Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. Typically, a large organization will administer a culture survey — a large inventory of questions that results in placing the “company culture” into one of several “culture types” or “culture orientations.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 12, 2020

The report shows that CEOs are hyper-focus on execution. While skills and talent management is clearly an issue, this survey shows that CEOs understand the importance of execution. . A CEO should spend more time thinking about the impact of human talent upon the strategy and make it a leadership imperative.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 25, 2019

One of the most surprising things I’ve found in my extensive experience as a leadership executive coach that most companies are missing the mark when it comes to CEO succession. Constantly developing the leaders who are already within the organization is far more likely to lead to success. These figures are unnerving.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Amidst the complexities of leadership challenges, the unique insights contributed by Anthony Horton, Stephanie Neal, and Chris McCarthy add a compelling layer to the unfolding narrative. Her research findings reveal that CEOs often underestimate the impact of interpersonal skills on employee turnover.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 25, 2024

According to new research from a Harris Poll survey done on behalf of The Grossman Group , more than 75% of employees and 63% of managers report feeling burned out or ambivalent in their current position. Provide approachable and accessible access to senior leadership. Confirm communication reinforces action.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 7, 2023

#AskingforaFriend A participant in one of our long-term leadership development programs asked this question when we were talking about components of trust and building deeper trust and influence. He interviewed 100 CEOs and surveyed 14,000 employees to write his book “Leading with Vulnerability.”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2021. In this lively, accessible guide, Ram Charan, bestselling author and adviser to some of the world’s top CEOs and boards, redefines competitive advantage for the digital-first era, offering a set of new rules to get ahead.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2020. One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems. Develop leaders! Are you a future-ready leader?

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. Transparent and consistent communication from the CEO and leadership team is crucial. Don’t wait for the tremors to erupt.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 11, 2014

APQC’s (American Productivity & Quality Center) ElissaTucker recently interviewed me for an article published on their site on March 4 called “The "Secrets" of Leadership Development. What do you think are some of the most common leadership development mistakes that organizations make?

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leaderCommunicator

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: Why Are People Really Leaving Their Jobs? Higher pay, Covid burnout, and a lack of career-development opportunities have been cited as factors.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2012

If you’re in charge of your organization’s training, talent management, succession planning, or HR function, when’s the last time you talked to your C-level executives about leadership development? Within the last few months - I talk to our C-level Execs on a regular basis about leadership development. Pick one answer: A.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 5, 2014

Guest post from Bhushan Sethi: Most US CEOs say technological advances will transform their businesses within the next five years. After surveying 1,344 CEOs in 68 countries, we found that 70% of US CEOs are concerned about the skills gap. The skills gap, in other words, is very much a leadership gap.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 8, 2024

Culture and feedback surveys gathered input before and during these follow-up workshops. State of the Stagnation Address from a Learning-Impaired Leader Now, here I was five years later, watching the CEO deliver a presentation to his company’s managers and head office support people. He urged everyone to work together better.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. The CEO sets the tone , championing the mission with unwavering commitment. Implement pulse surveys and regular feedback loops to gauge employee sentiment and track progress. Don’t wait for the tremors to erupt.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mandy Price, co-founder and CEO of Kanarys Navigating Financial Headwinds with Confidence Financial wellness will no longer be a mere suggestion, but a cornerstone of employee well-being, prioritized alongside physical and mental health. Make it part of the performance evaluation process.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

For the last 20 years, and all around the world, we CEOs have invested untold millions into the question: “What does it take to have an engaged workplace culture?” We’ve bought books, retained consultants, rolled out surveys, looked deep into the hearts and minds of the people who work for us. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 17, 2024

According to a recent survey , 33 percent of managers lead with fear. Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. It’s a skill that leaders need to learn and develop to foster trust with their team. Unfortunately, it’s usually the latter.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2015

The Lean CEO by Jacon Stoller gets to the thinking behind why Lean management works. It produces excellence because it is good leadership. Lean is respectful of people, develops and makes use of people’s gifts. Stoller begins The Lean CEO with an exceptional survey of how we got to be so wasteful. Management'

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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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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. But now the question becomes, “As I mature in leadership, can I move from ME to WE?”.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 8, 2012

Hay Group just released its seventh annual Best Companies for Leadership Study. The Best Companies for Leadership consistently outperform their peers. Dan : Over the years, what seems to be the foundation for great leadership development? The Top 20 connect leadership development with the business strategy.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Much like the captivating narratives showcased in The HR Digest’s Success Stories , this conversation with Eduardo Dávila , the visionary CEO at the helm of Aon EMEA, captures his unwavering commitment to unity and success. The HR Digest: Can you share some key accomplishments and milestones that have defined your tenure as CEO of Aon EMEA?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2018

Fowler & Noal McDonald: Leadership is a complex idea: one that is not consistently easy to wrap our minds around. We know good leadership when we see it. If we think of what these experiences have in common, we might think of this quote by Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell: “Leadership molds individuals into a team.”

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. Another CEO colleague told me that his company had a wonderful culture described in detail in his company presentation. Their dysfunctional behavior cost their firm market leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

Do you (or your organization) use the vending machine approach to leadership? Hal Gregersen, Executive Director, MIT Leadership Center. Curiosity—desiring knowledge beyond what you know—is a state of mind that CEOs say is a necessary leadership ability. Fitting the mold. An absence of curiosity at work.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

Functional leaders typically manage groups of more than 500 people, have budgets in excess of $500M, and are often on a shortlist to be COO or CEO. We surveyed nearly 1,000 leaders to find out. We surveyed nearly 1,000 leaders to find out. Functional leaders cannot ignore the lower ranked leadership competencies.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

.” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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CO2

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Embracing Change: The Role of Executive Coaching in Modern Business In the dynamic business landscape of Minneapolis, executive business coaching has emerged as a pivotal tool for leadership development. In today’s competitive business environment, the right coaching can be the difference between good and great leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Jude is the founder and CEO of JDR Partners and author of The Bridge to Growth: How Servant Leaders Achieve Better Results and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever. There is a third ingredient to business success, one that many companies undervalue: servant leadership. Today we are pleased to share a post from Jude Rake.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. They offer employees ample opportunities for training and development. They look into the future to create learning and development opportunities. It’s all about the people.

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