Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

I first heard the term “servant leadership” in high school. The more I’ve studied business and leadership effectiveness, the more I’ve learned that servant leadership is a supportive, inclusive and empowering style of leading others. Many leaders want to grow in servant leadership.

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Leading Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Peter Drucker on personal responsibility: “It is the mark of a mature person to ask: ‘What do I want to get out of life?’—and Tomorrow it will be the mark of a free person to ask: ‘What do I want to get out of organizations?’—and The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.”. Source: The Walking Drum.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We found that the shortfalls in the division’s levels of engagement, service, and productivity reflected the leadership team’s effectiveness. Their individual and collective leadership was weak. And he realized it started with his own leadership behaviors. He was determined to avoid coughing up a culture hairball.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Patrick is President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, and is a facilitator, leadership trainer, and professional speaker. The research literature on leadership finds that the most effective leaders are excellent managers and excellent leaders. 6 I have found two key approaches for team leaders to develop this rare combination of skills.

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Goal Development Team Critical Success Factor 110

Career Advancement

MAY 11, 2020

” – Peter Drucker. Fortunately, many key leadership principles that apply in any crisis are incredibly valuable here. Routinely ask your team for feedback on how you and your organization are managing the changes. Cultivate an in-depth concept of how the current ambiguity affects each function in your organization.

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Brainstorming Morale Leadership Crisis 312

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Examining Harvard Business Review Press’ New Drucker Library by @brucerosenstein. 3 Ways To Avoid The Leadership Chaos In The Emotional Extremes by @WScottCochrane. Should you really build leaders at every level of your organization? What Makes a Great Leader? by @ScottEblin. by @DougSundheim. How did 2020 help you?

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Emotional Intelligence Library Drucker Resistance 246

Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

It wasn’t long before Hesselbein’s experience with Troop 17 developed into a lifelong commitment to Girl Scouting. In 1976 she became CEO of the national organization, Girl Scouts of the USA. With membership falling, and the organization in a state of serious decline, Mrs. Hesselbein put sound management practices in place.

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CEO Drucker Leadership Styles Advice 342

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2019

In the fall of 2017, I began a book development project by reviewing over ten years of blogs, research, and our workshop/retreat topics to identify core themes and topics most relevant in these turbulent times. In the spring of 2018, I asked readers to Help Us Distill Today’s Vital Leadership/Organization Development Topics.

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Books Development Drucker Survey 93

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

Guest post from Dr. Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.

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Leadership Micromanagement Consensus Drucker 298

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Think about it: how organizations are run in 2014 is radically different from how they were run just ten years ago. Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001. Drucker was writing about knowledge workers in the late 1960s.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Highly effective leadership is needed throughout every organization, from the first-level managers to the CEO. The chief human resources officer must take the lead in developing leadership programs, processes, and events to ensure that leaders are ready and effective. Develop action plans. Run productive meetings.

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Development Drucker eBook Human Capital 70

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Ever heard comments like these in your organization? “How many people work in your organization?” ” “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors.

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Reis Welch Competitive Advantage Drucker 103

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Year after year, Christmas after Christmas, I’ve watched the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special and cringed at the atrocious leadership displayed by nearly every adult character. Of course, you know how things work out…Santa studied his Peter Drucker: The effective executive makes strength productive.

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Drucker Workshop Course Leadership Development 305

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Guest Post by Bruce Rosenstein Most people are familiar with succession planning for an organization. But if you grow and develop throughout your personal and professional life, and continually transform and improve yourself, there is the possibility that the person who places you can be yourself.

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Drucker How To Construction Magazine 192

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 24, 2024

It could be with someone in Talent Development or Recruiting. The group develops a strategic business plan to tackle or solve the challenge and formally presents it to relevant stakeholders. If you already use Situational Leadership® practices, how could these opportunities continue moving your people from potential to performance?

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Attrition Mentor Training Situational Leadership 52

The Practical Leader

JUNE 30, 2021

The “father of modern management,” Peter Drucker, said, “your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then to help orchestrate the energy of those around you.” Highly effective leaders are in love with the organization, community, or team that they work or live in.

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Drucker Energy Letter Career 135

Coaching Tip

APRIL 14, 2012

It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. That means that leadership is a means to an end --the mission it serves is the end. No matter what technical competencies are required, the people part of leadership is the singular, foundational principle.

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Leadership Drucker McKinsey Leadership Styles 164

The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

One of the first management books I read when I became a supervisor at Culligan Water in the mid-seventies was Peter Drucker’s slim and wisdom packed book, The Effective Executive. Chapter 4; “Making Strengths Productive,” was especially helpful. But it can be improved with practice.”

