Lead Change Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

We’ve worked with them and for them – individuals in leadership positions who prioritize profits over people, place a greater value on transactions than interactions and view themselves on a higher level than those around them. Contrast this approach with “ecosystem leadership,” a term coined by Otto Scharmer in his book, “Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies.” The post Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With 2021 just around the corner, it’s time to consider upgrading your LOS—Leadership Operating System. Your LOS is a collection of the leadership traits, styles, techniques, and strategies you use to lead and manage people, and it’s imperative to make sure your LOS is up to date if you want to maximize your effectiveness. Backing up your LOS involves taking stock of your leadership experiences this past year.

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Art Petty

JANUARY 20, 2023

I like the operating system metaphor [.] The post Designing A Bug-Free Operating System for Great Managers appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Thought Leaders LLC

AUGUST 17, 2022

Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. Business Toolkit Entrepreneur Innovation Leadership StrategyTransform your business by completely rethinking how it works.

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2021

Whether it is a sales agreement or a preliminary contract, the buyer and seller can decide through mutual agreement to add suspensive clauses.

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Management Excellence

MAY 6, 2021

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 16, 2017

Corporate teams love meetings. People who do the work can’t wait for meetings to end. Use a K.I.S.S. agenda to run meetings real people love to attend. #1. Keep: What do we need… Continue reading → Leading Meetings and agendas Meetings

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Management Excellence

JULY 25, 2021

Art of Managing Emerging Leaders Leadership Leadership Caffeine Management Innovation Project Management The Leadership Opportunity Think Differently Business Reviews Key Performance Indicators Operating Approach Project Status Updates Quarterly Business Reviews Working Environment

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Art Petty

JULY 25, 2021

It's time to change your team's operating approach. The post Leadership Caffeine™—Rethinking Your Team’s Business Reviews and Operating Approach appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty. Related Stories Leadership Caffeine™—Get Better Daily Leadership Caffeine™—Focus on What Matters Leadership Caffeine™—Expect to Struggle When These Two Ingredients are Missing.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

The situation is too fast-moving, fluid and unprecedented for any of us to settle in for whatever the long haul is and keep on truckin’ with the same operating rhythm we’ve used up until now. That doesn’t mean, though, that we shouldn’t take a step back to assess our operating rhythm as leaders and professionals who still need to get stuff done. For years, I’ve been a big proponent of identifying and following through on your optimal operating rhythm.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 3, 2021

Business Toolkit Entrepreneur Innovation Leadership StrategyTransform your business by completely rethinking how it works. Analyzing your business model, revenue, and costs can lead you to innovative solutions.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I invite leaders who I admire to share real world leadership principles they have learned on their journey. Welcome to “Secret Sauce Sunday.” The insights that follow are born in Mike Bowker’s experience.… … Continue reading → Secret Sauce

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David Grossman

AUGUST 15, 2022

Leadership Effectiveness & Planning Company CultureThe long-tail impact of working remotely has helped leaders create deeper connections on their own teams but far less connection across the organization. And the consequences are beginning to show.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I invite leaders who I admire to share real world… Continue reading → Failure Secret Sauce Success Leadership Development leadership journeyIf promotion or advancement didn’t work out for you, the practical lessons in this post are for you. Welcome to “Secret Sauce Sunday.”

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2017

Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. Listen to Podcast.

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Art Petty

MAY 6, 2021

Yet, when I explore the stress points with struggling managers and ask some questions, I often discover they are attempting to execute their role without the benefit of what I describe as a Manager Operating System.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2021

Coconino County has enhanced its Public Works fleet operations by focusing on employee development and establishing new business practices. In the last five years, Public Works leadership have taken many actions to build a sustainable future.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2017

In essence, business processes need not be limited by reporting lines or geography in this kind of operating model. Rather, the internal operating model of a business must be re-thought as well. Digital Transformation Jim Kerr leadership N2growthToday’s digital capabilities offer great promise for businesses big and small. But, in order to realize that promise, business leaders must be willing to drastically re-think their company’s business processes.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus. DTC operator continues to be one of my favorites for working with teams that feel stuck or just cannot move out of their own way to explore the system and problem in a different way. Try DTC Operator out and let me know what happens. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Here are some good tips for leading a successful business operation from the handy booklet, 144 Ways To Walk The Talk , by Eric Harvey and Al Lucia : Involve your team in setting standards that are achievable but also require everyone to stretch their knowledge and skills. Business Operation Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership

