Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Being that it is Black History Month, I wanted to take a look at a few African-Americans who have changed the course of history. George Washington Carver is best known for the techniques he developed to help improve soils depleted by repeated farming. Leadership Lessons From Black History Month. Be An Advocate. Look for new solutions.

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Jemison Leadership Collins Taylorism 140

Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

It doesn’t matter if it’s a sports team, a military team, a work team, or any other kind of team, the best teams have developed a high-level of trust among team members to the point that each individual knows they can count on each other to do their part. Hire and develop great team members —You may be asking what this has to do with trust.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The problem with charismatic leaders is that exceptional powers of persuasion make it easy for them to overcome resistance and opposition to their chosen course of action.” From his good to great research, Jim Collins found humility is a hallmark of the very best leaders. ” Charismatic leaders often don’t listen.

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Charisma Emotional Intelligence Webinar Self-aware 78

Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

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. I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity without having my mind stretched by the books I’d read.

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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. 20-Mile March: This is the discipline to stay the course in both good times and bad. It is a defeatist attitude to think that luck or circumstances primarily make you what you are.

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Contingency Plans Collins Creativity Airlines 278

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Charting your course! In the book, From Good to Great, Jim Collins said, “People are not your most important asset, the RIGHT people are.” One of our clients developed twenty customer service commandments outlining the actions and behaviors he wanted his service people to provide to customers.

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Newsletter CRM Customer Loyalty Collins 154

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Some during the course of the 18 months made the same book recommendations a couple times. Covey Developing the Leader Within You – John C. within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. That question generated 603 comments and 690 recommendations. Some people suggested more than one book. Maxwell · Kenneth H.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2016

In closing, I want to give thanks to my former colleague, Kathy Collins. Kathy and I partnered on the course referenced above many years ago and the ideas I shared in this post were inspired by that work we did together. Let’s bring civility back to leadership. Please and thank you. I felt it was important to acknowledge her here.

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Emotional Intelligence Short-term Long-term Collins 150

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101. A servant leader makes clear their intent to listen to new ideas, encourage the development of others’ ideas and set clear expectations for execution of the best plans. The second-to-last principle is Needful.

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Servant Leader Greenleaf Delegation Collins 197

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Or, maybe you’re focused on personal development and want to find the best content online to help you grow as a leader. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte. Obsessed with community development. Zondervan Author.

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The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

As Jim Collins, author, Good to Great, concluded from his extensive research, the #1 difference between good and great companies is that the leaders of great companies fostered healthy conflict to set direction and create innovative solutions for the future. really a distraction and taking you off-course?

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Goal Collins Motivation Consensus 151

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. Thanks for the post, Larry Bruce (@pcmguy) [link] Dan Collins Not bad Mikey – nothing could add to that one. This belief, of course, is not always true but it is definitely a decision driver.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

As Jim Collins, author, Good to Great, concluded from his extensive research, the #1 difference between good and great companies is that the leaders of great companies fostered healthy conflict to set direction and create innovative solutions for the future. really a distraction and taking you off-course?

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Goal Collins Motivation Consensus 100

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

A leader whose focus is on serving others will find it difficult to wander off course. Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. What do you think? Should leaders be more open with their feelings? Alex Good One!

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

But professional development – improving yourself at work beyond meeting your specific performance goals – is too often left to the rote box-checking of annual performance reviews. Professional development takes three main forms: learning, connecting, and creating.

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Planning Development Collins Competitive Advantage 8

Joseph Lalonde

MAY 7, 2018

See if you can help them course correct. If you can’t, you may have to consider getting them off of your bus (you know, like Jim Collins would tell you)… Or would it be spaceship in the Ratchet & Clank world? These people will drag the organization, and you, down. Figure out who the “bad” guys are.

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Leadership Loyalty Audience Taylorism 151

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets.

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Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

But how do you identify the areas in which development efforts will yield the best return on your investment? We’ve discovered that using a version of Jim Collins’s “hedgehog” idea , from Good to Great , helps clients think it through. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. Managing Yourself Book.

