Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And Sean’s books, Rapid T eamwork , The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , and Staying Coachable are entertaining parables with powerful take-aways to improve team performance and leadership!

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Productivity. Communication. Find Jon on Twitter at @jonverbeck1.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 6, 2019

I often meet businesses where they innovate their products much more quickly than they innovate their business, and they stagnate. Their leadership is old-fashioned. They’re not on time for markets. Their cooperation is fragmented in siloes. The commercial function and the innovation function don’t work together.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

Leadership and mentoring go hand-in-hand. If you accept this premise as correct, then why is it that so many in positions of leadership fall woefully short in successfully transferring the benefits of their wisdom and experience to others? Leadership is not about the leader, but rather about those being led.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 29, 2019

Companies are increasingly utilizing automation technologies to increase productivity and innovation. The leadership team managing the change should be able to articulate the why, what, and how of the change so that everyone can understand and equally communicate in the same manner.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We hoped to share this sense of appreciation with our future customers and so made it so that the site focuses not only on domestic products but also on international ones.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Let’s call this methodology what it is: a recipe for leadership. We seek these quick fixes to leadership dilemmas like we’re shopping on Amazon.com and expecting next-day delivery, especially if we’re new leaders. So, we rely on the leadership recipe. This “formula for leadership” approach occurs at all levels.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 12, 2023

The first was immaculately dressed in typical Barbie fashion, matching shirt, skirt, shoes, and pearls. One of our favorite examples of these conversations in use was when we worked with a leadership team who addressed their CEO’s habit of swearing in frustration. We chose a “good Barbie day” to approach her with our plan.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. only to fail in miserable fashion. Beyond the character test, the first prerequisite for leadership is the willingness to lead.

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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. He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 17, 2015

“Great leadership is only found in the world of business,” my seatmate on a recent flight pompously boasted, “Certainly not in the government, churches or education where we desperately need it.”. Each of these three components is expressed in a fashion that reflects a relentless emphasis on excellence, life values and maximizing potential.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2017

” frustration in the middle of our high-potential leadership development program. We’ve got a lot of old-fashioned ways of thinking and being around here… but you’re bigger than all that. Here are five ways to make a leadership impact before you have a team. I had a masters degree and most of a Ph.D.,

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 4, 2016

Bring products to market at the wrong time or introduce an idea without understanding timing and the “garden” can quickly resemble a piece of scorched earth. In like fashion, my corner of the garage has all the tools, sprays, and plant potions necessary for probable surprises. Grow, grow. Sell, sell.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Be disruptive in your approach and don’t fall into the trap of doing something in a particular fashion just because others do it that way – think “ next ” practices not best practices. It has been my experience whenever methodologies become productized, objectivity is removed from the equation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The better the level of trust, the stronger the relationships are, the higher the productivity of the team, and the more successful the organisation is. Feedback is not encouraged, and conversations take a round-about fashion, rather than direct. Trust in an organisation is the glue that holds the thing together.

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Leading with Trust

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Nearly everyday we hear or see reports of prominent leaders who have been caught in a scandal, violated the law, or broken trust with their followers in some form or fashion. We are our own worst enemy when it comes to undermining trust in our leadership. Five Ways We Undermine Trust in Our Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

As Club Tattoo became established, other well-known brands approached us to collaborate on products in which we could add the “cool factor.” Learn more at www.clubtattoo.com. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Invest in strategic partnerships.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2018

“Thought leadership” is a term used regularly in modern business, but it’s also easily dismissed as another marketing buzzphrase that’s best ignored. One of the most commonly used tools to establish thought leadership is blogging. So, why not extend that beyond the four walls of your organisation? Conclusion.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Be disruptive in your approach and don’t fall into the trap of doing something in a particular fashion just because others do it that way – think “ next ” practices not best practices. It has been my experience whenever methodologies become productized, objectivity is removed from the equation.

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Benchmarking Outsourcing Offshoring Fashion 158

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

While some companies talk a good game with regard to competitive strategy, in my experience very few businesses actually address the issue in adequate fashion. A sustainable competitive advantage is not found by creating minor advantages in product features. Thoughts?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Reading a book the old-fashioned way, viewing it on a Kindle. Wouldn’t it be more fun and productive to respect and celebrate these differences instead of positioning them as divisive and wrong? Self Leadership diversity introspection tolerance' The beauty of what most of us have in common is our differences.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Wrapping up the novel in classic Hollywood fashion was breathtaking. The production company did great work on translating the book to the big screen. So, let’s dig into the leadership lessons in The Hobbit: Battle Of Five Armies… Beware though, there are spoilers ahead! Warner Brothers. We are not alone!

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

Over the past decade or so, there have been numerous studies and books that have helped us to better appreciate the emotional nature of successful leadership, a fact that has helped to bring about a transformation in leadership attitudes from the old command-and-control approach to one that’s more outward-focused and collaborative.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Teams and organizations that help people tap into their God-given talents are much more successful and productive than those that don’t.” Therefore, in classic Lencioni fashion, he brings his 6 Types of Working Genius model to life in a page-turning fable that is as relatable as it is compelling.

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Mark Sanborn

MARCH 15, 2023

She had a great product and an impressive website, but she struggled to get any sales in the first few weeks of launching. She sent them personalized emails offering discounts and special deals on her products. She also asked for feedback on why they did not buy and how she could improve her offerings. Send a Thank-You.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 7, 2018

We may not think of a number of things as “doing something”, yet they are productive and useful to us as human beings and leaders.They just might lead us to being at our best in life. Reading: Reading for fun, interest, or even for work related knowledge is a must, yet seems to have gone out of fashion.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Companies have to be consistent in their behaviour, from top to bottom, and right along the supply chain, from the ‘first hand of production to the final hand of the consumer’. And this means leaders of companies taking deliberate and definitive action to ensure that their businesses demonstrate ‘corporate social leadership’.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2018

I’ll jump at the chance to buy the latest smartphone or try the newest productivity app and immediately hop on board any passing tech bandwagon. If you’re in a position of leadership, it pays sometimes to lead without technology and resort to analogue ways of working. Despite this, I do have my limits when it comes to technology.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Those of us in the audience were the backbone of research and development in the company — the people who designed the products that made the money for the Fortune 500 we worked in. You might know now where this speech was heading; into the “you better be more productive or we’ll have to lay some of you off” realm.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re in a leadership role, so much the better as whatever you stop doing will have a positive ripple effect for the people on your team. Take some old-fashioned phone calls a few times a day instead of another Zoom. Zoom is great until it isn’t. Mix up your communications modalities.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 7, 2017

For almost 10 years, I’ve been writing about leadership and in that time, perhaps one of the most significant shifts I’ve seen has been the willingness to recognize that the key to our success as leaders stems from the relationships we foster and nurture with those we lead.

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