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How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario

Let's Grow Leaders

You might not have to rescue a damaged ship, but lead long enough and you will certainly face situations where you don’t like the alternatives. For example, if you have a short-term loss in demand, rather than lay people off, is there a short-term labor need elsewhere in your organization—or even with another business?

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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

To achieve this, an effective CTO needs “to strike the right balance between a carrot and a stick; short-term impact on numbers vs. long term value, or feel-good effects vs. profound change.”. Thus organizations need to become more agile and adaptable to fast pace changes over a long period.

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2017

Leading Blog

Pacing for Growth : Why Intelligent Restraint Drives Long-term Success by Alison Eyring. Extreme Teams : Why Pixar, Netflix, Airbnb, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail by Robert Bruce Shaw. Stretch : Unlock the Power of Less - and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined by Scott Sonenshein.

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Blueprints Aren’t Just For Buildings

Lead Change Blog

In short, early success breeds long-term resilience. It turns out that a couple of quick wins not only make you more likely to continue doing a certain behavior, they even make the activity feel easier. What can you start with today that puts you on the path to progress this week? Make it easy to be successful—fast.

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Employees Demand Employers Become More Sustainable

The Horizons Tracker

“The National Health Service produces around 4-5% of the CO2 in the UK so is a major contributor to climate change,” Shaw continues. The book highlights how Swedish organizations have come to lead the way in terms of corporate sustainability, and includes findings and analysis from dozens of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.

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When the Distancing Ends, How Far Away Will You Be?

Decker Communication

The playwright George Bernard Shaw once observed that “to be in hell is to drift, and to be in heaven is to steer.” The economic outlook for the near-term is clearer: rough seas for the foreseeable future. These tend to be the ones that act early, take a long-term perspective, and focus their efforts on growth, not just cost-cutting.

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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

It begins with a clear articulation of a unit’s long term strategic objectives—and the development of a disciplined strategy to achieve those objectives. Leaders decide which battles must be fought as part of a longer term effort to win strategic objectives. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

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