The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a “50 – 50 model.” It has been in active use for over 50 years, and it was created approximately 50 years after the discipline of organizational behavior and leadership development began. Leadership is joined at the hip with achievement (goals; tasks; desired outcomes; targeted results).

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Zig Ziglar is known for saying, “You must manage yourself before you can lead someone else.” In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. At every level of the organization, EI’s pivotal role is to help the leader: Manage self.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

An MBA holder can become a Financial Analyst, Business Consultant, Leadership Trainer, or Corporate Strategist. Graduates of MBA programs move into upper management roles and executive positions in nearly any industry. It can include positions such as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, or Operations Manager.

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Career Real Estate Finance Chief Financial Officer 104

Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Since the Camino, I am more thoughtful when I start a new project to look for lessons from the past. While I was walking the Camino, I thought a lot about my career and the leadership lessons I had learned. This week, my third book, The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (AMACOM) comes out.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Take turns eulogizing the idea or project you’re “burying,” sharing lessons learned. The finance website NerdWallet creates a “Fail Wall” where mistakes are posted, emphasizing that everyone fails and honoring outside-the-box thinking. Hold an Idea Funeral. Focus on its merits as well as the reasons it ultimately failed.

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Creativity Wilde Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 252

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process. Example – Working with a large Coffee and Bake Shop franchise headquarters wanting the district managers to use Coaching & Feedback as opposed to authority and demands with the franchise owners.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

This 1954 movie brought the truly timeless and consequential components of leadership into focus for me. Emotion Is Integral to Quality Leadership. Regardless of the moniker, the fact is these great leaders were capable of projecting their vision in an emotional and convincing manner. They were masters of motivation.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. The finance team in groups of 3 flip charted those responses.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Is your business growing faster than you know how to manage? Leadership and Human Resources. An online consultant with expertise in human resources can help your team be better aligned and have more synergy through projects and team goals. Do you want your business to have a better organizational structure than it currently has?

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The finance person’s priority is budgets and profit/loss statements. But a leadership team’s members need to own responsibility for the whole business, not just their individual pieces of it. His leadership team identified customer service as the senior leadership team’s—and therefore the division’s—top priority.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 9, 2022

Learn what a cross-functional team is and why they can be so rewarding to manage. It can include people from finance, marketing, operations and HR, and other key functional areas. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. Imagine an orchestra made up of nothing but trumpets.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 26, 2020

Our reader poll today asks: How would you describe the “back office” functions at your company (finance, procurement, legal, HR, etc.)? They occasionally add value and respond in a reasonable time. 29.78% They add value in every interaction and are highly responsive. 25.56% They are extremely frustrating and overly bureaucratic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

My new book Ignite Your Leadership Expertise is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Implementation is a complicated mix of communication, coordination and change management as well. You’re well past the point of no return when you finally come to the realization that the project has been a mistake all along.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 28, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Minutes – a Key to Successful Time Management by Kevin Eikenberry on January 28, 2011 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning , Manage Projects , Personal Development Every leader I talk to tells me they are busy.

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Succession Management Learning-by-Doing Goal 207

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

You are team leader on a cross-functional team project that includes; Sue from finance, Jack from engineering, Brian from Quality Assurance, Stephanie from human resources, Terri is the customer representative, Tony from production and Mike (me) is the team coach…. Otherwise I have not choice but to deselect you from this project.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

So many people go off half-cocked and attempt something grandiose or unattainable by any measure and then find themselves cashing in again on a failed project, initiative, or life goal. In addition, look at your goal, if it is too big or unwieldy, break it up into manageable steps. When are the Finance and Research steps complete?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At my last company, where I was responsible for leadership development and succession planning, I once received a phone call on a Friday afternoon from one of my favorite managers. It went like this: “Dan, I just found out I’m going to promoted to a senior manage on Monday. Is there a senior manager school I could go to ASAP?”.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

And yet, what is crystal clear to me after 20 years in leadership roles is that those ingredients, while important to success, aren't enough if you've forgotten the fundamentals of being positive, learning from others, being honest and the kind of person people want to work with. Take care of your health and finances on a daily basis.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 17, 2017

This business process management software makes it easier to manage a complex business because integrated applications help automate a number of back office functions and coordinate all operations. Once purchased, the software has to be implemented and the staff needs to be trained on how to use this powerful change management tool.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Work Based Learning Lead, phs group I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. Work Based Learning Lead, phs I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.

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Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. Next to the IT, engineering, health, and education sectors, upward-educated CEOs are also more likely to work for management consultancies,” the authors continue.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Many managers are afraid of this or they are afraid that the people will go in the wrong direction or that focus will not be on what is needed …. Share company struggles, successes and finances. Share past, present and future projected financial information. Please share the finances in a manner that is easy to understand.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

It is also the only company in the finance industry to have bucked the trend of bringing gender parity in the boardroom. In a truly remarkable interview with Monique Herena, we talk about American Express’s The Ambition Project , leadership resilience, and what we can do to help women propel into leadership roles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Clearly, it’s more than a “game” when potential employers and university leadership are involved. ” Or where they weren’t, “I don’t have much of a finance background, that’s why I’m here to round it out, BUT I’m GREAT at Powerpoint.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 17, 2017

In fact, the greatest managers and executives learn that skills to inspire and lead others do not naturally come from working as a subordinate. Rather, they come from testing out leadership skills in relationships with others. Mentoring teaches you to plan, to help others execute, and to be flexible --all traits of leadership.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago. Please follow the steps below to turn off Remote Management immediately.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 10, 2021

A team is a group of people who work together for a specific purpose or project. They may report to one manager or be a matrixed team that comes from several departments, such as a task force, to accomplish an objective. Leadership Coaching. Business coach, finance coach, sales coach. Career Coach. Spiritual coach.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Born in 1949, the American investor, philanthropist, and hedge fund manager is the founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s leading hedge funds with a more than $130 billion in assets under management. Here are five leadership lessons that you can learn from Dalio.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 4, 2022

When someone moves into leadership, they typically have more responsibility. If over time a leader can increase his or her capacity–produce more results in a given period of time–they will not only succeed but potentially free up time to pursue new projects and revenue streams. This problem is due to a lack of capacity.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now I am researching the first section of my new book “Dipping in the WELL: Women Executive Leadership Learning”. For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Now think about the women close to you.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2022

Or, within a company, a sales manager strolling and talking with the head of project development. Hugo, by the way, became minister of finance, and Otilia was appointed minister of culture. Imagine an oil industry executive having a long, relaxed, open conversation with an environmental activist. A simple yet powerful exercise.

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Workshop Participative Learning-by-Doing Open-book 121

Skip Prichard

JUNE 16, 2020

Maya Hu-Chan is a management consultant, executive coach, author, and speaker, and founder of Global Leadership Associates. As an executive coach and leadership consultant, I’ve worked with leaders around the world. It is so essential to their leadership, but it is also counterintuitive sometimes. Me neither.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Susan Mazza , CEO of Clarus-WORKS , Founder/Author of Random Acts of Leadership ™, and Co-Author of The Character-Based Leader. Susan graduated from Penn State with a BS in Finance and International Business. Ultimately she became an IT professional and project manager.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing System Technology 150

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. Inc.com Inc.

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