Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The risk is that when faced with the intense pressure an external shock, such as a recession, places upon managers, they can be tempted to take short cuts, reduce costs to the bone, and fundamentally break these implicit contracts, both through reducing pay and benefits, but also shortchanging employees in a variety of ways.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Daniel Kahneman. Connection.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. Neither Gen Z nor millennials have blind loyalty to brands or their employers; they grew up during The Great Recession and saw first-hand how this loyalty didn’t pay off for their parents. Every company needs a corporate purpose. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

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CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

In fact, long-term business viability depends on it. Neither Gen Z nor millennials have blind loyalty to brands or their employers; they grew up during The Great Recession and saw first-hand how this loyalty didn’t pay off for their parents. Every company needs a corporate purpose. Ernst & Young.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

Guest post by John Mattone , Business Author, Senior Faculty Member of Talent Management Alliance and President of Executive Development Associates (EDA), a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching. Loyalty Where is the loyalty? Where has all the loyalty gone?

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CO2

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Expectations are higher than ever, and businesses that do not place purpose at the forefront risk falling short. And purpose-driven organizations build unity, loyalty, and ownership by delivering on that promise. Businesses that deliver on a mission and a purpose stand to reap huge rewards—especially in the long term.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Expectations are higher than ever, and businesses that do not place purpose at the forefront risk falling short. And purpose-driven organizations build unity, loyalty, and ownership by delivering on that promise. Businesses that deliver on a mission and a purpose stand to reap huge rewards—especially in the long term.

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HR Digest

APRIL 15, 2021

Skilled workers, when applying for jobs, look for companies that offer such flexibility of operations. . Even blue-collar jobs the require factory operations need to work out flexible schedules to accommodate the new ways of working if they want to retain a skilled workforce. The days of 9-to-5 workday are well and truly over.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2015

Make the Customer Leadership Executive an Officer of the Company Ensure that the CCO is at a peer level of the leaders of the organization. After initiating the CCO role, it’s important to establish the working relationship between the company leadership and the CCO.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 5, 2013

The goodwill and more passionate relationship generated within the community translates into a far higher demand for our products and services, into more love and loyalty for our brand, and so into major contributions to the bottom line. This creates a virtuous cycle through which everyone is enriched.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. The “ings&# are just a small but very important aspect of leadership.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

As security has diminished, so has blind loyalty. In some cases, they may choose to experience a short-term loss, so that the organization can achieve a long-term gain. The changing role of leadership will mean that the relationship between managers and direct reports will have to change in both directions.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

How to move your organization from operational focus to strategic agility, getting the right balance of alignment and autonomy, and ensuring top-level support. How to avoid management traps (using vision alone and emphasizing short-term profits) when shifting your organization’s culture and practices to agile.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

What this means to you So what does all of this research mean to leadership and organizations? Is this what we call chemistry in common terms? By learning to control one’s heart rate we should be able to increase our ability to access the traits that result in greater leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

While there is a business case for integrity, an organization that embraces it must make a conscious decision to prioritize the long term, the intangible, and the existential over the specific and measurable. They are less subject to short-term operational pressures, and accordingly less risk-averse.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. However, under-investing in marketing is short-sighted, and this article will explain how “smart marketing” can be a key driver of business growth. In short, it works.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The internet has dramatically changed the way companies operate. But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. Think both short term and long term.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2014

With a technology focus, you might manage to launch a successful breakthrough, but your success will be short-lived because sustaining a technological advantage today is so difficult. These disparate efforts have compromised operational excellence. A tale of two brands illustrates the value of brand focus.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Leadership is changing — fast. On the other hand, a highly differentiated offering is no longer a guarantee of long-term value creation. ” Failure to grasp such disruptions — and adapt quickly — can be fatal. Manage costs — or add value?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

While financial incentive programs are popular, they may not achieve long-term behavior change; instead, they may lead to resentment and even rebellion among workers. Introducing short-term campaigns. In fact, they may even do more harm than good by promoting quick fixes as opposed to long-term progress. So what does?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After working with numerous marketers, we developed the Intelligent Brand Framework to provide a structure for thinking about marketing investments across creative and operational disciplines, using a combination of data-driven and human-centric approaches. Reflect on your collective capabilities as an organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

It’s easy to understand why loyalty is another important trait for CEOs. They must plan for the long-term while minding the short-term, grow the top line yet ensure the bottom line stays healthy, and minimize risks while making risky bets. Insiders tolerate ambiguity and uncertainty. This matters for two reasons.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Loyalty is paid for one way or another. When all attributes are equal in a competition, the company who gets the contract has a personal connection.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Although none are perfect, they operate in a way that generates engagement and fulfillment for their employees, delight and loyalty for their customers, positive contributions to their communities and to the environment, and excellent returns for their owners and investors. ” -Sisodia and Gelb. Redefine Success. Not by power.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The main difference is that clusters will typically be hired permanently by a business with a mutual intention to commit for the long term. In short, a cluster is an extreme version of a self-managed team. A cluster is not the same as a consulting model. Higher levels of personal happiness. Clusters Have Risks, But They Are Manageable.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

To say that business and its communities do not affect each other is short-sighted… and will make business the loser every time. Civic service is the ultimate way to steer heir apparents toward the leadership track. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Community Relations.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

AT&T’s approach not only gives its people an opportunity that engenders loyalty, it also ensures the integrity and continuity of the institutional knowledge and informal networks that make companies run. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry. How talent management is changing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

If, for instance, you want to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, talk to former subordinates; for questions about the candidate’s strategic orientation, talk to former bosses. If you display skepticism toward the candidate or hesitate, the reference will likely clam up out of loyalty, she says. ” Set the tone.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As more firms became multinationals, fewer showed loyalty to particular communities or any hesitation to migrate their operations to wherever costs were lowest. Employees were viewed more as fungible inputs to operations, and customers viewed more as targets within more and less lucrative segments.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag alone; instead, try a long-term relationship based on established loyalty and trust. Teach and institute leadership to improve all job functions. Substitute leadership methods for improvement. All of this implies a more-progressive approach to leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

"Many times a manager feels responsible for finding their people their next step in the organization," says Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Faculty Director of the INSEAD Leadership Initiative. Make it short-term and outline clear success criteria and an evaluation timeline.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Finally, under the harsh conditions of a renewal environment, a firm needs to first conserve and free up resources to ensure its viability and then go on to choose one of the other four approaches to rejuvenate growth and ensure long-term prosperity. • Adaptive: Be fast. • Visionary: Be first. • Shaping: Be the orchestrator.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Under the guise of acting like owners, many leaders operate as bureaucrats or, far worse, in some cases as personal-wealth maximizers. Though there are many drivers of short-term thinking in business today, wealth maximization motives of leaders is certainly one of them. But there is a problem with the owner’s mindset.

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