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

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That’s the basis of my conversation with business strategist and author Andrea Kates in this latest episode of “Leadership Biz Cafe”. Why leaders need to look beyond focus groups and market studies to find their next innovation. The four steps leaders can implement today to initiative innovation in their organizations.

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Innovation Leadership Airlines Brand 189

HR Digest

AUGUST 17, 2023

Virtual team-building activities, cross-functional projects, and online social gatherings can bridge the gap between team members, creating a unified and engaged workforce. Organizations can utilize employee surveys, focus groups, and feedback mechanisms to gather valuable insights from both in-office and remote team members.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2014

We focused efforts on two projects, we called these “Impact Projects”: Customer Satisfaction. We, the agency and I, did surveys, interviews and focus-groups of their customers to learn what they thought and saw as the benefits and needs of the agency. Time for Patient Care. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Morale System Project Team Building 147

The Practical Leader

JULY 26, 2023

” Their Perceptions Are My Leadership Reality Key to leadership development is understanding how others see me. The Clemmer Group’s long partnership with Zenger Folkman is based on their evidence-based approach to 360 assessment and strengths-based leadership development. ” The doctor said, “Good!

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360-Degree Feedback Survey Learning-by-Doing Attitude Survey 52

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Take, for example, even some of the more mundane practices, such as parade-ground drills, formation runs, and training projects geared to collective problem solving. All are intentionally designed to reinforce that every individual is simply one part of a larger group at work. Uncategorized Change Team'

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

It also drives teams to explore new ideas through our “15% culture” philosophy, which empowers 3Mers to work on projects of their own choosing, outside of their regular scope of work. We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions. PHOTO: 3M.

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Human Resources Focus Group Crisis Definition 132

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. It’s been a vital focus for many of our leadership team retreats and culture development work.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

.” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied.

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Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

Six Disciplines

APRIL 26, 2013

In trying to better quantify factors that contribute to excellence, we surveyed more than 300 small businesses (each with 10 to 100 employees) that included a range of service, product and project-oriented companies. Strength of the Leadership Team. The first was the ability of leadership to define a clear vision for the company.

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Quality Focus Group Analysis Motivation 110

The Practical Leader

MAY 18, 2022

Is multitasking and constant interruptions fragmenting your attention and limiting your ability to concentrate on important tasks or projects? Outline a typical day when you’re “in the flow” and time flies by — your leadership sweet spot. Do you get dragged into minor activities that others could handle?

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Emotional Intelligence How To Career Skills 80

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Do our processes include after-action or mid-action project reviews? If we want to foster a culture of feedback, do we want to focus on giving or on soliciting feedback? For example, do we first conduct significant research and use focus groups to inform the experiment, or do we move quickly to learning while doing?

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How To Learning-by-Doing Books System 119

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. With this team we used it to explore the challenge of Developing a Managerial Leadership Process.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 128

LDRLB

MARCH 15, 2013

In a recent study conducted by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and a team of researchers at the Center for Talent Innovation , the senior leaders surveyed listed executive presence – being perceived as leadership material – as the essential factor in determining who gets ahead in an organization. Leaders with executive presence must project confidence.

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Execution Survey Audience Active Listening 168

QAspire

JANUARY 9, 2011

Same challenges show up in each project. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. You can form small focus group from your current team and improve in small iterations. So, they try to correct it instead.

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Learning Organization Organization Senge Blog 160

QAspire

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Establish quality circles or improvement/quality focus groups and rotate people to give everyone a chance to participate. Train your middle managers on quality to build a right leadership ecosystem. Use these meetings to give them a broad overview of strategies and purpose. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Don’t Kill It!

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Quality TQM Directory Belief Systems 122

Management Excellence

MAY 18, 2011

For those who’ve lived and thrived on a high-performance team, the memory of what it was like to work with a motivated, caring, challenging (but respectful), accomplishment-focused group of individuals provides sustenance for the lonely, near-death experiences that characterize so many other team and project experiences in the workplace.

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Team Focus Group Project Motivation 75

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Leveraging a variety of listening methods, such as surveys, focus groups, department-wide fireside chats with leaders, and so on, we pull back the layers on the needs of our employees and tackle what matters most to them, while also keeping in mind the needs of our customer and business.

