Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In the case of 2016, there seems to be a common consensus that this was a particularly bad year which many are glad to see come to an end. It’s in these moments where our leadership is needed most – not simply to help our employees with managing their feelings of resignation, but to encourage them to find the path for what to do next.

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LDRLB

MARCH 27, 2013

Most leaders often operate under a mindset of unilateral control where the manager or leader feels responsible and accountable for the team and thus dictates to them. Those who utilize a Mutual Learning mindset view leadership as power with others and not over them. Roger is the author of the new book, Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. ].

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2021

The consensus seems to be that it is alright. With an untold amount of startups in the current atmosphere and a market that seems to change every second, there is a measure of instability that can occur when a company operates on an unstable foundation. But communication doesn’t just come from one direction.

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LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Consider a few examples: “The company’s primary objective is to maximize long-term shareholder value while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standard.” Or how about this one: “Undisputed marketplace leadership.” Is it for the industry?

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

The following are the 3 most common approaches for Strategic Planning, ranked in order from least to most strategic: Goals focused. Goals Focused Approach to Strategic Planning. This approach calls for a heavy emphasis on establishing clear business goals. Action plans are then developed to achieve these goals.

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LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Consider a few examples: “The company’s primary objective is to maximize long-term shareholder value while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standard.” Or how about this one: “Undisputed marketplace leadership.” Is it for the industry?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Long-term research by the Gallup Organization shows that 75 percent of American workers are disengaged and 15 percent of this group are so disengaged they regularly work against their organization’s goals. When Admiral Clark assumed the CNO role, the Navy was not meeting its sailor retention goals. Connecting the U.S.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teams require trust, and that’s built only through time spent together, solving problems, making decisions, and learning how everyone operates, sees the world, and shares information. Remember, the goal of most meetings is to take action. A team makes the decision through consensus. Consensus is often misunderstood.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Adjusting in order to thrive, however, requires competent leadership and commitment to creating the best possible corporate culture. The alignment culture is a company’s “must do” culture, and encompasses cooperation, consensus, and working together toward overarching goals. Why Culture Is Indispensable.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

I was Dean of a leading business school in Paris and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the top mobile telecom operator in Tunisia when the Arab Spring broke out, turning the already troubled Middle East and North Africa upside down. A sense of urgency can help leaders reach goals. The situation was dire. So did we succeed?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

Although the core ingredients of leadership are universal (good judgment, integrity, and people skills), the full recipe for successful leadership requires culture-specific condiments. In other words, good leadership is largely personality in the right place. What makes a great leader? Decision Making. The synchronized leader.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 19, 2021

That’s where Oleg Konovalov, business educator, consultant, coach, and a top global thinker on leadership wants to help. People united around a common goal are unstoppable. How do aspiring leaders develop this leadership skill? We are living in a time of leadership blindness. They talk about strong leadership first.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Incremental innovations can be managed at the operating levels where the people know the customers/consumers best and decisions can be made in a more consensus-driven way with input and agreement between all stakeholder functions. Because consensus and familiar metrics are death to breakthrough.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Collaboration is a way of working that attracts and involves people outside one’s formal control, organization, and expertise to accomplish common goals. Many people naively see collaboration as a leadership style in which relationships take precedence over the task at hand. But collaboration is not consensus.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2012

We described what we meant by that in the consensus report Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow , and in more detail in a collection of readings that introduces the science. It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. In order to apply the science of decision-making, leaders must create hospitable organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

There was a consensus that CSR focuses more on boosting employee morale than addressing the way a company engages with society’s concerns. In CSR’s place, I propose a new model of engagement, which I call connected leadership. Each goal is tied to Unilever’s core business activity. Apply world-class management.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Every successful business has, at its heart, a theory of the business—an underlying set of supporting objectives and a corporate philosophy that gives people a foundation on which to operate. We cannot achieve and maintain alignment without consensus and conviction about The Main Thing. The Main Thing is critically important.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. This change first developed inside the special operations community whose leaders faced the reality of being out-paced by a new type of networked challenger in Al Qaeda, and therefore focused on building the density and diversity of their own friendly network.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Clusters plug together like Lego bricks to achieve the business's goals. Balancing team roles can be particularly important to avoid the Apollo effect , where every team member needs his or her idea to dominate and the team is unable to come to a consensus. A cluster is not the same as a consulting model. Clusters Create More Value.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

Active listening and probing (with humility, not aggression) energizes groups, encourages them to reach consensus, and helps them arrive at new and better solutions. But his division's operations department was adamant it could not be done given the tremendous complexity of its processes. Prime the Pump.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The company would double the size of its business, he said, by channeling its efforts toward achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 — among them, doubling the proportion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

By starting slow and building scale, Otpor could show, to their own members and the country at large, that they not only had clear goals, but that they were making progress against them. Otpor might have been a protest group, but it operated as if it was a startup company marketing a product.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Setting the growth target. But this is not cause for alarm.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Inspirational forces like that built by ADL and other groups are most effective when they add constituencies outside their normal scope, building consensus of opinion and the strength of wider resources. About the Author. The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. Give you a sounding board to flesh out your ideas. The list goes on.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

That’s where a leadership philosophy comes in. In this article, we’ll break down what a leadership philosophy is, why it’s important, the different types of leadership philosophies, and how to create your own – so you can lay the foundations and then hit the ground running. What Is a Leadership Philosophy?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

What if you upgraded your IT network to a new operating system that promised faster, better and leaner results — only to find that the vast majority of your leaders did not have the necessary competencies to use that new system? Just how scarce are matrix-related leadership skills ?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

In that case, after the Steelers scored their go-ahead touchdown, Roethlisberger would have recognized that Pittsburgh was still a field-goal short of matching the point spread of 7 points. But in the business world, their precise equivalents are standard operating procedure.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Families usually operate by consensus and make decisions based on their impact on legacy and stewardship. The nine siblings, who equally owned the business and served in key leadership roles, ate together every day. In the board room, directors influence one another in a peer-to-peer setting. One-Room Houses.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

Time is viewed as limited in supply, so Western people structure their lives, especially business operations, by milestones and deadlines. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. Even if you work for the same parent company, different locations have different protocols and operations. You and Your Team Series.

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Thin Difference

APRIL 11, 2019

Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. However, each circle has the authority to self-organize internally to best achieve its goals. Key Elements of Holacracy. More than 7,000 U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, who as recently as last month has reported not believing that human activity or carbon dioxide are primary contributors to climate change, contradicting 150 years of basic physics and decades of scientific consensus. Disclosure: I’ve done paid speaking for executives at Walmart and Apple.).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. But a company’s exposure to a political issue is also determined by its values.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Companies invested significant resources in pushing for high public policy ambition in agreeing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Ultimately, long-term legitimacy, reputation, and license to operate are at stake. Respect the leadership role of government, but be prepared to use your voice and influence.

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