The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 24, 2023

CEOs are only as strong as the teams they lead, so it’s vital that leadership teams not only feature the right individuals, but that those individuals work effectively together. It can help to ensure rapid decision-making but also runs the risk of being heavily disrupted by political wrangling.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is the time of year when most of us turn our attention to presidential politics, but let us not forget that business is also political – to think otherwise is simply naïve. Office politics exist in every organization without regard for industry, structure, culture or values. Thoughts?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Start here to empower your team, even when you don’t have all the answers. What can I do to empower my team to keep moving?” Lessons from Gail: Tips to Help Empower Your Team. Although politics, people, and policies were in flux , we knew unequivocally what mattered most for our roles. I know I did.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. All In : How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams by Mike Michalowicz It’s never been harder building successful teams. Political savvy. The Goodwill Jar : Reflections on Leadership and Legacy by Nick O.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 1, 2020

When your team won’t trust you, that’s job number one. If there’s one realization every leader can take to heart from the pandemic and social-political turmoil gripping the United States right now, it’s that you cannot lead without trust. When your team […].

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The longer you’re in a leadership position, the more decisions you will have to make. 6 Uncomfortable Leadership Decisions. Let’s look at 6 of these leadership decisions you’ll face. The first: You free up your team to move forward. Allowing your team to fail: No one wants their team to fail.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Establishing themselves as noteworthy game changers, these leadership trends are compelling global leaders to rethink their corporate growth strategies while testing their ability to be agile yet decisive. Technology is undeniably playing a pivotal role in the new executive leadership paradigm.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Leadership is not a quality that is innate in some people and not others. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 ways that you can develop strong leadership skills during your adolescence. Joining clubs and teams is a great way to develop leadership skills. Join a Debate Team. Volunteer in Your Community.

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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. Team Building. You may have a leadership dysfunction problem. Development.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The political environment in the United States as elsewhere is driven by fear-based narratives. Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. And that feeds our approach in society at large.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

Discernment enables a coach to ask effective questions, unearthing roadblocks, fears, and doubts that keep a team member from reaching his or her goals. Source: Becoming a Coaching Leader: The Proven System for Building Your Own Team of Champions II. And where do you get discernment? It comes with time in the coach’s seat.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Business Schools Effective leadership is as crucial in an academic environment as in any organization, playing a vital role in shaping the institution’s culture and direction. First and foremost, a successful business dean should demonstrate real leadership capabilities.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a leader, your interactions with your team members have a significant influence on their daily lives, both at work and beyond. To be an effective and respected leader, it is important to take the time to listen to new ideas, support your team through challenges, and encourage them to meet and exceed customer expectations.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference. Putting political agendas and peer pressure aside (as great leaders do), leaders should not make their choices based upon public opinion.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2021. The Five Graces of Life and Leadership by Gary Burnison. Five simple qualities that captures the essence of outstanding leadership today. A global pandemic, economic volatility, natural disasters, civil and political unrest. This is NPS 3.0

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome to the November 2020 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. And yet, what we hear from their teams is quite a different story.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2024

Episode 253: In this episode of “Leadership Without Losing Your Soul,” you’re diving into the art of setting healthy boundaries and saying no at work. Begin with connection and clarity about the impact of their requests and propose alternative solutions that align with team goals. 01:02 – Check Out the Book!

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Guest post from Robert Murray (and great advice): I have been getting an unusually high number of inquiries this week from young leaders asking about office or corporate politics. Corporate politics, unfortunately, are everywhere. Corporate politics happens for a number of reasons. First, let’s talk about why it happens….

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

FIFA just threatened to penalize any team wearing an armband showing support for LGBTQ and other marginalized communities in the World Cup. Where is the leadership at FIFA ? If they should get another yellow card during the game, for any reason, they will be ejected and their team must play down a man. Not a Political Issue.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On this week’s Asking For a Friend, I talk with Sara Canady, leadership expert and author of Leadership Unchained. Read more in her article Leadership Expectations: How to Juggle the Demands of Empathy, Expectations, and Inclusion). This engages the team, provides more ownership, provides for customization per team.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Welcome to the February 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. Team Building. Communication. Connect with Marina on LinkedIn.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2020. Leading with Feeling : Nine Strategies of Emotionally Intelligent Leadership by Cary Cherniss and Cornelia W. These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a political rumor, we say it went viral.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Guest post from Mike McHargue: Does your team have one clearly stated priority? And, is everyone on your team crystal clear about what that priority is? When teams have more than one top priority there often isn’t unity and clarity about what actually is important. The HR team is focused on HR issues. They were wrong.

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Leading Blog

MAY 9, 2023

Richard Norton Smith’s extraordinary biography of Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man , pulls together multiple perspectives to give essential insights into Ford’s thinking and leadership. By stressing individual contacts over ideological mandates, Ford defines leadership in transactional terms, constituent service on a grand scale.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 28, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article Dragon Ball is an animated series that started in Japan in 1984. You’ll also find plenty of leadership lessons in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Make sure to watch the film with a leadership mindset and you’ll come out wiser! Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Navigate political conflict at work with a combination of clarity, connection, and curiosity When you think of talking with people at work who have different political beliefs, your first response might be like that of many people we’ve encountered as we wrote Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict : “Yeah, no.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2019

The problem is that as employees observe how the leadership team acts in these critical situations, they withdraw trust. Relationships break down and accountability, ownership, personal leadership, proactive behavior and contribution all suffer– while politics, slow decision making, and self-preservation rise.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Minal was never really into science fiction, but she ran out of shows to watch and found herself intrigued when Stacey Abrams, who is famously a Trekkie, said that Voyager was her favorite Star Trek show, even though Deep Space Nine is considered the political allegory. The definition and expectations of leadership have changed.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Legitimacy Crisis of US Politics Looms by @jamesstrock Rising Independent Voter Numbers Are Fire Bell in the Night Not Sure Where to Start with Your AI Strategy? The 30 Best Pieces of Advice we Heard in 2023 via @firstround Reaching for the executive ranks? And this will get worse with AI.

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Modern Servant Leader

AUGUST 29, 2023

Your first 90 days in a new leadership role are critical to your success. Processes Workflows, planning, and even politics follow under this perspective. We may not want to think about politics as we begin our exciting new role, but they are a reality best understood early. Put people first, build teams, and be a steward.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Expect to Do Some Heavy Lifting by @artpetty How to Facilitate – as Opposed to Dominate – Your Meetings by @suzimcalpine 5 Important Lessons I Learned Growing Up from @wallybock Leaders, Objectivity vs. Detached Coldness by @KateNasser How Writing Your Obituary Can Help You NOW!

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 3, 2020

Welcome to the March 2020 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. Connect with the Designed Learning team on Twitter at @FlawlessWrkshps.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But as a leadership expert, it also highlights a critical function leaders need to play both to drive organizational growth, as well as to boost employee productivity. As such, here are six steps that will help you strengthen team cohesion, regardless of what storms might be looming outside your organization’s walls.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2019. The authors share three critical performance drivers, along with the four high-growth activities that coaches must execute to build a team that is motivated to achieve at the highest levels. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 4, 2014

Pressures, grooming, and politics all create counter-pressures to authenticity. 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. Desired outcomes (“As a result of my leadership this year _”).

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HR Digest

AUGUST 22, 2022

One of the most important ones is leadership skills for the workplace. Leadership is about more than just being a good boss. The best leaders are those who can inspire their team members to work hard, get along with each other, and perform well. And what kind of leadership skills for the workplace should you develop?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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