Leading Blog

MAY 22, 2018

So much of what we talk about when we talk about leadership is in the context of a title. In Co-Active Leadership , Karen and Henry Kimsey-House define leadership as “those who are responsible for their world.” So much of leadership is about initiative—taking responsibility. In this sense, anyone can choose to lead.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Wise CEOs in New Roles Follow Two Important Rules. Anne asks, “What two rules do wise CEOS follow when they’re in new roles, and what are the benefits?” Let’s Get Started. Your people?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. Workers show up; they are at their desks, but they are not as engaged as they could be. The problem is leadership on autopilot.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 13, 2023

Leading a team can be a challenging task, especially when that team is made up of individuals with a mix of personality types. While these terms are often used to describe how people interact with the world around them, they can also have a significant impact on how people respond to leadership and communication styles.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While this may feel easy and efficient, it’s often a waste of people’s time and does not tap into the creative potential of the team. Teams will almost always develop better, more creative solutions than any one person could and will be more likely to support the implementation of the solutions. Agenda planning. Asking questions.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2015

Welcome to the August 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Clearly, these 26 contributors found time among the summer doldrums to think (and write) about leadership. Art Petty of The Management Excellence Blog contributed Leadership Caffeine: The Alchemy of Great Leadership. We know we were!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Perhaps you are familiar with the Situational Leadership ® Model but could use a quick refresher to refine your understanding. Or perhaps you have never heard of the Situational Leadership ® Model but are interested in learning whatever you can about viable methodologies with proven track records for developing leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Wise CEOs in New Roles Follow Two Important Rules. Anne asks, “What two rules do wise CEOS follow when they’re in new roles, and what are the benefits?” Let’s Get Started. Your people?

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 25, 2014

As such, I’d like to share the following four words from languages found in different parts of the world to not only show how these diverse viewpoints can benefit your organization, but also how they remind us of the underlying commonalities that we all share.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

The following is a guest piece by Jaime Anderson and Gabor George Burt. Discoveries in this field have demonstrated that humor, laughter and fun releases physical and cognitive tension, which can lead to perceptual flexibility—a required component of creativity, ideation, and problem solving. And it was good.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 29, 2019

She knew her employees deserved a top-tier speaker, and she wanted someone who would provide the follow-up needed to ensure their success. If you’re looking for a corporate training for your company, here’s the 3-step process that the trainer should follow. Corporate training – pre-event briefing. But is that enough?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 23, 2014

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. After coach Wooden learned that a young African-American second-string guard on his team, Clarence Walker, would not be allowed to participate in the tournament because of the color of his skin, he quietly declined the offer. Indiana State made it to the finals, where they lost to Louisville.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 5, 2019

When I ask clients what kind of return they’re looking for from a leadership development initiative, it’s usually in terms of how the initiative can have a visible, measurable impact on the organization. Many factors drive the success of a leadership development initiative. Clarify why participants are in the program.

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QAspire

MARCH 10, 2020

Having boundaries (and right filters) on when, with whom, how much and what you interact about is critical to protect your creative and reflective space. If you are faking something, it shows up too. Being social enables you to create or participate in communities of like minded people. Do the work first, signal later.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Guest post from Taffy Williams : Leaders must be creative and agile in their thinking in order to create the leaders of tomorrow. Working in this manner fails to utilize the skills and knowledge of the workforce, diminishes their critical thinking skills, and stifles their creativity. 1) Teaching : Teaching goes both ways.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JULY 26, 2020

Bosses Can Make or Break the Effectiveness of Leadership Training. Is your direct report preparing to take part in a leadership development program? To better understand a supervisor’s impact on their participants’ success, we conducted 2 studies. Leaders have a greater impact on the teams they lead.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2015

I’m teaching the only leadership course these accounting students will take as part of their masters programs. A good number name public speaking as their greatest fear, and of course it’s a leadership class, and it’s me, and it’s five hours…everybody needs to talk. It’s tricky for all of us.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

