Leading Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

O FTENTIMES managers and executives push for organizational change and growth, yet their businesses continue to suffer from profit loss, lack of productivity, a decline in employee morale, and frustration. Managers sending the wrong message? Employees do care about the bottom line, and managers are correct in their message.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Leadership Development Goals for 2019. Dan suggests, “While leadership development goals should always be specific to any individual leader, it’s often helpful to have a list to choose from.” ” Discover Roger on Twitter at @DoctorDuncan. Productivity.

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Jason Womack

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Achieving your experiences…it’s more than just setting goals, and putting your head down to do the work. A different perspective, when it comes to managing your focus. I remember reading that book a long time ago by Carl Rogers, and my main take-away was: I’ve got to question what I do, to know if what I do is working….

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LDRLB

MARCH 27, 2013

[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Roger Schwarz. Roger is the author of the new book, Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. ]. Most leaders often operate under a mindset of unilateral control where the manager or leader feels responsible and accountable for the team and thus dictates to them.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 31, 2010

“Do business by design rather than by default.&# — The Product Management Perspective: We will improve our effectiveness and our ability to work with others by giving careful thought to these questions. Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on June 19, 2010 at 10:17 pm said: Roger, glad to hear your enjoyed this post.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 11, 2011

” – Roger Allen A favorite pastime of those in the older generations is to lament the decline among the younger generations. In the eyes of their managers, peers, and direct reports, the Gen Y group is highly focused on obtaining results for the organization. They were also more inclined to set stretch goals.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 5, 2013

These professors consistently build upon the body of knowledge and further the goal of evidence-based leadership. Rotman School of Management. Roger Martin. Rotman School of Management. Tuck School of Management. Most are from business schools, others from a variety of fields relevant to leading organizations.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2018

She was the model for executive assistants and office managers everywhere. John Wayne and Roy Rogers had Gabby Hayes. There were friendly, familiar places such as Cheers bar, Arnold’s Drive-In on “Happy Days,” the Krusty Krab on “SpongeBob Square Pants,” Dale’s Diner on “The Roy Rogers Show” and other homey places.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 11, 2012

Rogers , "to thrive in our digital age, businesses need to reimagine our customers: not as a mass of isolated individual actors but as networks --with each customer as a node linking and dynamically interacting with each other and with us." Collaborate on collective projects and goals through open platforms.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. –Ben Stein.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

DECEMBER 10, 2010

“I have found it of enormous value when I can permit myself to understand the other person.&# - Carl Rogers, American psychologist "When learning about life and people, make no more assumptions than are absolutely necessary. How can you apply the two aspects of dialogue in future conversations with people you often disagree with?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Even if you are fulfilled, the odds are that many of your managers and employees are not, according to new study conducted by Metrus Institute. When those goals are aligned with the organization, we see higher productivity and business results. Who wouldn’t like to be more fulfilled? A good test of this is to ask about priorities.

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Management Craft

APRIL 24, 2011

We all have the opportunity to better define how we will define and live consistently with our goals (not the goals we adopt because we feel we should, but the goals that come from our passions - the work, the actions, the contributions that feed and fuel us and that we are driven to do). Clear goals. Positive emotions.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Conceptualize your own personal goals. Understand conflicting societal goals. I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. Fit your dreams into the necessities and realities of the real world. Find your own niche, do your thing.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

” Will Rogers. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. The ingredients may include such sophisticated business concepts as change management, crisis management and preparedness, streamlining operations, empowerment of people, marketplace development, organizational evolution and vision.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

On several occasions, I have heard the logic “continuous improvement is a journey” and “perfection is a very distant goal,” well in keeping with Thomas More’s Utopia. Does CI stop at perfection? Would continuous improvement be a focus of exploration in Utopia?

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 25, 2009

With over 20 years of technology experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for synthesizing conceptual ideas and turning them into reality. Are you the type of leader that passes “germs” to his team and organization with negative comments about individuals and management?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2012

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms. How Did We Get Here?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Tyson (Kaiser Permanente, healthcare), Omar Ishrak (Medtronic, medical technology), Sallie Krawcheck (Ellevest, investing), Kathryn Maher (Wikimedia, encyclopedia), John Rogers (Ariel Investments, financial services). Susan Wojcicki (YouTube) asks managers for updates on their numbers around diversity.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In total, the nine learning styles give us access to capabilities that are broad enough to successfully manage any situation and present a complete portrait of our total potential. Focus on one goal. Acting: Take assertive, directed action to accomplish a goal. Source: Kolb, D.A. & & Kolb, A.Y. Focus on results.

