Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

M ILLENNIALS NOW MAKE UP the largest percentage of the workforce. Top-down, command-and-control leadership styles are outdated and ineffective with this modern-day workforce. Top-down, command-and-control leadership styles are outdated and ineffective with this modern-day workforce. But such turnover is costly.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2020

But now that they are starting to retire, what will happen to their stable work approach and traditional top-down leadership practices? They prefer a bottoms-up approach, and want to feel involved and valued in the workplace. Nine clear leadership traits emerged.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Communication in those traditional structures had a tendency to flow from top to bottom and responsiveness from the bottom up. Servant leadership fundamentally challenged that convention. First off, we all came to grips with the fact that there is no such thing as a “good” or “bad” leadership style.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

You could simply pull out the bottle of whiskey you have in your bottom drawer and take a few shots. Good leaders stand up and take responsibility. They act with a “compassionate leadership” style. What everyone wants from a leader is the ability to “fess up” when he or she makes a mistake.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 21, 2018

Art Jones was the best supervisor I’ve ever seen up close. Those stories and that influence are part of what my friend Mark Deterding calls their “leadership portrait.” Mark puts it this way: “We all have people who have shown us the way and mentored us and shaped our leadership style.” Bottom Line.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2014

I have also observed up close and per sonal the leadership styles of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Scott McNealy, Mitt R omney and a number o f others. Here are three ways I have seen leadership demonstrated powerfully- the type of leadership that gets results. That''s from top to bottom.

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Brigette Hyacinth

JUNE 19, 2021

It’s demotivating working for a manager who does not stand up for their team. 4) “Taskmaster” – Their sole focus is on the bottom-line. These managers get so caught up in the bottom line that they forget to treat people with dignity and respect. They just follow orders. How bad are they?

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

He paused for a moment and then said, “ Oh, we could buy at the bottom — we can take over debt from people who don ’ t want to keep working for another ten years. ” They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren ’ t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

He paused for a moment and then said, “ Oh, we could buy at the bottom — we can take over debt from people who don ’ t want to keep working for another ten years. ” They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren ’ t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2014

How can new leaders at organizations large and small help stir things up in a positive way that produces new innovations, generates new energy and engages staff? Early successes back up your goals, can help persuade the non-committal within the organization, and encourage those already on board to push for more progress.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

I’ve been around far too long, and cleaned up far too many messes that resulted from theory being applied as fact to be lulled into stepping on this very slippery slope. While I agree with many of his suppositions on what makes a great leader, I vehemently disagree that only one leadership style can work effectively.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 18, 2019

It also means that once you’ve made up their mind, you don’t hesitate to commit. At the core of great leadership, leaders need to be champions for their organization and its mission, staying positive even in the face of setbacks. A big part of being a leader is decisiveness.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 20, 2016

They continually hone and fine-tune their leadership skills in order to serve others better. On top of hard managerial, left-brain skills that drive bottom-line results, they have uncanny intuition and perception to understand the emotional realities of the circumstances and people around them. asking “Why me?”—self-aware

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 30, 2013

It’s difficult to focus on personal development when the bosses are “up to their asses in alligators.” While asking questions, opportunities usually arise to suggest that the manager may be able to benefit from development in terms of the bottom line and the quality of their personal lives. Personal drive to develop exists.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Or, virtually, the kind of boss that would send you an email and almost immediately follow up with an instant message and a text right before they called you to check in and see if you had any questions on what you needed to be doing. There is nothing inherently good or bad about it.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Or perhaps you have never heard of the Situational Leadership ® Model but are interested in learning whatever you can about viable methodologies with proven track records for developing leaders. As the title suggests, we will describe and explain the four leadership styles that constitute the Situational Leadership ® Model.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

There are no quick fixes; it takes hard work and the refusal to give up. As a leadership coach for over three decades, I have groomed some of the top leaders across all industries. Use this as a blueprint and revisit it every few weeks to make sure your leadership is moving toward where it needs to be. Create with style.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Although Toyota’s leadership style promotes employee involvement, the working environment of one of their factory sites was not motivating its front-line workers. Kaizen is the Japanese philosophy of continuous incremental improvement in life that Toyota has incorporated into its leadership style.

