Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Whenever changes are made at work- an employee is given a new task or a new way to do a current task- there will be resistance. It’s human nature to resist new responsibilities or rules. Respond to that resistance by outlining and reinforcing an explanation and list of payoffs. Communicate new opportunities. Create a vision.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

Claudio Feser writes in Serial Innovators, “Some firms become blinded by success and begin to resist external views and challenges. Occasionally, some organizations resist these all too human tendencies and thrive. The human mind is quite adept at this in order to create efficiencies. Some become bureaucratic.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The story is no different when it comes to developing a leadership strategy in times of change. Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. A leadership development plan also acts as a compass for navigating change.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Resist the temptation to just advance a broad number of disparate initiatives, and alternatively focus your efforts on the completion of a few high impact objectives. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Clout allows these giants to grow, but there is absolutely no reason why a smaller player cannot become a market leader within their chosen market(s). As long as the “Davids” are able to resist the urge to become generalists by expanding into too many markets with too many products, they can win.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Leadership traits likely also figure on the list as everyone wants to witness and learn from the skills of effective team leaders who know how to inspire the workforce. Adaptability Nothing is ever static at work, whether it is the overall market or the demands of a client. What Makes a Good Manager?

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Many leadership qualities have been observed throughout history. Identify Areas of Growth and Improve Your Leadership Skills. What is Leadership? Leadership is the act of guiding a group of people or organization to a desired goal, result, or higher level. Download My Personal Development Plan Template Today.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2021

This means employers have to now market themselves as viable options where people can build a rewarding career. One of the ways to add to one’s stature in the market is through a solid employee value proposition (EVP). Leadership teams in a company need to show that they prioritize employee needs in their decision-making.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2016

In each Box there is a function that needs to be performed to lead a sustainable business: Box 1: The Present Box – Manage the present core business at peak efficiency and profitability. Each requires different leadership and you must maintain balance across the 3 boxes. Our resistance to selectively give up the past is arrogance.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. A general feeling of resistance to organizational change — a.k.a.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Michael Jackson , the theme to “Billie Jean” and a phenomenal blend of marketing and entertainment drove the Pepsi brand to the pinnacle of contemporary culture. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

Clout allows these giants to grow, but there is absolutely no reason why a smaller player cannot become a market leader within their chosen market(s). As long as the “Davids” of the business world are able to resist the urge to become generalists by expanding into too many markets with too many products, they can win.

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LDRLB

MARCH 12, 2012

Clout allows these giants to grow, but there is absolutely no reason why a smaller player cannot become a market leader within their chosen market(s). As long as the “Davids” of the business world are able to resist the urge to become generalists by expanding into too many markets with too many products, they can win.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Reputation Building If you’re wondering how to recruit top talent, you might want to take a serious look at what the top talent on the market thinks about you. As simple as it sounds, applicants might not take your company seriously.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 1, 2010

He consultants, teaches, coaches, writes and speaks about leadership, gratitude, stewardship and the social/organizational dynamics of organizations. He consultants, teaches, coaches, writes and speaks about leadership, gratitude, stewardship and the social/organizational dynamics of organizations.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 30, 2012

That has made what we do and how we do it more efficient.” So we if recognize the value and necessity of providing training programs to our employees, how do we address the other point of resistance organizations face in offering such programs – namely, the ability to allocate financial resources to such efforts?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

sales, leadership, marcom, coaching). They encourage resistance, partial/missed answers, and lies. These questions restrict possibility, cause resistance, create distrust, and encourage lying. Or therapists or managers or leaders say “They’re resisting”. Don’t you think it might be time to get a haircut? What Is Change?

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Do you take microlearning courses to improve your skillset- time management, leadership, or other skills? I use data-driven learning for employees’ performance data, financial data, work analysis, and benchmarking data to keep pace with market trends. It can be as, if not more, efficient as coming to the office.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While there is an element of truth in that statement if this is what you aspire to as a leader it constitutes a complete under-utilization of leadership responsibility.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. The right culture attracts and retains better talent.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

Excessive positive thinking also results in artificial company behaviors and attitudes, triggering employee resentment, resistance and frustration. Overt aspects of culture often utilize the reasoning, intellectual parts of our brain — the dominant focus of today’s leadership teams. My term for this is “cultural inflation.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. They moved with the most efficient best practice as they unfold. We did not formulate our own style but tweaked it to our leadership style and vision plan.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2015

SECOND FAILURE: The sales process is at odds with you AND the market. No proof that the system or process actually works in your market. Natural resistance to change. Whatever the strategies are, they MUST be easy to use and time efficient. It’s too much of a hassle. The person that trained it sucked. The process is old.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 31, 2011

In fact, some employees actively resist it. Cultivating a high level of trust is essential to getting things done efficiently and cost-effectively – both of which are required in a competitive business environment. Your team will trust in your leadership, as long as they know that their efforts are for the greater good.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

They adopt leadership roles, put in longer hours, and have fewer sick days. When we treat our clients kindly we keep them longer, hear about problems (rather than lose them to competitors), are offered new ideas to monetize, and have brand ambassadors to offer free marketing to connections who may become clients.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2018

”, so that people can fight the natural instinct to resist change. To infuse change agility into your culture, mid- and front-line leaders — who are closest to the markets, customers, and daily operations — need to be encouraged and incented to see opportunities in what they do every day.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Consider corruption, probably the most powerful example of this leadership challenge. In states where there were efficient governments that represented the will of the public, this worked fine. Who were they to impose the values of their home market on another country? You cannot have a market without both.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

“Why change my leadership style? It got us to this point, where we’ve established a real beachhead in our market.”. But flexibility and agility must begin to make way for reliability and efficiency if the company is to deliver the kind of consistent product or service required to maintain happy customers and win new ones.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Examples could come from art, comics, film, music, architecture, economics (weird black markets), music, media, etc… Creating opportunities for team members to communicate and share both creatively and intellectually improves team communications and fosters innovation. In economics, trust is a mechanism of efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

Companies should look beyond the typical goals of size, scale and efficiency – and instead seek to rebuild their capacity for growth. They are highly efficient at what they do, but struggle to do anything new. Perhaps Pixar, the creative upstart, would resist being swallowed up by Disney, the waning incumbent. ” Why?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Marketers today encounter a mind-boggling array of technologies. Will the technology advance a critical marketing priority? This seems like an obvious consideration, but we often see the technology tail wagging the marketing dog. Will the tool add balance to the marketing technology portfolio? It’s hardly rocket science.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In the face of errors, most people’s natural reaction is to correct such errors in the data they need — after all, when you’re dealing with a mountain of day-in, day-out demands, that seems the fastest, most efficient way to complete the task at hand. For example, take Kim Russo, head of marketing at TeleTech Services.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2012

But innovation leadership is less about clichés celebrating creativity, compelling visions or getting the best out of people than successfully helping innovators beat what hurts. Overcoming resistance is not the same as pushing through pain. Unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences abound. Yes, there's also fun and exhilaration.

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