Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

John Maxwell — author of the book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — does a masterful job of explaining the leadership principle of influence through the five myths about leadership: The Management Myth: Management focuses on maintaining systems and processes. Influential leadership is about influencing people to follow.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things. Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Productivity Products Management Leadership 182

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Developing relationships drives engagement (in school, in work, in personal lives) that pays dividends. Third Floor: People develop an emotional comfort level that goes beyond facts and information. Fifth Floor: These relationships go well beyond Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

They develop some traditions. In our setting, it had developed into a highly structured environment of systems and procedures, which made change more difficult than in some churches. We shared names of influencers in this area of ministry. Build consensus. We discussed who needed to be talk with first. Take your time.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2013

In our setting, it’s developed into a highly structured environment of systems and procedures, which makes change more difficult than in some churches. Who the influencers are in this area of ministry. Build consensus. Change Church Innovation Leadership Ministry' Who to talk to. Which committees need to weigh in.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

We all understand that these days it’s really not so much the number of cars or assembly line or factories that a company has, but really its ability to keep up, to be competitive, to be innovative and what gives the company its competitive edge is really the people who make it. It makes me wonder where your influences are coming.

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Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

Sloan continued, "Then, I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what this decision is about.". There''s a lot of discussion on how leaders ought to cast a vision, gain buy-in, or steer a group to consensus.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Furthermore, we agree that, used improperly, Osborn's process of brainstorming can promote consensus, not collaboration. Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. They must keep their heads in the content and not worry about or unduly influence the process.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 20, 2014

Writing the song “Original Love” aligned with U2’s vision to advance human rights and social justice through its music and influence. Build Consensus. Like Bono, it is wise to seek consensus on decisions, especially on issues that are important in the eyes of the people you lead and on decisions they will need to implement.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

While you might expect a band’s mission to be achieving commercial success measured by #1 hits and concert attendance, U2’s mission is to improve the world through its music and influence. U2 is further unified by its participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style that gives each member a voice. Bono calls it “the spark.”

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Team Consensus Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage 273

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Business leaders are not just employers: as frequent board members for regional economic development entities, they have a major influence on the civic agenda in the cities and metropolitan regions in which their firms are located. Economic inclusion must be a priority both for economic policy makers and for business.

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Industry Policies Consensus Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

And sameness blocks performance and innovation. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. In research spanning decades, Columbia professor Katherine Phillips has repeatedly found that, when tasked to innovate, teams that include diverse members and that value the contributions of all their members outperform homogenous teams.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2012

Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, but the country's standing as the world's indisputable innovation leader is now at risk. At Merck, as part of our commitment to scientific innovation, we are working to foster the next generation of scientific leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. And then this small voice, untraceable for a moment because it was so small, started to explain how this plan would put the company in 2nd place in almost every aspect of innovation or time to market.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

This growth, along with rising incomes in developing countries (which cause dietary changes such as eating more protein and meat) are driving up global food demand. Today, according to the most recent estimate by the UN , there are 7.3 billion people — and we may reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Our food security will depend on it.

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Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

A further sign of disempowerment: more than three quarters of respondents indicated that front-line employees were either “never” or only “occasionally” involved in the design and development of major change initiatives. Bureaucracy frustrates innovation. Not so for most of the organizations in our survey.

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Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

The hybrid Prius was a legitimate business home run (2 million sold), and it helped both differentiate Toyota's brand as the market innovator and propel Toyota to unprecedented profits. Buried beneath the pizzaz of high-profile PR announcements, Ford has developed what appears to be a broad, well-thought-out sustainability strategy.

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Strategy PPM Long-term Short-term 15

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 31, 2022

At WDHB, we believe that ongoing organizational learning and people development is a big part of that process. However, our research indicates that organizational learning, leadership development and the L&D function have rarely been central to defining or driving purpose in organizations. How L&D can make an impact.

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Organization Storytelling Diversity Learning-by-Doing 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Bossidy, former CEO at AlliedSignal, once said , “We need people who are better at persuading than at barking orders, who know how to coach and build consensus. But Darren never saw the change required as only a matter of capitalizing on new technologies and developing new products. Lawrence A.

Leadership 8

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Thus we now hear about Andrew Witty's GSK transforming business models to grow by broadening access to medicines in developing countries, and Sam Palmisano's IBM seeking to grow through its Smarter Planet initiative. identify key stakeholders that have an influence on the organization (73%). And not just me, our whole leadership team.

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Globalization NGO Leadership Development Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands. In retrospect, not very much.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

FDA, legislators, insurance companies, hospital systems and doctors) often negotiate over the appropriate risk/reward balance pertaining to new procedures, drugs or innovations. With whom should we discuss matters first, and who should be approached later if we are to work towards consensus or cooperation?

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Strategy Health Care Compliance Policies 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” The prevailing consensus is that if a Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber tweets your content out to their followers, the inherent size of their audience will cause a viral loop, exploding the campaign into the news feeds and inboxes of everyone and their grandmother. What contributed to this success, you may ask?

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Whether you’re the CEO of an internationally recognized conglomerate or the small business owner working to build a team fit for success, knowing who you are and what kind of influence you want to have on the people around you is the first step to becoming an effective leader. What Is a Leadership Philosophy?

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Development Leadership Consensus Leadership Styles 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Smart businesspeople are well aware that a deceptive firm will quickly develop a bad reputation and lose repeat and future business. Doing so entails operating more efficiently or innovating to create products that consumers value more. What processes led to the development and delivery of a given product or service?

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Company Short-term Long-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Determined to get closer to their customers and become more agile and innovative, global organizations like IBM and GE are embracing the matrix organizational model. Leaders who lack these skills often find these roles frustrating or draining, as they have to continually influence and work through others to get things done.

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Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

The code that was developed for the (confusingly named) The DAO application was called a “smart contract,” and ran as a DAO application on top of the Ethereum blockchain. The blockchain is truly an innovative approach to governance for networks and machines. Code is law for machines, law is code for people.

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Decentralization Consensus Resistance Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Part of the problem is that the industry is still moving at warp speed, and the company has dwindling resources to deploy against innumerable innovation challenges. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible. Is it Apple's consumer appeal, or the declining influence of corporate IT managers?

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Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images.

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Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 11

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” The bottom line is that most people don’t want to be “sold” by an ad anymore; they want to develop a relationship where a business earns their purchase by offering invaluable content. Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion. If your marketing doesn’t uphold your brand promise or if it’s not advancing core business initiatives, then you have an alignment issue. Thanks for sharing Tom. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2014

Fostering entrepreneurship has become a core component of economic development in cities and countries around the world. The predominant metaphor for fostering entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy is the “entrepreneurship ecosystem.” For entrepreneurs and investors, wealth creation may be the benefit.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Bureaucracy Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

And finally, the blockchain spreadsheet has a mechanism—referred to as a consensus algorithm—that determines what is placed in the spreadsheet by mutual agreement among its users. Identify whether your organization has the ability, based on market size and/or influence, to get other parties to participate in a consortium.

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Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2020

Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made. Undocumented residents have a positive influence and impact on the economy, since they pay taxes and fees and constitute an important part of the labor market, ” the researchers say.

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Human Capital Crisis Politics Policies 85

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

When everyone in the organization feels empowered to make decisions that can influence change, it creates a palpable energy: People tend to work harder, offer more ideas, and become far more invested in the process. The company defined a new growth strategy that would require a significant improvement in its ability to innovate rapidly.

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