Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In a recent HBR article, Robert Kabacoff shares his research of 60,000 managers in 40 countries. Managers can learn to be more strategic through understanding, exposure and challenge. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy. How Help a Manager Become More Strategic.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

There were different constraints on the way people allocated their time, energy and money that did not necessarily lead to negative consequences.”. Career impact. They turned to Denmark to try and understand what impact this has on our careers. Lack of support.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Every ounce of energy they spend on a project is a gift. Gratitude is missing when…. Every action from every person on your team becomes a gift. I see how diligently you’re working.”

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When markets are down, they become ripe for disruption and roll out the red carpet for innovative services, solutions, and products. Which makes me wonder, do these same truths hold true for individuals (and their careers!) Take a peek below for some foundational strategies to launch your new career path: 1. You are not alone.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In Organizing Genius , noted management thinker Warren Bennis chronicles the unifying characteristics of many of the finest teams mankind has ever known. He suggests that the virtues of youth are that you have often boundless energy, combined with a lack of weariness in knowing what is ‘not’ possible. It makes for a heady cocktail.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 2, 2024

Success often hinges on innovation and adaptability. Here’s how the 4-day workweek could be your company’s ticket to success and how this innovative approach can benefit both employees and the bottom line.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

In an in-depth conversation with The HR Digest, Lisa Chang, the Global Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company, reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career trajectory. The conversation delves into HR innovations, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence. For me it is impact.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2014

Your next promotion won’t happen until you “be the change” that those who have your career in their hands expect to see. Brian Sooy of Lead Change Group offers Positive Communication Leads to a Culture of Innovation. brings us How to Stop Burning Emotional Energy. Managing Through Career and Life Changes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. Similarly, if even small decisions require multiple layers of approval, your team will lose energy to try new things. No fancy budget.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2020

Flip the book over, and you have Gutsche’s updated and expanded, bestselling, Exploiting Chaos , book now called, The Innovation Handbook , featuring memorable real-world case studies and plenty of thought-provoking questions to inspire next steps for innovation. When it comes to innovation, culture is more important than strategy.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2024

This isn’t always the case in the workplace, of course, and a recent study from the University of Washington explored the dynamic of having a manager who is younger than you are. Status incongruence emerges when those markers don’t apply to a manager, and especially when subordinates have higher status markers than their boss.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. That mindset is “about the application of creative thinking and prudent risk-taking to build innovative, long-lasting organizations in any sector of the economy.”

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

They can make a job exhausting and confusing, eating up energy that could be better spent enjoying life beyond the nine-to-five. For managers, leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. Unfortunately, this can be an overwhelming process for new managers to undertake without support.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Executives who realize their potential can be far more satisfied with their careers and lives. Executives today are saddled with a business landscape unlike anything in the past. .”

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Courage to innovate and grow. Courageous acts can be risky—career-wise, socially, and sometimes physically. Managing the Message. Success in presenting an idea or issue may very likely depend on how well you manage your emotions and those of the target of your courageous act. Courage to see the right thing done.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

The oilfield services market has been booming due to the growing energy demand. From project management to technical support, these firms can help their clients manage the risks and costs of drilling operations. With a steady increase in the demand for oilfield services, companies need to innovate to meet the growing demand.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Yet there’s been nothing traditional in sales for the past 15 years thanks, in part, to women making it a successful career path. How do companies motivate and manage a generation of workers who grew up receiving awards and prizes for just showing up? Some Millennials lack time management skills because parents managed their calendars.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 6, 2020

New managers , or those aspiring to manage a team, often are looking for a playbook to help them get started. And, let’s face it, seasoned managers often need a refresher on some of the basics. How I wish we had an entire day to talk about management and leadership. 4 Things Great Managers Do. 2) Energize.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Create policies that promote energy efficiency, reduce waste and water conservation. Simply asking your employees to turn off all of the lights before leaving can make a huge difference in energy conservation and how they feel about the environment. Honoring the Environment Ask your employees to contribute to a better world.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Drawing on her twenty-year career as an advisor to the C-Suite, Davey shares real-world examples and practical tools you and your team can use to handle even the most contentious conflicts as allies?instead He does this by sharing the eleven shifts he made over the course of his long and successful leadership career. Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Art summarizes: “ The road to career success runs through a nearly endless string of challenging conversations. Learn to survive and thrive in the most difficult of communication circumstances and watch your career grow. But when you get a new job as a manager, you aren’t told that.” Creativity/Inspiration.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Guest post from Hilary Grosskopf : Managing a team can sometimes feels more like managing a revolving door. For organizations, attrition is an expensive issue that takes money away from impactful progress, innovation, employee benefits, and enjoyable team activities. Positive acknowledgement is a form of energy for team members.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2018

As I polled them with ideas ( 100 Ways to Bullet Proof Your Career , The No B t Guide to Getting Ahead , Leadership Truths from the Trenches ), the one that become the hands down winner was the one that I threw out as a joke: Did I REALLY Sign Up for This?! Managing energy is one of the keys to building resilience.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

It is a crucible where tradition and innovation clash, forging a new paradigm in workforce dynamics. The year demands that the pulse of innovation beats strongest within the corridors of a dynamic and future-focused HR strategy. Figuring out how to inject energy and passion back into the workplace and work will be key.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

Employers underestimate the importance of personal and career development on employee retention, vastly overestimating the importance of salary and benefits. As Christopher Bishop, head of Herman Miller’s Innovation lab has said, "The war for talent is over, talent has won." This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Let’s get one thing straight from the get-go: lose the word change “management.” You can’t manage change any more than you can manage the cycles of the tide and the phases of the moon. This move will allow the utility to expand other energy resources, respond to community needs, and offer sustainability.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2018

This scenario, lone wolf promoted to manager followed by team disaster, is both predictable and avoidable. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting submitted 6 Ways to Build Energy “We all have a finite amount of energy to give. Jesse summarizes: “ Often in coaching, managers work on changing their behaviors.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The researchers wanted to explore the feasibility of those jobs transitioning to clean energy jobs in each location. Energy transition. Given the seriousness of the climate emergency, there has been considerable attention given to the need to transition towards cleaner forms of energy.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s like shadow-boxing against something that isn’t real; wasting energy on controlling the imaginary damage, instead of addressing the real problem. 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: Development.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 1, 2014

For example, in “ Seven Ways to Sell Your Ideas to Management ,” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shares how to present your ideas in order to get them implemented – a skill you need to master if you want to be an influential leader in your company. Management Issues. Need advice on a management issue?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

After sharing a bit of his background, he quickly delves into his career beginning at ABC, and the lessons he’s learned and the principles that have guided him that help “nurture the good and manage the bad.”. Iger writes of the key mentors in his career and his relationship with Steve Jobs, George Lucas, and Michael Eisner.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

A subtle shift in communication – just using the word “and” – is all it takes to move forward with positive energy. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared How Can You Further Develop Your Talent? Your reputation can make or break your career. Find David on Twitter at @Decisive_Blog.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg is how Google created its innovative and productive culture. It about managing smart creatives in a family-type atmosphere. It about managing smart creatives in a family-type atmosphere. It’s about how Google goes about doing what it does do—day to day. Five Lessons'

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