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Improving management effectiveness

Lead on Purpose

One of the primary themes of Lead on Purpose is leading effectively regardless of whether you are in a position of authority – in a ‘management’ position. However, I was recently introduced to a new tool that will help managers and leaders of small to large groups direct their teams more effectively. The tool is called ThEME.

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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

For months senior leaders dismissed warning signs and data from employees about severe problems and had ignored market trends for years. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. The Chairman and President left town while managers communicated the bad news.

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Taking leadership to the next level

Lead on Purpose

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.” This is, as Collins puts it, a “study in duality.” So can you and I become a Level 5 leader?

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Leadership Change Is Not Free

Lead Change Blog

Our markets and competitive situations never hold still. Jim Collins , author of Built to Last , notes only 71 companies on the original 1955 Fortune 500 list were still there when the book was written. Change Management' Change is a necessity. Team members don’t sit still. Leadership change carries a cost.

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Layoffs Rarely Pay Off: Here are 15 Alternatives

The Practical Leader

Many research reports showed that layoffs sometimes provided short-term relief but hurt most companies in the long-term: A study in the Academy of Management Journal , found that big layoffs often create even bigger turnover spikes soon after. Reducing wages for everyone with the highest percentages with senior and middle management.

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Ways to Boost Innovation and Accelerate Organizational Learning

The Practical Leader

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. Stages three and four lean heavily on disciplined management systems and processes. It’s a big competitive edge.

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065: Influence 3.0: Upgrade from Leadership to Impact

Engaging Leader

Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict. Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict. Management Influence 2.0: In the early 90s, the Iron Curtain fell. More people started using the Internet, and then the Web. The post 065: Influence 3.0:

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