Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

During times of crisis, individual purpose acts as a guidepost that can help people face up to uncertainties and navigate them better, and thus mitigate the damaging effects of long-term stress. The real test with purpose is beginning to start right now as the immediate pandemic crisis fades, in light of the vaccinations available.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Indeed, such spaces often resulted in people feeling they had to be on guard at all times, which added considerably to their stress levels. The study found that people gained significantly more peace of mind when they were in an individual room than when they were in an open dormitory-type environment with up to 50 others.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

The idea that leaders are trustworthy, honest, and can be relied on to operate in the best interest of the public, the employee, the student, the parishioner, or even the shareholder has been shattered. T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 14, 2022

The study shows that many workers in this sector operate on zero-hour contracts, which made them often unable to raise any concerns they had to their managers. They were also faced with a constantly changing regulatory environment as Covid restrictions were updated. Unsafe practice. Zero-hours contracts should be banned.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Your organization is going to face a crisis. We explored those questions while researching for our recent book, Navigating an Organizational Crisis : When Leadership Matters Most , (available on Amazon) and came away with some insight about how leaders might ready themselves. This is not a question of IF but WHEN. All rights reserved.

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2014

To be able to meet the needs of the enterprise, the entrepreneur must be able to demonstrate five skills , consistently in high-stress situations: self-awareness, facility with the basics of the business, relationship building, motivation, and leading change. Stage four should not require the founder.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ). The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Chartered Management Institute

JULY 12, 2023

This was a monumental stress test for boards and board members alike , ushering in and accelerating profound changes in their role, structure and behaviour. In a crisis, the rigid definitions between executive and non-executive blurred as people just mucked in.” Instantly, Patrick observes, the workload of board members shot up.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 10, 2020

With the world on lockdown, organizations everywhere have had to rethink how they operate. But in the midst of the crisis, some have discovered something unexpected: productivity has gone up, not down. A crisis like a global pandemic naturally triggers extreme anxiety and stress, but it also unleashes tremendous energy and motivation.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

” “Operations is involved in many of these projects, so I had a pretty good idea,” Pete said. I can’t stand the endless fire storms of crisis much longer. Fear is a major cause of stress and worry. No one else can make us stressed or worried without our agreement. It’s an inside job.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Many economists were predicting a global recession before the coronavirus crisis, but the prognosis now is even gloomier. Even among those who still have a job, their work is likely to be done under considerable stress. Those able to work from home have to adapt to often very new ways of working. Link ideas to actions.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

They write: “Just because the business world has always operated one way doesn’t mean it should keep operating that way. Chris Edmonds of The Purposeful Culture Group provided Culture Leadership Charge: Solving the Talent Crisis. The more stress we’re under, the more easily and quickly we’re triggered.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

Practicing medicine these days is stressful. In addition to caring for patients in the exam room or operating suite, physicians face challenges of navigating the reporting requirements of new payment models. Trauma makes people more vulnerable to stress and feeling threatened. A Heavy Load. Encouraging Signs.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2014

The operative word in the question is “YOU.” These are the ‘softer’ factors that include empathy, stress, contentment, how you lead, how you inspire, and how you impact others. Now go into the switch & shift mode; think about YOU. Forget quantitative and consider the qualitative side of your business life. Define the constraints.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Jon Lokhorst of Lokhorst Consulting shared Leading Yourself Through Crisis. Jon explains: “ Strengthening your self-leadership skills will make you a better team leader and empower you to face the stress and distractions of a historic crisis. . ” Follow them on Twitter at @letsgrowleaders.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

During the past six of the fourteen years I’ve been an executive coach and leadership educator, my observation is that my clients are generally more stressed each year than they were the year before. Finally, I ask, “How many of you are operating in a constantly changing competitive environment?”

