Lead from Within

JANUARY 24, 2017

From time to time through the years, I’ve written on the difference between leadership and management. I am revisiting the subject now because it’s not enough to understand that leadership and management are two different things. Of course we do have defined tasks as leaders, and managers have a specific role to play too.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 3, 2015

The crisis was an eye opener for many leaders who were guilty of measuring success in monetary terms. After the downturn, these leaders realised that their fallacious thinking was actually pushing them away from their true self. In fact, when leaders start comparing their self worth with their net worth, they get into trouble.

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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. Trust your teams to execute.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

A financial plan is a strategy that allows you to manage your finances so as to observe financial health and achieve your goals. A plan forces you to budget, manage your debts , plan for your retirement, save, and invest. While not all tax problems are self-inflicted, we are still held accountable for them. Invest your money.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

It is made possible with a quality that we spend a lifetime acquiring: self-awareness. It is not primarily concerned for the self. All day long, the power of bad governs people’s moods, drives marketing campaigns, and dominates news and politics. L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. It does not seek its own way.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 30, 2013

Rather, it’s about learning to manage one’s fear in order to do the work and make the decisions that need to be made. The good news, though, is that our brains are quite malleable and as such, we are very much capable of ‘learning new tricks’ once we’ve become more aware of this tendency.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2020

Of course, the truth is that company cars raise brand awareness and generate leads without being overly expensive in terms of upfront costs. A high rate of people leaving the business will cost you a fortune in the short, medium, and long-term. You would love to do the same, yet don’t have the money or resources.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Training Remote Managers. Managers will increasingly need to take up more innovative roles to manage disparate and dispersed teams. These numbers are supposed to increase in the coming year and will be challenging for team leaders and managers. The labor market is skewed in favor of the employee.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

True self-confidence is reflected in a person’s deeds and actions, and not in their ability to boast. I would much rather listen to the self-deprecating humor of a confident person making fun of themselves than the mean spirited attacks of an arrogant person waged at someone else’s expense.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. Talking to anyone else wouldn’t resolve the issue, it would merely be self serving indulgence at someone else’s expense.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. I want to be clear that I’m not advocating for form over substance, extreme self-indulgence, narcissism, or masking insecurity by the trappings you surround yourself with.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It’s one of the biggest inevitables we come across in our short time on this earth – and something we must be willing to embrace and adapt to if we want to make the most of every moment. Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 20, 2016

We find the training and managing of leadership is broken. If you want to become a leader today, whether you are leading a short-term project, a startup, or a global corporation, we already know the theme of your campaign for leadership. All markets are transforming today. What’s the problem? The theme will be change.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2016

Writing, speaking, negotiating, tweeting, or marketing requires excellent communication skills and is a tremendous asset to any company. Think in these terms when you’re in an interview, and you’ll capture the attention of the employer. Are you self-aware or self-absorbed?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2016

In this article I’ll explain why and how we fall short, and introduce new skills to enable us to truly serve Others. I wasn’t fully aware of the extent of this (although on consideration, realized nothing else could be true) until I researched my book on how to hear others without bias. It’s all outside of our conscious awareness.

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Management Craft

JUNE 7, 2012

They may seem like a short-term priority but in reality, they’re not aligned with long-term success. It doesn’t deter us from proceeding, we just need to learn how to manage the risk. Anticipating what’s to come, preparing for it and not taking it personally make it much easier to manage with minimal disruption.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

below your ordinary awareness) assumptions, social, emotional and political patterns, organizational taboos, etc. This phenomenon is called in psychology a “self-serving bias.”. My term for this is “cultural inflation.” Covert aspects relate to the intangible, unconscious (ie.,

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While the rules may be shifting, the long-term sustainable advantage gained by building a strong brand – a brand that builds stability, trust, loyalty, and drives a premium price – remains consistent. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

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Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Short-term adaptability and rapid response strengthen long-term planning. It is at heart a new philosophical approach to project management. In this sense, agile is more a way to create a new culture than simply a way to write software or manage a project. We adapt quickly and effectively to changes in the market.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 9, 2012

These short breaks will reinvigorate you and help you be more productive in the long term. About the TIMEX® Group: Timex Group designs, manufactures and markets innovative timepieces and jewelry globally. Don't sit at your desk all day. Organize your tasks. Agno: Women and Time (Paperback $9.99, ebook formats $2.99).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

” Of course, your first step as a manager should be to avoid hiring toxic people in the first place , but once they’re on your team, it can be hard to get rid of them. “A manager can use this information to coach the person, or suggest resources to help address the root of the problem.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. We can leverage each other’s expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Leaders in the study reported having to implement staff reduction targets, dispose of big businesses in major markets, and lead mergers and acquisitions.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Thanks to online tracking technology , marketers no longer have to rely on assumptions about consumer behavior. A third study demonstrated that such changes in self-perceptions from behaviorally targeted ads can impact behaviors extending beyond purchase intentions. What does this all mean for marketers?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

” These customer-praising marketing messages are part of a broader trend in “corporate societal marketing,” which aim to emphasize companies’ social efforts to consumers. Or is it possible they could do the opposite, and actually advance self-interested actions on the part of consumers? Good for you, you.”

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. I set healthy boundaries for work, family, and self-care. The same things apply to my work and self-care. I daily strive against my nature of self-sufficiency and instead give my responsibilities over to God. Keep moving!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The crisis exposed the fallacies of measuring success in monetary terms and left many leaders with a deep feeling of unease that they were being pulled away from what I call their True North. As markets rose and bonus pools grew, it was all too easy to celebrate the rising tide of wealth without examining the process that created it.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

On the sidewalk, an aspiring tan model flanks a manager-host, who wears a loud tie to go with the even louder voice he uses to solicit passersby. Type one represents what marketers call "push." Push marketing uses advertising (billboards, spam, direct mailings, banners, cold calls, and similar techniques) to hunt for the customer.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2018

We gathered their self-rating of 42 pricing capabilities and outcomes. Data-Driven Marketing. To understand which capabilities matter most, we studied a subset of top-performing companies, as defined by increased market share, self-described excellent pricing decisions, and execution of regular price increases.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2017

A weak salesperson will weaken a sales territory, a bad sales manager will damage their team and dampen results in their region, and a poor sales leader will eventually ruin the entire sales force. He had extensive market knowledge and a stellar track record. Poor processes serve customers and manage people badly.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

How to Evaluate, Manage, and Strengthen Your Resilience. In America, 75% of employees consider their direct line manager the worst part of their job, and 65% would take a pay cut if they could replace their boss with someone else. In short, when resilience is driven by self-enhancement, success comes at a high price: denial.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Most organizations will shrink or disappear in the long term: only a third of excellent companies remain excellent for decades, and when organizations try to transform themselves, even fewer succeed. How do we manage the journey? For these to be embraced in the long term, the right leadership skills and mind-sets must also be in place.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Resilient leaders have three key characteristics: Grit : Short-term focus on tasks at hand, a willingness to slog through broken systems with limited resources, and pragmatic problem-solving skills. Commitment : Long-term optimism and focus on big-picture goals. And what we've found time and again is: Resilience matters most.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

And boy, have they been tedious: mostly, about eking out slightly sharper terms for deals for more yawn-inducing stuff (whether flicks, financial instruments, or kicks) that's destined not to matter. Call it a depression of human potential, a tale of human significance being willfully squandered (on, for example, stuff like this ).

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