Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Team Building. Follow Henry on Twitter.

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The Practical Leader

JANUARY 8, 2019

This time of year, we’re bombarded with glib and confident “experts” forecasting everything from the economy, to global warming, to financial markets, social trends, weather, and lots more. Most forecasters project a glass half full or half empty extrapolation of today’s best or worst trends.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability. Foster collaboration.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 31, 2024

The last big round of layoffs at Microsoft took place around the same time last year, with 10000 workers being affected, mainly from sales and marketing. It’s an incredibly hard day and my energy and support will be focused on all those amazing individuals impacted – this is in no way a reflection… — Mike Ybarra ?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I care about __ (you, this team, this project) and I’m confident we can find a solution that we can all work with. For example: “It sounds like you’re really frustrated with the lack of response from marketing and that’s sapping your motivation. Depersonalize the conflict by personalizing the conversation. Do I have that right?”.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

A marketing manager, for example, can easily create a brand positioning statement for a new brand—they have the knowledge, skill, and experience to draw upon. However, this doesn’t apply to change initiatives where the type of change, the context for it, and the project team are new. Managing Others: Earning Trust.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. I had feedback that my blog was turning into just a book review blog.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 10, 2023

market and grew his company to a multimillion-dollar success story that defined an industry. Be flexible, but ruthless with your time and energy. Leal came to the U.S. penniless as a teenager, speaking almost no English; he literally slept in the boiler room of a Wisconsin cheese factory for months before he was caught. Desire more.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2019

Increasing shareholder value, company market share, or worker productivity just doesn’t jazz the average worker. Cueing into your workers takes far less time and energy than you’d think. By knowing what people want to get out of work, you can give them stretch assignments that connect project tasks to their own goals.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions have announced a partnership that will expand energy services to clients and prospects of both companies.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

T he Outsider: This is person who finds novel opportunities in industries and markets you might not normally target. Accidentals bring passion to your company and that energy can be contagious. The Accidental infuses a project or company with authenticity. Here are the top seven types leaders need to know. Defy the experts.

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HR Digest

MARCH 29, 2024

To this day, I’m very grateful to my manager for giving me a second chance—it was a lesson in both communication and leadership for me. One particular example that comes to mind is when a client requested a significant change to the project scope that I believed would compromise the quality and timeline of the deliverables.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you were asked to make an important presentation at a well-attended conference on best practices you and your team had uncovered while working on a high-visibility project of importance, how much time and mental energy would you dedicate to ensuring that presentation was both efficient and well-received? Think like a marketer!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I watch them to experience the magical energy of live performances. We recall compiling the case notes or sales projections just before the presentation meeting. Having too much time to get projects accomplished tends to breed procrastination. I have those any other live TV gems on DVD. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2010

StrategyDriven Newsletter Signup StrategyDriven (Kindle Edition) StrategyDriven RSS Feed StrategyDriven Podcast iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective iTunes Feed StrategyDriven on Facebook StrategyDriven on Twitter StrategyDriven LinkedIn Users Group Recent Articles Worn out at Work?

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HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

Additionally, hiring temporary workers for short-term projects can help manage workload fluctuations without the long-term commitment of permanent employees. Marketing Marketing is another area where cost-cutting opportunities can often be found. Another option is to outsource certain tasks or functions to external providers.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 21, 2017

My More Human Leadership philosophy and practice is guided by 8 core principles. It’s one of my favorite chapters from my “More Human” book manuscript, a project that has yet to fully see the light of day (and that’s another blog post in and of itself, but I’ll save it for another time).

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability. Foster collaboration.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 20, 2022

These include communication, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, etc. This skill shows up when you work with another person towards a shared objective, whether it’s a project team or a family. Leadership Skills (or Influence Skills). Teamwork Skills. Time Management Skills.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In fact, some projects are so important that board members and company officers literally bet the company’s very existence on the successful outcome of the initiative.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2017

Their initial guilt about not being at the office on Monday morning quickly melts away; replaced by the sheer bliss of working on a client project way past bedtime because they are enamored by the work! . You are both a doer and marketer. Independent consultants don’t just do the work—they also market the work.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Leadership Walk by Kevin Eikenberry on September 6, 2010 in Leadership , Learning We are all on a walk. Each of these is part of your leadership walk. It is the journey we take each day as a leader.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2010

While project schedules should assign individuals or groups of individuals to each task, the schedule itself is not likely to include minute tasks or to clearly assign the very specific nuanced contribution of each individual within a group assigned to a task.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tweets that mention Employee Productivity Improvement Project ROI Calculation | StrategyDriven -- Topsy.com says: January 26, 2011 at 1:38 am [.] This post was mentioned on Twitter by WorkMeter, TSO, Inc. said: New Tool Release – Value of Employee Productivity [link] [.]

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2010

And the amount of administrative work increases with the scope and complexity of the project. If singularly assigned to project specialists, this work detracts from these individuals’ productivity; unnecessarily inflating time and monetary costs. You need to be logged in as a StrategyDriven Premium Member to view our premium content.

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Steve Farber

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

OAC) might not be a household name, but its proud tradition of excellence in design and construction-related projects dates back to its founding in 1955. Then he heard Steve Farber speak about Extreme Leadership and the model known as LEAP – Love, Energy, Audacity, and Proof – and he immediately knew, “it fit perfectly with OAC.”.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. unable to compete projects on time and within budget. Team dynamics is one of the overlooked parts of a business. team members are not able to handle conflict constructively.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 18, 2016

What projects should have I lead? It’s not ‘how many years’, it’s more about how many areas do you feel comfortable in the marketing arena? I come from a marketing background — you need creative, technical, statistical, client, financial and communication experience to make CMO. Gravitas (Leadership).

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Magazine » December 06, 2010 How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View Every so often, The New York Times will run a long feature on the CEO of a large business.    I love those articles because they’re great opportunities for data mining on leadership.  A strong leadership point of view is memorable. 

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

If you can meet these simple goals for each project, then you will achieve total success. These goals are generic to all industries and all types of projects. Regardless of your level of experience in project management, set these 5 goals for every project you manage. Set yourself 5 personal goals to achieve.

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Women on Business

APRIL 15, 2011

However, if you’re in leadership at your organization or business and you believe in the viability of your idea, then you make the call – move forward with your idea. No amount of convincing from other people will get you to change your own mind either way, so don’t expend energy doing something against your own nature.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

StrategyDriven Newsletter Signup StrategyDriven (Kindle Edition) StrategyDriven RSS Feed StrategyDriven Podcast iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective iTunes Feed StrategyDriven on Facebook StrategyDriven on Twitter StrategyDriven LinkedIn Users Group Recent Articles Worn out at Work?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This unavoidable phenomenon increases the risk of project duplication and diversion of funds from relatively high value projects to less impactful ones. To avoid this risk requires informing management decisions with comparable, value-based data related to the entire body of organizational initiatives.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

A former Google executive- wasn’t Mayer supposed to bring new energy to Yahoo!, Your business is adding a new time-management system, which requires employees to log their hours on specific projects. For instance, a business wants to expand its social media marketing. and maybe some of those famous Google perks? Create a vision.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

To reinforce one of the most important of all leadership qualities – that of being other focused. The President asked him to repeat the question, and the energy in the room was further dampened. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday. I’ve chosen not to do that.

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