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Human Capital Human Resources Diversity Education 52

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. When we understand the NOISE conditions, we can create a path towards the future that allows the company or team or project to flourish. Group Size. Opportunities. Improvements. Exceptions. Flip Chart Paper. Lots of Post-it Notes.

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Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

Management Craft

JUNE 2, 2011

Let me know if you would like me to provide a talk or workshop for your organization, or work with you on an OD project. Management or leadership training. Leadership strategy facilitation. Employee relations assessments, focus groups, surveys. Here are a few examples: Talks/workshops on topics from my books.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Many leaders are uncomfortable with the emotional side of leadership, but without that connection, their organization will not thrive. Leadership Tip: “Employees need to know that their voices will be heard, their opinions will be respected, and their efforts will be appreciated.” ” -Jason Richmond. ” -Larry Fink.

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How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If the thought of working long hours on your project fills you with excitement, then you’re ready to start your business. See if you can't put a small focus group together, preferably strangers. No matter the type of business you run, leadership is always essential to success.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Many leadership teams seem to think that talking about agility will magically transform their organizations. A department, division, or organization’s culture ripples out from its leadership team. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior. Leadership Team Planning ( click for typical agenda).

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Agility Team Leadership Storytelling 110

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2011

As Tanveer writes about leadership and managing employees, I thought I’d share some of the questions I often get asked by business leaders about managing customer expectations, developing their employees and how to involve your team in the process of selling your business when the time comes to put it on the selling block.

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Engineering Reference Incentives Merchandising 182

Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2011

As Tanveer writes about leadership and managing employees, I thought I’d share some of the questions I often get asked by business leaders about managing customer expectations, developing their employees and how to involve your team in the process of selling your business when the time comes to put it on the selling block.

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Engineering Reference Incentives Merchandising 182

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 5, 2012

How will we measure progress & Success?

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Mentor Training Process Development 114

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. Our leadership practices remain authoritative. And, a paltry 38% reported that their organizations had effective leadership running the show.

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CIO Leadership Drucker Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

A new research study I led at CTI uncovers, through a nationally representative survey of 3,212 individuals with STEM credentials, and through dozens of additional interviews and focus group conversations, the differentiators of success for women in STEM. Yet 82% of women in STEM say their contributions are ignored. Be authentic.

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Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

In 2007 and 2008 the Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the Anita Borg Institute conducted research on approximately 1,800 tech workers in seven high-tech companies, finding that women reported being less likely than their male counterparts to be assigned to high-visibility projects. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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Focus Group Skills Technology Review 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of the ‘old’ method of relying on focus groups that meet behind two-way mirrors, it’s time to engage customers in a two-way conversation to innovate new products and services that matter. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation. Take Mountain Dew, for example.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

workforce — and companies will increasingly grapple with how to accelerate the development of those individuals for leadership positions. To address this challenge, J&J designed their Talent Acceleration Process (TAP) in 2012, which fast-tracks early- to mid-career individuals to senior leadership positions.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Yes, set up a “focus group” of employees to serve as community leaders who will shepherd your company into the social networking world, but don’t put all of the power in their hands. Pitfall #7: Neglecting employees, partners, investors, or customers when building your Social Nation.

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Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

One such project addressed a user’s control of his personal data. In our view, Brian’s work is an excellent demonstration of strategic leadership. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership. Those individuals came from nine countries and numerous industries.

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Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

They replicate despite changes in leadership and in management systems. Groups are more than the sum of their parts; we know we act differently when we’re on a team (or in a mob). And our explanations for ethical scandals are incomplete without a focus on group dynamics.

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Ethics Organization Incentives Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

They are projected to make up the majority of all women by 2060, which means they’ll also likely become the majority of the U.S. Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. How People Get Ahead.

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Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Building the right culture in an era of fast-paced teaming, when people work on a shifting mix of projects with a shifting mix of partners, might sound challenging – if not impossible. When you join an unfamiliar team or start a challenging new project, self-protection is a natural instinct. Three Steps to a High-Performance Culture.

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Team Uncertainty Health Care Teamwork 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline. Number of projects in the innovation pipeline. Stage-gate specific metrics, i.e. projects moving from one. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said they’re gathering that data. stage to the next.

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