The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 16, 2023

The researchers review such people as so-called “upward influencers”, and they can actually boost the performance of a team. Upward influencing The researchers characterize such individuals as prone to try and flatter their boss or intentionally misrepresent their own contributions in order to try and impress their manager.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2019

I have read that 85 percent of us are unlikely to make big changes in our lives without some kind of outside influence. Translation: Most of us need someone we trust to influence us either by their words or their actions. Effective leadership is really about influence. Recognize Opportunities to Influence.

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Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 28, 2014

It seems to be a trend that after spending enough time as an internal change management practitioner that you’ll have the desire to go out on your own and become an independent consultant. For me, here at Enclaria, I help people influence change at work. It may take some trial and error and soul searching to find your spot.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe A Survey for Trainers, Consultants and Coaches by Kevin Eikenberry on December 20, 2010 in Personal Development , Surveys , Telesminars This announcement and opportunity is a bit more targeted than what I normally post here.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

The point is that I was fortunate to have a great influence from my parents about basic behaviors (how to “show up” in life), work, and a work ethic. To some degree today that is also true, but with both parents working in most families that influence is more of a challenge due to time constraints.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Say you want to motivate both Michael and Afua to agree to put in additional discretionary work time over the weekend to meet a fast-approaching deadline on a major project. They want to plan carefully, and they have an incredible ability to follow through on a process or a whole project to completion.

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Change Starts Here

DECEMBER 22, 2015

This year on the Influence Change at Work radio show, fantastic guests joined me to share their wisdom, experience and tips. As change management professionals our success often depends upon our ability to influence without authority and to influence “difficult” people. Here’s the list of topics we discussed.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Management consultant. Coming back to the topic, a management consultant is one of the most pursued careers by people with a master’s degree in management. As the name suggests, a management consultant’s key role is to provide expert advice to companies in need. Project manager. Business development manager.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Embrace Diverse Opinions: Consult individuals with different perspectives, including team members and external advisors. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Be Ready to Pivot: Embrace the courage to discontinue projects when necessary.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Working on a project is like playing a soccer game. Understanding your own strengths allows you to inform the project lead where he or she can better place you within a team. For example, you get pulled into a project because of your role in IT. Most of the time, the placement is based on your current job scope.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

Hiring and onboarding The researchers believe that these differences are quite probably caused by the different hiring and onboarding practices that organizations deploy, with the financial sector heavily influenced by one’s social class. “Given that this industry is very knowledge-intense, this result may not be surprising.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2020

Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared Do Only the Really Smart (or Stupid) Fly Without PowerPoint ? Ken Byler of Higher Ground Consulting Group contributed Why Leaders Need Imagination. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed The Question We All Must Answer. Inspiration.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 13, 2018

After university, I landed a job where I brimmed with energy, but after a temporary project ended, I was just “doing time” in an office to pay my bills. As a consultant working with clients, I encountered culture as a challenge to organizational change. I didn’t feel appreciated and, worse, it felt like a prison.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Early on in my career, I was consulting for a major film and music studio in Los Angeles when a woman approached me to say, “Dr. I hadn’t thought about how his limited experience working with women at his office back in an era when there were fewer women in the workplace might have influenced the types of anecdotes he shared.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Miller has been living a life of character-based leadership.She’s crafted a career abundant with leadership stories: manager for three different Fortune 500 companies, project team leader, mentor and board member.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jeff McCollum of Designed Learning contributed Ruminations on Influence. Jeff writes: “Relationship building and expertise are both needed to gain influence in leadership roles. When a leader is lacking in either their relationships or their expertise, their influence will be lacking as well.” Communication. Development.

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most have a variety of influencing factors. The more you step up when others shy away, the greater your influence will become. Getting sidetracked can really hurt your influence. One question I’ve begun asking my boss each year is, “Which of my projects is worth the most money at year-end bonus time?

