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3 Simple Strategies for Spectacular Leadership

Lead Change Blog

We need the right balance between authority vs. autonomy, consensus vs. direct decision-making, and friendly vs. firm. Melissa Lamson, facilitator and executive coach to some of today’s most successful companies, has developed a perfect formula for spectacular leadership.

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Executive Coach Helps Individuals Reach a Common Goal

Tony Mayo

Mayo’s coaching credentials, he is an excellent facilitator who can help high profile stakeholders meld their individual interests into a common goal. In our consultation, he drove us to reach a consensus regarding the best uses of available resources as those funding resources were being lost. –Don Lockett Senior [.].

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Annual Board Evaluations: A Gateway to Sustained Board Effectiveness

N2Growth Blog

Their expertise in leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions brings a valuable outsider perspective to the evaluation process. By partnering with a professional facilitator, boards can benefit from their extensive experience working with top executives in the world’s largest companies.

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5 Leadership Failures

CO2

“To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. Oftentimes, being driven by consensus of the group leads you into the trap that Thatcher describes. Establish the values and let those values drive the process–regardless of where consensus wants to take you.

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Weekly Round-Up: On Tips for Developing a Leadership Mindset, How Empathy Makes Us More Productive at Work & 5 Practices of Values-Based Leaders

leaderCommunicator

How Empathy Makes Us More Productive at Work By Laura Vanderkam, Fast Company “ Whatever your role, to get anything done, ‘everybody needs to be able to drive consensus,’ says Jon Kolko, author of the new book.”. If your career…”. 5 Practices of Values-Based Leaders By Shawn Murphy, Switch and Shift “ Are your personal values personal?

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Decision Outliers- Their Impact on Team and Organizational Effectiveness

Great Leadership By Dan

Slow decision makers who are driven by how others will feel about the decision, look for and desire a consensus decision making process. If a leader is a Slow Decision Outlier, miss market opportunities, slow to change, will often want to decide using consensus-can’t please everyone. She is also a Vistage Chair and Executive Coach.

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Breaking a Dollar without Change

CO2

They lean toward asking questions and building consensus, rather than making huge changes and trying to tell and sell stakeholders later. Director Style Executive Coaching Leading Organizations Managing Change' The cost, time, and effort involved with such an initiative overwhelms them. Penny for your thoughts?