Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Most employees NEVER get to have a meeting with the CEO of their company. After all, exposure is a double-edged sword, and many CEOs and senior executives have short attention spans but long memories. This post isn’t written for the seasoned executive or middle manager who has regular interactions with the CEO.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

But you shouldn’t underestimate your potential influence, says Dr Chan Abraham CMgr FCMI, founder and CEO of Leadership International. However, most CEOs will know that the business can fail due to basic mistakes and lack of attention to detail by the people whom they might be inclined to overlook due to their junior positions.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Frontline employees, middle managers, executives and CEOs alike can learn to become perpetual innovators themselves by following the teachings found within the book, which covers the thirty-seven qualities that a large company needs, in both its leaders and its employees to become perpetually innovative.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development I was a new middle manager on my first trip across the country to the Corporate Office and was seated in the Executive Boardroom for a meeting.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As found in CMI’s recent Better Management report , bad management has prompted almost 33% of UK workers to quit. Management isn’t all about star CEOs. Will is in his 40s, and embarked on his management degree apprenticeship in 2020. But let’s not dwell on the negative.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 29, 2023

A strong middle manager is 5x more likely to prevent employee burnout than a mediocre one. In fact, research tells us that your manager has almost twice the impact on your mental well-being than a healthcare professional does.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 1, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. The most blatant was the Boards of Scott Paper and Sunbeam hiring ‘Chainsaw Al Dunlap’ as their CEO despite his reputation as a corporate sociopath. We look at ways to manage around them. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Main menu Home.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Last summer, the local startup Treehouse , a producer of online education courses, decided to create a no-boss workplace by eliminating all the manager positions from its 61-person workforce, thus creating the ultimate “flat” organizational structure. That’s right – aside from the CEO, there are zero managers.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A CEO invited a group of people to a meeting who were at two different levels of the corporation. In this current culture The CEO got away with inviting people to listen, but not giving them a voice. The CEO communicated the message that the higher-ranking people were more important to listen to, and probably knew more about the topic.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2018

In the business environment, researchers discovered that average EQ scores increase the higher in an organisation a person is, up to middle-management. CEO’s with high emotional intelligence scores are, on average, found to hold their role significantly longer than their low EQ counterparts.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

But the resource that continues to be overlooked by CEOs and Boards is the organization’s Average Joe. Gary, an ex-marine middle manager in the sales department looked beyond conventional distribution channels to drive our Toblerone Chocolate business. A CEO couldn’t ask for a better soldier in the battlefield.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

Despite our fascination with the extreme ends of the power distribution, the reality is that most employees possess a middling amount of power and must repeatedly alternate between interacting with higher and lower power colleagues. In many cases, the norms and expectations associated with being a leader (e.g., deference).

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians. What couple things can a CEO do to make that a less threatening experience for the employee? When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians. What couple things can a CEO do to make that a less threatening experience for the employee? When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Books Leadership Ethics Morale 65

In the CEO Afterlife

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Today, there’s a venerable list of female executives who have shattered that glass and gone on to illustrious careers as successful CEOs. These leaders become the direct and indirect mentors of their brothers and sisters in middle management. That was two decades ago. One might think the likes of Melissa Mayer (Yahoo!),

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Dirk, CEO of a nonprofit, interrupted people. Amy, a middle manager in a government organization would roll her eyes in impatience and cross her arms over her chest in disagreement with others. Bethany, a leader in a Fortune company, knew she had an issue with expressing quick and deadly (metaphorically speaking) anger.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2018

It may feel as though we’re in a crisis of leadership, but if you stop to look around it’s not hard to find examples of CEOs, middle managers, elected officials, public servants, neighborhood watch organizers, team captains and coaches, teachers and countless others who are doing a good job as leaders.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Even the CEO is at ground level, kicking the copier when it gets stuck, making sales calls. Eventually, if things go well, the CEO will acquire a merry band of (generally) young and (usually) cheap helpers. The CEO will become less of a doer and innovator and more of a leader of leaders. And it did. That’s mighty.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the CEO of 20-first, she explores the transformative power of strategic balance in leadership, advocating for diverse perspectives across gender, generations, and global backgrounds. The HR Digest: You’ve advised global CEOs and leadership teams across various industries.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2019

Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicians. What couple things can a CEO do to make that a less threatening experience for the employee? When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Jason Richmond is President & CEO of Ideal Outcomes, Inc. Culture Is a Passing Fad: For many years, CEOs have shrugged off suggestions to work on their corporate culture. Middle managers are instrumental in creating a deep personal commitment to change.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

Not bad considering his day job is CEO of America’s 7th largest trade book publishing company, Thomas Nelson. Michael’s blog was recently recognized and the #1 leadership blog. 1 Comment so far Brandon on June 8th, 2010 This is a very cool post… I was watching ESPN the other day and saw all the stories about John Wooden.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

There isn’t a doubt in my mind that the leadership principles that worked for me as a CEO continue to apply to the current era of light speed communications and decision-making. But the resource that continues to be overlooked by CEOs and Boards is the organization’s Average Joe and average Jane. Leaders ought to treat them as such.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Today, Van Gorder is the President and CEO at Scripps Health , one of America’s foremost health systems with 14,000 employees and 2,600 affiliated physicans. What couple things can a CEO do to make that a less threatening experience for the employee? When that happens, the CEO is working for the front-line employee.

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Books Leadership Ethics Morale 85

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Author/speaker Jason Seiden just posted a “best of the web&# collection of articles on leadership that includes the post I recently wrote about the CEO of Starbucks. How do you talk to a CEO ? Take a moment to read How To Talk To A CEO , posted at Inflexion Point. Dan McCarthy presents Which Change Model Should You Pick?

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 8, 2017

Thirty years ago, no CEO or executive would admit to having a coach. Today, many CEOs share their experience with the world. For instance 27 CEOs endorsed my book Triggers. Middle managers can be just as arrogant and stubborn as CEOs – or just as open-minded. They would have been ashamed!

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos, has written a thoughtful account of what he has learned from experiences in life, in business and from his studies of the fast growing field of positive psychology. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

By it’s very nature, executive coaching implies that it’s just for the executive (typically, just for the CEO, or at it's broadest, for C-level executives only). Helps middle management on issues they need to focus on, i.e., initiative and project management.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

CEO Howard Schultz adopted this mission when on a business trip to Milan, Italy he observed that espresso bars were public spaces that brought people together (note: I’m presently writing an article about connection with Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks North America and Starbucks International). why is everyone smiling?

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LDRLB

MAY 3, 2011

We call a CEO a leader, but also happily give the title to a prominent civic activist. I’ve started to believe that perhaps the distinction, for the purpose of an operational definition for study and practice, need not be made between leaders and managers. What does this do to our definition? Positional leadership is the easy one.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 22, 2010

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

To sum it up, it was a day of connecting with stunning sights, interesting people and innovative ideas. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh is always thoughtful. .&# Richard Leider shared wisdom on finding purpose in life by being more reflective, taking more risks to be authentic, and discerning one’s purpose earlier in life. I’ve written about him earlier so I won’t repeat myself here. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Today, there’s a venerable list of female executives who have shattered that glass and gone on to illustrious careers as successful CEOs. These leaders become the direct and indirect mentors of their brothers and sisters in middle management. That was two decades ago. One might think the likes of Melissa Mayer (Yahoo!),

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. The role has been relegated to middle managers who are brand custodians, not leaders in innovation. Main menu Home.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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