The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He took a brown pastel crayon from his pocket and began to sketch. Few of them ever amount to anything productive and useful. ” Are You Using or Abusing the F-Word? Go online, and you’ll find scores of pleasant aphorisms celebrating the inevitability of failure and the importance of learning from it.

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Learning-by-Doing Innovation Wilde Review 95

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Do you go silent when your boss (or your boss’ boss) is around, or just start babbling in hopes you’ll say something smart? In either case, you know he or she will stop by again soon, so why not find a way to keep from responding like it’s a big surprise? Keep it handy so you can talk about it when your boss asks.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 23, 2014

. Leadership just isn’t what it used to be. We’ve all known of organizational cultures where the managers’ use of command and control is a source of power. In the next 20 years, we’ll see more change in how managers lead. Your time will come to lead on a bigger scale and change the world!

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 19, 2015

I’d just finished a leadership program with a group of caring, committed professionals. How can I get this information in front of my boss’s boss?”. If you’ve ever read a book, attended a seminar, or heard a speaker and desperately wished your supervisors would learn how to do what you just heard, you’re not alone.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. In some cases, they are doing pretty well, so there isn’t sense of urgency. You can’t stop them.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 8, 2018

When you add up the hours spent on the job, commuting and doing additional work at home on our laptops and smartphones, many of us are devoting more hours to work than we ever have. To unwind and slow me down so I could relax and sleep at night, I turned to moderate use of alcohol.

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Stress Report Engineering Bottom-up 207

Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I was invited by one of my past clients – so I didn’t break in uninvited like I usually do. Here are some key techniques that I used to make the night a fruitful and productive one: 1. When you go around a room full of begging for business and connections, it SUCKS. Or how the food is. Just kidding.

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How To Bottom-up Tips Licensing 219

Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 28, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article Leap! Everything comes together with a smashing end you won’t see coming. deliver in the storytelling arena, you will find plenty of leadership lessons in Leap! Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Leap! Félicie: Stop doing your grumpy face. You’d be wrong.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Storytelling Positioning 132

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

During the past six of the fourteen years I’ve been an executive coach and leadership educator, my observation is that my clients are generally more stressed each year than they were the year before. The first question I ask is “How many of you have been promoted in the past year?” The following is a guest piece by Scott Eblin.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

As my friend Dan McCarthy highlights on his Great Leadership blog , office parties are making a bit of a comeback this year. .    It’s amazing what a casual setting, rich food and alcohol can do to people’s judgment. Don’t wear clothing that makes it hard to breathe or hard for others to look you in the eyes.

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Executive Coaching McCarthy Blog Letter 154

Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. In some cases, they are doing pretty well, so there isn’t sense of urgency. You can’t stop them.

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Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 91

LDRLB

MARCH 20, 2014

Doing more with less. Doing more by doing less. In an increasingly fast- paced, hectic work environment, learning professionals are working to create learning and leadership development opportunities that are relevant, applicable, and personal. No these aren’t faux business article headlines, but they might as well be.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Learning-by-Doing 133

Engaging Leader

APRIL 10, 2014

If you’ve created a great little coffeeshop, how do you expand and put your coffeeshops in cities around the world without watering down what makes your coffeeshop great? Or, if you have a key practice or mindset — for example, lean manufacturing — how do you […].

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Lean Manufacturing Tactics Constraint Health Care 138

Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Home / Human Resources / How to Complete an Individual Development Plan. How to Complete an Individual Development Plan. Perhaps you’ve heard of the professional growth tool called the Individual Development Plan (or IDP for short). Other organizations have a more ad hoc system involving the use of IDPs.

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Planning Development How To Short-term 234

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Perhaps, but I’ll let you be the judge. I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. “In a world crying out for effective leadership, I think we need to begin with an obvious source: ourselves.”

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Motivation Energy Learning-by-Doing Quality 85

Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

You can spot them easily. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I no longer use them since my wife threatened me with bodily harm if I don’t get over myself and lighten the hell up when we all travel together. Doing so abdicates all control of the trip to the airlines. Under no circumstances will luggage be checked.

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Travel Blog Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 233

Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 23, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article The Little Prince is a Netflix original movie based on the novella of the same name. The Little Prince contains a massive amount of leadership lessons for the viewer. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Little Prince. They’ll make you into a bad leader. They’re not you.

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Leadership Osborne Planning Learning-by-Doing 122

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. So I’m thinking most of you are from a class, what class is it again Steve?

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. So I’m thinking most of you are from a class, what class is it again Steve?