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Roundtable Talk

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Having graduated from the management school of “initiation by fire” myself, I’d never really heard of coaching until I joined a leadership consulting/training firm in the late 90’s. I ended up taking a coaching program through The Coaches Training Institute because I thought it might make me a better “manager as coach”. Happy leading!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Almost 10 years ago, Roger Martin wrote a short essay for HBR called " Capital Versus Talent. " It's really by Roger Martin. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters. The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals. Your Most Pressing Management Problem Right Now. It seemed to describe 2009, not 2003.

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Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The following article shares one practitioner’s journey to uncover new models and expand his change management toolkit. Change management models. I am a process guy by training, but I make my living from change management. So whilst I might be a process guy it is change management that pays my mortgage.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

For more than a quarter century, the mantra, of course, has been that corporations' primary focus should be on shareholders and the primary goal should be to "maximize shareholder value." In essence, Martin argues that agency theory and the goal of maximizing "shareholder value" have had significant and harmful side effects.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2011

Dean of the Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, states in Fixing the Game , "We haven’t looked deeper into blameworthy CEO behavior to understand what really caused it. That theory, says Roger Martin, “had the unfortunate effect of tightly tying together two markets: the real market and the expectations market.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Lafley, Roger L. Lafley and Roger Martin — get to the heart of strategy, explaining what it's for, how to think about it, why you need it, and how to get it done. Sidetracked will help you identify and avoid these influences so the decisions you make do stick — and you finally reach your intended goals.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

The best managers hire smart people to work for them. How do you manage people who have more experience or more knowledge? It’s natural to feel worried or insecure about your ability to manage someone who has superior experience or knowhow. Talk to your manager about the attributes you bring to your role.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Curiosity – inclination to learn.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

How will you advance the goal of the meeting? Roger Schwarz. They respected that her role was to help manage the company’s legal risk, but she had a tendency to shoot down ideas and take a conservative stance on gray areas, leaving the marketing group feeling demoralized. You and Your Team Series. Elizabeth Grace Saunders.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the concept of Getting to Yes , an iconic negotiation strategy developed by Harvard professor Roger Fisher and others. For many managers, however, the more difficult day-to-day challenge is “getting to no” which is what we call the process for agreeing on what not to do.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2017

See More Videos > See More Videos > As Teresa Amabile and Mukti Khaire explain , “One doesn’t manage creativity. One manages for creativity.” Manage this tension by encouraging people to move out of their comfort zones and toward the center of the spectrum. Strike a balance between art and commerce.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Whether it is rivalry between people (Bill Gates versus Steve Jobs; Roger Federer versus Rafael Nadal), between organizations (e.g., Our goal was to determine whether, how, and why feelings of rivalry between competitors influenced their propensity to take risk. Rivalry is everywhere. Ford versus GM), or between nations (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2016

So goes the manager’s punch list for check-ins with direct reports. It wasn’t long after becoming a manager that I found I had landed on a seemingly endless treadmill of meetings. Roger Schwarz. With the clock ticking, what could Julie do? Scan the memo? Follow up with the colleagues? You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In most organizations talent management is left to direct supervisors. The problem for continuous improvement is that managers tend to hire for expertise, not for behaviors such as improvement. Scott Beaird, Director of Talent Management at Tufts Medical Center , told me, "We hire what the manager wants.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Focus on your ultimate goal, whether it’s to restore trust or to protect your authority. You might say something like: “I heard you talked to Roger about your initiative after we discussed it and that made me feel a bit concerned that we’re not communicating well.” State your position.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It’s also a strategy I use with my time management coaching clients. Roger Schwarz. The goal is uninterrupted focus. Write the goal down on paper or record them in your calendar. The goal is to have the urgent wait as you make room for the important. Having clear task goals will help you to stay focused.

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