The Practical Leader

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dead Leader Walking: Soulless, Loveless, and Meaningless In his book, The Greatest Miracle in the World , Og Mandino spins a tale of his encounters with Simon Potter, a humble and learned wise man. In one conversation, Og and Simon discuss the miracle people can perform in their own lives by resurrecting their dead spirits.

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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 The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (Portfolo, 2019) Do you know how to play the game you’re in? instead of adversaries. Blog Post ).

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General Leadership

JANUARY 28, 2015

Leaders hold a position of power and influence. Simon Sinek. I am sure that you have heard this at some time in your career. “There are leaders and there are those who lead. Those who lead inspire us.”. Act like you are in charge.” What does it mean to you?

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? Developing the Leader Within You Dr. John C.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Four Advantages of Leveraging a Cross-Functional Team. Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership provided Why Positive Thinking is Not Enough. Susan writes: “I believe in the power of thinking positively and by nature, I am an optimist. Creativity/Inspiration.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Toot Your Own Horn. Simon Teague of New Level Results submitted Power of Mastermind. Simon Teague of New Level Results submitted Power of Mastermind. ” Follow Simon on Twitter at @kings_summit. ” Follow Simon on Twitter at @kings_summit.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 28, 2017

“Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world.” ~ Simon Mainwaring ~. Instead, look for positive things to say about workers or employers. The post Break these Five Bad Social Media Habits at Work appeared first on Career Advancement Blog. Betraying Your Brand.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 25, 2022

This is usually portrayed in a universally positive light, with passion for our job linked with greater happiness, productivity, engagement levels, and therefore lower employee turnover, and so on. Sometimes this can be a search for better pay and conditions, but it can also be a search for more meaningful work. When passion goes wrong.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Just as I am writing this, I get notified of a new post from my friend Simon Terry who shares the theme of going with the flow and writes: Water flows and always finds its level. – Simon Terry. Conducted immersive visual thinking workshops in independent cohorts as well as within organizational context. That sums it up perfectly.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

– Simon Terry That sums it up perfectly. Conducted immersive visual thinking workshops in independent cohorts as well as within organizational context. Through these workshops , I introduced 800+ people to the power of visual thinking for collaboration, problem solving and learning. “Of We merely choose how we arrive there.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? If all the balls stop to the right, what can you say about the position of the first ball? If more balls are thrown, how does this improve your knowledge of the position of the first ball? When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react?

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2023

We’ve already seen a lovely outpouring of shoutouts for some great managers – if you need an injection of positivity in your day, I recommend scanning the comments here – and adding your own if you can! You can use these spaces to share your experiences, insights and success stories related to good management practices too. Like this article?

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 8, 2018

It also reduces the opportunity to learn and improve as people don’t share the learning – The Learning Moment is a positive or negative outcome of any situation that is freely and openly shared to benefit all. I get to inspire people to create positive lasting memories. Interview With Garry Ridge – CEO of WD-40.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

And often instead of saying hello to "Yes", we find "No" at the front of the line offering personnel conflicts, career disappointments and project derailments. It's far too unruly: deadlines are too tight, salary increases are too small, business deals wither.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 8, 2022

I won’t bore you with assorted stories of friends who have great marriages, good health, successful careers, responsible children, and plenty of money, yet they choose to complain. Consider this…you can just as easily have a positive thought in response to a situation as you can have a negative one. Positive thoughts and reactions.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The 2023 CMI President’s Dinner was a chance to reflect on these issues and, on a more positive note, to celebrate examples of truly inspirational leadership. Highly commended: Dr Godwin Simon CMgr FCMI, whose approach to healthcare is saving thousands of lives. When they do, their performance soars. Read more here.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Working with a group of executives that are all re-starting their academic careers in pursuit of an Executive MBA is a challenge that I welcome. For the 2nd year in a row I have had the honor of facilitating a two day workshop with the Simon Graduate School of Business – University of Rochester Executive MBA program. Frits Kroon.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. We’ve got an exclusive interview with Simon here !