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Microsoft Corporation got its start by making operational software for personal computers; as a contractor to IBM who decided to explore the personal computer market after doing well in main frame and mid-sized computing hardware. . Sources: Paul Leinwand: The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy.

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Competitive Advantage Software Welch Marketing Strategy 85

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Magazine » December 06, 2010 How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View Every so often, The New York Times will run a long feature on the CEO of a large business.    I love those articles because they’re great opportunities for data mining on leadership.  The article, “G.E.

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Leadership How To Executive Coaching Blog 178

Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Planning a useful team building event can be a challenge, but these seven steps will help you to ensure that your people enjoy not only a great time, but also benefit from insights and lessons that they can apply to workplace interactions. So, here are your seven steps to planning a useful team building event: 1.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2010

My favorite Moynihan quote is my favorite because it so aptly describes the root cause of the failure of leadership that so much of the American public is concerned about today. He found that there are four basic models: private insurance, government run health care, public insurance, and out of pocket. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

You could almost think about that driver as being on the receiving end of a firehose of data, sorting out the most important patterns, and then turning all of that into a best course of action — the very definition of Intelligence. So BDAI is pretty useful for management to be able to see where we are and where we might be headed.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2020

A bit more about each, and how you might put them to work for you. Have you ever walked into a place, rubbed your hands together and said to yourself, “I could really do some great work here?” Where do you do your best work? How to create your own place for productivity?

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

  In a commencement speech at Stanford a few years ago, Steve Jobs made the point that you can never connect the dots prospectively.    You can only connect them retrospectively.   In a commencement speech at Stanford a few years ago, Steve Jobs made the point that you can never connect the dots prospectively. 

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Laswell Blog Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 183

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

  It just felt like the thing to do.    It just felt like the thing to do.    It just felt like the thing to do.  I don't want to bore you with the details or preach with the passion of the converted, but it's been a great all around experience.   True statement. 

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Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing Class 276

Your Voice of Encouragement

APRIL 18, 2011

If you’re drawn to movies that touch your heart, mind and values – and demonstrate how one person can make a difference in the world – it’s hard to imagine a more powerful story than The Freedom Writers. Her amazing commitment to reach these teens, including buying books and other resources out of her own pocket, changes their lives.

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Education Creativity Commitment Review 105

Ron Edmondson

MAY 17, 2017

These are all reference books, and a reference book is only used when you need to use it as a source to make a point. And this is exactly how many of us treat the Bible, simply as a reference book. And this is exactly how many of us treat the Bible, simply as a reference book.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

If you haven’t read the full Rolling Stone article on General Stanley McChrystal, it’s worth 15 minutes of your time to do so. " He clicks on the message and reads the salutation out loud, then stuffs the BlackBerry back in his pocket, not bothering to conceal his annoyance. "I don't even want to open it."

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Executive Coaching Blog Letter Open-book 129

Joseph Lalonde

JULY 20, 2015

Leadership Lessons From Ant-Man. You said it. It’s easy forget this leadership truth. Some employees you’ll be sad to see go. Others, you’ll want to throw a party. Regardless of how you feel, send off those who have served you the right way. Tell them you’ll miss them.

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Leadership Planning Books Learning-by-Doing 120

CO2

MAY 26, 2015

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” We’re used to getting what we want when we want it in this on-demand world. They look for physical cues that indicate you’re giving them your full attention. by Gary Cohen. ” – Stephen R.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 30, 2017

I already told you who I am, this afternoon at the diner,” protested Cam. “No. You told me what you’ve done. I’m asking you who you are.” We’ll come back to you—if you want your watch back, that is.”. If you don’t mind.”. It’s how I decide how I’m going to invest my precious time on this earth.”.

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Steve Farber

JANUARY 30, 2017

I already told you who I am, this afternoon at the diner,” protested Cam. “No. You told me what you’ve done. I’m asking you who you are.” We’ll come back to you—if you want your watch back, that is.”. If you don’t mind.”. It’s how I decide how I’m going to invest my precious time on this earth.”.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Open-book Energy 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

The consequences can be farther reaching than most leadership teams realize. At their best, leadership teams synchronize their organizations into cohesive powerhouses. In my 30 years of working with leadership teams, these are three habits that I’ve seen have the most negative influence over a company. Sabina Nawaz.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 20, 2022

Brock is a Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, an executive leadership coach, servant leader, and a man of integrity. I’m sure you’ll enjoy his wisdom about the intersection of character, trust, and ethics. If you have good character, how long does it take to lose it and how do you keep from losing it?

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Ethics Servant Leader Execution Survey 95