Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. But try as I might, keeping meaningful personal connections with those 900 people (and that number was growing every day) wasn’t a sustainable strategy, and it nagged at me.

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Leadership Budgeting Newsletter Bottom-up 196

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Have you reduced your planning process to a once per year, budgeting exercise? Be dynamic and agile, not routine and static – most “strategy” firms offer inflexible, rigid, complex and time consuming approaches that eat up resources and yield only limited value. Let me do that now.

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Strategy Strategic Planning Span of Control Hedge 150

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. ” Follow Sean on Twitter at @LeadYourTeam.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 248

In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Ironically, sticking to a well-conceived strategy makes decisions easy. Squeaky wheels get the grease.

Strategy 196

Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 196

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

Leadership 217

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 217

Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy.

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Short-term Morale Rate of Return Finance 347

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2013

There are administrative chores like budgeting and logistics. The exact nomenclature for this last set of responsibilities can vary from organization to organization, but what we are talking about is finding the right strategy. Finding the right strategy can be the difference between a leader’s success and failure.

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Strategy Succession System Process 243

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Most modern organizations claim to be strategy-driven. The Oxford dictionary defines strategy as “a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim.” Walk into an organization and ask to see their strategy and you will likely be given a one-line “mission” statement and a document filled with words and diagrams.

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Strategy Document Mission Statement Project 51

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

While technical competencies and leadership acumen are essential in any executive role, nonprofits often require additional skills specific to their sector. While particular skills, such as leadership, strategic thinking, and communication, are essential for any executive role, specific competencies are necessary in the nonprofit sector.

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Execution Diversity Long-term Metrics 343

N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Management is your day job; leadership is your career. Management is a disciplinary process while leadership is an aspirational intention. One could say the same forMicrosoft when Bill Gates viewed himself as the visionary and Steve Ballmer was the operator.

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Advice Management Delegation Executive Coaching 328

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Marketing manager: Marketing managers are responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategies for their organization — they work closely with salespeople, designers, and other departments to make sure that everyone has what they need to succeed at their jobs in management. They manage everything sales in a company.

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Career Management Software Human Resources 111

Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

That leads us to Conaty and Charan’s first principle of the talent masters: The leadership team understands that the top priority for the future is developing the talent that will get it there. Fill leadership roles based on measured performance rather than just rough judgments and personal considerations. Like us on Facebook.

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Development Charan Leadership CFO 283

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2023

Their expertise can span various domains, including strategic planning, leadership development, marketing strategies, and overall business growth. It’s essential to evaluate whether the potential gains outweigh the financial investment, especially for startups and small businesses with limited budgets.

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Analysis Entrepreneur Marketing Strategy Objective 99

Strategy Driven

JUNE 28, 2018

While your company may have a think tank of brilliant strategists devising new inroads into your market, what you will soon learn is that any strategy is doomed to fail if it isn’t executed as brilliantly as it was conceived. If not, it’s time you invested in your key players to raise up a leadership team by department.

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Strategy Succession Leadership Training 50

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Vision and Your Leadership of Change. What I write about here is the vision that is aligned with your leadership. Vision is the starting point of leadership. Leadership is about going somewhere. If you aren’t going somewhere, your leadership style doesn’t matter. Five Reasons Vision is Vital!

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Blanchard Sharpe Strategic Planning Case Study 375

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. When it comes to leadership, I can share the issue of expectations is no small matter. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership.

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Leadership Commitment Competitive Advantage Resistance 369

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They have a deep understanding of the intricacies of nonprofit leadership and are equipped to navigate the complex landscape of mission-driven organizations. This consultation is the foundation for developing a customized search strategy tailored to the nonprofit’s requirements.

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Execution Case Study Process Objective 398

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Ironically, sticking to a well-conceived strategy makes decisions easy. Squeaky wheels get the grease.

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Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 122

The Practical Leader

JULY 21, 2021

The session was focused on operational and tactical issues. Leadership and culture development to build capacity for implementation planning wasn’t on the agenda. .” ” This leadership team was heading straight for one of seven common causes of failure – partial and piecemeal programs. How do you know?

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Strategic Planning Planning How To Review 126

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

Effective communication training transcends internal operations, enriching client interactions. McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals. Set a budget range to avoid overspending and explore programs within that bracket.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 109

The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

When I was honest and took a longer look in the leadership mirror, I saw that I modelled some of that behavior. In our work with culture development, we clearly see a variation of leadership modelling; people in organizations act like their leader — despite all attempts to train them otherwise. Well,…maybe not.

