Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Economic advantages are created when you surround yourself with the advice, counsel and co-operation of a group of reliable people who are willing to lend wholehearted support, collaborate and promote your cause. John Hunter of Curious Cat: Management Improvement Blog submitted Good Project Management Practices. Development.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Breakdowns in a company’s management system, not managers’ lack of ability or effort, are what cause a company’s underperformance. Discipline I.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

According to my experiences, working with happiness, motivation, humor and confidence will make things more effective and much easier, since we have a positive attitude. 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

JANUARY 17, 2011

They learned how to give constructive feedback to each other and agreed that they needed to assure that positive feedback and expressing points of agreement in a debate were needed. 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

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Positive and Realistic: You can go far on a positive attitude. Positivity is energizing and encouraging, keeping your followers going in good times and bad. Realism combined with positivity grounds you in truth and allows you to reject the impractical. Having a positive attitude affirms individuals that surround you.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

If no one on your team is capable of being trained for your role, you need to know others in the organization (or even outside the company) who would be good fits for your position. Mike Figliuolo is the Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC. Nandini G: January 24, 2011 at 1:33 am I too am not in a leadership position currently.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Although there may be special learning needs for this group (just like there might be special learning needs for first line supervisors or middle managers) – when those at the top of the organization deny or hide their learning behind a wall of invincibility, it can create a dilemma – or damage – in the rest of the organization.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 10, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: A Meaningful Enterprise » A Good Bye with Humanity August 10th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus How often as a leader do you have someone in your circle of influence (manager, peer, direct report, maybe even a customer or consultant) that leaves your organization? Fairly often, I’ll bet.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 8, 2010

Often what it comes down to is that their manager is not willing to wait for the time it takes my client to make some changes to their leadership. Some of these clients got lucky and found positions in different parts of the same company before the firing squad came. Have you asked what this person needs to be successful?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Cheer for your favorite players from the Big Ten: Our regular referee for the carnival positions himself in the backfield today, but will return for the next game in November. Bret Simmons takes us into sudden death overtime as we reflect on the importance of self management in leaders: Prudence: An Undervalued Virtue of Leadership.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

I teach coaching skills to groups of managers regularly; every individual executive client I have gets taught coaching skills in some way or another; and of course, I practice coaching myself (I call it “practice” on purpose). I wonder what people think “management&# is about when they get promoted? And how true.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 21, 2010

when I see that we no longer need to use 360’s in our organizations because: There are no toxic managers. Positive and “corrective” feedback is given freely and without consequences to the messenger. While I love your vision, I personally hope that the 360 becomes even more engrained in the businesses in which I operate.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All of the information he provided was given in a positive way, without rushing. It reminds me of the research that Gallup did (chronicled in the book How Full Is Your Bucket by Tom Rath) that identified the optimal mix of positive to negative comments as 5 to 1. How often we forget the impact our own attitude has on others.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Every action, every gesture and every word out of a leader’s mouth can influence in a positive or a negative way; either way impacts the bottom line. Helen: The woman who owned and operated the historical lodge where I worked as a maid in my teenage summers, who told vivid stories about summers gone by. Thanks for adding yours.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

When employees feel truly involved in the company collaboration becomes the norm and the divide between managers and staff melts naturally. First, encouraging, coaching, + nurturing individuals in ways that establish patterns of work which improve the odds positive results will be sought creatively (I esp.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 10, 2010

When we are intentional about our words, we can choose to spread positive emotion or negative emotion; to lift or deflate. To be intentionally positive is the key to making gratefulness a habit in our lives. I think many of us have a natural tendency to want to downplay positive events, for fear of the ensuing negative event.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I will use your questions in a excercise with my management team. Everything she does is with a positive attitude and she never gives up. Carina, you are such a positive force with your blog comments. Sachin: November 22, 2010 at 10:27 pm Inspiration is an amazing trait that can help managers get the most from their employees.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Jennifer, it is so much more positive to think in these terms, isn’t it? Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. And I know you and I are there to help people FIND their own. Happy Thanksgiving, Mary JO.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 27, 2010