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Management Excellence

APRIL 10, 2020

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Entrepreneurial leadership is a mindset. It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership. He shares these in Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 28, 2020

Gratitude—real gratitude, not the saccharine “too blessed to be stressed” meme mantra—has the power to revolutionize your leadership and your influence. The post Leadership and Gratitude – Interview with Kerry Wekelo appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 29, 2020

The post Executive Coaching Success Story: Senior Vice President Business Operations, Telecommunications appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training. Success Stories

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 29, 2020

The post Executive Coaching Success Story: Chief Operating Officer, Healthcare appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training. Success Stories

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 29, 2020

The post Executive Coaching Success Story: Executive Vice President Business Operations, Finance appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training. Success Stories

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Management Excellence

JULY 25, 2021

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

James Kouzes and Barry Posner emphasize this point in Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership. To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. One Solution Step was to create an internal Managerial Leadership Process, starting with the Managers and eventually being used in every level of the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator Algorithm.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We get overall leadership from Marc, which is all we need. It got me rethinking the true role of leadership. . I use this phrase, not as an invitation to use hands-off abandonment, but instead as a caution to never use any more leadership than is needed. ” Great partnering needs broad guidelines that provide “solution spaces” in which to operate. Service leadership is about realness, not about roleness.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Even if you have a small staff, you still need to be on top of daily operations to ensure everything goes smoothly. When you own a small business, you’re usually the one who runs the show.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Leadership is the key component that contributes to the success of these effective teams. At the helm of these organizations is the individual hired to lead, whether they are the commander of a military unit, the CEO of a large corporation or the head of maintenance at an aviation operations company. I have had the opportunity to lead both small and large military units who were tasked with conducting search and rescue operations for the U.S.…

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. When you embrace effective leadership strategy and tactics, they’ll work together to help you, your teams, and organization thrive. Leadership Strategy and Tactics – Your Turn.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided Leadership Dysfunction – Doing What You’ve Always Done. You may have a leadership dysfunction problem. Miller writes Leadership in the Hybrid Workplace.

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Art Petty

APRIL 10, 2020

In talking with top executives, it’s no surprise that one of the biggest challenges they are facing is transferring their well-established operating routines into an online/virtual format. The post Rethinking Your Management Approach and Your Team’s Operating Routine in Real-Time appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2014

Every year, I take time out to work on my leadership credo. How to Build a Leadership Credo. This exercise pairs well with a discussion on leadership authenticity. Each credo should include the following components: Core leadership values (e.g. Operating principles (e.g. Desired outcomes (“As a result of my leadership this year _”). Share the most important aspects of your leadership credo.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

Some leaders operate at the extremes—doing too much, then too little. What does it take to find the sweet spot in leadership? Finding your leadership sweet spot in each situation is challenging. The post Leadership: Finding Your Sweet Spot appeared first on Lead Change.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. The solution is to scale our leadership. Leadership must learn to scale itself, but not any kind of leadership will do. Leadership Development

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Ken Downer of Rapid Start Leadership provided Courage to Lead: Re-looking the Role of Courage in Leadership. Robyn McLeod provided The Do’s and Dont’s of Inclusive Leadership.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Here are some good tips for leading a successful business operation from the handy booklet, 144 Ways To Walk The Talk , by Eric Harvey and Al Lucia : Involve your team in setting standards that are achievable but also require everyone to stretch their knowledge and skills. Al Lucia Eric Harvey Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leadership

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The diagram below highlights the steps involved in the leadership process. Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. In the middle of The Leadership Process diagram are the words “Involve Others/build Relationships.” Leadership is a process!

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2019

She was the chief operating officer of a large company, and this was the leadership conference for her company. ” As I listened to her powerful message, I thought about how great leadership needs to be totally real before it is attractively adorned; jarringly authentic, not just charmingly presented. Baldheaded leadership is genuine and trust-building. Baldheaded leadership is courageous and transparent. How would your leadership actions change?

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Next Level Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Operation Mincemeat is a true story that reads like a novel. It’s a fun and fascinating read that shows how important characteristics like persistence and ingenuity can be to the practice of leadership. Take A Look Leadership Lessons Podcast Leadership Lessons Podcasts : Scott Eblin, executive coach, speaker and author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, 2nd Edition , talks with top business and organizational leaders.

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