Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

Recently, we had one of our global leadership development participants ask how we would lead through a no-win scenario. He faced a challenging product request that he believed would either overtax his team or disappoint the client. Choose a Different Time Frame. Take Action. Leave If You Must. A No-Win Scenario? Win with Values.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Creating world-class products and services is a discipline that some organizations seem to master, and others struggle to achieve. Radhika Dutt presents a different approach in her book Radical Product Thinking. Radhika’s experience building products in numerous industries is evident in every chapter.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Productivity. Communication.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Welcome to the May Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. Erik Samdahl of i4cp provided Tapping the Power of ERGs to Develop Leaders. Communication.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In long term-projects, even short-term ones, it is imperative to have a system through which results are measurable. Productivity Increase : One great advantage of having performance measures is that it increases productivity in any given task or project, especially in a team. Long-term goals are relative.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

It is not enough to simply rely on traditional recruitment methods such as an outdated database or ‘Rolodex-based’ model and ‘long-list/short-list’ format; a more strategic and iterative approach is required to ensure that the most relevant (and often less obvious) talent is accounted for and the role is filled with expediency.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Fear-inducing leaders must ramp up threats to increase productivity, but there are only so may threats one can make. Fear is a fine short-term motivator but a poor long-term one. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

While they’re not leading six-year-olds, in the emerging new normal of hybrid workplaces and lots of debate about return to the office policies, I’d argue that they need to be developing their own versions of lesson plans if they want their people to be engaged and enthusiastic. Short answer – they wouldn’t.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Slow Productivity : The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. Slow productivity is exactly what we need. Martin, A Game of Thrones * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve observed companies panicking and doing anything they can to manage short-term cash—and destroying hard-earned relationships at lightning speed. They are letting short-term financial objectives become the North Star in an effort to keep the lights on. If you don’t have a forever promise, you’re sunk.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2020

Leaders who are more people centric and who recognize that business is a long term game that can only be “won” if we have the right team in place to serve all our stakeholders. They acknowledge that if business is to thrive, decisions need to be made that consider the longer term aspects, rather than short term profits.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 30, 2021

With the current economic state and people innovating like they are, it won’t be long before the competition gets even more as the leads get less. You have to ensure you deliver the best service, products, and turnaround times than your competitors. Improving Products. Reliable Suppliers. Effective Marketing.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2017

With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching. You aren’t likely to be affected by any team bias or prejudice, and probably find it easy to remain objective about the organization’s short-term and long-term needs.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Flexibility and productivity The UK is facing an urgent requirement for rapid upskilling to meet the needs of the economy and address skills mismatches at all levels. As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Apprenticeship Levy 2.0

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Flexibility and productivity The UK is facing an urgent requirement for rapid upskilling to meet the needs of the economy and address skills mismatches at all levels. As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Apprenticeship Levy 2.0

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HR Digest

JUNE 10, 2022

Toxic productivity is a problem that many people in the workplace struggle with. This can happen for several reasons, but one of the main causes is being too focused on short-term goals instead of taking a step back and looking at the big picture. What Is Toxic Productivity? But what does productivity that is toxic mean?

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 29, 2023

In a period when she should focus on learning the people, products, and processes, Ms. Instead, learn the people, products, and processes. 3 Perspectives: People, Products, & Processes In your first 90 days, you need to learn the organization from 3 distinct perspectives: People, Products, and Processes.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

L ONG-TERM THINKING is the key to what goes on at Amazon. Jeff Bezos has said, “ What we’re really focused on is thinking long-term, putting the customer at the center of our universe and inventing. Those are the three big ideas to think long-term because a lot of invention doesn’t work. Reset Your Clocks.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Inflation was in double digits while productivity and personal income were stagnant — an economic condition that became known as stagflation. Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. Hands-on, value-driven leadership.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

The authors believe that companies and investors in every part of the world should take a look at Africa and its place in their long-term growth strategy because Africa is a 1.2-billion-person Building Resilience for the Long Term: A long-term view will be necessary to ride out short-term volatility.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Develop hypotheses, search for patterns, look for outliers, create alternative scenarios to explain the information you’re receiving. How does the data relate to what you’re doing or to an emerging trend or a competitor’s product launch? Experts tend to be more productive, and hey tend to develop better solutions.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Venkataraman offers countless examples of how individuals and organizations have defied instant gratification and instead taken the long view. He’ll ask CEOs at board meetings, ‘ What was our long-term strategy again? ’ It helps too to look past typical metrics to see what is actually happening long-term.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“In our data, this leads to more promotions, pay raises, and top evaluations in the long run.” “Senior women give a lot more feedback to their younger colleagues when seated nearby, and they see a higher cost than men in terms of their own productivity,” the authors explain.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2023

Set Long-term Goals Short-term goals are more realistic and keep your business going. Long-term business goals are essential because they provide great motivation and a clear future pathway. Long-term business goals are essential because they provide great motivation and a clear future pathway.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

Those who are adverse to theory may thrive in business as long as the parameters familiar to them remain in place. A well-written contract defines or explains each term or condition only once. Lesson: A profitable company may be chronically short of cash. Consequently, a business may be short of cash until payment is received.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to the same study , expenditures on leadership development programs have decreased by about 10%. What is horrifying to note is that organizations that fail to develop employee skills are setting themselves up for disaster. Leadership development is the most ignored aspect for several reasons. They have to be developed.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They know that for deep purpose to take hold, both their daily actions and long-term strategic plans must be consistent with the overarching purpose. Deep purpose organizations understand how to address the siren song of quarterly profit expectations while also building an organization for the long run. ” -Ranjay Gulati.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. That combination of personality traits, combined with the pace at which business operates today, can cause even the best and brightest to lose focus and in turn lose productivity, AND.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. Undoubtedly, this is putting added pressure on FinTech executives.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

Accomplished entrepreneur Kenny Smith , a former NBA player who won two consecutive championships with Houston Rockets, has been given the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award for his services, including teaching the use of sports to develop valuable leadership skills.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

When using the performance and potential matrix (9 box) to assess leaders, some organizations will assess each employee, then discuss development at a follow-up meeting, or worst case, not at all. An emerging best practice is to discuss specific development strategies for each employee as a part of the assessment discussion.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 15, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Strategy for Leadership Development. Exploring lessons learned and how an organization and I developed a leadership development process for high potential employees. Education for Leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Ambiguity is a condition we sink into because it is automatic and it provides short-term benefits that manifest in a number of ways. The short-term benefits of ambiguous organizational behaviors come at enormous long-term cost. As John Lennon wrote in the song “Strawberry Fields Forever,”.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. That combination of personality traits, combined with the pace at which business operates today, can cause even the best and brightest to lose focus and in turn lose productivity, AND.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Companies spend considerable amount of time and money on developing leaders through training programs and workshops. My experience so far suggests that these time-bound and finite interventions fail over a long run in developing leadership capabilities.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%. Talk to your manager about what goals you should be working towards, both short-term and long-term.

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