Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

E LEVATING your leadership game is a mindset. In Peak Leadership Fitness , author Timothy Tobin writes, “A leadership mindset is essentially the belief in yourself and your abilities as a leader. A negative leadership mindset is rooted in self-doubt, uncertainty, and lack of inquiry. Where to Begin?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Fear and uncertainty have been undermining performance and well-being in the workplace for as long as we have had workplaces.

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CO2

MAY 28, 2013

by Gary Cohen Uncertainty Leadership. Uncertainty leadership refers to what leaders do in the face of uncertainty. This data comes from on a live audience survey of 135 leaders by CO2 Partners, using TurningPoint Techology’s Audience Response System. What Is the Goal? Executive Coaching'

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A system, an object, or a person can preserve stability while they undergo change. And the more stable, functionally sound, and grounded they are, the easier the person, system, or object can incorporate changes without being completely disrupted. A change in perspective will help you to upgrade your response system.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The composition of C-suite leadership across the spectrum is notably different than it used to be ten or so years ago. I believe female executives will leverage lessons learned this year to emerge into 2021 stronger and more supportive, pulling more women back to organizations into leadership roles. . a decade ago.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Uncertainty. I wouldn’t say I had a fear of uncertainty. My first hard lesson of adulthood, i.e. expect one uncertainty after another. Challenge uncertainty with anticipation and planning. After surviving the cut I knew I didn’t want to feel that type of uncertainty again. Develop and use your support system.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 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. A Lot of Uncertainty, Survey Finds. A Lot of Uncertainty, Survey Finds.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Combine this with the fact that Deloitte 2019 Human Capital Survey cites that 80% of companies don’t think they have the right leadership capability in place to address this, then we obviously have a leadership crisis on our hands. The post Leveraging Leadership R&D appeared first on Lead Change.

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

In the last few months, the world has been learning devastating lessons from uncertainty. He could not determine what it was going to be, only that the systems that humanity created were going to be challenged with devastating effects in the short term. It comes at a grave cost of life, health, wealth, and psychological wellbeing.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

If you find a system failing, then you have also found a system that is failing to adapt. You need to discover, first, what adaptations are needed for the system to succeed. Second, you should understand what has stopped the system from adapting successfully. When times are easy, almost anyone can look effective….When

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

Navigating Leadership in a Diverse Industrial Landscape The Twin Cities, encompassing Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota, showcase a diverse array of industries from healthcare to technology, setting a dynamic stage for both leadership development in Minneapolis-St.

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Leading Blog

MAY 12, 2021

A S WE finally start to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, many business leaders are looking for ways to better anticipate future disruptions and prepare for uncertainty ahead. Scenarios provide longer-term, multiple futures based on unknown risks and uncertainties (e.g., the results of a U.S.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Quinn on the connection between changing a system and understanding it: “Kurt Lewin argued that we cannot really begin to understand a system until we try to change it. As soon as a change agent introduces a variation to that system, he or she will quickly learn about the scripts that are holding that system together.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

From the 2008 global financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing, devastating effects of war and conflict, real leadership is required to navigate these challenging times. U, for Uncertainty – controlling situations can feel impossible when the present is confusing and there are no guarantees for the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

Particularly during times of uncertainty and change, one of the easiest ways to know what’s really going on is to (1) get clarity about what you don’t know and (2) ask your team some courageous questions. The vendor had promised the new system would be seven times faster—not slower. “Is This usually takes a while.”.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Rachel Botsman discussing trust issues that revolve not just around trust and technology, but trust issues around size: “I think so much of what we need in our lives are smaller systems, where you can really serve people’s best interests. Source: The Age of Uncertainty. * * *. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

6 Ways to Know if Your Leadership Might be the Lid to Growth by @DanReiland Inflicting Help by @edbatista What are the various ways we can, with the best of intentions, inflict help? See more on Twitter. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

Navigating Leadership in a Diverse Industrial Landscape The Twin Cities, encompassing Minneapolis and St. Paul, showcase a diverse array of industries from healthcare to technology, setting a dynamic stage for both leadership development in Minneapolis-St. Integrating Sustainability into Leadership Development in Minneapolis-St.

