The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

” That’s a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) I’ve pursued most of my career! Let purpose drive your strategy and operations. Stress-test your purpose with discussions on responding during crisis. Lean into and communicate your trade-offs. Translate purpose into your recruiting and onboarding efforts.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Cousera’s data shows that across all skill domains, the link between proficiency and stock returns is 43%, with this level of return largely enduring during the Covid crisis. This trend was reinforced by the Coursera data, which revealed a 1,200% increase in enrollments onto courses in areas such as mindfulness and stress management.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared The 5 Most Important and Critical Skills for Jobs of the Future. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Career Success 2.0: And chances are, your pre-pandemic life wasn’t exactly stress-free, either. ” Connect with Stephanie here. Development. Find Dana on Twitter at @DanaTheus.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Leadership is about care and compassion.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Even though the tasks mount up, you have a knack for performing magnificently under deadline, stress and high expectations. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. Before you know it, you’re on deadline again.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense. Tools are available that generate meaningful and relevant information which can greatly augment the present interviewing processes. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing the great observations Holly. I agree with your conclusions and thanks for sharing.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Shifting careers is often hard to explain. The most important step in getting others onboard with your career transition is crafting a compelling narrative. My whole career, I''ve been a bit of a nonconformist," he says. "My My whole career, I''ve been a bit of a nonconformist," he says. Isn''t that a little risky?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

A solution that is situationally appropriate and highly adaptable to unanticipated stresses is, in a way, “best&# , but rarely shows up in the “solutions&# literature. Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. As an example, Look at Apple! But manufacturing?

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 12, 2011

In my experience and observation, you can’t underestimate the power of “cultural fit” – both good and bad – on an organization and on your own career. She came from the municipal government where she had worked in a department that, according to her, operated at a brutally slow pace (hence, why she wanted to get out).

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. As you'll note in the post above I stressed that the best leaders proactively seek out game changers with speaks to persistence. It transformed my business and career. Thanks for sharing Wally.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 25, 2011

His speech and book marked the beginning of my realization that the workplace is essentially stuck in the industrial age and bears no resemblance to how we need to operate in the knowledge economy. Nobody feels guilty, overworked, or stressed-out. But, as a manager, I was pretty stumped about what do to about it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

At some point, we all confront a stressful life event or personal crisis that threatens to distract us from work. Here’s some advice on how to navigate work when you’re having a personal crisis. There is no right answer when handling a crisis situation. Issara Willenskomer/Unsplash. Decide what you need.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 4, 2010

Typically, we’re asked to think about our business plans… how we’re going to meet our targets, reduce costs, improve operations. We’re not asked to think about how we’re going to be a more effective leader or where we want our careers to be 12 months from now. For this decade? Whatever works for you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I agree that having these types of meetings helps relieve some stress or at minimum gives you a place to share the burdens/successes you are faced with. It also has helped us to create better relationships since we communicate before hand and not just during times of crisis. Finding a time that works with everyone’s schedule is key.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” A piece of simple advice, but it’s amazing how few senior leaders walk that talk.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It aims to highlight the true nature of risk, and how simple mistakes and everyday pressures, from family concerns to stress over schedules, can conspire to play a critical role in things going wrong. In diving, we recognise we’re never going to get to zero risk because we’re operating in an inherently hazardous environment,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Through my leadership development work with the United Nations (UN), I’ve been privileged to work with professionals who operate in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. She recalls her time working in the Taliban-controlled Afghani province of Kandahar as the most challenging of her career to date.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. “For the military,” Petraeus observed, “learning faster than the enemy meant deploying lessons learned teams and ensuring commanders are focused on identifying the need to make changes to our big ideas, campaign plans, organizational structures, equipment, and operational bases.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

military operations in Vietnam. Former employees of the now defunct Lehman Brothers have talked about how voicing dissent there was considered a career-breaker. President Lyndon Johnson notoriously discouraged dissent, with many historians now believing that this played a significant role in the decision to escalate U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

military operations in Vietnam. Former employees of the now defunct Lehman Brothers have talked about how voicing dissent there was considered a career-breaker. President Lyndon Johnson notoriously discouraged dissent, with many historians now believing that this played a significant role in the decision to escalate U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

As we approached Nippori Station on the East of Tokyo the announcer apologized that the train was three minutes late, explaining that they were "operating at lower speeds for the purpose of energy conservation." Downtown, the streets were relatively empty for a Saturday, but I stress the word relatively.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

In it, Bogey reprised the 1930’s Broadway hit and movie that launched his career. Even though the tasks mount up, you have a knack for performing magnificently under deadline, stress and high expectations. It was written by Rod Sterling and starred Jack Palance and Ed Wynn. Before you know it, you’re on deadline again.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover. After a further two years, during which I was looking for a new career start, I finally decided to work from home and be closer to my wife and beautiful eight year old daughter whom I had neglected a lot while running these businesses in the first place.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

In my nearly three-decade career in the intelligence community, I have worked for and with 11 Directors of CIA and all five Directors of National Intelligence. military and diplomatic personnel operating in Afghanistan, even though the analysis itself focused on the shortcomings of Afghanistan’s political leaders and security forces.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

Fundamentally, it is extremely problematic for directors to resign when their companies are in crisis because effective board stewardship — particularly from outside directors — is most needed at such junctures. Of course, director resignation in times of crisis is sometimes warranted and perhaps even necessary.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. The results were amazing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. These sorts of questionnaire may be a bit simplistic, but they can help point someone in the right direction on a career or organizational path. What had dazzled the people at head office had been Kate’s coaching and communication skills. Kate’s story had a happy ending.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ). The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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