The following section offers additional suggestions to help you prime the pump and freshen up your self-care practices. While facilitating a recent webinar, I asked participants to share their self-care hobbies. Use this list to get your creative juices flowing and add your own ideas to the mix. Pursue off-screen hobbies.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Others bemoan their lack of ability to get any “real work” done when meetings pile up. These best practices can help your meeting stand out, whether you are an organizer, presenter or participant – both for in-person and multi-site. State the desired outcome up front. Solicit participation. Make it fun.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Author Gary Cohen calls this tendency the “just tell” style of leadership. But “ just ask” leadership , centered on questioning, inspires greater accountability, surfaces innovative ideas, resolves conflicts, and motivates employees to higher levels of performance. .”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 21, 2021

And yet, so many companies screw this up. Showing up sloppy or clueless. Do you seriously expect the folks you’re “recognizing” to come back in and create magical, creative moments for your guests? If showing up is the best behavior you can find to recognize, keep looking. Keep up the great work.”. Wait, What? (A

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Design Thinking: A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone seeks to assist in addressing a full spectrum of challenges from the most vexing to the everyday—whether you work in a design field or not. Design thinking can be a critical tool for addressing leadership challenges. Richard Swett (from Leadership by Design by Richard N.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

For over 50 years, The Center for Leadership Studies has been known as the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model. As such, we field questions like these on an ongoing basis from a variety of stakeholders: Can you identify and define the characteristics of the Situational Leadership ® Model? Empathy is the key!

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 14, 2013

Leadership and character are inseparable. In the Ten Virtues of Outstanding Leaders , philosophers Al Gini and Ronald Green, ask what is good leadership? They insist "that ethics, character, and virtue are essential to real leadership" and anything else is misleadership. Leadership is a relationship. Creative Thinking.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 4, 2016

I believe that’s true when it comes to leadership effectiveness as well. If you haven’t thought much about it, I’d like to share some of my leadership themes for the new year. I participated in a talent review once where the consensus on one leader was that he had an entitlement complex. No Entitlement.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What wound up happening that was completely off your radar just 12 short months ago? By point of comparison, here is a collection of what we came up with at The Center for Leadership Studies as we compared our 2022 expectations to our 2022 realities. Where did you “swing and miss?” no direct reports). The first people to attend?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Thus, women will become approximately 20 percent of the 2500 participants. Now, the big question; if you were asked to participate what would you want to say? I would love to hear your responses to “What would you bring up if you were asked to be an attendee in Davos at the World Economic Forum”? That is just the issue!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I recently had a great catch up with my younger brother and youngest sister over a meal in their favorite local restaurant. Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. A profile will follow soon. Our conversation was free-ranging, covering a multiplicity of subjects.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 26, 2014

When you write about leadership for a number of years, and especially when you receive numerous awards and recognitions for your writings and insights on leadership, it’s only natural that one of the questions you’re often asked is ‘when are you going to write a book?’ What is Leadership Vertigo?

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CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies. If you’ve never delved into the field of leadership studies as a businessperson or college student , you really should. Taking a look at trait theory, you’ll see that it is in many ways related to Great Man Theory when it comes to understanding leadership. TRAIT THEORY.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit July’s Leadership Carnival Published by Michael Lee Stallard on July 5, 2010 03:56 am under E Pluribus Partners Every month I participate in a leadership carnival with several bloggers whose work I respect.

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Keeps others informed and up-to-date on relevant information. LEADERSHIP Leadership skills aren’t just about being a boss or a manager. So, if you’re an employer or a manager, consider making leadership skills a priority in your performance evaluation process.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 13, 2010

The first thing you do is to fire up your computer, check voicemail, check email and grab a cup of coffee in the company cafeteria. Back at your office, you sit down to type responses to a few email messages, and then get swept up into the routine and craziness of your day. It looks pretty much the same as you left it.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2014

Old ways of leadership have to give way to newer mental models based on agility in decision making, critical thinking, adaptable learning, people orientation and responsiveness to change. Creative destruction is the essence! But about a bag of expertise picked up! ~ @_Kavi. - – - – -. _Kavi absolutely!

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 26, 2011

I write a lot about leadership, a bit about technology, and a little on culture and productivity. I was recently inspired by John of Tentblogger with the following questions as an inspiration for writing a blog post: How do I come up with ideas? Each participant will learn: a) The one word that gets everyone’s attention.

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