Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

One of the cool perks of making the switch to university-based executive education is that I get to work with and learn from a lot of awesome business school professors. See bio at end of post. A Four-wheel-drive Diamond in the Rough. Theories of leadership abound to the point of confusion. I offer such a framework below. See Figure 1.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The ability to recognize conflict, understand the nature of conflict, and to be able to bring swift and fair resolution to conflict will serve you well as a leader – the inability to do so may well be your downfall. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., It’s what I call a “ Game Changer. ” What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 5, 2016

Most of you are really good at what you do: as influencers, sellers, coaches, change agents, or leaders, your intuition, excellent skills, and history of success guide your ability to facilitate change for your clients. Are you aware of, and make allowances for, your full range of biases?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2015

TODD : Is your main concern lowering your costs? TODD : So your main concern IS lowering your costs? But the conversation exemplifies how a Questioner’s biased questions can significantly influence outcomes. I recently accepted a cold call from an insurance guy because I was thinking of switching providers.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Putting political agendas and peer pressure aside (as great leaders do), leaders should not make their choices based upon public opinion. Rather they should benchmark their decisions against the question of “is it the right thing to do?” How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct. Are these extreme statements?

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You shouldn’t expect, nor could I deliver, the tools for your complete coaching success in this brief article. Truly, when we coach effectively we can make a difference in the lives of other people and our communities as a whole. Since the title mentions the alphabet, you might be expecting me to start with the letter A.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2010

How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews by Elinor Stutz Most people today act in desperation to take ‘any’ job. StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 14, 2011

create enjoyment in your cold calling Most of us dread our days of making cold calls. It’s the missing link – a new mindset and language that converts selling into a natural conversation between you and your prospect. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Each issue is packed with thought-provoking content and insight into the business issues that affect all companies competing in today’s technology-driven marketplace with recent contributions by best-selling author and researcher Tom Davenport; social media guru Chris Brogan; and Myron Scholes, world renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

He is the nation’s premiere expert on Big Picture issues… and how core business specialists may enlarge their scope and assume mantles of greater responsibility and recognition. StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Dirty Little Secrets : Why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it by Sharon Drew Morgen Every day, business people face critical buying decisions – from new software to revamped website design to employee training programs. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

These 10 principles of trust when employed consistently to your entire organization without bias will build a bridge of loyalty that will stand against the elements. If you say everyone matters in the business’s success, then your celebrations must include the potential for all employees to be recognized for their efforts. Dickens Jr.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’re using the same old marketing strategies today because they brought in business in years past, you’re in danger of being pummeled by your competition. In order to keep your customers happy (and happily spending!), To beat your competition, you have to stand out and find ways to be you – uniquely! Juliano Howard T.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The Relational Leader : A Revolutionary Framework to Engage Your Team (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010) by Frank McIntosh The Relational Leader presents a framework to use as a compass point so that you can project a consistent message and methodology to your people. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Leading Blog

JULY 20, 2020

Y OU are likely being asked to “work things out at your own level” in your job more and more. You’ve probably asked your direct reports to work things out at their own level, too. You, your colleagues, and your direct reports are grappling with what I call “the authority conundrum.” What can you do?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents – at every stage of organizational development. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P. Let’s face it: The business world is changing.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

You will show your faith in my abilities and my potential to do more by demanding more. And yet, while I will understand the importance of it, there will be times when I need your help to stay the course. And yet I have come to know coaching as a very powerful tool. You will not accept my excuses. Starting is usually easy.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2010

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author , John has sold more than 18 million books. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author , John has sold more than 18 million books. Mike Myatt : What was your first recollection of experiencing great leadership?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The resulting higher asset utilization should mean more service and replacement parts requirements, traditionally higher margin businesses than selling the original vehicle. Know your metrics and the behaviors they drive. ” This attractive, apocryphal quote breaks down upon inspection. Mismeasurement can lead to mismanagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

But consider the work of the Boston Consulting Group, which indicates that SO practices, such as targeting high-value customers and deploying sales resources with strategically-appropriate criteria, have more than three times the impact on revenue growth than SE initiatives. All businesses face opportunity costs.

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Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Leadership Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra RSS Feed Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra By Rajesh Setty on Tue 14 Oct 2008, 8:40 AM - View Comments I have been following Sramana Mitra ’s writings for a long time now.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Photo by Element5 Digital. Michael Hyatt.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If everyone always agreed with me conversation wouldn’t be very stimulating, and acquiring new knowledge and insight would certainly be more difficult. Do you dig-in your heels and prepare to defend your position to the death, all the while not really caring about how many casualties are incurred in the process?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

You and Your Team Series. It’s a fusion of marketing and selling, employing specific campaigns to connect with specific C-level executives and top decision makers. The idea is that you only need a few dozen of the right high-level relationships to change the scale of your business. Roger Schwarz.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

They''ve got great people, great products and services, they say, but their organizations aren''t selling as much as they should, and aren''t appropriately valued. But in my experience, visibility is rarely the real issue (especially with B2B companies selling bigger-ticket, complex services and products).

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2011

For years, most sales training has focused on a single core principle: the shortest path to sales success is a deep understanding of your customers' needs. If we can understand what's keeping customers up at night, we can build tight linkages between their problems and our solutions, thereby improving our chances of selling something.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2011

Your competitors don't think so. That doesn't mean Procter & Gamble expects to see the Old Spice guy selling enterprise software (although maybe it couldn't hurt). At the heart of successful digital marketing to business customers are three core qualities: Radical Transparency, Micro-Relevancy and Open Collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That would make his product unaffordable for most of his core customers, and they would almost certainly switch to his competitors’ cheaper alternative. That would make his product unaffordable for most of his core customers, and they would almost certainly switch to his competitors’ cheaper alternative. Federal Reserve.

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