Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In a twenty-year career, I had eighteen different bosses. Extrinsic and intrinsic happiness are indicative of productivity. Happiness at work leads to 300% more innovation, 44% higher retention, and a 37% increase in sales (references below). Guest post from T.J. Jones : Does happiness at work matter? Do that math, please.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 20, 2016

Each individual member has their personal goals and quirks, which can sometimes get in the way of group productivity. Knowing how to adjust and work with everyone in the team is a start in forming a strong bond. Facilitating a form of healthy competition among teams actually boosts productivity and work quality. Communicate.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip. When you take part in gossip you do none of these things. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Read on to learn how procrastination might be killing your productivity.” Ben Brabyn presents Leadership as storytelling – how narratives bond teams posted at Ben Brabyn , saying, “How leaders can use storytelling to bond high performing teams.” Have you ever thought about how it affects you?

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Janna Rust presents Procrastination and Productivity posted at Purposeful Leadership , saying, "What are you procrastinating with right now? Read on to learn how procrastination might be killing your productivity.". Have you ever thought about how it affects you? Jane Perdue presents Go ahead - try something new!

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2022

These retreats provide an opportunity for your team to step away from the daily grind and come together in a new environment to bond, brainstorm, and recharge. Whether it’s learning new skills or simply taking time to reflect on their work and career goals, a retreat can help your employees grow personally and professionally.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

With leadership training, managers can study the core competencies they need to adapt and grow for their entire career. Greater Productivity: Managers who have undergone leadership training can motivate and inspire their team members to perform better, resulting in high-performing teams and more efficiency.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Last Stands.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

A leader who fails to understand this will never create the trust bond necessary to lead effectively. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. After the stint at Bristol-Myers, I moved on to Beecham Products (now GlaxoSmithKline) as Brand Manager of Brylcreem Hairdressing, Macleans Toothpaste and Silvikrin Shampoo. Last Stands.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

It is absolutely possible to build very productive relationships with even the most adversarial of individuals. Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. It takes far more courage to display love than disinterest, as compassion requires an investment of time, caring, empathy and understanding. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While feigned humility is the height of insincerity, authentic humility is the most sincere form of confidence and strength. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

If you want to remain relevant and advance your career in today's global marketplace, you need to serve as an enabler of business growth and innovation. The immigrant mentality has proven time and again to accelerate careers and build enterprise. Career advancement must be approached with this same hunger for survival.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

If communities of origin and growth are bonded by perceptions of sameness, communities of aspiration are held together by the differences between their members. If a new product or unit is required as result of the exercise, then a new team will be put in place on a more permanent basis.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In 1993, Apple distributed $273 million in buybacks and $56 million in dividends, even as profits plunged from $530 million to $87 million, compelling the company to do a $297 million long-term bond issue in 1994. Yet these careers and the returns that they can generate are not guaranteed. Employee incentives.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

But portfolio careers aren’t only for stay-at-home parents looking to freelance a few hours a day while their kids are in school or grad students moonlighting as Uber drivers and Task Rabbits. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career. How did he make this unusual career leap? Liane Davey.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond. Consider Ann Berkley's experience when she was named Vice President of Marketing for a major division of a large consumer products company.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Innovation : When defining innovation as "offering products that are new to some or all customers" in some regions — including the U.S. and developed Europe — women entrepreneurs have higher levels of innovation than their male counterparts. And in the U.S., more than half of the 9.72

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

First impressions matter so much because they happen fast, and they are stubborn , says Whitney Johnson , the author of Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. Perhaps your direct reports tend to get promoted faster or your team is more productive. It can be a good way to uncover common bonds.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In today’s dog-eat-dog environment, a person’s word isn’t always his or her bond. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical. New people are always relieved when they learn that those letters aren’t a pejorative, but a shorthand I use as a reminder to ‘Follow Up’ by a specific date!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? That humility boosts employee engagement and morale. Thank you for continuing to share your keen insight.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

Ah, yes, I said, a clear case of brand reinforcement through product differentiation: The odd thing stands out. Can a product placement in a movie undermine brand credibility — eg, would James Bond really drink Heineken? This will help you assist your company in finding innovative solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

For all of the fervor around innovation, far too many organizations are hostile places for new ideas and the people who harbor them. All too often, new ideas are cooked up in a hothouse environment, like the executive inner sanctum or an invitation-only innovation offsite, and not shared widely until they've been sanctioned from on high.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

These intense work styles are often celebrated as the only way to get to the top and be a super-productive leader. “It’s enabled me to have a bond with my daughter now that’s really amazing,” he said. In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Is this a time to mount a campaign for Plan B, that other job or career youve been putting off looking into? Those who are at work on Thanksgiving — even if it is virtual work online — can make special bonds with each other. No selling of products or services. Instead, I literally mean, consider the alternative.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute. Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

As I sit to write each morning, I draw upon the vast network of people (many in active chat windows) with whom I've worked in the trenches over the course of a 35-year career, while also having the benefit of opinions and insight by expert strangers a click away. It's a huge and real loss in terms of career development.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 12, 2011

Encouraging an organizational and management culture that promotes innovation, learning, accountability, and transparency. We are the products of those who believe in us. Career and life are not a short stint. Professionals who succeed the most are the products of mentoring. ’ Approach your career as a body of work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

SFO’s facility, the 3,146-seat War Memorial Opera House, was funded by a voter-approved municipal bond in 1927. Ticket sales cover just a fraction of its production and administrative costs, with the balance coming from donations, grants and endowment. ” Like almost every non-profit organization, SFO has limited resources.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. You will learn how to identify and prioritize your company’s full portfolio of opportunities – from new product lines to entirely new businesses. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Every vibrant, healthy, inspiring, innovative, and positive corporate culture I’ve witnessed has occurred not because culture has been placed ahead of strategy, but because it has been a key driver of the corporate strategy. There are obviously contextually and environmentally specific issues that would apply to any given situation.

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