Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

Eliminating Pain Points vs. Progress in Strategy Execution. I recently met with a CEO to organize a strategic planning meeting with his leadership team. The clearer a company is about what it is moving towards, the more successful it will be in executing its strategy. No successful company has a vision of simply being pain-free.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2016

How often have you heard people say, “Our strategy is to become the biggest and the best?” This is not strategy. Strategy is not the what. Strategy is the how – how will you become the biggest and the best? Of course, within the realm of the definition, there are good strategies and bad ones. The fallout?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I’m sure you’ve heard of the terms Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Intelligence Quotient (IQ); but few people have heard of Adaptability Quotient (AQ), especially as it relates to leadership. In part due to their agile and adaptable leadership style, they are able to create self-managing teams that collaborate together on projects.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

For much of the last century, the most prominent strategies of large corporations were vertical integration and diversification, pursued within their traditional boundaries, or inward bound. Now organizations employ strategies to take them outward bound utilizing any of six different arrangements. How this has changed.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions. Assessing the leadership team’s and employees’ readiness to embrace new ideas and behaviors is vital.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Connecting such external challenges with internal core competencies may not be obvious or evident. Our experience with the business strategy approach of #SDGXCHANGE shows how organizations in any sectors can reinvent themselves. There are two ways of creating that mindset shift that work well with leadership teams.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In a survey of 163 CEOs by Forbes Insights in conjunction with the Association for Strategic Planning and the Council of Public Relations Firms, chief executives report that one-third of corporate strategies fail, and they fail for five reasons. The five reasons why strategies fail are: Unforeseen external circumstances (24 percent).

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2018 that you might have missed: Empathy and creative thinking are valuable skills in the workplace, but they’re hard to teach by @Lyndagratton Frustrated or Focused - Leadership Tips for Managing Emotions by @davidmdye. 6 Ways to Tell if Leadership is Your Vocation by @wallybock.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. ” Follow Sean on Twitter at @LeadYourTeam.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 11, 2011

At Six Disciplines, our research has shown that the number #1 difference between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations is strength of leadership , based on the average of several factors. BOTTOMLINE: Three key steps to engaging your workforce: Make sure each person understands your strategy.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 19, 2010

So take five, enjoy the inspirational quotes and reflect on the questions that follow. “A Winning Strategy is a lifelong, unconscious formula for achieving success. You did not design this Winning Strategy, it designed you. Who can you ask? If the limitations weren’t there, what is possible for you? Who can help?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Mastery in anything, from sports to the arts to leadership, requires well-practiced capability mediated by a highly mature interiority—a well-honed Outer Game arising on a highly evolved Inner Game. Masterful leadership is Conscious Competence. Great leadership transcends skill, capability, and competence.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Next Element is a global advisory firm specializing in leadership communication. Next Element’s Leading Out of Drama ® model for positive conflict is rapidly gaining traction worldwide as the next frontier for global leadership. Here is additional detail about their areas of work: Next Element’s Core Values. click here.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 23, 2015

A complete strategy execution program depends upon the power of a shared community learning. BOTTOMLINE: The Execution Revolution will be built around communities with the following characteristics: A belief that their ultimate core competence is the ability to execute their strategy.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

Digital Leadership. How do companies compete in this digital era ? High, president of the digital business advisory firm Metis Strategy , advises numerous companies and executives on how to compete in the digital era. Leadership Tip: make change a core competence.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 28, 2011

In a survey of 163 CEOs by Forbes Insights, chief executives report that one-third of corporate strategies fail, and they fail for five reasons. The five reasons why strategies fail are: 24% - Unforeseen external circumstances. 18% - The strategy itself is flawed. 18% - The strategy itself is flawed.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 11, 2011

At Six Disciplines, our research has shown that the number #1 difference between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations is strength of leadership , based on the average of several factors. BOTTOMLINE: Three key steps to engaging your workforce: Make sure each person understands your strategy.

