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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

Perhaps it starts within your organization, then within your industry? At some point in your career journey, have you started to focus more on status as a leader than the job at hand? How about reengineering, total quality management, performance management, learning organization, value analysis, managed care, or employee satisfaction?

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

An organization’s systems are the outcroppings of the organization’s bedrock values and culture. In production environments, many systems are obstacles to improving productivity, safety, or quality. In vertically managed organizations, individual departments work to optimize their own internal efficiency.

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Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

Leaders need more speed with changing internal systems, launching new products, and responding to rapidly changing markets. The fastest, most nimble organizations have a ratio of 11:2 — eleven employees pulling the organization forward for every two, dragging on growth and agility. Work is transformed from a job to a joy.

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Value-Added Leadership

Strategy Driven

Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. You’re in the best business-industry, produce a good product-service and always lead the pack. Operations are sound, professional and productive. Running the business.

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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Strategies to Create a Positive Working Environment

HR Digest

Foster a Comfortable and Supportive Work Environment Creating a physical and virtual work environment that promotes comfort, focus, and well-being is essential for employee satisfaction and productivity. Establishing guidelines for respectful and constructive communication to ensure that discussions remain productive and inclusive.

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The Hidden Ways Organizational Culture Can Impact Your Team’s Functioning

Lead Change Blog

As a leader, you can decrease discomfort and increase productivity by increasing your awareness of personal style and organizational culture and how they interrelate. Internal/Integrated: Focused on developing personnel–both leadership and the rank-and-file. Involvement/Clan: Commitment to the organization is most valued.

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