The Center For Leadership Studies

DECEMBER 4, 2023

leadership, conflict resolution, decision-making, etc.). As employees work their way through the learning curve associated with their day-to-day responsibilities, they typically reach a point where less energy is needed to consistently perform at or above an acceptable level of proficiency. In leadership, confidence is critical.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The things I’m going to list have all crippled me during seasons of my leadership. I have had more than one hard learning curve in this area. And, you shouldn’t ignore learning from them – even when you don’t agree with them. Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I think guest posting is going to be the best way to get the highest quality traffic that actually converts to long-term readers, email subscribers, fans, and advocates of your work. But there’s a really steep learning curve for any skill when you get started. That’s what I did with blogging for a long time.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 18, 2017

The things I’m going to list have all crippled me during seasons of my leadership. I have had more than one hard learning curve in this area. And, you shouldn’t ignore learning from them – even when you don’t agree with them. Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo.

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Delegation Learning Curve Long-term Short-term 52

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Still, some people simply may not like the new size or shape of the organization — and may decide they are no longer a fit for the team long-term. This is where leadership is needed, but in seasons of fast growth and change there aren’t always enough leaders to cover all the bases. This is one of the harder realities.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Forget all the buzzwords and acronyms, social media is about meeting your constituencies where they are – in a setting of their choosing, and communicating with them on their terms. Your comment got me thinking, which grew long enough to warrant a blog post: [link]. link] Allan W. link] Allan W. Best wishes Sir.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 17, 2010

October 17th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus One of my clients, a mid-level leader in a large organization, is working to get better at leadership by setting some stretch goals. Would you like a longer term “partner&# , mentor, or MasterMind group with regular meetings to provide support over the long haul?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Multicultural leadership involves deep immersion within different cultures to understand their values and specific context. Other consumer-focused companies such as IKEA and Starbucks are following in KFC's footsteps, but the learning curve is both steep and long.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Then there are the leadership, cultural, and intangible benefits that arise from the consistent practice of debriefing. Second, proper debriefing fulfills a critical need for effective learning by connecting cause and effect rather than allowing time delays to inhibit or prevent meaningful learning. Debriefing has many benefits.

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Short-term Tools Learning-by-Doing Schein 64

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Much has been written about long-term expatriate assignments , but for many of us, a more common “assignment” is the short-term business trip — that four-day jaunt to Dubai or the there-and-back trip to Buenos Aires. What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

We include five categories of AI technology systems: robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning.). Our results suggest there’s still time to climb the learning curve and compete using AI. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Or, if you're looking to make a career switch — you've excelled as a writer in the newsroom but now want to work for a start-up — there's a good chance you can put your writing skills to work while learning about the entrepreneurial mindset in business development or corporate communications. Redirect Unwanted Work.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

In terms of finding the right career, research shows that it’s really hard to predict what you’ll be good at ahead of time, especially just by “going with your gut”, and it turns out career tests don’t work either. However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This is a high-octane, high-consequence, long-term date. But a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop. Most early-stage startups fail due to founder disputes, not the substance of the business.

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How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

The company lost its leadership of the very industry that it had invented back in 1973. As the company moves down the learning curve and costs come down, the savings from reduced waste, inventory, and assembly labor will even make it competitive for the mass production segment of the market. Keep an eye on the long run.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2015

The payoff is that it puts the firm in a position to drive those relative costs even lower as competition unfolds due to the learning curve advantage. In the world of business generally, there are only two demand conditions a firm can face with respect to an offering: a flat demand curve or a downward sloping one.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

While the jury is still out on the long-term impact of many of the talent tech experiments we have witnessed, we have observed five core lessons from those firms that seem to be positioning themselves most effectively to reap their benefits: Talent tech adoption must be driven by business leaders, not the C-suite or corporate functions.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

While not exhaustive, below is an illustrative list of the types of support roles a leader might consider having: The Expert: Even when we are experts ourselves, there is always a learning curve. We need to continually seek out those who have the pattern recognition, experience, or best practices around the issues we’re facing.

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Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

“Life is long,” she adds. Whether you’re familiarizing yourself with new processes or new people, there will be a learning curve. “I now talk to my direct reports about avoiding career regrets and how important it is for their life, career, and long-term happiness,” she says.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Organizations get people caught in activity traps…unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term. Failure is inevitable and is the best learning curve for success. You provide leadership for progress, rather than following along.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

New year projections are the best time to benchmark progress and adjust sights for the coming term. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term. Mutually agreed-upon goals are vital.

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Goal Strategic Planning Benchmarking Budgeting 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Values in terms of savings: Time and motion savings. Values in terms of efficiencies: Meantime between new product introductions. Organizations get people caught in activity traps… unless managers periodically pull back and reassess in terms of goals. View goals as long-term, rather than short-term.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). There always must exist a learning curve.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Or, do we now see the need and importance to embrace longer-term approaches? The term CEO has recently been held in disfavor. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. High Costs, Learning Curves.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

QAspire

AUGUST 6, 2012

Lisa is an expert in the areas of organization development, management, leadership, talent management, and personal and organizational success. It was my long term wish to bring Lisa’s thoughts to the readers of this blog and I grabbed this opportunity to catch up a conversation. I don’t recommend this!

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