Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 10, 2015

. The following is not meant to be a political commentary – I’ve made a conscious decision not to wave any political flag in this space. Yes, he is often fighting fire with fire, a strategy that rarely works to develop relationships. That doesn’t make it acceptable.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

By this, I mean being aware of the nuances of political systems, cultural norms, and psychological mindsets of whom we do business with and for. Still, studies show that leadership programs are failing at preparing future leaders with the skills needed to excel in today’s global business world. You can learn more about the GMI here.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2015

This doesn’t mean to take everyone’s advice, but do listen and be polite. “If If things don’t change, we may have to lay off/fire some people!” = I’m threatening you – Leadership by intimidation is a coward’s way to lead. That’s a skill that successful leaders must continue to develop in our own leadership skill-set.

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Team Teamwork Politics Short-term 150

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

Political, social and economic cultures that have been sustained for long periods of time have these values and systems that don’t (i.e. This line of reasoning is why leaders such as Jim Goodnight of SAS Institute invest considerable sums to develop healthy cultures. These character strengths are universal. Posting your comment.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Personal responsibility for people in the company is the distinctive component of leadership. The base of any successful business is teamwork, cooperation, inspiration and coherence of taken actions. Thus, your team will evolve and develop skills for independent working. I’ll handle it myself. I do not care.

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Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. Teamwork – especially virtual teamwork – is all about inclusion.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 11, 2023

In Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail — and Why We Believe Them Anyway ( click for my review ), Gardner features the research of Philip Tetlock when Tetlock was professor of psychology, business, and political science at University of California Berkeley. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2013

Further consider that four out of ten newly promoted managers and executives fail within 18 months of starting new jobs, according to research by Manchester, Inc, a leadership development firm in Bala Cynwyd, PA. They fail to build teamwork with staff and peers….…52%. They don''t have the required internal political savvy….25%.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 5, 2010

← Leadership and Sustainability: voice your opinion Hiring a hitman? → Political games in organizations: the ones other people play. Posted on August 5, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 2 Comments Recently we held a Peer Roundtable Exchange on the topic: Political Games in Organizations. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels. The priorities are on people and capabilities not things.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

Instead of creating a forum for productive conflict to be surfaced and resolved, meetings are often just hour-long displays of the power and politics on your team. Finally, encourage productive conflict in your meetings. So often we see teams living in conflict debt.

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Absenteeism Bottom-up Tools Micromanagement 281

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 3, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Who Has Your Back? Seward was a onetime political rival of Abraham Lincoln’s who became a member of Lincoln’s cabinet and one of Lincoln’s best friends. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Develop Your Ability to Influence. Great leaders are constantly working to develop their ability to influence and inspire others. Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. Why is saving face an important leadership skill? Maya Hu-Chan.

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COO Self-aware How To Long-term 109

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

When Daniel Goleman released “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995, did anyone think that this best-selling book would transform the role of leadership? That can be accomplished by working on these five traits of business leaders who are respected: Act polite and respectful – leaders treat everyone with common courtesy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Love it or hate it, office politics is an inevitable part of organizational life. Many people associate political behavior with backstabbing and manipulation — but there is a constructive side to being politically savvy. AnthonyRosenberg/Getty Images. Recent research does not support this idea.

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Politics Cooper Mentor Environment 8

Steve Farber

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Anyone in a leadership position ought to have as a goal–especially here in the U.S. Those of us in leadership roles are intimately familiar with how un-alike people can be. Of course, we want what’s good for the enterprise (corporation, organization, project), and that means we need to build teamwork and group unity.

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Wilde Teamwork Commitment Article 69

Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 3, 2010

Diddy) Political games in organizations: the ones other people play. Executive Roundtable mentor and supporter, Katherine Rethy , is currently completing a Masters in Leadership through an international university and is seeking input from leaders on the question: Do business leaders have any responsibility to lead for sustainability?

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Mike Cardus

MAY 31, 2012

Obviously you think that we need to “fix the behaviors” and supply the team with skills in conflict, communication and teamwork plus give them some sort of psychological profile so people can better understand why they behave like they do and then somehow magically change. Sadly this rarely ever works. What do you think?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Strong leadership inspires strong loyalty. Jeremy Kingsley is a professional speaker and the President of OneLife Leadership. Employee Engagement Is Not Just For Leaders Leaders, Are You Developing Your Employee’s Super Powers? Loyalty to colleagues can turn into an us-versus-them attitude toward those higher up.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 13, 2011

@ ScottEblin has some tips on what to do [link] # communication # Interesting model by @ RedBaronUSA on how to build team consensus in organizations [link] # Check out @ mikemyatt ‘s take on the importance of valuing those white spaces in # leadership [link] # Thanks Paul!

