Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Strategic Sort: Deciphering What Matters Most Picture this: Your boss slides over a scroll of 27 KPIs and you’re playing a corporate game of ‘Which Metric is Least Tragic?’. And curiosity about how to approach your work differently. Identifying the expendable can be surprisingly quick once you start that dialogue.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Most of them tell me that they spend most of their time looking at performance indicators - Summaries of key metrics - Spreadsheet data - Other dashboard tools. Monitoring performance metrics is a good thing. Yet sometimes internal systems present metrics that are easy for us to monitor but aren’t the right things for us to monitor.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 20, 2014

“This (leadership) really is hard to learn. On the latest edition of the More Human Podcast , leadership consultant, author and strategist Jeannie Coyle and I tackle a big topic – the essential qualities of leadership: The value of experience in developing great leaders, versus traditional tools and training.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 21, 2024

The integration of advanced tools and platforms has become paramount for effective communication and project management. Leaders are moving away from traditional measures of productivity and embracing outcomes-based performance metrics. Focus on Results, Not Presence: Hybrid workplaces prioritize results over physical presence.

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QAspire

JUNE 10, 2012

A start-up or a fledgling organization relies on individual heroism of their people to successfully deliver projects. These team members are enthusiastic, engaged and willing to see the project succeed. They are emotionally connected to the purpose of project/organization. Why then are projects still in a problem?

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? You can measure almost anything in your business, but if those metrics don’t serve a real business objectives, they are just numbers with no real meaning. Identify metrics : What metrics can effectively help you meet your goals?

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QAspire

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I recently heard someone saying, “ Project management is just science. ” “Do I agree?” Here is what I think: Project management is both science and art, but it is the art of project management that makes great project managers. part of the project, aligning standard methods to the purpose is all about common sense.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MAY 4, 2022

To identify conflict, monitor both project milestones as well as team member metrics. If a milestone is missed, or a metric is off, get to the root cause quickly. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. Talk with your team members frequently to suss out issues.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 10, 2024

Leadership involves a high-level view, guiding a team or organization towards long-term goals. ” or “How do you feel our current projects align with our long-term goals?” But what happens when a leader gets lost in the minutiae, or as we often say, gets “stuck in the weeds”?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

‘Why do good projects go bad?’ – This seems to be a question a lot of project managers end up asking themselves. This blog post presents some of the most common project management mistakes made by companies all over the world. An organisational culture that is not ready for project management. Resisting change.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. From “hands-on” execution and metrics to “hands-off” strategic decisions and measures, here are 4 shifts to navigate. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. Shift from “Me” to “We”.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Don’t just say “we value collaboration,” define what collaboration looks like in practice – regular team meetings, shared documents, cross-functional projects. Remember, granularity is key. Imagine building a magnificent house without a blueprint. That’s cultural integration without a defined purpose.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 31, 2017

“I will study up” – Take as much time as you need to study the details of your business or project plan for the year ahead. The post 10 New Year Resolutions For A Great Leadership Year appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. THEN , dive in.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

In today’s post I’ll look at the topic of resourcing as a key success metric for anyone in a leadership position. The essence of Leadership is not found in doing things yourself, but in teaching others how to do things better than you ever could. Leadership is about teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Getting your first leadership role is exciting, isn’t it? One of my first bosses told me that it would be impressive performance metrics and my contribution to the bottom line that would determine my success. Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge. There’s the office with your name on the door. They explain. They listen.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Senior leadership must champion any new initiative. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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Leading Blog

JULY 12, 2021

How does this apply to a project I am working on? Caution: do not obsess over and single metric or forge to update your metrics as you grow. #7 It’s better to use a proven formula and adding your own unique twist. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Fellow leaders, it’s that time of year again – time to dust off our leadership checklist, and get ‘em done. Proper preparation is key, and I assure you, if you do these 10 things, you’ll be more than ready to make the coming year the best one ever for your leadership. Leadership' THEN , dive in.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Our goal is to help individuals and teams achieve and measure success and to shift the thinking about projects and work from merely completed activities to investments that deliver impact,” explain the authors.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 19, 2012

This is sort of a team building , project management , goal-setting , communication kind of idea. They replied, “Mike, that came from our last team-development meeting, you were talking about recognizing success and all the small steps we each take within our roles, that lead to project completion. And this is it.” What is it?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 11, 2017

And yet it’s so easy to get distracted–focusing on the 27 other “critical” metrics on your scorecard, or the merger, or some special project, or… 4 Questions to Keep Your Team Focused on What Matters Most #MindTheMIT. Seems so basic and easy?

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

So I’d like to offer some techniques for running your meetings more efficiently, helping you focus on the right key sets of metrics, and then managing by exception. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

APRIL 5, 2023

Clearly define the metrics you’ll measure, the data sources you’ll use, the measurement methods, and measurement frequency. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. Regular measurement of goal achievement helps you make adjustments to your plans.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. Define Your Metrics. Starting from your own performance metrics, you have to extend individualized and group metrics for your team.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 10, 2022

When leadership begins a change initiative or undergoes a merger, there are seven critical things that are required to ensure sustained success: . 5 Need a commitment by leadership to implement and support it as an ongoing priority. 6 Need clarity of a metric to measure the progress and results.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Most of the ongoing metrics we use are design to access past performance and are little help in judging an uncertain future. Approach the project as an experiment. She suggested the moving forward would help to protect the company in the long run by keeping it relevant. Navigating the Unknown.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

A great leader who can identify concerns and build enthusiasm – even on high-risk projects – brings a new level of trust and freedom that drives everyone to impressive heights. For managers, leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. What qualities separate the effective leaders from the draining leaders?

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Quantitative Goals When you set goals that are quantitative, they’re going to focus on things like financial results, operational metrics, customer dynamics, or quality. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. You can typically track these types of goals pretty easily.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Another employee retention example is paying attention to an employee’s career projections. There are many important metrics to consider in employee retention: Overall retention rate : This looks at the number of employees who have stayed with the company from the beginning to the end of a given period.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2020

It reminds me of the old project management adage: people don’t plan to fail; they just fail to plan. The research is clear that high-trust organizations have lower turnover, higher employee engagement, and outperform low-trust organizations on practically every measurable metric.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 13, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Education for Leadership. Strategy for Leadership Development. Exploring lessons learned and how an organization and I developed a leadership development process for high potential employees.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 17, 2022

This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Our goal is to help individuals and teams achieve and measure success and to shift the thinking about projects and work from merely completed activities to investments that deliver impact,” explain the authors.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Clarity of Success Metrics: The parameters for how success will be measured are clearly communicated and understood at the beginning of a project, and employees understand how they will be measured. At best practice organizations, these success metrics are included in individuals’ annual performance goals.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Countermeasures: Implement Regular Audits: Continuously assess the return on investment of ongoing projects.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2021

The harsh reality is that few entrepreneurs become successful in their careers, irrespective of whether you use money or popularity as metrics to measure success. Success is a metric you can measure through different metrics. Let’s face it: everyone wants to be a ‘successful’ entrepreneur. Conclusion.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

HR strategies for business growth take into consideration the existing potential of the workforce in comparison to its future potential to assist organizations in scaling up their operations carefully.

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