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Leaders, Your Words Matter

Next Level Blog

No matter what type of leader you are or what kind of formal or informal organization you lead, I encourage you to pause today and everyday to consider the possible impact of your words. If you’re in a position of leadership you have that power. As they say, with power comes responsibility. It is a powerful way to move.

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Best Leadership Books of 2010

Leading Blog

Leading Outside the Lines : How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results by Jon R. The Power of Pull : How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison. Katzenbach and Zia Khan.

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Cascades: 6 Principles for Creating Transformational Change

Leading Blog

T HE NATURE OF POWER has shifted from top-down to the center of networks. As Niall Ferguson observed in The Square and the Tower , “Often the biggest changes in history are the achievements of thinly documented, informally organized groups of people.”. The more central you become, the more power you have.

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What Every Successful Leader Needs To Know 

Lead from Within

They maintain preparation and stay well informed on every issue so they’re ready to make even difficult decisions on the fly. To be a great decision maker requires building consistent sources of good information, organizing that information in a way that allows you to access what you need to know and connecting the dots where you need to.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. The executives in charge of the various groups sit together naturally in the top management team.