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Development Team Short-term Teamwork 98

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. These are critically important to make sure your organizational leadership index is healthy, balanced and aligned with your strategic intent and vision to meet the organization’s objectives going forward. CHOLESTEROL.

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Health Care Organizational Behavior Operations Diversity 299

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

HR strategies for business growth focus on the hiring and retention of the right talent, but they can also involve active participation in key business decisions by bringing in a grounded angle to the discussion. Employee Hiring and Retention Undeniably, HR strategies for growing businesses begin with hiring and retention.

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Succession Metrics Strategy Trends 105

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

“Great leadership is only found in the world of business,” my seatmate on a recent flight pompously boasted, “Certainly not in the government, churches or education where we desperately need it.”. The HPU story is nothing short of a leadership tour de force. And, the operating budget has climbed from $38M to $178M.

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Leadership Education Wireless Rogers 150

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2015

Guest post from Ted Bagley: All organizations worry about leadership, from the mom and pop community businesses to the giant global entities both domestic and international. Good leadership is defined as proper training, rewarding, assisting, coaching and respecting those who “carry the load”.

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Leadership Attrition Human Capital System 120

The Practical Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

I was asked to facilitate an annual strategic planning retreat with a senior leadership team. Hmm…oh, oh… Looking at the typical approach they’ve used before, four common strategic planning problems immediately popped out: The agenda was loaded with about 17 project/operational presentations/reviews and updates.

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Planning Strategic Planning How To Operations 52

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Yes, the General Counsel role has changed dramatically, from one of gatekeeper and legal advice provider to a critical member of the corporation’s leadership team. VERIFIABLE LEADERSHIP SKILLS: People call themselves leaders all the time. At N2Growth, our core philosophy is that exceptional leadership creates the ultimate advantage.

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Reputation Consultative Competitive Advantage Budgeting 271

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. However, not every company comes up with a successful strategy all the time; it just means it is rather easy to come up with a plan that leads somewhere. This is a haphazard way to operate. Get Executive Buy-in.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Succession Short-term 70

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Budget it each year. Hank’s latest book functions as a ‘PDR of business,’ a view of Big Picture strategies, methodologies and recommendations. You just finished reading The Big Picture of Business - Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers ! Book value is not guaranteed.

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Strategy Budgeting Risk Management Strategic Planning 90

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Suffice to say, most of the issues were short-term and operational rather than strategic. Fortunately for me, I grew up in strategic environments and I learned to balance operational challenges with strategic opportunity. Ironically, sticking to a well-conceived strategy makes decisions easy. Squeaky wheels get the grease.

Strategy 74

Strategy Short-term Constraint Strategic Planning 74

The Practical Leader

JUNE 21, 2023

Balancing Management and Leadership We use our compass model during many Leadership Team Retreats for assessment and implementation planning. The model pulls together a series of “transformation pathways” to prioritize and map short and longer-term leadership and culture development strategies.

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Webinar Learning-by-Doing Short-term Agility 52

HR Digest

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A structured strategy for managing workforce can bring consistency into overall operations during today’s challenging times by putting people first. At the heart of any organization’s talent management strategy is headcount planning to ensure that it has the right number of talent with the right skills.

Management 98

Management Supply Chain Crisis Scenario Planning 98

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

Stefan Swanepoel advises leaders to “see the whole [chess] board” strategy-wise. Are you a leader tasked with planning for routine operations along with the response when routines are disrupted in ways big or small? In a hospital, lives are saved or lost long before patients’ treatment plans are written and implemented.

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Contingency Plans Planning Crisis Committee 285

Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

As a result, they are viewed as having less leadership potential. They expect disciplined execution—on time and under budget. Strategy formulation and implementation remain largely disconnected from one another. Consequently, they adopt copycat approaches rather than creating distinctive strategies.”. Focus and distance.

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Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 268

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Do all the touch points of training – hiring, on-boarding, training, leadership development, continuing education – enable your company to fully achieve your goals? If training is a top value, does your training budget reflect this? Are there areas where this is shortchanged?

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Policies Strategic Planning Goal Guidelines 298

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Work Based Learning Lead, phs group I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.

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Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

The Center For Leadership Studies

JULY 1, 2021

Getting real here, do we not all wish (occasionally) for a short-and-simple instruction guide of what to do and say for many of the leadership situations we encounter? Or perhaps a crystal ball to tell us what leadership skills will most prepare us for the years to come? Servant leadership has pointed the way to this.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence Leadership Strategic Planning 52