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Skills Collins How To Learning-by-Doing 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. If I read your definition correctly, you are limiting game-changers to positive developments or innovations. The game changer for me was the importance of setting an environment that people enjoyed and enhanced their spiritual experience. It was a game changer!

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

If ever a country needed a Jim Collins-style Level 5 leader who also embodies Daniel Goleman's notions of emotional intelligence and Peter Drucker's ideas about effectiveness , it's Egypt right now. Of course countries don't exist without a head of state. But the favorite book of the U.S.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." Of course, it didn't always work, particularly if English wasn't their first language or their cultural idioms didn't translate well into what I was trying to say.

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Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 119

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2011

Competence, of course, is critical — the candidate must be able to do required tasks well. Finding people with the right combination of competence, character and team skills isn't easy, of course, even if you conduct a long, carefully-orchestrated search. By "talent," I mean three things.

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Supply Chain Collins Long-term Human Resources 14

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? And in the end, leadership development and character development are one. And that’s what’s it all about.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Ben: Well today’s about servant leadership and of course, that ties a lot into influential leadership. Back when you started leadership development working with those unions, how did servant leadership come to you? And in the end, leadership development and character development are one. And that’s what’s it all about.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Of course, the answer was no. As an executive search consultant with three decades' experience in leader selection and development who is also a committed Catholic, I've long been frustrated by some of the people practices in my beloved Church. But the cardinals can at least make sure they consider the right criteria.

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How To Delegation Collins Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2011

Jim Collins, author of Good to Great , helped identify humility as one of the key traits of the high performing leader. The basic equation of developing the right lucky attitude therefore is quite simple. This "make your own luck" principle has become a central chapter of a book I am co-authoring for Harvard Business Review Press.

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Self-aware Collins Open-book Energy 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

Even when things clearly aren't going right, strong psychological tendencies keep the average leader from admitting it and correcting course. When the same person responsible for the disappointing first strategy was given the power to decide the next move, it was much more likely that they would choose to stay the course.

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COO Collins PR Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

I have a clock in my office that synchronizes itself at 1:00 am every day using a signal sent out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Fort Collins, Colorado, which has an advertised precision in the fraction-of-a-second range. Of course, we could argue that this is just a flaw in the product.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We These investments are more about the development of human capital than finance. Half the people I know at that secretive innovation icon say, "Of course — but on our terms". What should it mean?

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 22, 2010

Terry MissDazey July 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm Of course “I Did It My Way&# It has been recorded by everyone. Otherwise, I think these two Phil Collins songs would be great for Starbucker treatment: “In the Air Tonight&# or “Take me Home&#. and the Collins tunes- love those too) Lisa, love Bonnie Raitt.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, I would particularly like someone to address the popularity of "politically correct" leadership. Perhaps it was a single decision to accept or reject something, or perhaps a series of events leading to a distinct stance or course of action. Let me expand.

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Influence Blog Leadership Video 359

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

The answer, I believe, is that we’re in the midst of a bubble; one so vast that to be alive today in the developed world is to be affected, or infected, by it. The asset we’re overvaluing now is the notion of doing it all, having it all, achieving it all; what Jim Collins calls “ the undisciplined pursuit of more.”.

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Real Estate Collins Technology Outsourcing 13

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Your comment about the ability to develop as a leader by gleaning insights via social media from other leaders whom you've never met gives validity to three things: 1.) that other leaders looking to develop and improve will grow as a result of their efforts. link] Dan Collins Mike, Thanks for this. Thank You Sir.

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Blog Leadership CEO Media 409

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Most decisions didn’t impact many people, so I didn’t hesitate to change course often. ” (For the non-IT types, this is a phrase commonly used to refer to the extra development work that arises when code that is easy to implement in the short term is used instead of applying the best overall solution.)

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Short-term Long-term Collins Learning-by-Doing 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

We worked with philosophers at The School of Life to develop a set of questions capable of helping people to uncover deeper truths about their organizations, their brands and their own professional motivations: questions like, “Which of your brand’s flaws have you learned to ignore?” Would you share a little about your ending point?

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Wilde Brand Open-book Creativity 66

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.and Others Don't. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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