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Organizational Health and Performance: Beyond Performance 2.0

Leading Blog

Architect : Influence levers. Mobilize influence leaders, make the change personal for a critical mass of leaders, and maintain high-impact, two-way communications. Gary Hamel put it well in his forward to our first addition, “ Beyond Performance is far more than a guide to leading a successful change program.

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Powerful Leaders Go Beyond Empowerment to Empartnerment

The Practical Leader

In “Harnessing Everyday Genius,” in the latest edition of Harvard Business Review , Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini show what a big problem this is. employees said they were consistently able to influence decisions important to their work.” This is a big leadership failure. ” It gets worse.

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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2012

Leading Blog

What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. Amplified Leadership : 5 Practices to Establish Influence, Build People, and Impact Others for a Lifetime by Dan Reiland. Covey and Greg Link with Rebecca R.

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What the Heck is a “Ding in the Universe”

Leadership Freak

I never appreciated Steve Jobs’ quote, “I want to put a ding in the universe,” until I talked with Gary Hamel, Wall Street Journal’s #1 most influential business thinker. I asked Gary what leadership behaviors have the most impact on organizations. Gary took a swing at the reason we don’t put a ding in the [.].

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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobson

The book subtitle in the headline above convinced me to read, Humanocracy , by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini. How often do political skills, as opposed to demonstrated competence, influence who gets ahead in your organization? How prevalent are political behaviors in your organization?

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What the Heck is a “Ding in the Universe”

Leadership Freak

I never appreciated Steve Jobs’ quote, “I want to put a ding in the universe,” until I talked with Gary Hamel, Wall Street Journal’s #1 most influential business thinker. I asked Gary what leadership behaviors have the most impact on organizations. Gary took a swing at the reason we don’t put a ding in the [.].

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LeadershipNow 140: December 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Gary Hamel: "Give someone monarch-like authority, and sooner or later there will be a royal screw-up." ronkarr: Your influence and power comes from other people! @RobertHThompson: Why Great Entrepreneurs (Leaders) Take Big Risks And Sometimes Get Fired | AlwaysOn. From What Matters Now. What are your core in-competencies?

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