Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What would you do if your customer base tripled almost overnight and their lives depended on you scaling up your leadership and your organization to meet the sudden surge in demand? Their experience provides a case study that holds lessons for any organization in any sector.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

In honor of President’s Day, I thought I’d re-post a piece I authored last year which examines the leadership characteristics of the two Presidents for which the holiday is celebrated; George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. It is an astute person who studies history and then applies the lessons learned to their present day life.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 26, 2013

And it’s not just the nemesis of new, inexperience managers who are nervous and learning to use their delegation skills. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. accountability coaching control delegation Jen Shirkani micromanaging' Yet, there are signs of low trust/high control managers everywhere.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 23, 2011

Create-Learning Leadership Coaching makes you a better leader. Many skills are used on your path to success: establishing goals, making decisions, effective planning, delegation, communication processes and systems, time management, problem solving, critical thinking, coaching high performance, coaching under-performance, and more….

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 3, 2011

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. “I I was contracted for 12 months to consult and coach Sharon using the Exponent Leadership Process. The 5-person leadership team spent four months focused on collaboration. The Leadership University. Intervention.

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Leading Blog

JULY 13, 2011

Maybe you need to delegate a critical project, and you can’t afford to put your faith in someone who is not up to the job. All of these are good reasons for wondering how to accurately assess leadership potential. As a society, we rely on some rather misguided ideas about leadership success. They don’t.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 8, 2011

The Exponent Leadership process does this! The process is available for a full leadership team as well as for individuals. This is a process of action and execution, developing your leadership while you are leading. People join companies, and leave managers… Be the reason people stay with your company.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2012

But there is: delegation. Delegation is a critical skill. Delegation benefits managers, direct reports, and organizations. A 2007 study on time management found that close to half of the 332 companies surveyed were concerned about their employees' delegation skills. Understand why you're not delegating.

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Change Starts Here

MAY 4, 2016

When leaders delegate leadership of change, it can send the signal that it’s not all that important. Provide training in change leadership to help them discover how to influence and how to avoid sending mixed messages. Don’t let them get away with delegating their crucial leadership role to you.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Then I was coached and received the requisite Skilled Knowledge to Create Plans, Manage, Delegate and have the Authority to hold staff and myself accountable for completion of these plans. 6 Planning Steps for Delegation of Tasks. Large Group Corporate TeamBuilding: Case Study. Complexity and Achieving Goals at Work.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2017

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But Michael, I can’t manage three shows without delegating. “What’s wrong?” ” asked Melanie, who had directed the episode. It’s important.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2012

In former roles, in managing leadership development programs at large companies, I would always take the time to talk to participants before and after they attended an external executive development program. Most executive development programs are heavy on the pre-work and evening work – case studies, assessments, interviews, etc….

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 21, 2015

Do I delegate opportunities for growth or just tasks to my employees? However, if we are to ensure through our leadership the long-term success and growth of our organization, we have to put in place a culture and workplace environment where our employees are able to adapt and change course when faced with new information or opportunities.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 18, 2012

On the one hand, you have one foot on the gas and you want to delegate,” Dr. Lahey says. “On She and Professor Kegan offer some case studies in their book, “ Immunity to Change : How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization.”. Source: The New York Times, March 18, 2012.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 15, 2011

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. Specific Exponent Leadership Process content sections were used: Goal Setting and Time Span. Entrepreneurial Woes. From ; “I just cannot get these lazy people to work and I am scared that I will lose everything.”.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

Most of us try to keep work and home separate, but “we all have situations in which our personal and professional lives collide,” and how you handle these situations with your employees is often a test of your leadership. Case Study #1: Set realistic work goals with the employee and delegate some of their work.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Respondents cited the need for founders of technology startups to have other leadership skills, in particular: (1) openness to receiving feedback without being defensive; and (2) the ability to prioritize, including knowing what to delegate and what to do yourself. .” Founders must prioritize and be able to take feedback.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

. “Demonstrate trust by delegating authority and responsibility” over certain projects and tasks. ” If a formal promotion is not possible, or your employee is not quite ready for one , think creatively about ways to sharpen her leadership skills. And don’t micromanage. “But you can’t hoard talent.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

Your goal is to identify “projects that can be delayed, delegated, deleted, or diminished.” Case Study #1: Offer solutions and be open to advice. He also gave her some good coaching and advice about leadership. ” Set priorities. Keep your colleagues in the dark when your boss won’t listen.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2015

. “For the sake of your team, you need to stop,” says Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of Own the Room and managing partner of Paravis Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. ” The acid test of leadership, she says, “is how well the team does when you’re gone.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Prepare a list of your core responsibilities, dividing them into the tasks that can be assumed by others and those that aren’t so easy to delegate, such as client relationships, expertise-related functions, and mentorship of direct reports. Case study #1: Continue to help others grow professionally. Develop a game plan.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

For managers, that means delegating tasks and granting as much autonomy as possible, while also making it clear what your expectations are and how performance will be measured. Instead of casting blame for layoffs or poor profits, stress that it is the company — and your own leadership — that need to improve. Don’t play favorites.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

“It’s important to have focus,” says Joseph Weintraub, the founder and faculty director of the Babson Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program. If, for instance, your goal is to reduce your micro-managerial tendencies, explain to your team that you will be delegating more often. Be realistic. .”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

His struggle to transform the Johnsonville Sausage Company into a beacon of enlightened business was chronicled widely and became a best-selling case study. I enjoyed teaching that case for many years. ” Hsieh’s latest move has provoked the kind of ambivalence charismatic leadership always has.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Friedman , professor of management at the Wharton School and the founding director of the Wharton School's Leadership Program and Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. Case Study #1: Creating a unique job share. Case Study #2: Taking time off for personal development. Case Study #3: Setting the precedent.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Case Study #1: Using multiple mentors. Her first thought was of Ewa Ställdal, the CEO of a major medical research foundation that she had met several years previously on a delegation trip to the US with the Swedish Ministry of Industry. Case Study #2: When you think you don't need it.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

The key to improving individual productivity is to eliminate or delegate unimportant tasks and replace them with value-added ones, says Cohen. Case Study #1: Create open lines of communication and respect your team’s downtime. ” Case Study #2: Communicate expectations and track progress.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

“In a leadership position, you’re always going to have to deal with people’s disappointment.” Case Study #1: Explain the reasons behind the “no” Carl Samson is a project manager at a construction company in Minneapolis (names and details have been changed).

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