Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2019. Jean Case When National Geographic Chairman Jean Case set out to investigate the core qualities of great change makers, past and present, from inventors to revolutionaries, she found five surprising traits all had in common. Anderson and William A.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 20, 2009

In my experience, the ROI of a 15-minute exercise like the one described above (calibrated of course to match the organization’s culture) is significant. 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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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When used wisely, social media really can help you build high-quality professional relationships that will pay off for both parties offline. Whether you are a manager or not, managing yourself smarter is important to your career as well as to your personal life. Don’t get too big for your britches!

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

The findings show that fewer than half of analytics programs met initial return-on-investment (ROI) goals. But poor ROI is only part of the story. High-achieving executives have been shaped by the pivotal experiences of their careers, yet analytics requires executives to think beyond these mental models.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. Thanks a lot.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Excerpt from “The ROI on People- The 7 Vectors of Research Robert W. Eichenger and Michael Lombardo According to Day and Lord (1986), differences in the quality of executive leadership explain as much as 45 percent of an organization’s performance. They make life sacrifices to climb the organizational career ladder.

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Agility Leadership Goleman ROI 120

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

As someone who had spent most of his career working in and cofounding startups, it was big, heady stuff. During my second year, when it became utterly apparent that the new products were not going to hit their targets, the Times shifted to growth-minded leadership. It was also a resounding failure.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And we must define new standards for humane technologies and implementation practices — an ecosystem of healing on par with quality, safety, and performance-improvement initiatives. A mentor told me early in my career that only 20% of healing involves the high-tech stuff. Insight Center. The Future of Health Care.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

However, for medium complexity jobs, such as trainers or first line sales managers, that difference grows to 85-100%, and for highly complex jobs, such as senior leadership roles, the contribution of top performers is more than double that of the average performer. Investing in those individuals will produce the highest ROI.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2016

This is particularly true in employee and leadership development programs, with strengths having somewhat of a cult-like following among HR and talent management professionals. key competencies, talents, or career weapons). A Google search for “strengths coaching” yields over 45 million hits.

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