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5 Leadership Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership. While different scenarios demand different leadership styles, leaders can use the following tried-and-tested leadership lessons to lead effectively. Entrepreneurs need to be able to lead their teams and motivate their employees.

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Leading Question: Are You a Barrier Buster?

The Practical Leader

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. ” Breaking Through the Dumbest Things You Do Kerry, the leader of a large utility realized that improving their organization’s service levels started with him and his leadership team. The facilitators then prepare a summary report.

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Leadership Team Dynamics: Culture Change Begins Here

The Practical Leader

We did a series of focus groups, interviews, and surveys within a division of a large company to help Chris, the division manager, determine why their culture wasn’t performing at the level he wanted. Their individual and collective leadership was weak. And he realized it started with his own leadership behaviors.

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In the Boardroom: Strategies for Effective Board of Directors Coaching

N2Growth Blog

Board of directors coaching provides a tailored and results-oriented approach to supporting directors in their leadership roles. As a consulting professional specializing in leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions, I have worked closely with top executives in some of the world’s largest companies.

Strategy 411
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Better Stakeholder Management: How to Turn Stress into Success

Let's Grow Leaders

This article gives you some practical tips for better influence and less stress. Oh, and here comes Over-Involved Ivan, who has taken the liberty of setting up a few extra focus groups (talking to the same people you did last week). Sound familiar? You glance at your phone, and your heart does a mini samba.

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7 Preliminary Steps When Initiating Major Change

Ron Edmondson

And there is nothing we do to influence this change. If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place.

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RESISTANCE TO CHANGE RECONSIDERED

Lead Change Blog

Lack of trust in leadership. Often follow-up will be needed to any quantitative data collection, such as a focus group or confidential interviews, to understand the reasons for the resistance. Deploy influencers who can reduce resistance. Change means uncertainty, which is an uncomfortable state for many. Job insecurity.