Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Lencioni Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2014

Cialdini, author of "The Psychology of Persuasion.". Each colleague identifies the resources (knowledge, information, expertise, budget, product, emotional support or so on) or contacts (someone he or she knows who can provide the resource) in response to as many requests as possible. The Leader''s Role in Vision Development.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. The connection and coordination necessary to get things done happens because of productive personal relationships based upon trust and reciprocity.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Systems fail to reach their full potential and people become frustrated, which results in pushback, absenteeism, and low productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Cancel further funding for the project in favor of developing an updated version of an existing company product? Traditional influencing theory — as expounded, for example, by Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — offers “invoking authority” as a way to persuade others to support things that are new to them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Yet I’m convinced it’s possible to be real about building connections and developing our personal brands, while still respecting our natural tendencies. In other words, you can make yourself professionally indispensable if you develop connections that enable you to break through silos, and identify and surmount knowledge gaps.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2011

So make it part of your client development plan to spend a significant amount of time getting to know them upfront. To develop long-term relationships, budget much more face time in the first six months or year of your contract. Build connections through personal sharing. Use between-time to check-in via email.

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