Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

This new definition revolves around appreciating employees and, done right, can become your greatest competitive advantage. Action Item: Set up focus groups and ask employees how they stay informed about the company. And, their bottom line reflects it. Lorraine is president of the consulting firm Lessons in Loyalty.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Our unit was experiencing its first inspection by a Sargeant Major whose reputation definitely preceded him…It took him all of about 3 seconds ask “who the * is in charge around here?&# I think you summed it up well by stating that: "…the best leaders are creating leaders…" – Indeed.

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

The following article — Time is Money: The 3 Different Approaches to Strategic Planning — was written by Gabriel Najera — Founder, Najera Consulting Group. Najera Consulting. Decisions are made often in a bottoms-up, organic fashion. Who can pass this up? What exactly is Strategic Planning?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Likewise, just because someone has failed in a previous position doesn’t mean that they might not end-up being a top performer for your company. I also believe that if HR is solely charged with the recruiting efforts for senior management and executive level positions you’ll end-up with a very weak management and leadership team.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Bottom line…Don’t manipulate for personal gain, rather facilitate for mutual benefit. It's sad that many potential leaders look past this and end up frustrated when they can't get people to act, little do they know they haven't developed trust. Mike Myatt wrote one of the best definitions of influence I have seen.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

It has definitely caused its fair share of angst, frustration, and vigorous debate among executives and professional advisors simply for the reason that it is one of the few metrics that touches virtually every aspect of a business. Why do some consultants get $50,000 a day for their time, while others have to give their time away?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me? It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. Bottom line…Yes is not a sign of weakness – it’s a sign of intelligent leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Just having a definition for what constitutes acceptable behavior is a positive step in containing the crazies. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly. Understanding the WIIFM Factor : Understanding the other person’s WIIFM (What’s In It For Me) position is critical.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a valid reason for supporting such a regressive concept. Then follow-up your great hiring decision by providing the CEO with the tools and resources necessary to get the job done.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The bottom line is this…Bleeding is not a healthy thing. Facing reality, and being able to make what are often times very painful organizational/structural decisions are the hallmarks of great CEOs. This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Before you know it the herd mentality of the legions of politically correct consultants and advisers use said practice area as a platform to be evangelized, and the necessity of common sense and the reality of what actually works often times gets thrown out the window as a trade-off for promotional gain.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership. Foster “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.&# - John Wayne “The true leader serves. It contains what I believe to be the necessary qualities a leader must possess to be successful. Serves people.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Bottom line…While I can appreciate eloquent and detailed word pictures, they are not always needed. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. In fact, look no further than the current business innovations to seek validation for my assertions. I think it's actually a bit of an art form…Thanks for sharing Dan.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

I encourage you to learn her definition and concept of “saving face” which will immediately give you a number of tools to take your relationships to the next level. Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. Understand the motivation of others.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 10, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Differences Between Feedback and Advice, and Why It Matters by Kevin Eikenberry on January 10, 2011 in Devloping Others , Leadership , Learning Feedback and advice. And in everyday use they are definitely different.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bottom line – If you’re a leader then you need to watch this interview. It definitely didn’t in my case. What lacked was a clear focus on leadership within a theological context. I think we mistakenly believed that studying Jesus some how translated into competency in other areas. Thanks for stopping by Scott.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I believe that it can actually be both, but that decision lies solely with the employer, and is not really up to the employee no matter how much they might feel it is. Is a year-end bonus a right of entitlement or a privilege to be earned? The structures of corporate bonuses are as varied as there are numbers of entities. Happy Holidays.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so tough, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of compassion as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. Social and societal stigmas are definitely in play when it comes to love and leadership. Starting to get my drift?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

From my perspective, the issues surrounding conflict resolution can be best summed-up in three words…&# Deal With It. &# While you can try and avoid conflict (bad idea), you cannot escape conflict…The fact of the matter is that conflict in the workplace is unavoidable.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Albert Einstein said it best when he noted “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time.&# Bottom line…don’t be the CEO who causes your management team to continually say “the boss won’t go for that one.&# I Think Not.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