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Drucker Productivity Products Human Resources 77

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

There has probably been more written over the ages about leadership than any other subject in the business arena. The fundamental aspects of leadership are critical for building a better world, which are the same principles necessary to build an enduring successful business. There are three broad types of leadership.

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Leadership Charisma Drucker Letter 124

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 15, 2017

In our organizations, there’s a constant drumbeat of busyness. But I’ve discovered that to have more of an impact, to be what Peter Drucker would call “the effective executive,” managers and leaders need to stay curious a little longer and rush to action and advice a little slower. That’s part of it, for sure.

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Leadership Advice Open-book Resistance 190

QAspire

AUGUST 16, 2021

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work. Updated: Visual Leadership Pack of 58+ HD Sketchnotes.

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Self-aware Godin Drucker Uncertainty 118

Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s a reason the late, great Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Your organization’s culture is the leading indicator of whether or not your strategy is going to be successful. And once you picked one, the work of leadership was to align the culture with the chosen path.

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Company Customer Intimacy Schein Long-term 246

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the distinct honour of being recognized by two organizations for my work in the field of leadership. Drucker, and placing one spot below Bill Gates. The first came from Inc.

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Leadership How To Stage-Gate Learning-by-Doing 273

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. At every level of the organization, EI’s pivotal role is to help the leader: Manage self. But you can use your leadership to begin the healing process. Manage others. Manage work.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware P&L Leadership 98

Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Beware of these three leadership traps from @wallybock. Leadership As a Performing Art by @edbatista. How Leaders Build Great Organizations … And How They Can Destroy Them by @LollyDaskal. 10 Easy Ways to Measure the Security of Your Leadership via @WScottCochrane.

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Collins Drucker Resistance Learning-by-Doing 157

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The President is, first of all, a manager.” — Peter Drucker, How to Make the Presidency Manageable, Fortune November 1974. Some do not.” — Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker , Running, November 23, 1975. You can’t just appoint smart people.” Newt Gingrich, 2011. No real-world human being brings to the U.S.

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Bureaucracy Kaplan Drucker Politics 277

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Today's successful organizations have transcended the old style management paradigm. Today's leadership is all about asking. The war was won largely because of strong leadership of a military that followed orders as directed. Drucker , Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices.

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Leadership Charisma Personal Power Drucker 176

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

If you Google the word leadership you can get about 479,000,000 results, each definition as unique as an individual leader. Here are 100 of the best ways to define leadership–choose the ones that fits best for you. Then people will appreciate your leadership.” This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I’ve been delivering keynotes, webinars, facilitating workshops, and discussing our Strengths-Based Leadership Development System for the past month with many highly experienced HR, Learning, and OD executives. To actually build leadership development around strengths means a big change in our models/frameworks.

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Leadership Development Development Emotional Intelligence Workshop 51

QAspire

AUGUST 16, 2021

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work.

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Self-aware Godin Drucker Uncertainty 91

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 6, 2014

You need an “equal say” in your company’s future leadership. What are the chances that the typical current CEO, most likely a baby boomer, is well positioned to identify all the characteristics of the organizations’ future leaders? My proof is based upon work between Accenture Consulting (with the Alliance for Strategic Leadership).

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Leadership Globalization CEO Telecommunications 189

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 10, 2018

Peter Drucker believed the five most important questions you will ever ask about your organization are: What is our Mission? Who is our Customer? What does the Customer Value? What are our Results?… … Continue reading →

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Drucker Organization Succession Leadership Development 147

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. As a result, Peter Drucker's alleged comment that “Culture eats strategy for lunch” has become popular in our collective memory. Their dysfunctional behavior cost their firm market leadership.

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Agility Drucker Survey CEO 216

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Facilitate self-mastery and skill development. For transfer or self-management to be effective, Ovation, eXpectation, and Yield must be present in the organization. Peter Drucker said, “The number one practical competency for success in life and work is empathy.” Are you developing as a human being?). Joy=Trust x Purpose.

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Chemicals Drucker Stress Delegation 157

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. What characteristics do the most innovative organizations share? How will the COVID-19 pandemic impact innovation and leadership in organizations around the world?

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Innovation Drucker Supply Chain Influence 105

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Harvey Schachter reviewed dozens and dozens of business, leadership, and management books for The Globe & Mail last year. As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter we spent an extremely busy summer getting up to speed on ZF’s powerful and very revolutionary strengths-based leadership approaches.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 45