Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic investments necessary for long-term growth, the same is true in our own personal and professional lives.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It doesn’t matter if someone has long-term or short-term goals. That is the reason why a development plan may help people reach their goals more effectively. Yet, many people don’t know how to write a professional development plan. There is no universal definition of the term success.

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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. Mark Bertolini is a CEO to watch.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Winning Now, Winning Later : How Companies Can Win in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term by David Cote. The outcome was phenomenal.

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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?” Including the brain trust on your organizational development team. How to Be a Soul-Sucking CEO. I have to admit it. I am, frankly, quite baffled.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

The day after Jeffrey Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he had an even bigger challenge to deal with—the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In his twenty years as CEO, GE’s value had risen 4,000 percent. Much of what needed to be done at GE were long-term propositions. I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether leading an emerging growth company or a large multi-national corporation, aside from the CEO , there is arguably no position that has impact and contribution like the CHRO. Take stock of the progressive development plans and programs they’ve made available to the workforce. “What makes a great CHRO, great?

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

I first heard the term “servant leadership” in high school. One of my initial aversions to the term was that while it sounded nice, the connection to results was soft or overlooked entirely. In short, it puts the needs of others above the needs of self, but without sacrificing the underlying needs of the organization.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. Doesn’t much of a CEO’s job consist of being on the receiving end of ever-increasing floods of data that can now be gleaned in real time from inputs around the globe? BDAI (for short) is excellent at making sense out of the current state.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. That’s because while business coaching experience might help leaders develop the skills they need for their job, executive coaching goes far beyond this and doesn’t actually touch the technical skills a leader might need for their role.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. It also undermines long-term business performance.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

Loaded down with execution work, most companies today typically develop a few ideas handed down from the top, and focus on selling them. That is why ‘visionary’ is still the ultimate compliment for the CEO today. To avoid leaks, Apple’s product development takes place in extreme secrecy. Not much has changed at Apple since Jobs.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 3, 2014

General Motors CEO Mary Barra acknowledged as much in testimony on Capitol Hill this week as congressional investigators sought to find out exactly when GM executives knew that faulty ignition switches in some cars were linked to fatal accidents. "I They humanize the Web and keep CEOs in touch with what’s going on out in the world.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. EG Smart Move 26 - Discover the Benefits of Long-Term Training Programs. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. I am CEO between positions.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This approach will set the foundation for a healthy, long-term negotiating relationship. The short answer is that we all hold some responsibility, but we may not know it. Too often, we focus on our immediate needs and what we want from a specific negotiation without considering the long-term impact.

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Decker Communication

MAY 1, 2019

At a very young age, she could recognize the iconic symbol thanks to years—and millions of dollars— they’d spent developing their brand. As a business leader, it’s just as important to develop your own personal brand. We make cellphones” or “I invest in stocks”) target short-term gains at the expense of long-term success.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They have the drive to innovate—the willingness to continually experiment, to test new ways of organizing and deploying resources, to abandon outmoded approaches when circumstances change; in short, to “make all things new.”. Donaldson and Karl Weber extract relevant lessons for leaders in Entrepreneurial Leader.

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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. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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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. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 17, 2018

The following is a guest piece by CEO David Mattson. Over the years, we’ve worked with a lot of CEOs and others in senior leadership positions, and I’m often asked what the very best corporate leaders have in common when building their teams. They’re basically in damage control mode, focused only on the short term.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Short-termism is seldom regarded as a positive attribute for managers to adopt, especially at a time of disruption and change. Alas, research from the Cornell Business School suggests that American firms, and indeed investors and policymakers, are actually becoming more and more short-term oriented. Discounted returns.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 30, 2017

The following is a guest piece by CEO Elizabeth Crook. To ensure I formed new and improved current leadership habits, I developed a standard for building habits that stick. This model continues to support my personal development routine and hopefully, it can support your efforts as well: 1.Practical The P.E.R.S.I.S.T.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. This approach self-evidently enables a mindset that offers a long-term perspective.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At a Stanford Director’s College in 2016, Roger Dunbar, chair of the Silicon Valley Bank, told Venkataraman that “when he hears company executives or board members responding to short-term noise with outsize reactions, he likes to pretend he is lost. He’ll ask CEOs at board meetings, ‘ What was our long-term strategy again? ’

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The lenses highlight the impact on many constituents, in the short term, and over generations, giving leaders a holistic ethical picture. The higher levels of ethical thinking, though, require a much longer-term perspective and a global worldview. We start by making ethical thinking “must have” development for leaders. * * *.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 13, 2010

Showing your humanity by admitting them and apologizing can help you develop better relationships with your followers Create an action plan and ask someone – mentor, friend, coach – to hold you accountable; meet with them regularly to discuss your progress and challenges. Developing Positive Leadership Habits (aspire-cs.com) [.]

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

I first became aware of Les Hayman in July 2012 when I read his excellent guest post for Gurprriet Siingh – “ Transforming HR – How a CEO did it.” You’ll find much practical advice, whether you are a CEO or desire to be a better leader at any level. ” Les was uniquely qualified to write this post.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

I had an email yesterday from a CEO who described himself as “constantly being sucked down into the weeds.&# The constructs of this video compose a visual I developed more than 20 years ago, and the interesting thing is that it’s applicationally as sound today as it was back in 1988.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

Why developing presence matters There are several benefits to cultivating presence and building trusting relationships is chief among them. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, attributes the sustained success of the company to its operating principle of ‘values create value’. Wasted energy and lost potential are the result.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They know that for deep purpose to take hold, both their daily actions and long-term strategic plans must be consistent with the overarching purpose. Based on my research, I have found that when leaders practice deep purpose, their long-term financial performance actually improves in comparison with their convenient-purpose counterparts.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Dis comfort is essential to personal progress, growth, and development. So important is discomfort to personal development, that there’s even an educational term for that uncomfortable place where learning happens: the zone of proximal development. Self Leadership Courage discomfort Growth Self Development'

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 2, 2017

A company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hires a new CEO. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The CEO walks up the guy and asks, “And how much money do you make a week? And when you identify an area of knowledge that you can’t fill in a short conversation, make a plan to get smart.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

One study showed that firms led by a CEO who scored high in humility developed management teams that were more likely to collaborate and make joint decisions, share information openly, and possess a shared vision. So how can we develop humility in our leadership? Viewing yourself as a steward.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Although toxic leaders might achieve some success over the short term, it is character-based, servant leaders with strong values who gain sustained success and results.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It’s true of leaders at every level: successful CEOs, executives, directors, managers and supervisors. In my experience, I have found that most great leaders are avid readers—for example, Bill Gates goes away on short retreats with 20 or so books. The best leaders are not born into greatness—they work hard to become great.

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