Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations. They will develop engineering and math skills while learning a simple, clean energy technology to generate electricity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Next, get clear about the specific initiatives and projects that support the strategic priorities. There is so much to do that some days I just want to give up!” – Halisee, Software Engineer Halisee called us looking for help with the overwhelm. There may be several of these initiatives and projects for every strategic objective.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2019. The quality of our leadership is based upon our intentions, energy, and presence. Building the Best : 8 Proven Leadership Principles to Elevate Others to Success by John Eades. and with it, the requirements of leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Leadership should shift from hierarchy to hustle. The CEO needs to take up the leadership challenge to help others respond to that. Leadership is a distributed capability throughout the organization. The three keys of successful transformation are leadership, talent and culture. Isabelle Kocher, Engie. ?

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

STAN takes STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Art, and Math) to another level. Nonsense, the essence of STAN, puts the whimsical, visionary, inventive and innovative on equal footing with Science, Technology and Art (and engineering and math). Yup, Science, Technology, Art & Nonsense - STAN.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 13, 2011

But the key question is: Will Project Oxygen help a grown-up Google get its start-up mojo back? Let the engineers do their stuff. PROJECT OXYGEN started with some basic assumptions. Google clearly hopes to recapture some of the nimbleness and innovative spirit of its early years. They wanted to build better bosses.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. However, their overall leadership scores are generally well below those of other less technical groups. So weak STEMM leadership effectiveness is especially critical.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 23, 2021

The reason I’m writing is to say, thank you, thank you for bringing some light into my leadership management journey. I can’t say I’ve met anyone with your level of understanding for authentic, compassionate leadership. So if you have a leadership or management related question, you can send that to me.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Senior leadership must champion any new initiative. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 27, 2019

Apple has dismissed not less than 200 of its employees working on the Titan Project. The team, however, will focus attention on other key areas in 2019, implying that some will be deployed to other projects handled by the company. For other Titan project employees that the restructuring had not affected, they are at Apple.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 13, 2013

The book is a fascinating deep dive into many aspects of Facebook’s meteoric success, but I was particularly interested in her perspectives on the importance of great leadership. They hire engineers not only for their general skills but also their vision of the future. 3) Remember that the leadership skills can be taught.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 15, 2018

Fowler & Noal McDonald: Leadership is a complex idea: one that is not consistently easy to wrap our minds around. We know good leadership when we see it. If we think of what these experiences have in common, we might think of this quote by Harold Koontz and Cyril O’Donnell: “Leadership molds individuals into a team.”

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 25, 2017

Answers From Leadership Podcast Episode 30 Leadership requires a constant stretching of our current skill set. Answers From Leadership podcast guest Jon Stolpe knows this all too well. Listen To The Answers From Leadership Podcast. I’m an engineer. I went to school for engineering. In the youth group.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 21, 2015

Positive Leadership , based on positive psychology, makes a tremendous difference in any workplace no matter how hierarchical its structure may be, or how plain the tasks at hand. That’s where positive leadership comes in. You can always apply positive leadership. What is Positive Leadership? You give genuine attention.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

This gap is projected to lead to a talent shortage of 85 million workers by 2030. Foster strong leadership: Today’s workforce is facing constant change, from the rise of hybrid work to generative AI and widening skills gaps, leaving over half of employees feeling burnt out. Change leadership is essential.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 22, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Paddington Bear (Ben Wishaw) once again makes an appearance on the big screen. And the leadership lessons from Paddington 2 begin. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Paddington 2. Great leaders spring into action – #Leadership lessons from Paddington 2 Click To Tweet.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Are you a cog in the machine or a linchpin , once removed, makes the entire engine fall apart? The more you’ll be asked to work on top projects, lead strategic teams, and drive change in your organization and industry. (if I frequently interact with upper management (boss’ bosses, leadership team - possibly the board).