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Joel Garfinkle of Career Advancement Blog contributed Seven Ways To Sell Your Ideas to Management. In this post, she shared a recent book club review and connected that review with how to create more positive interactions at work. ” Find Jim on Twitter at @72keys. ” Follow Karin on Twitter at @letsgrowleaders.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 30, 2018

I’ve been there with my career and this leadership blog. Find positive, upbeat content to bring up your mood: While Robin was sulking around Teen Titans headquarters, Cyborg knew he had to try to cheer Robin up. Bring up your mood with positive, upbeat content – Leadership lessons from Teen Titans Go! What did he do?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

See Simon Sinek’s Start with Why TED Talk.) Do you have healthy, positive, vigorous intellectual debate around best practices, new ideas and better ways of moving the enterprise forward? A power question is, “What is the one thing we could do differently here that would make the biggest positive difference?” of your enterprise.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Are you breaking down silos to unleash positive power ? Is career development fostering engagement ? I am especially excited to hear Simon Sinek’s luncheon keynote “Start with Why.” Simon’s inspiring keynote will get to the very heart of leadership. Are you living your brand from the inside out?

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 29, 2014

A more precise way of thinking about confidence is to place it on a wide continuum, with its strongest position anchored at center. Let’s call the center position pure confidence. History is replete with good lives and moderately successful careers blocked from greatness by well-disguised counterfeits.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The result is a set of refreshingly candid and original perspectives on pretty much every aspect of working life – from how we define success to how we establish positive, productive cultures where emotional honesty is appreciated. A Successful Career is a Marathon. He operates in a world where craft and artistry are real positives.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

” –Simon Sinek. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. ” –Tony Hsieh, Zappos. “Start with why customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

The impact these two neurological factors have on our employees can be best appreciated in the findings made by researchers from Simon Fraser University. Conversely, when managers had a positive work life, they were more energetic and engaging in how they approached their roles, and this positive mood also impacted their employees.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

With an inbound strategy, you can position your website as an attractive destination with useful information that can help potential customers make a purchase decision. To identify your buyer personas, try to find trends in your customer’s careers, buying habits, or the way they found your business. About the Author.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 10, 2011

Instead we had Anne-Marie Renaud (VP Operations for Pepsico Foods Canada); Simon Jennings (President, Olive Media) and Jerome Dwight (former President & CEO of BNY Trust Company of Canada, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon). Interestingly, I find lots of senior people refuse to label things as “failures” but rather “learning opportunities”.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Simon Tyler ( Speaker, Coach, & Author ) Authenticity - knowing who you are, what is important to you, what you stand for and being comfortable in all of that. Compassion is a much more positive and useful trait than empathy. Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek Any other leadership advice you recommend for leading well?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

“I don’t quite know what to do next,” said Simon, a media CEO. Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. But, with his company recently sold, Simon was considering retirement. We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 5, 2010

and Piers Morgan got compared to the acid tongued Simon Cowell. Sadly, feedback on your behaviours (positive and negative) is usually highly limited (and seems to get less frequent the higher you climb). Isn’t it time you took control of your career options? Great smile? Acid tongue? Steam rolling guests? Happy leading!

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 12, 2012

It has been said many times, what got you to your current position (technically-based fact-finding) won't keep you in your current position. It's not unusual that 40 to 45% of leaders in new positions fail with the first 18 months of their promotion or hiring. .

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Effective managers rigorously cultivate positive thoughts about leadership, and eventually relax into their roles without self-doubt. This positive mindset is an essential starting point. Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why presents compelling evidence of how visionary management and leadership drive success. Insight Center.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest Post By: Andrea Simon, PhD., president of Simon Associates Management Consultants. I had to step back and think about the themes in my own career and what I’ve been hearing this year from women all over the country. About the Author: A cultural anthropologist, Andrea Simon, Ph.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

I've just seen Simon, a client who has been looking for a job for 6 months. Based on work with scores of clients like Simon, I suggest that there are six types of frustrated job hunters out there. Yet in fact, people in this position often only need to change a few small things to get very different outcomes.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 9, 2015

From his roles in Zulu, Deathrap, and Harry Brown, Caine has had a career of over five decades as an actor. This means we shift from feeling objective to making a positive difference. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together And Others Don’t by Simon Sinek – Another Christmas present from a friend last year.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2011

"Gut," replied Carnival CEO, Micky Arison , when I quizzed him, while interviewing him for a research project on CEO decision making, on how he arrived at the most important and fruitful decision of his career: the $5.45 The mother of all such poor judgments is illustrated by a decision made by Warren Buffett early in his career.

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