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 17, 2020

Alan Willett nailed it, in my view, as he outlines ways to help leaders accelerate projects in a way that is practical and actionable. Alan is an author, speaker, consultant and expert at helping organizations improve results. It is one of the earlier “let’s go fast” projects I have read about. This project was pushed fast.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting contributed Now That the Conflict Is Over, How Do I Recover? The tone-deaf ‘influencers’ still post bikini photos, and 20-somethings frolic on the Florida beaches. Mary Ila Ward of Horizon Point Consulting shared 4 Keys to Leading through Crisis. ’ Will it be you?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Other ways of reducing tension in the first few minutes are sharing airtime while projecting genuine interest, showing respect and asking for agreement on some small initial ground-rule (e.g., To diffuse it, open by conveying your sincerity and warmth with a handshake, eye contact, and a smile, as appropriate.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 4, 2013

So I told him that the only way to do that is to turn up the volume on a very different talk track—one that captures the brand and presence that you want to project. It’s such a difficult environment/project/client/travel schedule…”. I’ve had clients who always talked about how difficult or challenging or complex things seemed to them.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As concern has risen around the mendacious influence fake news is having on western society, attention has turned to the infrastructure that fuels fake news. They also believe that a greater role exists for fact checking services, and urge social media platforms to be more transparent in how they operate.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The project launched with ambiguous purpose leaves the project manager free to interpret results to his advantage. The absence of clarity also creates an opportunity for biases and assumptions to influence how people interpret information. K aren Martin, president of the global consulting firm TKMG, Inc. ,

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

When your project shows signs of trouble, go basic first. Having been a consultant/leader with a Big 4 firm, my project experience is extensive and varied. Project work sometimes got complicated, and we’d have to resort to heroic measures to finish. Sometimes people got burned out, but we delivered.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2015

John first got involved with Lead Change when Becky Robinson, Founder of Weaving Influence, managed the relaunch of his book, Overcoming Fake Talk. After working in their consulting and training firm for over five years, he became tired of the politics and broken promises and set out on his own. This Month We Feature John Stoker.

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most have a variety of influencing factors. The more you step up while others shy away, the greater your influence will become. Getting sidetracked can really hurt your influence. One question I’ve begun asking my boss each year is, “Which of my projects is worth the most money at year-end bonus time?

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2013

Bosses can take a moment when they arrive to work (or whenever necessary) to self-evaluate their mindset, see where there thoughts lay to make sure they don’t project their own whimsical emotions on others. The same ripple effect can of course occur when projecting negativity. This of course can all be avoided by self-awareness.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In the world of music, composers and performers are influenced by each other every day. In some cases, it is clear who influenced Weber’s work. Scientists are also heavily influenced by their peers. Scientists are also heavily influenced by their peers. Choose your leadership influences carefully.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Over the course of my career thus far, I’ve found that these twelve strategies for extraordinary teamwork not only make your team stronger, they have the power to significantly influence the culture of your organization if others begin to follow your example. Side benefit: if you keep up the initiative, your influence will grow as well.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 15, 2019

Your personal foundation needs to be strong so that it can carry the weight of the leadership required of you to influence and impact others. Take a well-regarded self-assessment (not the ones on Facebook), and work with a consultant or coach for the debrief of the results. The same is true for you.

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Self-aware Leadership Consultative Influence 145

Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Embrace Diverse Opinions: Consult individuals with different perspectives, including team members and external advisors. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Be Ready to Pivot: Embrace the courage to discontinue projects when necessary.

Groupthink 40

Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 40

Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Others start as project managers — IT, product development, logistics, and many other types of projects — and realize that project management without change management is often fruitless. The decision to influence change in a deliberate, effective way instead of relying on logical arguments and brute force.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Lisa shares ways to help your team coax out and address the “elephants in the middle of the living room” that can get in the way of successful – and enjoyable – relationships, projects, and business outcomes. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Six Types of Stakeholders Leaders Need to Influence.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

But the majority of organizations seems to muddle through, now and then halfheartedly embarking on a culture project where they define their core values, vision, and mission statement – and then return to business as usual. You “catch” and influence culture on a daily basis: where and when it happens.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It’s not just mentoring or consulting; it’s a collaborative effort that involves both guidance and challenge from an experienced coach. Business coaching helped them to streamline their operations, implement better project management techniques, and adopt new technologies. What is Business Coaching?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2013

and author of Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas (Harvard Business Review Press 2013). He has worked with leading consultancies, CEOs, and senior executives of major companies including members of the Fortune 50, […].

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