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Three Ways to Ensure You Keep Your Promises

Lead Change Blog

Though there may be many reasons why a person or team misses their commitment – some of those even legitimate reasons – you end up on the short end of the stick. And your commitment, your promise, is at risk of being broken, too. The “Roger Folder” Years ago I worked with a gentleman named Roger.

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The Key to Change is a People Focus

Lead Change Blog

My experience of decades of change leadership tells me that, similarly, the same can be said of a workforce interacting for the first time with any change plan. I believe the book, written by Roger Plant, is now out of print, but you may pick up an old copy via the hyperlink.

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The NFL’s Fumble Against Antisemitism and Racism on Social Media

Modern Servant Leader

While those major brands display leadership and commitment to their values, the NFL chooses instead to show a failure of conviction. The NFL’s commitment to “X” is a betrayal of their espoused values. The Kaepernick saga was a missed opportunity for the NFL to show true leadership in social justice.

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Return On Courage

Leading Blog

Qualcomm’s Roger Martin told Berman, “Everybody who’s involved in trying to resurrect what existed before, those people die…. Prioritize through Values, Rally Believers, Identify Fears, Commit to a Purpose, Execute your Action. Commit to a Purpose. Categories: Leadership. Prioritize Through Values.

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Choose Change!

Lead Change Blog

Bottom-up commitment. In this post I focus on one point: selecting the right change ambassadors using Rogers’ innovation theory. The early majority eventually want to hook up with the new idea, but want some proof that it works before committing. Daily attention on a conscious level. The right change ambassadors. Critical mass.

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4 Leadership Lessons from the Super Bowl Blackout

Modern Servant Leader

Here are 4 leadership lessons from the Super Bowl blackout: 1. Lesson : Commitment and focus to a plan or deliverable is great. The cause of the 34 minute Blackout during Super Bowl XLVII at the Superdome in New Orleans is still unconfirmed, as of this writing. However, there are already lessons for leaders to take away.

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Back To School Leadership

Lead Change Blog

“Great leadership is only found in the world of business,” my seatmate on a recent flight pompously boasted, “Certainly not in the government, churches or education where we desperately need it.”. The HPU story is nothing short of a leadership tour de force. Leadership Development Leadership Students University'