULY 31, 2009

QUIT at a HIGH POINT One of my mentors encouraged me to never leave an assignment until I had really accomplished something visible and at best, enduring in some way. He It was going to stretch our staff very thin and the work was going to be impossible and the client, very demanding. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE YOUR MIND.

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