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Learning-by-Doing Consensus Career Blog 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world, testing both for the strength of their cultures and for the effectiveness of their leadership teams. On a seven-point scale, they were asked to respond to 15 well-researched factors that define strong teamwork.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ve just completed a two-day retreat with a fast-growing leadership team. Rarely do we see a leadership team as dysfunctional as this one. Most of the projects floundered amid political infighting, turfdom, and miscommunication. They scored themselves at the lowest levels we’ve seen on our Team Dynamics Survey.

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Teamwork Restructuring Project Micromanagement 104

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Diversity Matters I’m sure this comes across as a politically correct slogan initiated by someone in the Human Resources Department, but that completely misses the point. One of my own flaws was generally erring on the side of “developing people to make it work” which was a noble but often misguided approach.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 3, 2016

If you look around the world today, you’ll notice something is lacking: real leadership. That’s not a political statement; it’s an across the board statement. In my book, “ Real Leadership ”, I share the nine principles I learned during my almost three decades rising through the leadership ranks at Primerica.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

You might espouse being a learning organization that develops people, but then not give people the time to actually take classes or learn on the job (system-behaviors gap). For example, if I saw someone exemplifying the value of “teamwork,” what would she be doing? Developing. What would she not be doing?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Smart Things I’ve Read Lately by @morganhousel via @collabfund Discovering the Soul of Civility Politeness is manners, it’s technique, it’s etiquette, it’s behavior.But civility is a disposition of the heart. It’s a way of seeing others as our moral equals and treating them with the respect that they’re owed and deserve.

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Emotional Intelligence Morale Teamwork Construction 261

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The bottom-line here for me is this: As leaders, we can all choose to back things because they’re “politically” correct and good for our personal brands. But, eventually, I think that your real belief system will begin to shine through. And, that’s my rant for today. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink. "Cool" is a moving target.

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CFO Banking Belief Systems Godin 54

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 3, 2014

Success can quickly inflate egos to the point of isolation of leadership and alienation of those who are most critical to your ongoing ability to survive and thrive. It doesn’t matter how smart or savvy we are when it comes to technology, product development or any single skill. You have to show people you’re a person too.

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Leadership Influence Long-term Learning-by-Doing 276

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Here are my (potentially politically incorrect) views on how to navigate leadership peer-to-peer relationships for those aspiring to take a step up the next rung of leadership ladder. Get your friendship fix outside of work: Leadership can be lonely and it’s easy to turn your Director-level peer group into your social circle.

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Management Short-term Politics Long-term 34

Coaching Tip

APRIL 30, 2015

In their book, Maximum Success: Changing the Twelve Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead , James Waldroop and Timothy Butler identify twelve behavior patterns--what they call "Achilles' heels" — that can harm, or seriously hinder, a person's career development. 2) Seeing the World in Black and White.

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Waldroop Execution Career Learning-by-Doing 70

Roundtable Talk

DECEMBER 27, 2010

There’s no doubt she’s got an uphill climb though, so it’s got to be a little disheartening (I’m being polite) that the former CEO – Michael Bregman – is shooting off his mouth with quotes like this one… “Now when I walk into a brand new or renovated Second Cup store, I want to take a nap, I’m so bored.” I second that motion! Happy leading!

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 16, 2011

Too often, people resort to not only blaming the other team for impeding process, but also imputing dark motives – “they just don’t care,” “they’re playing a power politics game,” “they want us to fail,” and all manner of other negative reasons. Are You Using Dialects To Develop Your Employees’ Skills? You’ll be glad you did.

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Bureaucracy Compliance Learning-by-Doing Engineering 203

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Commenting later on van Gennep’s work, anthropologist Victor Turner explained it as “a moment when those being moved in accordance with a cultural script were liberated from normative demands, when they were, indeed, betwixt and between successive lodgments in jural political systems. Business education Informal leadership Leadership'

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Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Today, we’ll look at how to find and work with a leadership Mentor. Before we begin, I need to be clear: this is about finding a mentor who will help you with your LEADERSHIP. What do you want to gain from the experience? Next time we’ll look at the key things to think about when setting up a peer forum (or MasterMind group).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

According to Matthew, Neal was a “narcissistic, passive-aggressive egomaniac who was impervious to criticism or personal development.” Team members often feel that they need to be polite and accommodating. On one occasion, I worked with the senior leadership team of a large health care organization.

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