Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2019. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. Bedtime Stories for Managers : Farewell, Lofty Leadership. In Leadershift, John C.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle,” he repeatedly declared.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. The operating model is how that is accomplished. The goal of the operating model is to deliver value at scale, to achieve sufficient scope, and to respond to changes by engaging in sufficient learning.

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Operations Industry Learning-by-Doing Automotive 287

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

An MBA program provides a risk-free space to explore ideas and develop core business skills in an immersive community. In addition to entrepreneurship-specific careers, you may find jobs as research and development specialists, general managers, and sales representatives. Many people dream of turning their passion into a profit.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Because leadership requires working together, it’s important for leaders to demonstrate humility (feeling and displaying deep regard for others’ dignity) to create healthy working relationships. Instead, people want to know that the way their organizations operate is ethical. Dr. Marilyn Gist is an expert on leader development.

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Ethics Self-aware Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing 292

HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mandy Price, co-founder and CEO of Kanarys Navigating Financial Headwinds with Confidence Financial wellness will no longer be a mere suggestion, but a cornerstone of employee well-being, prioritized alongside physical and mental health. Make it part of the performance evaluation process. “Employers will prioritize direct feedback.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

If people aren’t willing to pay full price for your stuff, then something is wrong with your offerings. Stress should not manage you, and friends, family, business, and health should not pay the ultimate price. To develop your mission and values, moderate open and honest discussions with groups around your company.

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Taylorism Taylor Entrepreneur Open-book 302

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2019

On reading the post, I was immediately reminded of a high-priced leadership development program that I once attended where we were presented with a different view. In their desire to have easily digestible ideas, proponents of leadership models generalise and simplify. This is the heartfelt voice of leadership.

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Executive Coaching Consultative Leadership Development Definition 238

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

I can certainly remember a lot of times when I was younger when I was clearly not operating with authenticity. Many from my college and high school years would probably say I was a funny guy, but there can be a price to pay. High school and college years are often difficult times for many in terms of self-image. until 10:00 p.m.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 28, 2020

So, I developed a list of questions I try to answer whenever I enter a new market. First, I list out all the significant assumptions I am making that underpin how businesses operate. 5) Pricing – Should you position your brand as a premium or everyday product? Is the price per use aligned to the average income level?

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Brand Marketing Price Globalization 233

N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Forecasting Capabilities: How well does the leadership team know the industry? New Product Development Capabilities: How fast can new products and services be developed and delivered to the marketplace? By Product-line?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

You also can’t spot and avoid the kinds of codes and conduct that threaten your values if you never even develop a strong sense of what it is that you value. A code that’s not enforced quickly becomes a lie that undermines your entire operation. You can’t live by two codes at once. You’ll never see the threat coming.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Vertical integration extended their chain of operations, bringing inside their boundaries suppliers at one end (“upstream”) and customers at the other (“downstream”). Partnering to venture jointly Here the borders blur further, as independent organizations partner to design, develop, and/or market particular products and services.

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Organization Outsourcing Mintzberg Core Competence 233

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. weeklyleader Wharton professor Mike Useem calls it the "Leadership Moment."

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

Maintaining our social infrastructure also requires know-how, because we must develop ground rules that make our social practices sustainable. When does pharmaceutical pricing become price gouging? Employees and managers in the autonomy stage are ready for mature leadership. This means that ethics is serious business.

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Ethics Maturity Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis 197

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This time each year, I select from all the leadership books I read during the year my pick for the best new leadership book of the year. When it comes to leadership, why is empathy even more crucial today than it was five or even two years ago? A word that comes up a lot in the book is “empathy.” Start leading with heart.

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Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 79

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

Resolving those conflicts with a win-win mindset can unlock untold dividends in the form of a shared sense of purpose and commitment according to "EGO FREE LEADERSHIP: Ending the unconscious habits that hijack your business" , by business executive Brandon Black and executive coach Shayne Hughes. Can't Get Enough Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

Because they are more focused on customer engagement than just on the initial purchase, they are forced to develop agility and flexibility are core cultural strengths. You need people on your team with both strategic and operational skills—two very different kinds of people. And you don’t want to build products just because “you can”.

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Business Model Long-term KPI Loyalty 282

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 417

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC launches StrategyDriven Advisory Services, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping executives and managers define organizational needs and develop and manage the complex, mission critical projects needed to improve operational effectiveness and lower costs in response to today’s most pressing challenges.

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Operations Chief Executive Officer Uncertainty Strategic Planning 50

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

In the military we valued actionable intelligence, studied our enemy’s strengths and weaknesses, developed a battle plan around a solid strategy, and executed our tactical mission as if our lives depended on it - because they did. Competitive innovations in process, management, talent, pricing, efficiency, etc.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

We were not a Christian business,” writes Robinson, “but rather a business where the owners and leadership aspired to apply and live out biblical principles.” Instead, aspire to the next level of service—restaurants with a price point that are at least double Chick-fil-A’s, and build a service model that resembles those.”

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

A digital platform can personalize the consumer experience, create market spaces of 100x, eliminate intermediaries, utilize dynamic pricing, and use data to uncover opportunities for exponential growth. Conceiving these ecosystems takes imagination and a specific set of leadership skills. A company does not compete. Its ecosystem does.

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Charan Competitive Advantage Core Competence Learning-by-Doing 270

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization.

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Innovation Strategy Competitive Advantage Incubator 210

Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Daniel Kahneman. Connection.

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Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing Quality 106

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

(Terry’s Note: Hi all – Today I’m introducing a new series of posts, written by guest writer Adam Tenenbaum , called Front Line Leadership. Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. You can read more on mastering this difficult balancing act in the Hay Group 2013 Best Companies for Leadership study.

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Competitive Advantage Resistance Business Model Consensus 267

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

Whether you’re facing price pressure from domestic competitors, startups, powerful customers, or low-cost overseas providers, you’ve heard the mantra of “productivity” preached again and again. They developed the skills and behaviors in their team necessary to solve hard problems with simple, elegant solutions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At my last company, where I was responsible for leadership development and succession planning, I once received a phone call on a Friday afternoon from one of my favorite managers. For organizations, it’s a way to invest in the development of their high potential managers before it’s too late. So why should we care?

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. He helps companies build strong sustained revenue growth through by developing energizing office cultures. Jason Richmond. 6 Culture Myths.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 108

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 22, 2011

This is an outstanding book that should become a classic for its extensive research on leadership and organization effectiveness. Central to that high failure rate are huge shortfalls in developing the “soft skills&# of leadership and culture. Beyond Performance is misnamed. Highly effective organizations have both.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

You need them to operate as a great team, not functionaries. Operational boards are more valuable than governance boards. To help you develop. Lead investors, the investors who price a round and set the terms, can help manage the syndicate of shareholders. Boards are deliberative bodies, not confederations of individual.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. The price fixation of your products. When you think of starting a small business, it is a sure event that there will be an associated cost or price.

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