Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant. We put out fires.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Laura, an IT vice president, was excited to spend some time with her teams, hold a few skip-level meetings, and see their new system in action. Psyched to gather a few success stories, she couldn’t wait to tell the CEO how the new system was making things easier for the customer service reps and, ultimately, for their customers.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2018

More and more of our systems are in the danger zone, but our ability to manage them hasn’t quite caught up. As systems become more complex, we are more vulnerable to unexpected system failures. These stories told here are a compelling look behind the scenes of why failures occur in today’s many complex systems.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’re going to accomplish anything big or important—and that’s what leadership is all about—you’ll need systems. Good systems are what we use to accomplish tasks that have to be done, at a certain level of quality or accuracy, again and again. Develop more systems—for anything that happens semi-regularly.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Regularly communicate how individual roles and projects tie back to the company's purpose. Employee Feedback Systems : Implement systems where employees can provide feedback on how well they think the company is adhering to its purpose. This creates a sense of belonging and purpose in the workforce.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I advise my clients on various aspects of leadership, and one topic that has been gaining increasing importance in today’s rapidly evolving business is the role of ethics in artificial intelligence (AI).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2019

To be more productive, embrace the secret of every time management system. You want to be a productive leader, but your to-do list has more tasks, projects, and goals than you can possibly achieve. Leadership means […]. The never-ending list can feel overwhelming.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

I was six months into a new job and my boss’s boss asked me to take on a major project. I worked hard and gave the project my evenings and weekends until it was done. When I returned the completed project to my boss’s boss (ahead of schedule and with better quality than anything he’d seen), he frowned. Celebrate effort.

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Art Petty

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rethinking the Operating System Needed for Manager Success Late last year, I shared an article at SmartBrief on Leadership, introducing the idea of the Manager's Operating System—a set of core programs or instructions that must be present to create a healthy working environment and support manager and team success.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

from @wallybock Don’t Get Smug The Next Time You Win from @JohnBaldoni Leadership Sketchbook: 7 Keys to Mastering the Art of Leading by Ken Downer @RapidStartLdr Heroism and Leadership in the Movie, 12 Angry Men by Scott T.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Let’s look at the leadership lessons in Strange World. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Strange World. Their projects may align with ours or our departments.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. She wearily said it was their unfocused frantic pace of activity. “We have lots of projects, goals, and priorities. When something goes wrong, or results are falling, frenzied leaders pile on new objectives, projects, rules, and policies.

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QAspire

JULY 15, 2011

Our career is about what projects we initiated/handled/led and what difference did the project deliver. Project is a new eco-system, a new playground where we play and thrive as professionals to deliver our best. [.] We live in a time when our career is not just a sum total of years we spent in the industry.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations. This was the first of three bikes that have become bicycle generators for the KidPower2015 project.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I saw so many leadership lessons in the Ragnar Road Michigan relay that I participated in that I couldn’t resist writing an article about my time running. Leadership Lessons From A 200-Mile Ragnar Relay Race. Leadership is a rewarding experience, but it is also a challenging experience. Leadership doesn’t have to be.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You’ll know this happens when you spend more time on the organization system than you do on your actual work.) The project may require a team. Related Article: High ROI Leadership: Schedule the Finish 7. You can do this in the middle of projects to energize one another for the road ahead. Can your team rely on you?

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2014

We focused efforts on two projects, we called these “Impact Projects”: Customer Satisfaction. The Time for Patient Care project studied how long it took from the time a patient need is identified until it was addressed and resolved, this was examined across several services offered. Time for Patient Care. What do you think?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2019

T HE RESPONSIBILITIES that fall under a leadership title vary significantly at each company. Still, one thing is true for all—organizational leadership must be effective for teams to succeed. Without effective leadership in place, organizations can’t achieve their goals, and employees may start looking for jobs elsewhere.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 31, 2023

Transform your leadership and team’s results with the power of small habits Your team won’t become a high-functioning powerhouse after one offsite. There are no leadership hacks or shortcuts that will transform your organization or results. Monumental projects often start with a simple act. What’s Your Small?

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 2023

It doesn’t explain why some people born into leadership positions aren’t good leaders. A more recent theory is called the “systems” theory. This theory says that leadership is not just about one person but the whole system or group. A recent theory is called “distributed leadership.”

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

If they make small mistakes, such as missing a project deadline by a few hours or neglecting a minor task, allow them to try again rather than reprimanding them. To recognize bigger accomplishments, offer quarterly, annual or project-based bonuses to team members who reach predefined goals or who make the most substantial contributions.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Businesses simply have run out of time to embark on multi-year transformation projects – that window has closed. Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. The best companies don’t play catch-up – they leap-frog.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Have a digital nervous system. Create a project structure. Foster a learning orientation, including an ongoing analysis of prior projects, workflows, and results and outcomes. To learn more, visit artofperformance.net. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

In today’s business environment, project managers are now recognized for their critical role in keeping essential business functions running smoothly. As such, there’s been a corresponding boom in demand for workers with project management skills. Change Management. Business Expertise.

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QAspire

APRIL 8, 2024

During our conversation he mentioned, “Our biggest enemy is not our competitors but our own complexity as an organization in form of organizational design, structures, processes, culture, systems, tools, scale and metrics.” Throughout my career, I have consistently seen increasing friction as an organization scales and grows.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Image Source: unsplash The Power of Questioning in Leadership Effective leadership involves harnessing the power of questioning. By embracing a leadership style that encourages questioning, leaders can unlock the potential of every individual within their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Moreover, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are vital in ensuring economic stability as they are no longer just a support system but an integral part of strategic financial planning.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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Lead from Within

APRIL 24, 2024

In the realm of leadership, there’s a profound responsibility that rests on the shoulders of every leader – the responsibility to drive transformative change within their organizations. Start with small, manageable projects to understand AI’s capabilities and limitations. Explore how AI can enhance your existing processes.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 5, 2019

Building balanced relationships through trust is at the heart of the IFB Model of leadership. Therefore, any organizational core values and policies that are counterproductive to these three trust qualities—like reward systems that stimulate competitive behaviours—should be challenged and actively addressed by IFB decision makers.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Leadership should shift from hierarchy to hustle. The CEO needs to take up the leadership challenge to help others respond to that. Leadership is a distributed capability throughout the organization. The three keys of successful transformation are leadership, talent and culture. Isabelle Kocher, Engie. ?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

Have you spent time really getting curious about the systems and processes in the business? Put people before projects and build trust. Check out our Live Online and Hybrid Leadership Training. Get ready for leadership development that sticks. Do you understand the mission, vision, and values?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 13, 2023

Leadership is an action, not a position. At The Center for Leadership Studies, we help employees gain the skills to become effective leaders. Many jobs, such as leadership, require individuals to possess multiple skills. Monitor your progress: Create a feedback system. The post Is Leadership a Skill or a Position?

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 24, 2022

Leadership does not exist in a vacuum; others observe it while a person is leading, found while experienced within a particular context. Leadership connects to the actions and practices needed to resolve a challenge or make progress. ’ Science provides order through systemic analysis and assessments. .’

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June 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. Chip Bell shared The Secret Sauce of Leadership Communications. Communication. Who is Mary Follett? What happened?

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. Additional focus on creating non-traditional collaborations to bring innovation and fresh eyes to how our company goes about managerial-leadership development, team building, decision making, problem-solving, and innovation.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Indian mathematicians invented a system for measuring objects. Arabic mathematicians eventually adopted the system, and it was through them that Europe would eventually learn about the numerical system we still use today. S OMETIME between the 1st and 4th century, something incredible happened.

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