Reeve chose to dedicate the rest of his life to being a positive force, raising funds and awareness for spinal cord injuries. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Your niece sounds very special.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

This book highlights Paul’s significant experience in a 40-year career of managing people and as a well-respected consultant to managers and their organizations across the globe. This is really the compilation of many years of being a manager and teaching managers. What are the 8 skills?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

And so this becomes the lens through which we view others: “He has an attitude problem and just cannot work on team&# , or, “She is a high performer, but couldn’t possibly step up to a position in the C-suite&#. The difference, I think, was the individual’s manager – and the potential they saw.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 25, 2010

Upbeat and positive, people loved being around him. Best, Tanmay Mole Chapman : August 25, 2010 at 10:19 am indeed, I’m always stuck by the human capacity to contribute positively to others. As leaders, we are in the valued position to make a tremendous impression. Thanks for this post MJ!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

For most managers (and other leaders) it would require a major paradigm shift in their styles to start sincerely asking these questions of those they’re leading. Sean, yes, this way of thinking is hard, and very different from what most managers are used to. I can’t imagine what Disney would be like if not positive.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I was young and had a lot at stake in my position – I was the major breadwinner in my family and felt the weight of the responsibility to provide for my young children. He ultimately took the tyrant out of a management position at the company (in today’s world, this individual may have been fired). How have you been responsible?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Having an awareness of the values that motivate you are key to the kind of leadership that will impact you and others in a positive way. But I never put an effort to check whether I have changed in a positive way. I picked three most important value cards and put them in my wallet and looked at every time I open my wallet.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

In a world devoid of positive feedback, you can make a difference. Another reason why managers need to make the effort; what organization couldn’t benefit from having people work harder because they feel appreciated? When you have the gift of clarity, you must speak up so that others can also see in order to act.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The act of reflecting can us to become aware of our past actions in order to impact the future in a positive way. For every decision, there are often positive results and less-than-positive results. I found your suggestion of reflecting on prior events or decisions that had a positive outcome very beneficial.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If not, consider your fall back position (are you willing to negotiate for “part time&# if you can’t get what you asked for?). Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Best wishes in your mentoring efforts.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Core Competencies. Performing market assessments.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The manager let that person go due to business reasons. Corrie Block : September 21, 2010 at 4:44 pm Hi Mary, It was my mentors that reminded me that I didn’t have to lead by position, even though I could have. Even seasoned leaders (and those who operate more from the head) seem to have difficulty with that one.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 2, 2011

blind spots are not always weaknesses; they may be positive traits too). Instead of focusing on the past behavior – which you cannot change – ask people to give you one or two suggestions for positive changes you can make in this area going forward. In the latter case, I’ll want to learn to lighten up.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Supporting growth and development will positively affect the goals your organization is attempting to achieve. To be conscious of integrating “ings” in our work fosters a very positive environment. It’s such a simple thing to do and it contributes to an employee’s positive closure of a job well done.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 30, 2010

I spent many years working in positions that allowed me the freedom to choose my path. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I learned from them all and each contributed to the joy in my current work. That’s why they touch us.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Many believe that when they request feedback from their staff, peers, and manager that they will hear the unvarnished truth about their performance; seldom does that happen. This may have nothing to do with the leader who is asking; but it may have a lot to do with the fact that the leader is in a position of power.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Because of my position, my words have a lot more power than I am even aware of. My guess is that you are also one of those positive forces who also inspires others. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thanks for your note.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I mean the real, formal, sit down and talk type of meetings that allow the employee, peer, or manager to say whats on their mind. It may often take creative time management to fit meetings in between tasks. I’m amazed at the number of leaders who don’t meet regularly with the very people who help them to get work done. Thanks again!

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