Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A few years ago when I was managing a high energy, informal, friendly, and fun team, I could count on everyone to work well together–with one exception. Consistency/Hierarchy: A formalized work environment with high role definition and replicated practices/procedures. Corresponds with “Analyzing/Conscientious” or “C” styles.).

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Guest post from Sandy Coletta: I know what you are thinking - a lemming is a follower and by its very definition, a leader isn’t a follower. Perhaps it starts within your organization, then within your industry? It is absolutely true that within a given group, the leader is setting the direction and guiding those who follow.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 18, 2022

Crafting an organizational understanding of wellness through L&D could include forums that discuss the definition of the term. HR and senior leaders could also partake in brainstorming sessions that connect personal well-being to the values of your organization. Upskilling People in Well-Being.

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QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

Smart delegation is also about setting the ground rules/expectations and setting team members free to take work related decisions within given boundaries and/or organization constraints. Offer/arrange for help: When people try to organize their work, they will definitely need help. Related Posts at QAspire. -

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 31, 2022

Practicing purpose depends on “practical wisdom,” which is primarily learned through actual work. A key task for L&D is to collaborate with managers and teams to design work in ways that support actively learning purpose in context through meaningful practice. Leverage your most purpose-driven team members as ambassadors.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Then, as a manager, this same person could tell a few people what to do. A classic example was the old Bell System.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. A Sloan Management Review article (which I had the pleasure of working on) provides valuable context for Garvin’s most-read HBR articles.

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