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Some served as heads of businesses that operated across geographies in multiple countries and many continents. Your pyrotechnics hidden in your false temper – simulation of stress you orchestrated was perhaps only to extract results from people you lead.” The unusual part was in managing this crisis that attracted national headlines.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Cousera’s data shows that across all skill domains, the link between proficiency and stock returns is 43%, with this level of return largely enduring during the Covid crisis. This trend was reinforced by the Coursera data, which revealed a 1,200% increase in enrollments onto courses in areas such as mindfulness and stress management.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

Let purpose drive your strategy and operations. Stress-test your purpose with discussions on responding during crisis. The CEO’s redefinition of his role from operational manager to purposeful leader , has been one of the key factors in the strong success this hospital had in shifting its culture.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 17, 2021

When business owners first open up their doors, either literally or proverbially, they often manage most or all aspects of the company’s operations. As the business grows, though, things get complicated fast and business owners need to be more judicious with their time. Increased Productivity.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During these times of crisis and frantic change, we can get caught running flat out with our heads down. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up” improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating profits over a three-year period.” Is that what you want?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. A few months prior, I had been selected to be executive officer, or XO (Chief Operating Officer), of U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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HR Digest

APRIL 3, 2020

With the growing work from home situations, employers and organizations should be aware of the efficient practices of remote work, operational as well as legal. An employer should stress and implement the workplace compliances mentioned above to their workers, but not in a tone of suspicion or anger.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Is stress impairing your performance at work and compromising your relationships? Turning stress to your advantage is no easy task. It requires mental discipline to pause when you’re in the grip of stress and to reframe it as potentially useful. Develop strategic leadership skills.

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CO2

JUNE 17, 2013

They Are Responding to a Crisis. Under stressful conditions, our reptilian brains push us toward action (fight or flight), not deliberation and conversation. Under stressful conditions, our reptilian brains push us toward action (fight or flight), not deliberation and conversation. You are hard-wired to defend yourself.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow. A strong Employee Assistance Program or EAP to help employees deal with coronavirus-related stress and mental health issues. Spanish flu).

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Jon explains: “ Although lower case numbers and increased vaccine availability offer hope that the crisis is nearing the end, the pandemic’s finish line is still an elusive target. And chances are, your pre-pandemic life wasn’t exactly stress-free, either. Find Jon on Twitter at @jonlokhorst. On the other side of the coin is intuition.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Most organizations don’t have a playbook to pull through the ongoing public health crisis. These key areas include: Manage operations with minimal loss and disruption to daily business flow. A strong Employee Assistance Program or EAP to help employees deal with coronavirus-related stress and mental health issues. Spanish flu).

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2020

This leads to lower stress levels and higher engagement. By allowing workers to operate remotely, therefore, organizations are opening themselves up to a far broader talent pool than is available within commuting distance of a physical office. Indeed, research has even shown that people would gladly accept lower pay for such autonomy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

For the past 18 months, European policymakers have been trying to deal with a crisis that represents the biggest challenge to the European integration project since its creation after World War II. Solving the current crisis may be turn out to be Europe's biggest step forward. It would carry traumatic and long-lasting consequences.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

Even though the tasks mount up, you have a knack for performing magnificently under deadline, stress and high expectations. We might think that the chaos and delays of life are always with us, but we handle them better when on tight time frames. Before you know it, you’re on deadline again.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

These actions, coupled with incentives that elicit new ideas for improving operations can send important positive messages at a time of stress. Appeal to the Better Nature of Your Employee-Owners The current economic crisis provides the national government with the basis for establishing a citizenry characterized by volunteerism.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. Of course, such plans will have to adapt to actual events, but without a robust plan, "seat of the pants" crisis management won't work.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Although none are perfect, they operate in a way that generates engagement and fulfillment for their employees, delight and loyalty for their customers, positive contributions to their communities and to the environment, and excellent returns for their owners and investors. Would you share an example of a company or two leading the way?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense. Tools are available that generate meaningful and relevant information which can greatly augment the present interviewing processes. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing the great observations Holly. I agree with your conclusions and thanks for sharing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

At some point, we all confront a stressful life event or personal crisis that threatens to distract us from work. Here’s some advice on how to navigate work when you’re having a personal crisis. There is no right answer when handling a crisis situation. Issara Willenskomer/Unsplash. Decide what you need.

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