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HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2020

This is the lose structural framework, but one can classify managers based on their leadership styles too. A Gartner study of 7,300 employees and 100 HR Managers threw up some characteristic managers: The always-on manager, the teacher manager, the connector manager, and the cheerleader manager. Middle managers.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. She was working with a junior teammate on a months-long project, for whom she was responsible for developing and improving how he showed up in calls with other stakeholders. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They bulldoze their plans through and others, who weren’t consulted, wind up resisting them — no surprise there. She was working with a junior teammate on a months-long project, for whom she was responsible for developing and improving how he showed up in calls with other stakeholders. How else could we think about this?”

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 14, 2015

In "Mindful Management: The Neuroscience of Trust and Effective Workplace Leadership", author Dalton Kehoe provides the interpersonal dynamics that drive bottom lines. Notice when and how your negative reactions are cued up in a particular context. More importantly: is there anything that can be done about it? states Kehoe.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 24, 2017

People are loving what Christopher Nolan has offered up in Dunkirk. You have to speak up and identify yourself. He was to go to Dunkirk and pick up any soldiers that needed to be evacuated. We see him laying at the bottom of the stairs, bloody and mumbling incoherently. This also goes to your leadership.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The bottom line is, organizational change can only happen if you have high-performing leaders willing to set an example and get the rest of the organization on the same page. Leading change management is about promoting growth and creating a space for transitioning to new approaches through your leadership style.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

Decisions that used to uniformly flow from the top down are now informed and initiated from the bottom up. What about owning your readiness to perform and taking an active role in “contracting for a leadership style” with your manager? Situational Leadership® has always been a language of change.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Command presence while certainly having very tangible ties to leadership style or approach, is equally tied to how you are perceived by those around you. If your verbal communication skills are not up to par get help and correct the problem. How much will your peers and subordinates sacrifice to follow you? Thoughts?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Join us as Tasha Eurich charts a course for shatterproof leadership, leaving an indelible mark on organizational psychology. The HR Digest: How has your research on self-awareness influenced your own leadership style, and what advice do you have for leaders looking to enhance their self-awareness in the fast-paced corporate world?

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 6, 2021

Other ‘strategies’ that were once cosmetic, including diversity and inclusion, have been revealed to be both good for the bottom line and for human betterment. This various modes, by no means exhaustive, embody a leadership style that, “Actively distributes authority to enable individuals and teams to make quicker and smarter decisions.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Someone who has consistently experienced success in leadership roles has a much better chance of success than someone who has not. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium. One Size Fits All Leadership Style : Great leaders are fluid and flexible in their approach. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Bottom line…personal responsibility and accountability have always been the ultimate leadership “hot potato&# in that everyone wants to be in charge, but few are willing to take ownership of the never-ending obligations that go along with the privilege of leadership. What say you??? 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! At a time when our nation is gearing up for major elections, many people claim to have what it takes to lead. It’s just that many managers don’t know how to manage a high potential, and end up doing well-intended things that get unintended results.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2015

That’s why CMOs need to develop four types of leadership, which are based loosely on Gartner’s Intelligent Brand Framework. The idea is to identify your power center — which one best represents your natural capabilities — and develop skills to flex across these leadership styles.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

The world needs us all to wake up, not simply to point fingers of blame or criticism in someone else’s direction but to stand up for something, take responsibility for something or set a positive example for someone else. The bottom line is, leadership is neither heroic nor about any one person. It lives in us all.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

Business leaders also have to change their leadership style in order to still be able to drive a sense of connection and community within their organization. You should start adopting a “snacking” communication style where you deliver steady, easy to digest bite-sized information with a steady cadence. Listen to your Staff.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. Bottom-Line… [link] Dr Sarah Morris Great post! Ramzi I think arrogance is a sign of lack of self esteem. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 7, 2016

The leadership style that goes with this rigid way of organising work is command and control. So could a more balanced feminine-masculine leadership style enhance women’s chances of success? But how does a balanced feminine-masculine leadership style look like? But this is a big mistake.

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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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