The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

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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Team Leadership Mission Statement Drucker 98

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This executive role focuses on developing and implementing human resources strategies to manage the workforce and create a positive organizational culture. In today’s dynamic business environment, the CPO plays a pivotal role in talent management, recruitment, and retention.

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CPO Human Resources Compliance Human Capital 388

Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. Conduct focus groups where employees from both sides can share their concerns and aspirations. Diagnostics are your pickaxe , helping you identify fault lines before they cause fissures. Go beyond surface-level responses.

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Team Workshop Team Building Mission Statement 162

HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We delve into the pivotal milestones that define Dávila’s exceptional leadership journey, painting a vivid portrait of his strategic acumen and the collaborative spirit steering Aon EMEA toward unparalleled success. How does your leadership align with this vision? For me, leadership is all about teamwork.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

.” These are a bit extreme, but we’ve heard variations of these thoughts over the years in focus groups to survey a Client’s organizational culture. One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness.

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Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In contrast, managers who haven’t learned this secret focus on the numbers and frantically swivel their team’s focus back and forth between twenty-seven different measurements – most of which don’t directly affect results. Sarah’s focus on the number ramped up pressure and stress. Sarah didn’t have to say a word.

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Metrics Balanced Scorecard Stress Long-term 266

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Lack of trust in leadership. While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Use polarity management as an avenue to address resistance. Job insecurity. Fear of failure.

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Resistance Restructuring Survey Agility 274

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2020

It is unfortunately common for employees in organizations to climb up the ladder to their “level of incompetence,” a concept in management known as the Peter Principle. Put another way, as soon as we gain a set of skills—for example, managing others—we have the tendency to forget what it feels like not to have these skills.

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Training Transportation Skills Guidelines 211

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Education for Leadership. Strategy for Leadership Development. Exploring lessons learned and how an organization and I developed a leadership development process for high potential employees.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Situation: Currently there is an authoritarian style of management creating a decrease in morale, satisfaction with work and innovation amongst employees. The methods and processes worked! Resolution.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

HR Digest

AUGUST 17, 2023

There are 5 key elements to consider when making the change to a hybrid work environment: properly defining a foundation, leveraging your brand, cultivating a culture of inclusivity and collaboration, embracing change management, and harnessing the power of your team’s insights.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Managers often hire consultants to help them solve major organizational problems. The consultant will interview key leaders and staff, run focus groups, and gather input from a variety of sources. Managers are hearing them for the first time. This often starts with surveys and third-party interviews or focus groups.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Transpersonal Leadership is a concept that my colleagues and I at LeaderShape Global have been developing for over 10 years. The next area to consider is the crucial importance of distributed Leadership, which follows naturally from the transpersonal perspective. Anybody can travel the path to Transpersonal Leadership.

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McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Crisis Self-aware 298

Mike Cardus

JUNE 28, 2013

My interviews and focus groups with employees it was obvious they have too many levels and people are confused. So we created a whole new level of management. Ensure that every person at every level knows what to do and that objective metrics exist and are shared with the person, their manager and their manager’s manager.

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Management Team Building Human Resources Metrics 126

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

As our CEO Ann Francke reminded us in a recent Bloomberg UK analysis of gender equality in UK business, the scarcity of senior women in executive committees and in leadership roles remains a pressing concern. What managers are struggling with It’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through the year!

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Conference Absenteeism Newsletter Article 52

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2020

You’re also committed to MBWA (or in today’s pandemic-constrained world, Management By Clicking Around- MBCA). In fact, most open-door policies are a passive leadership cop-out. They’re the founders of Let’s Grow Leaders, an international leadership development and training firm. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers.

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How To Wireless Policies System 251

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. But you should pick a longer time horizon for calculating ROI on your leadership choices.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

The Practical Leader

JUNE 30, 2020

To fix organizational problems or make major changes, managers often hire consultants to analyze what’s happening and provide improvement recommendations. The consulting firm usually interviews people, runs focus groups, and gathers input from a variety of sources. This is a big leadership failure.

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Hamel Power Absenteeism Compliance 130

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge.