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Retired May 2015) Civil Infrastructure Engineer, Project Manager, and Leadership Coach. Co-Founder: The Engineering Coach. President of Croft +Company, Leadership Coach and Speaker.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2023

With that being said, here is how to improve your managerial and leadership skills. Instead, as your job as a manager is to assign certain projects to those team members who are able to capitalize on their individual strengths to produce the best result, you should empower your employees by placing your trust in them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Goal Alignment – Once strategic clarity is reached, leaders must constantly assess the degree to which projects, goals, tasks are aligned to your organization’s declared strategy. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Amazon best sellers The Culture Engine and Leading at a Higher Level with Ken Blanchard.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. One challenge with those discoveries is that many provided conflicting results regarding who leaders were, what they did and what the most effective style of leadership was.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Another key characteristic for a successful organizational transformation is an active, end-to-end, and comprehensive leadership. Leadership in analyzing and communicating the impact, securing stakeholder but-in, reinforcing the long-term commitment, and sharing the benefits of transformation with all stakeholders is paramount.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

reprinted with permission from DDI's Directions newsletter): Leadership is a craft. in your organization were as passionate about leadership. engineers, pilots, sales managers, marketers, teachers, and bankers. believe it’s because no one really sees leadership as a profession. at leadership as a chosen specialty.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 17, 2020

One of the very best books I have read on speed is Lead with Speed: Fire up your team, power your engines of development, and make your organization soar. Alan Willett nailed it, in my view, as he outlines ways to help leaders accelerate projects in a way that is practical and actionable. This project was pushed fast.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 9, 2020

I was teaching a leadership program and participants were very pleased with the models, tools, and techniques the program presented. This peer – let’s call her Roberta – touched key projects at key times, moving paperwork to decision-makers for approval, scheduling meetings of decision-makers with project staff, etc.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2023

Since then, Magnuson has provided his leadership insights multiple times for my blog and in 2020, I named his book, Stand Out! , as the best new leadership and business book for that year. I started the Everyday Leadership blog 11 years ago. I guess you could say my leadership engine was all revved up.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Watch: Communicating Strategically Through Change To understand what adaptive working looks like in practice, we spoke to Damion Briscoe, a board-level leader who’s worked in technical, engineering and project management roles in every corner of the world. Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

Tammy Cravit is a data engineer, friend, and advocate for LGBTQ inclusion. And, ultimately we were able to work together as we brought a leadership development program to her company. I’m super excited to put those things into practice and to continue to grow my leadership skills as a result.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the October 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. Read over these outstanding leadership posts this month and I think you’ll agree each one is a home run! Anne shares, “Ed, an Engineering Director, has a habit of mind that immediately sees what could go wrong in any given situation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

T AKING ON A POSITION of leadership comes with assuming risk, encountering organizational challenges, and being a moral role model for an organization. Three attributes that are critical to taking on the mantle of leadership are decision-making, resiliency, and character. Character is the foundation of leadership.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 17, 2015

Now that you’ve absorbed the 8 basic principles of More Human Leadership , learned the 10 immutable laws that go with them, and truly know the difference between a boss and a leader , it’s now time to dig a little deeper. Hire on personality, not core competencies -Leaders are not genetic engineers, nor should they be.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the recent past, businesses had only external, third party vendors to rely on for major projects, operational emergencies, and other labor-intensive initiatives that required resources they did not have. You just finished reading Fueling Business Process Management with the Automation Engine that Can! ! About the Author.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

DeGraff describes four basic worldviews or approaches to innovation : the Artist, the Engineer, the Athlete, and the Sage. The Engineer The Engineer constantly improves everything. Knowing the kinds of innovators you need to bring to a project is all about knowing all of things you can’t do (well) yourself.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds. These CEOs had transitioned through the classes as a result of their educational performance and were highly present in sectors like technology, engineering, health, and education.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Reprinted with permission from the book, Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership by Mark Brown, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. Product designers and engineers worked on creating a filtration system that was affordable and easily transportable. took over leadership from their fathers. This is an excerpt.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2019

The old boss-to-employee, command-and-control leadership environment has “worked” when it comes to building process-efficiency systems, engineering large buildings, and creating infrastructure. But the top-down leadership techniques of the past have not adapted to a workplace that now demands coaching and collaboration to thrive.

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