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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.” Each requires a different system in place to execute on it. Designing the Innovation System. Creating an Innovation Strategy.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

With that in mind, here’s a simple framework for getting started with VUCA leadership that I came up with last year when I was working with a group of global general managers. Those are the perfect conditions to trigger a fight-or-flight response in the sympathetic nervous system.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Leadership is about being able to lead out from crises before they occur (the defining meaning of Crisis Leadership). What’s needed, is a disciplined, future-focused and intelligent “preemptive-minded cultural” approach known as Crisis Leadership. Leadership Purpose [Focus]. Leadership Perspective [Differentiation].

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

Do you (or your organization) use the vending machine approach to leadership? They cling to legacy structures and systems that emphasize authority over inquiry and routine over resourcefulness. Hal Gregersen, Executive Director, MIT Leadership Center. Stop insisting on certainty and accept a measure of uncertainty and ambiguity.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 3, 2015

To create a clear vision for an unclear future is what effective leaders do in a world marked with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Understand the system by mapping polarities and attractors. Create safe-to-fail experiments to learn about the system and live into your evolving vision.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 12, 2022

The under-representation of women in leadership roles continues despite concerted efforts to improve matters. The authors argue that the availability of the opt-out condition removed any uncertainty women felt regarding their suitability to compete, and indeed sent the signal that it is both expected and perfectly okay to do so. .

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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. Removing the person leading from the context creates confusion and uncertainty. Leadership connects to the actions and practices needed to resolve a challenge or make progress.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

Good leadership skills may differ across businesses, yet few of these skills prepared leaders to manage the turmoil over the past year. Gone are the days of equating winning only with profit and equating leadership only with assertiveness. Ideas of what constitutes a good leader have changed in the pandemic world, for the better.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

“Uncertainty is here to stay. Leaders should also work to avoid SRT Leadership Traps – traps such as, getting in your own way, succumbing to paralysis by analysis, allowing your Board to be your customer and rushing the Reset. Homkes: Growth through uncertainty is a loop, not a line. But we can prepare for what could happen.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2019

In the era of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), decision-making is very challenging for leaders because one can rarely foresee the consequences of one’s decisions. Traditional leadership (command and control) must give way to a whole new approach to leadership.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Different from experiments that “reveal immediate internal features of a complex system, scenarios explore where the internal organization meets the external environment, where uncertainties lurk beyond anyone’s control.”. We can develop scenarios to “identify and test how and where the future and the present meet.”

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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. And that’s all you actually need!

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

During times of uncertainty and change, it’s easy for your team to get lost in the chaotic swirl of indecision —to wring their hands and wait and see. We were merging systems, policies, programs—you name it. Want to empower your team? Find opportunities in the chaos. “Where there is chaos, seize control.”

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation. And it is an article I will continue to update – Because at every event I get the opportunity to meet and see new speakers that might be a great fit for past clients of mine.

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Experience to Lead

AUGUST 25, 2022

As we immerse ourselves in this well-connected region, we work together to investigate a crucial subject for the ever-shifting future of business: how do we give meaning to leadership in a world jostled by uncertainty? The organization must accept uncertainty “as an opportunity” for growth, rather than a threat to the status quo.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 20, 2020

How will you change the system? There is uncertainty in fixing upstream problems, especially when they are not reoccurring. You can get a little ahead of the problem by or you can go further upstream and look for the more systemic issues. Where can you find a point of leverage? How will you get early warning of the problem?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Resilience means learning to deal with the uncertainty of life as a given. Resilience is rooted in our belief system. Our future depends on our ability to bounce forward. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Who and what we were has been forever changed.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2014

As I write this, I am thinking about leadership. But the same challenges are also opportunities to practice better leadership provided we understand what it takes to succeed as a leader in 2015 (and beyond). Creating an environment and system where intrinsic motivation is more likely to happen is the primary expectation from a leader.

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