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5 Authentic Ways to Gain Your Employees’ Respect

Lead from Within

P lay fair and smart: Fairness is a key component of respect. 1 N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R The Leadership Gap What Gets Between You and Your Greatness After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

Often used by people within positions of power within organizations, these clichés support control, group cohesion, or an agenda. Challenging these clichés requires strategies that recognize their power and actively counteract their suppressive nature. Common examples include: “It’s just the way things are done here.” “If

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

The room erupts with cheers and ACME is once again hired to save the Corporate P&L. It also wraps up my Homage to Looney Tunes, Austin Powers, Star Wars and Star Trek. The value propositions presented by ACME, all too often dazzles the decision makers with the creation of shareholder value through huge P&L benefits.

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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

These are the industry disruptors who have changed how business is conducted in distinctly powerful ways. The successful brand renegade has staying power and causes others to ask, “What are they doing, and how can we do it, too?”. We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business.

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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. Lawful leaders should seek to build a culture that differentiates their organization from others. * * * Jerold L. Surviving since the 1920s testifies to the enormous strength of the American Mafia’s culture.

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Leadership That Gets Results

Great Leadership By Dan

P eople aren''t wondering if they are going to be fired. L et them know what the board of directors is saying. L et them kno w about your financial goals. P rior to becomi ng a CE O myself, the title of chief executive officer hel d some form of mystical power. A great leader has: 1. C ompassion 2. T ransparency 3.

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The Evolving World of ROI for Learning and Development

Experience to Lead

However, the truth is that quantifying ROI in such a direct financial correlation leads to challenges for L&D professionals. Considering L&D professionals are working directly to upskill people whose minds are very complex systems, it is not a direct line from investment to financial gain.

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