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Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership

Leading Blog

James Kouzes and Barry Posner emphasize this point in Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership. To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. But good leadership goes beyond that.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. These core systems either boost or block performance.

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VUCA leadership patterns complexity and followership

Mike Cardus

I had a great time sharing with the The Mind Leadership Podcast. Systems-drive-behaviors is a key motto for Mike Cardus, an expert at organizational development. In the podcast , I share leadership research ideas and how our perception is influenced by research, popular literature, and ideas of leadership.

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EBM: Constraints

LDRLB

Theory of Constraints (TOC) is an overall management philosophy introduced by Dr. Eliyahu M. The theory contends that any manageable system is limited in achieving more of its goal by a very small number of constraints and that there is always at least one constraint. Identify the constraint.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

The Lean CEO : Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence by Jacob Stoller Lean is not just a manufacturing system. H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. by Brad Lomenick Brad Lomenick reflects on his leadership journey in H3 Leadership. and Hustle (How will I get there)—he gives us 20 habits to build our leadership on.

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Where Managerial Leadership Begins

Skip Prichard

Where Managerial Leadership Begins. This is the backdrop for understanding the purpose and role of managerial leadership: setting direction (i.e., “Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage.” Leadership at its core is about exerting leverage. people, processes, technologies, assets, money, etc.)

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share Team Building Ideas

Let's Grow Leaders

If you find yourself on a dysfunctional team, or just want to get a new team off to a great start, ask yourself the following three questions from Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership. Skip Prichard of Leadership Insights gives us 1 0 strategies to help make a team work well together. Follow Susan. Fred Wilson. Follow Jesse.