Yet my mind doesn’t light up the same way in microeconomics as it does learning about the overlapping women’s movement, anti-war movement and civil rights movements of the 1960s. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Define Acceptable Behavior : You know what they say about assuming…Just having a definition for what constitutes acceptable behavior is a positive step in avoiding conflict. If a conflict does flair up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly. I wholeheartedly agree with what you have stated. Great article.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous. Bottom Line : Show me any team created of equals and I’ll show you a team that will never reach its full potential… What say you? So maybe the voice of the person with IT gifts comes through in e-mails or other means rather than taking up meeting time.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

He is consulting with psychologists on the surface to monitor the psychic health of his comrades.  Leaders keep the whole person in mind:  Every organization has a bottom line. In the case of a mine rescue, the bottom line is getting the miners out alive. They are in our prayers. Many thanks. Appreciate it!

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

I am first to applaud marketers who essentially created a grassroots adoption effort to create a quasi-standard for taxonomy, nomenclature, definitions, and a weighted value across the marketing waterfall. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. The waterfall methodology was a classic approach used for software development.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 10, 2011

But in parsing the definitions, we discover they're very different concepts. For example, a friend of mine left consulting to become the VP of HR for a corporation. Avoiding mistakes is an unseen, unheralded achievement, and yet, averting a bad deal or bad hire can affect the bottom line more than scoring a big sale.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

So now you have an extra hour to catch up on some good reading, all in one place. Oh, and don’t be greedy and hog ‘em all to yourself – use the RT button at the bottom of the post to share ‘em with your friends. Anne Perschel and Marion Chapsal team up to give us When Truth Speaks to Power?and

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Chief executives of smaller companies and international and national organizations and leaders also regularly tap her expertise as coach, consultant, and/or lecturer to help them hone their positive cultures. Being a student of organization excellence, I caught up with Diane on a conversation about building high performance cultures.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. Through speaking engagements and consulting Jim has advocated servant leadership to hundreds of organizations and thousands of people. Interview Highlights.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. For the full interview, see the video at the bottom of this post. Through speaking engagements and consulting Jim has advocated servant leadership to hundreds of organizations and thousands of people. Interview Highlights.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Here was a very quick interaction that provided the colonel with an opportunity to say some kind words and build up the chaplain’s confidence, an act of caring that would have improved their relationship. I’m convinced a few of them did push-ups and sit-ups earlier right there in the room to get the blood going. Mark Brouker.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Our Blind Spot If one were to write the definitive history of analytics in the modern age, the RAND Corporation would receive significant ink. It’s up to us to make that connection clear and start getting noticed as the smartwidth source. In other words, analysts, the practitioners, have to sell analytics, the discipline.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

And here’s the clincher: If you choose not to engage with these folks, they’ll do it without you – and you definitely don’t want that. Social media can definitely propel your company forward, especially when employees are excited and involved. Examples of Social Nations are everywhere. Power to the people, indeed!

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

They were the born leaders we all grew up with. I meant this post to be more of a thinking exercise than a choosing-up sides and fighting till the bitter end drill. " Thanks for sharing Sami… Dan Leaders take others to a destination (by definition). link] mikemyatt We are in agreement on all points Dan.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 23, 2010

Exploring Shared Leadership → March 23, 2010 · 5:37 pm ↓ Jump to Comments The Importance of Being Purposeful When I first came to Vancouver to take up my new role as a Human Resources Consultant with a major bank, my boss and I agreed that I should go on a road trip and meet with as many corporate banking employees as possible.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

It’s always tempting at this time of year to try to make a definitive list of the best ideas from the past 12 months. But then we end up debating what counts as best — important? Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption. Why the Lean Start Up Changes Everything. And rudeness in the workplace hurts the bottom line.

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