Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

It’s so easy to lose focus, and become susceptible to being busy but not productive. Successful entrepreneurship and productive leadership require a sharp focus and high effectiveness. Focus tip: You can be even more productive by keeping your work space clean, organized, and free of clutter. The down side?

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 28, 2014

I explain the merits of my products and services and you buy. When you communicate, you need to keep a sharp eye on the person you are communicating to. Simple, two-way and CLEAR communication. I give you information and I get your response. You tell me to do something and I tell you when I can get it done. And on and on and on.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 19, 2020

One top performer in a company is enough to increase the production manifold as the person can deliver as much productivity as up to four average employees. A candidate who demonstrates a broader and growth mindset is a sharp person and is always open to learning new things and skills. How to spot high-performing employees.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Not surprising, managers at every level are struggling to adapt to this new dynamic, balancing both employee satisfaction and corporate productivity. Leading Without Maps with Four Leadership Shifts : At the threshold of a new frontier in leadership and workforce development, business leaders can no longer rely on the guidebooks of the past.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Dress nicely and if you want to, add an element of flair to your wardrobe — a scarf, a sharp tie, a cool belt, cool shoes. I wore what they wore — sharp shirts and expensive slacks. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. What did I do? I watched what all of my superiors were wearing — and guess what? Smile or Die!

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

LEADERSHIP Leadership skills aren’t just about being a boss or a manager. And when leadership skills are valued and encouraged in the performance evaluation process, employees are more likely to take ownership of their work, seek out new challenges, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 14, 2017

In addition to an extensive international consulting career, Gipsie served as Director of Statistical Methodology for General Motors Powertrain Group from 1988 to 1992 ​ (helping implement Deming’s ideas at GM)​, following 15 years as a member of the faculty of the Department of Statistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . Leadership Practices to Watch. Northern Command. Take a smart risk.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Being sharp means being succinct. Practice pitches and product or service descriptions. Rehearse your pitch.

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” ” is a positive, productive question that we should ask ourselves each day. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. ” ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out." is a positive, productive question that we should ask ourselves each day. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. How do we make our strengths stronger?"

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet. A laser-sharp strategy is much more practical, productive, and economical.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 20, 2009

This is one pretty sharp boss!) The only rule was they had to use past ad slogans, originally written for other products that captured the essence of Viagra. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Quote of the Week The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 30, 2011

So, the leader’s job is to strive for and encourage a balance that allows for healthy discussion, respectfully and productively conducted. The group perspective is much more broad and will help people to produce the best final product. All this sounds like work. Like this: The bottom line is this.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

To find the answer to that question I attended a session on leadership at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It was led people by who have devoted their career to this topic and included Daniel Goleman, coiner of the term "emotional intelligence." This is where the leadership principle of authenticity comes in.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". Take it — and then damn your first year's bonus, make your first major project redesigning a product line that matters. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? You're fired.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. Understanding and respecting other’s perceptions is such a critical part of being an effective leader that absent this ability I truly believe you cannot be effective in a leadership role.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But as companies get bigger, they have a harder and harder time staying close to their customers and maintaining the sharp, ground-level instincts of a younger company. Most started out as their company’s first salesperson, its first product developer, or both.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There is indeed a stark, sharp, gigantic trade-off between meaning and money in our so-called brain-dead shell-game Ponzi-scheme of an "economy.". Take it — and then damn your first year's bonus, make your first major project redesigning a product line that matters. Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? You're fired.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. From there, the team began to create rules to determine when the company could add products and elements. Other companies can do the same.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In many organizations, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, a certain cowboy strain of masculinity prevails, especially at the leadership level. Work is — hard work, with a focus on productivity rather than masculine signaling. It’s to replace loudership with real leadership. The business benefits are real.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Does your workplace reflect a relative balance of males and females in leadership positions? ” But cultures in the companies we followed were forged out of “ organic solidarity ”—which, Durkheim argued, rests on the productive exploitation of differences. Leadership & Managing People Book.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Covey (Simon & Schuster, 2022) We have a leadership crisis today, where even though our world has changed drastically, our leadership style has not. Stephen M.R. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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