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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Engaging Leader

JULY 11, 2013

In the landmark book Good to Great , Jim Collins studies what drives average companies to take a quantum leap and become extraordinary. These leaders, whom Collins calls “Level 5,” channel their ego ambition away from themselves into the larger goal of building a great company.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

To be dedicated to human spiritual development is to be dedicated to the race of which we are a part, and this, therefore, means dedication to our own development as well as ‘theirs.'” He didn’t care about the growth and development of anyone else because his inner growth and development had stalled.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It was an amusing game at a leadership retreat, especially after a few adult beverages. The instructions were simply describe leadership as a highway sign and tell why. What should be the nature and practice of leadership in order for it to be effectively practiced? But the one that stumped us all was Speed Limit 24 MPH.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

It’s been a huge part of my leadership education. Several years later I finally landed my first job in leadership development. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is everyone has leadership development opportunities. Good to Great by Jim Collins. But it’s anything but simple.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. Just because an opinion is expressed boldly, and even when data can be developed to support the opinion, opinion doesn’t become fact – it’s still an opinion. This is simply not true.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Upgrade from Leadership to Impact appeared first on Engaging Leader. Also, information was no longer the domain of the corporate brass; everyone in the company could find out what they needed to know. In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: Leadership Influence 3.0:

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. Phil Collins asked to be given the mike and a chance. Leadership Development' Tom Brady’s heart did not show on the draft board.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

The Top 20 Leadership Books: What To Give First To A New Manager. Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 21, 2013

In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development. Therefore, your organization is best served by looking across the entire company for future leaders. Your service to investors requires that you look for the best successors in leadership roles.

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CEO Servant Leader Collins Engineering 188

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 10, 2014

A couple years ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In the spirit of helping you think about your leadership goals for all of 2019, not just the year’s first day, I created three dates from a random number generator. These are the leadership-related thoughts each date sparked for me and how they can help teams continuously improve. March 9, 2019, will be a Saturday.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

We were not a Christian business,” writes Robinson, “but rather a business where the owners and leadership aspired to apply and live out biblical principles.” The iconic Cow “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign developed from an idea by David Ring of The Richards Group. That’s the power of a clear purpose statement. “We The Cow Campaign.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

Jim Collins~. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills. But how do I know I’m not just priming them for a job with some other company? But how do I know I’m not just priming them for a job with some other company? “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. Make senior leaders responsible for some business development and ongoing customer service.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

All of these companies go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to grooming talent from within. billion Employees: 426,751 Fact: IBM sends leadership SWAT [.]. The list was featured by CNNMoney online. Here are the first five. To read the complete article, please click here. IBM HQ: Armonk, N.Y. Revenue: $99.9

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility? Collins is right. The Greek historian Heroditus who is referred to as the “father of history&# warned his fellow Athenians of developing hubris in his great work The Persian Wars.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 13, 2013

Here are a few examples: “I can’t move up in my company because my boss doesn’t like me. In the book Good to Great, legendary business consultant Jim Collins uncovered what it takes for a company to be great. After five years of colossal research, Collins and his team of researchers found something unexpected.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision. Vision is often misunderstood.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

7 Leadership Questions That Will Move The Needle in 2016. BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” It is one of the characteristics that distinguishes great companies from mediocre ones. What comes first when making leadership decisions – profits or purpose?

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The presence of a significant shareholder, owning at least 5% of the company, often correlates negatively with integrity (Guiso et al., Citing Jim Collins, “First, you cannot ‘set’ organizational values; you can only discover them.” Integrity in Action : Lean into the research by Guiso et al.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2014

She developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Her expertise includes brand marketing , social media , employee engagement , leadership development , and customer experience marketing.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. They cover recruiting, hiring, managing employees, motivating workers, developing talent, managing diversity, and much more. HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne. Let’s begin.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Questions about these intertwined leadership characteristics recently came up in workshops and online discussions. Charismatic leadership seems to especially confuse many people. It’s a popular media stereotype of strong leadership. ” Humility is a vital part of the me/we continuum so central to leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 25, 2012

I do not believe that studying these leaders will reveal the secret formula to great leadership. Since the 1990’s when Peter Senge popularized the notion of “learning organizations,” there has been a lot of discussion about attributes of great companies. Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and currently Steve Jobs.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 23, 2021

” Companies decimated by the pandemic especially need to feel the love to bounce back. In his decades of research studying what differentiates great companies, Jim Collins has featured the company’s long track record of investment returns way beyond other companies — in their industry and most others.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Movies are a great way to learn about leadership! Here’s CCL’s Clemson Turregano, who has facilitated "leadership at the movies" sessions for years: "I started using movies when I was teaching at West Point and then at the Naval War College," he notes. YouTube provides us with a searchable library of leadership content on any topic.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 18, 2020

The great irony is that the animus and personal ambition that often drive people to positions of power stand at odds with the humility required for Level 5 leadership.” ” – Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. What do you think of me?” Further Reading.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H. Covey Developing the Leader Within You – John C.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. For their study, the authors chose a set of major companies that achieved spectacular results over 15 or more years while operating in unstable environments. 10X Leadership Behaviors.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“My job as a leader is to make sure that everybody in the company has great opportunities and they feel they are having meaningful impact to the good of society.” “You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good its people. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. ” –Bill Gates.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Leadership has been a lifelong passion for me. I’ve also written seven books, hundreds of articles and blogs, facilitated over a thousand retreats and workshops, and delivered hundreds of keynotes on personal, team, and organizational leadership. It heralds a mega-shift in leadership training and development.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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