Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Welcome to the May Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. John Spence contributed What Is Your Definition Of Leadership? Communication. Development. Engagement.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

L ONG-TERM THINKING is the key to what goes on at Amazon. Jeff Bezos has said, “ What we’re really focused on is thinking long-term, putting the customer at the center of our universe and inventing. Those are the three big ideas to think long-term because a lot of invention doesn’t work. Reset Your Clocks. Remove Friction.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership. While different scenarios demand different leadership styles, leaders can use the following tried-and-tested leadership lessons to lead effectively. Firstly, it helps you tailor your products or services according to customers’ needs.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Flexibility and productivity The UK is facing an urgent requirement for rapid upskilling to meet the needs of the economy and address skills mismatches at all levels. As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Apprenticeship Levy 2.0

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. A well-written contract defines or explains each term or condition only once. Lesson: Write it Once.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Inflation was in double digits while productivity and personal income were stagnant — an economic condition that became known as stagflation. Ongoing innovation with new products, services, and processes through autonomy and entrepreneurship. Productivity through well-trained, rewarded, and empowered front-line employees.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Susan Fowler—top leadership researcher, consultant, coach, and author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work…and What Does —says that you can’t actually motivate people: they are already motivated, but generally in superficial and short-term ways. However, Mark’s influence has not been limited to chicken.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 30, 2024

Since the first lockdown started, working from home (WFH) has been transformed to standard operating procedure. Most workers may enjoy WFH and feel more productive there, especially if they do deep concentration work such as researching, writing or coding. But it will be a short-term victory: staff will vote with their feet.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Setting the right targets and goals over the short and long terms is a fine art that requires a delicate blend of unbridled optimism and cold-eyed realism, sometimes bordering on schizophrenia. (I’ve 2) Dream aggressively quantitatively over a long-term horizon, tempered by economic factors at the “macro” level.

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Skip Prichard

MAY 17, 2021

Leadership experts Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren , in The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership , argue that leaders must balance between analytic logic and intuition. With this balanced approach, leaders find their creativity and productivity soaring and results follow. The Infinite Leader.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2017

Organizations in practically every industry are struggling to attract and retain great talent, especially in senior and executive leadership roles. With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. Tactical Business Plans : I like to keep things to the short strokes.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They make sure to embed their purpose in the very operating system of their organizations. They know that for deep purpose to take hold, both their daily actions and long-term strategic plans must be consistent with the overarching purpose. “Deep purpose provides focus and consistency when the path ahead is unclear.”

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

How does the data relate to what you’re doing or to an emerging trend or a competitor’s product launch? Making these types of connections helps you take the data one step further, determining if it’s going to have a short-term or long-term impact, if it’s suggesting the end of a trend or the beginning of a new one.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I am frequently asked what it takes to become more productive. Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. Relentless focus results in aligned priorities, order, discipline, and productivity. Tactical Business Plans : I like to keep things to the short strokes.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

The company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 9, 2017

One of Dr. Deming’s 7 deadly diseases is: Emphasis on short-term profits: short-term thinking. It is easy to focus on short term goals and use a somewhat simple short term figure to measure success. They simply get a letter from me every two years and call me when they wish.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. The Leadership File And The Spreadsheet Assassin. I ended up pulling out an old manila file that had “leadership” hand-scribbled on the tab.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

And when people bought in, they brought him ideas—tough ideas that required rethinking how the company operated—and those ideas ultimately saved Facebook from disaster.”. Apple has operated like Day One but struggles today under a refiner’s mindset. To avoid leaks, Apple’s product development takes place in extreme secrecy.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%. You should also learn about the industry the company operates in and the competitors they face. Make sure your goals are specific, measurable, and achievable.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), effective onboarding can increase employee retention by 25% and improve productivity by up to 50%. You should also learn about the industry the company operates in and the competitors they face. Make sure your goals are specific, measurable, and achievable.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

29 and the chief operating officer (COO) meets with the production manager about a major shipment of product to a customer. The COO tells the production manager to ship the product within the next two days to ensure it is counted as revenue in the current year. What should the production manager do?

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Throughout the ages, leaders and followers alike have wondered whether the process of leadership depends on inborn traits or whether it can be taught. Still, some people who strive for leadership never quite achieve it. Leadership skills can be taught. What is different about strategic leadership?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Forecasting Capabilities: How well does the leadership team know the industry? Product Strength: Where does the firm’s product set sit within the industry? Does it align with product strength and customer expectations?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” A good strategy helps a company clarify the tradeoffs that will be needed to make between short-term improvements and long-term opportunities.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Instead, I let short-term tactical thinking cloud my execution. One of the basic tenets of product management is that it is better to solve one problem completely than address multiple ones partially. This holds true beyond the realm of the product manager. Multi-tasking sounds positive.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Not just in terms of their own career growth, but in how it would open up a whole new understanding and area of knowledge in their field of study, if not also inspiring others to take up the cause to learn more about this elemental key to our existence. One that benefits not only us or a select few, but all those around us as well.

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

On an individual level, we must never look to be Never Excellent Enough and build our own capabilities in terms of knowledge and capacity, strength and control, and accountability and orientation. Hayes adds, “you’re not going to be the most productive performer unless you have the right attitude about the people around you.”.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to coach the members of a couple of different corporate senior leadership teams. The coaching approach I use for leadership teams is a lot like the one I use for individual leaders. She uses the time for both longer term and short-term thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. It was C.S. Contrary to popular folklore, it’s important to note that nice guys & gals don’t finish last.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 14, 2020

Throughout my career, I have spent a lot of time studying and teaching leadership. But unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, the coronavirus is a long-term event that changes on a daily basis. In a crisis, leaders are required to create models and draw conclusions while operating with imperfect and incomplete data.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2015

Guest post from Ted Bagley: All organizations worry about leadership, from the mom and pop community businesses to the giant global entities both domestic and international. Good leadership is defined as proper training, rewarding, assisting, coaching and respecting those who “carry the load”.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Strengths of the Situational Leadership ® Model Organizations have an ever-expanding spectrum of criteria that determines why they adopt one leadership methodology over another. What would explain the popularity of this model over the last six decades with all those people? Accessibility is a big one these days. Same for translations.

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