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Decker Communication

AUGUST 29, 2023

Leveraging communications to align vision, mission, and values to the enterprise strategy is a fundamental core competency that is developed, applied, and refined over one’s tenure in key leadership roles. Additionally, develop a communication strategy.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

Welcome to the March 2013 Leadership Development Carnival! Thanks to those who contributed the many excellent posts on leadership practices, the workplace environment and personal mastery. And a special thanks to carnival leader Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership for the invitation to host this carnival.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

“What is needed to compete in an AI-driven world has less to do with traditional industry specialization and more to do with a universal set of capabilities.” And this is especially important in a leadership context. All of this calls for—demands— a new degree of leadership wisdom.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 9, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Let me make this as simple as I can – if you’re a leader, influence needs to be a competency. Participate in the Dialogue : Develop a strong core competency, and then give freely of your time and knowledge. You cannot be a effective leader without influence.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2014

It’s the final installment of my five-week series outlining my 25 timeless (and time tested) leadership lessons that just plain work. “It is Solved by Walking” Take the Leadership Litmus Test. It is not all strategy, process, execution and profits. At last, they’re all here! Blend Will and Humility.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 11, 2011

I asked him to write another guest post tying in the book with the subject of leadership. But real public relations, like real leadership, is dedicated to the truth. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Excellent message.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 17, 2010

It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.&# ~Uta Hagen What does “regular” mean in the context of your leadership role? Where might you be too regular in your leadership role? Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 13, 2010

Intentionally practice these new habits daily until they are automatic and watch your leadership effectiveness increase. Developing Positive Leadership Habits (aspire-cs.com) [.] Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 18, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: Your Winning Strategy » Stunning Leadership August 18th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus We are familiar with the concept of practice to get better at something in the performing arts. And so it is with leadership. Words: People listen closely to those in management and leadership roles.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MAY 5, 2021

As you begin your strategic planning process, it’s important to assess the market you’re competing in. Dr. Michael Porter, who’s a professor of strategy, came up with this set of five forces to evaluate all the different dynamics that can affect your organization. How do they behave?

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 19, 2018

They ask, “Isn’t it OK to simply focus on the fact that employees and customers want us to have purpose and therefore we ought to pursue it like we would every other business strategy?” We believe the Volkswagen emissions scandal came about because VW used purpose as a marketing strategy, not a core belief.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

In other words, core competencies turned into core rigidities, preventing the firm from responding appropriately to the strategic threat Yamaha posed.”. What is the core knowledge discipline that is most fundamental to your company and how widely available is it? Steinway allowed its strengths to become its weakness. “In

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 5, 2010

So pour yourself a glass of eggnog, settle into the season and open the presents at her site, Get Your Leadership Big On ! Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

» Leadership Development Carnival Early Bird Edition is Up November 7th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Don’t walk. Instead fly on over to Dan McCarthy’s Leadership Development Carnival for this month’s Early Bird Edition at his Great Leadership site. Don’t run.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?” ~ Robert Greenleaf The concept of servant leadership can often seem the antithesis to many organizational cultures, where top-down, command and control are the norm. Posted in Uncategorized 10 Responses to “When Servant Leadership Goes Awry&# Kevin W. Please stop by again!

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 7, 2022

The Great Resignation, skills gap and increasing recruitment costs may have you wondering how you can improve your talent acquisition strategy. A SWOT Analysis takes stock of all four factors in a business endeavor to create a strategy to ensure the endeavor’s success. Recruitment SWOT Analysis. Recruitment Strengths and Weaknesses.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Dan has scored a touchdown this month, including some of the most popular leadership bloggers out there. I’m grateful and humbled that he included on of my own, “ On Being a Coach “ I’ll be hosting next month’s Leadership Development Carnival on October 3. I hope you’ll stop by.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What looks in hindsight like a brilliant strategy was often the residual result of opportunistic experimentation and purposeful accidents.” ” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Pull up a tall glass of warm apple cider (with a shot of something that has a kick if you’d like) and grab some donuts while you learn from the top leadership readers on the net and consider some autumn fun. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership announces a penalty in Individual Development Plans are Worthless….if

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. They are what makes the practice of leadership hard and rewarding.

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