Leading in Context

DECEMBER 30, 2015

By Linda Fisher Thornton Grateful For The Conversation Many thanks to Leading in Context friends and followers for a wonderful 2015. I am grateful for the lively global conversation about the leadership we need for a better future. I appreciate your active involvement in the movement. Special thanks to all of you who have shared my blog posts and let me know what you want to learn more about in the future.

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Globalization Blog Leadership Ethics 203

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2015

We can all take a leaf out of Google’s book when it comes to building happy teams. Having recently read the book How Google Works, I realized it comes down to two things: employing the very best people and giving them the very best tools to work with. Get those two elements right, and you’ll have a happy team which, by coincidence, will knock your socks off in terms of productivity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2015

T HE WRIGHT BROTHERS were born into an exciting period of American history. A time of great progress. Life-changing progress. It was their character that served them well in pursuing their passion for manned flight. The genius of the Wright brothers wasn’t just that they invented a plane. It is that they figured out how to control it—how to fly it. David McCullough captures this well in one of the best leadership books of 2015.

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Leadership Library Guidelines Teamwork 150

Women on Business

DECEMBER 30, 2015

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Diversity Leadership 148

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I would be happy if. … if only my boss wasn’t such a jerk. … if only my co-workers were nicer. … if only I could find someone to finance my big idea. … if only I someone would publish my book. … if only my friends were more supportive. … if only my childhood had been different. … if only my parents weren’t so difficult. … if only I could find my soulmate.

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Finance Books Leadership 147

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 30, 2015

A few leaders possess wide bands of competence and giftedness. You probably don’t. Your high horse is a pony, at best. You possess a narrow band of giftedness.

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Succession Leadership Development Development Leadership 135

Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 30, 2015

E very leader wants to improve. It’s ingrained in us, right? The problem is, many leaders fail to improve and improve quickly because they don’t know how. They miss the single action that brings incredible growth. And it’s right under our nose. Image via Creative Commons. The last couple of years have seen me tapper off my running.

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Creativity Goal Skills Leadership 123

Jason Womack

DECEMBER 30, 2015

As you consider the things you're going to start, as well as what "they" are going to ask you to do, what do you think will make the difference as you move through a 366 day year? What's your plan.

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Planning 109

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 30, 2015

#1 – You will be depleted. It will happen more often than you realize. You have to become an “am I depleted?” observer of your own life. #2 – This depletion has an impact on each part of your life. In other words, depletion at work depletes the energy you have at home, for home,… Read More Expend Energy; Deplete Energy; Replenish Energy – The Full Engagement Formula from Tony Schwartz; But, the Problem is the Implementation Problem.

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Energy Blog 76

David A Fields

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In the late 1970s, total strangers would walk up to my father and say, “Hey, aren’t you Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws?” It was probably because my Dad looked like Richard Dreyfuss. After all, no one said that to my Mom. As far as I know. Anyway, as consultants wouldn’t it be great if more prospects would walk up to us out of the blue and exclaim, “Hey, aren’t you that guy who solves the problem I have?

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Consultative Reputation Marketing 69

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Want to drive resolution of your company’s issues while enhancing organizational alignment and accountability? StrategyDriven is launching a Corrective Action Program Forum ; uniquely providing expert advice and best practice methods to help leaders programmatically drive resolution of key issues and execution of work requests aligned with their organization’s goals.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2015

These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The verdict appears mixed among the people I know of whether of not they make resolutions for a new year. And, I understand, many have tried before – it didn’t work – and so now they are like “why bother?” I believe there are probably some principles in place as to whether or not a resolution succeeds. For example, is it reasonable?

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Self-aware Content Learning-by-Doing Comparison 47

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I hit my 2015 fitness goal - run 50 competitive races during the year. Between March 14 and December 13, I ran: 4 10K races 1 8K race 45 5K races Motivational Compete Every Day T-shirts kept me inspired and driven. Thank you! Thanks, too, to KC Running Company , for expertly organizing and timing most of the 50 races. KC Running Company is simply the best!

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Goal PR Travel Advice 50

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From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

Management

Management Excellence

DECEMBER 30, 2015

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Leadership 40

Leadership 40

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

DAVE WHEELER FOR HBR. In a 2013 survey of nearly 700 executives across a variety of industries, our firm asked respondents to rate the effectiveness of the top leaders of their companies. How many excelled at strategy? How many excelled at execution? The results are shown in the chart below. These responses are sobering: Only 16% of top leaders were rated very effective at either strategy or execution.

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Execution Strategy Constraint Commitment 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Some days it’s really draining to be a senior executive. You sit in meetings for hours on end, and every decision you need to make is difficult — all of the easy decisions have already been made at levels below you. On those days, you know you could be a much more effective leader if you could approach each meeting with a fresh perspective.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Stress 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Most career advice today encourages us to move forward passionately, intentionally, boldly — and above all, quickly. Career coaches don’t make a lot of money from encouraging people to “get ahead slowly.” However, in terms of fulfilling our long-term goals for career success, patience can be an asset. That’s not to say waiting is easy.

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Long-term Career Survey CEO 11

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

Strategy

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

By 2050, the number of Americans over age 65 will more than double. Our current health care system is ill equipped to accommodate their growing needs. The challenge for health providers, payers, business, and government is to redesign services to address those needs. In response, the tech community is creating an abundance of devices to monitor and motivate an older population to exercise, eat well, take their medications, and live more engaged lives.

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Health Care System Library Productivity 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Primary care physicians (PCPs) have always focused on quality of care, but we found that most in our large, multispecialty practices were unaware of the enormous impact their daily decisions have on the cost of care. In part, this is because we didn’t give them much information about the costs they incurred. While we have long tracked individual physicians’ performance on quality and service goals and provided tailored feedback to help them improve, we’d only reported the cost

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Cost Health Care Insurance Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Denise Lee Yohn , author of Extraordinary Experience and What Great Brands Do explains what we can learn from retail and restaurant brands. Download this podcast.

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Marketing Company Download Retail 8