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From Misunderstanding to Mastery: Four Dimensions to Transform Your Cross Cultural Leadership

Let's Grow Leaders

A few months into my work there, a man named Jack took me aside and said, “David, I noticed that when you come into our all-hands meeting, you walk straight up to the front row, sit down, open your notebook and are ready to take notes.” That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization.

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Building Commitment on Your Team

Great Leadership By Dan

They’ll step in wondering just what kind of commitment they can expect from you, and many will wonder if they can measure up to the standards on your team. Commitment is a foundational requirement for loyalty, and loyalty for trust. When you do, you’ll build the kind of commitment in your followers that lasts a lifetime.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

However, when the traits associated with integrity — being authentic, candid, transparent, principled, and consistent — are overweighted without being counterbalanced by the under-weighted dimensions — self-awareness, vulnerability, empathy, compassion, patience, and calm, a person can end up being a bully, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. Recall how the U.S.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2023

Leading Blog

Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth.

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Servant-Leadership and The Great Game of Business (GGOB)

Modern Servant Leader

GGOB (also known simply as, “The Great Game”) is an approach to business management where you ensure all stakeholders understand the core business operations, high level financial statements, and key numbers. The intent is inform and engage all employees in business planning and operations, while having fun.

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Do You See Me?

Leading Blog

Your role as a leader can and should involve helping them in many ways, such as understanding the values of your specific organizational culture, how to do their job better, how to improve their knowledge of the context in which you operate so they have a better chance to advance, and how to manage others.

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