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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

Lessons throughout history inform us that cause precedes effect; actions create results. Appearance of Improvement vs. Improvement – In the effects domain, managers often look for steps to improve the appearance of their P&L results, yet no real, underlying change takes place.

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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

Make information accessible. When a manager is struggling to think like an entrepreneur, it’s often that they don’t have access to the information they need to be resourceful. You don’t need to give someone full P&L responsibility to help them act like an owner of their part of the business.

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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. They had informants at airports who fed them information about valuable outbound cargos. Lawful leaders should seek to build a culture that differentiates their organization from others. * * * Jerold L.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Gather Intelligence to Understand and Overcome Barriers Information is power. Staying informed about broader organizational sentiments, potential resistances, and emerging allies is crucial for strategizing effectively. link] Williams, P. Clichés like ‘Trust the process’ are often used to discourage scrutiny or questioning.

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29 Fortune 500 Companies Have No Women on Boards

Women on Business

of the companies in the S&P 500, “remain all male in decision-making roles, with no women on the board of directors or among the company’s top five highest-paid officers.&#. Fidelity National Information Services, Jacksonville, FL. L-3 Communications Holdings, New York, NY. Discovery Communications, Silver Spring, MD.

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For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line

The Practical Leader

The gist of his presentation was that we need to re-train our brains to absorb more information at faster rates so we can cram even more stuff in our craniums. Electronic tools can also replace true communication with information overload, damage relationships, and overwhelm our day. Beware of this lethal speed trap!

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The Best Leadership Books of 2019

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Helping People Change : Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth by Richard Boyatzis, Melvin L. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. It is made possible with a quality that we spend a lifetime acquiring: self-awareness. Blog Post ).

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