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Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

To read more success stories check out Team Building Stories and the Exponent Leadership Stories. Team Building & Leadership Success Stories. Financial Services Group. Developing a leadership training program and increased trust in the competence of leadership. Below are two short success stories.

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Team Building TRIZ Succession Team 94

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2015

Every now and then managers must make exceptions, no doubt. Explain Your Leadership Viewpoint. Try something like this: “I believe in situational leadership and doing the right thing for people in trying situations. ” I hear that 10 times more than “My manager is too hard on us.”

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Team Building System Focus Group Situational Leadership 180

The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

I once asked a manager how many people work for his company. As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. The main reason they gave for this big difference was frustration with management practices. ” Leadership is emotional.

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Absenteeism Leadership Participative Workshop 40

Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When you fail to remember this principle of leadership – that people are different – you frustrate those you are trying to lead. I don’t really like the term, because I think better leadership is a “we”, but I want you to see how I try to be intentional in this area.) Welcoming input.

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Diversity Edmondson Team Focus Group 68

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Overtime increased by 30% in 3 years. The DTC Operator Algorithm.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Some leaders feel that running organizational surveys and giving that aggregated data to managers will somehow get them to improve engagement. Other leaders try organizational solutions like flex hours, onsite daycare, social activities, better benefits, senior leadership visibility, boosting interactions such as town hall meetings, etc.

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Webinar Participative Quality Document 72

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. As we continue to bring our culture to life in our operating model and our HR practices, we continue to use surveys, crowdsourcing, focus groups and other tools to ensure our people are heard.

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Human Resources Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. Learn our best practices for managing virtual teams and meetings.). Management should talk to employees ?

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Team Emotional Intelligence Diversity Globalization 88

The Practical Leader

MAY 29, 2019

” That’s a key conclusion of a major study by Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute. Find ways to manage chronic uncertainty. “Workers are more adaptive and optimistic about the future than their leaders recognize.”

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Agility Organization Henderson Focus Group 55

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2014

Management they told me morale was a big problem, and they had results from an employee survey that supported their beliefs. Management and employee teams agreed to wait to work on morale BUT they still wanted to see improvement in their employee survey. In the initial meeting with the Sr. I wasn’t interested in working on morale.

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Morale System Project Team Building 147

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Guest post from Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell: Ask any manager and they’ll agree that people issues are some of the most important ones they face in their day-to-day routine. Elements that define your culture is leadership style, communication, the work environment – formal or informal – and how mistakes are handled.

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Succession Benchmarking Performance Review Handbook 137

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Some ways to uncover how to create a positive work environment include: Encourage immediate communication and conflict resolution Train employees on conflict resolution strategies that they can employ as necessary Provide training for managers and HR professionals on constructive communication Encourage regular interactions between senior management (..)

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Company Environment Policies Metrics 98

Management Craft

JULY 25, 2011

I am asked to evaluate teams, departments, and managers quite often. This work is sometimes done in the form of focus groups, interviews, or team training sessions. As managers, this needs to be considered in the planning stages. Groups are important to us. For managers, this is both an opportunity and a challenge.

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HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2023

The current competitive marketplace has made it a necessity for organizations to discover steps in managing attrition rates. Employee Retention Strategies to Decrease Staff Turnover Rates Employers need to focus on fostering a positive work environment as a step in managing attrition.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 18, 2022

You can get Informal feedback through external coaches, reverse performance appraisals, facilitated focus groups, meeting reflections, project reviews, anonymous online surveys, external assessments, informal networking, moose hunting , and so on. Technical Tunnel Vision. Symptom: I, robot. Now, look around your organization.

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Emotional Intelligence How To Career Skills 80

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The HR VP outlined a process to feed back the survey results to management and frontline teams across the organization in the coming months. They seemed to be Theory X leaders (employees will take advantage, need to be “snoopervised,” and managed like kids with rules, policies, and punishment). They see it loud and clear.

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Policies Morale Report Survey 59

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. Improvement may not always be expensive. Don’t Kill It!

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Learning Organization Organization Senge Blog 160

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Managers need to be trained on the importance of balancing business needs with safety and to take frontline employees concerns seriously. At this point in the process, HR should analyze the data and information for trends and share important findings with senior management along with recommendations. And 37 people would still be alive.

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