Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

At the 2015 World Business Forum in New York City, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini laid out the most important vision at the conference: a vision to save healthcare. Bertolini’s dedication to the cause of reforming healthcare and actions as CEO make him a clear example of a servant leader. Servant Leadership Defined.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

“The truth is that no one factor makes a company admirable; but if you were forced to pick the one that makes the most difference, you’d pick leadership.”. When it comes to leadership development, the commitment of the CEO and top dogs is the #1 most important success factor. Thomas Stewart. However, most are not.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Art Barter is the founder and CEO of the Servant Leadership Institute. At the end of this post is a 55% discount to the conference for MSL subscribers! Art was kind enough to sit down again with us and talk about servant leadership. How did you first hear of servant leadership? How do you define servant leadership?

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Art Barter is the founder and CEO of the Servant Leadership Institute. At the end of this post is a 55% discount to the conference for MSL subscribers! Art was kind enough to sit down again with us and talk about servant leadership. How did you first hear of servant leadership? How do you define servant leadership?

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 26, 2010

The conference has scheduled a book signing for Fired Up or Burned Out. You can learn more about the employee engagement conference at this link. In January I will be speaking at Texas Christian University as part of its Tandy Executive Leadership Series. We recently committed to other public speaking engagements.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

It wasn’t long before Hesselbein’s experience with Troop 17 developed into a lifelong commitment to Girl Scouting. In 1976 she became CEO of the national organization, Girl Scouts of the USA. Mrs. Hesselbein’s leadership style, in fact, it seems her purpose in life, is to bring out the best in the people she meets.

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Leadership and Change

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Love is the next leadership skill, says Robin Anselmi, the CEO of Conversant, a consultancy, at The Great Leadership Reset conference. By love, she means an authentic connection that helps people, both leaders, and team members, develop and grow.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

I am sure we have all heard the leadership adage, never walk past a piece of trash on the grounds of your workplace because it sets a precedent for those working for you to follow. While this is a specific example of leadership through cleanliness, this pass-off the broom principle can be applied to any task within the work environment.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 31, 2010

After defining connection, we identify the “Connection Culture&# as the environment that produces emotional and rational connections that, as The Conference Board’s definition says “influence [people] to apply discretionary effort to [their] work.&# The Connection Culture meets universal human needs.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

O NE OF THE MOST challenging leadership problems is to get people to speak up , especially as it concerns realizing the value of the “small voice in the room.”. I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. I had just come off my first CEO assignment with Pretty Good Privacy, Inc. Unfortunately.

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CO2

MAY 30, 2018

By: Gary Cohen In reviewing recent surveys of top leaders by The Conference Board, Bain, World Economic Forum the six most significant and top challenges CEOs face that need to be addressed by organizations are: Attracting, Growing and Retaining trustworthy and capable Leadership Integrating Social Responsibility into the business model.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Thanks to those who contributed the many excellent posts on leadership practices, the workplace environment and personal mastery. And a special thanks to carnival leader Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership for the invitation to host this carnival.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Offer Mentorship: Make available job mentoring or career development opportunities to your employees. As an example, this could include leadership training, industry conferences, or other professional development opportunities. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2018

To get more out of training employees—and to keep it from being a serious financial mistake—executives need to change the focus from “training” to “development.” To start, leadership decisions are much more subjective because there are few absolutes. Leaders must adjust their leadership styles accordingly.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 29, 2024

Leadership in the storm Imagine you’re on a boat. Oleg Konovalov’s vision of leadership doesn’t come from textbooks. Oleg’s journey from the deck of a fishing trawler to the forefront of leadership is a tale of transformation. Leadership, Oleg argues, is similar. It’s decision time.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 16, 2011

I recently attended a conference at which a number of CEOs and marketing executives were present. One CEO in the group asked the marketers present for some creative [.]. One morning when at a breakfast table with seven others the discussion turned, as it often does, to how we could be of help to each other.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Guest post from Matt Paese Talent Exec: So, we have a serious leadership shortage and it’s getting worse. CEO: So hire more people. CEO: What about our development programs? CEO: Which people? Talent Exec: The ones with leadership potential. Talent Exec: The ones with leadership potential.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And here's where our auto design safety analogy comes together with my thoughts on leadership. While leadership can confer ever-increasing levels of power, authority and compensation, it also carries with it greater and greater responsibility, just like automobile manufacturing. Leadership is a responsibility!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 28, 2022

Collaboration Between Learning Platform and Leadership Development Experts Powers a Situational and Contextual Digital Learning Experience. The partnership will power The Center for Leadership Studies’ digitally transformed program, Situational Leadership ® Essentials for Managers.

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CO2

MAY 30, 2018

In reviewing recent surveys of top leaders by The Conference Board, Bain, World Economic Forum the six most significant and top challenges CEOs face that need to be addressed by organizations are: Attracting, Growing and Retaining trustworthy and capable Leadership. The post Top CEO Challenges appeared first on CO2 Partners.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Keegan , CEO, Merchants Fleet One thing all great leaders have in common is that they understand that transformational growth doesn’t happen without a willingness to change. When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team. Posts are organized by NFL team conferences and divisions. Miami Dolphins. New York Jets. Dallas Cowboys.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With a growing need for innovation and engagement across virtual, hybrid and on-location environments, these were the key takeaways from my attendance and WDHB’s speaking session at the largest talent development conference in the world. Many of these can be put into practice immediately. Commit to Virtual Learning.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Hold regularly scheduled video conferences, company-wide updates, and virtual town halls to help bridge the physical gap. Leaders should also strive to be visible and accessible, using various communication technologies to maintain an open dialogue with their teams.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. People get promoted for having good answers. How else could we think about this?”

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 15, 2012

Putting innovation aside for a moment, these three groups also hold tremendous potential for your talent development pipeline. In our presentation at the Canadian Talent Management Summit conference in Toronto we’ll share our story of how we used an orthodoxy busting approach with diverse employee groups from all around our organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Guest post by Raghu Kalé: IS leadership overrated? Leadership traits are the same; either you have them, or you don’t. On his retirement, my farewell words to him in my in-person chat said it all: “While our corporate signature line is Leadership with Trust— you symbolized Leadership with Thrust.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Consulting is a time-intensive business where exhaustive hours are spent traveling to remote locations, making presentations together in close quarter conference rooms, and collaborating with customers. Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

Key Leadership Transitions Great Leaders Champion by @KateNasser. Taking time to consider culture fit when a new CEO joins an organization is vital. Boost Your Leadership with the Power of Perspective by @WScottCochrane If you can fix it with money, that is not a big problem. Leadership and Transference by @edbatista.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. I’m super excited to put those things into practice and to continue to grow my leadership skills as a result. The final of five interviews for my first role at my current company was with the CEO and co-founder.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. But remember, it’s not enough to identify the values that will drive decisions by all team members – Transparent and consistent communication from the CEO and leadership team is crucial. This clarity lays the foundation for a thriving future.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Earlier this year, a Conference Board research report showed that job satisfaction is at the lowest level since the organization began measuring it more than 20 years ago. Leadership is all about the human experience. When leaders fail to meet the standard, help them with coaching, mentoring, education and development.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

After taking a couple days to mull it over I’ve decided to select a few presentations that will be most relevant to the themes I typically write and speak about i.e. leadership, connection, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. Below are brief descriptions of several presentations from the conference.

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