Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

Guest post from Atta Tarki and Gustav Brown : Selecting the right executive search firm can be almost as difficult as finding the right candidate for the job. Here are a few common pitfalls we’ve observed and a few questions you can ask to make a more informed decision. On the surface, this makes a lot of sense.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Stopping, changing direction, and starting again is difficult in any area of life. From time to time, we may realize an error, or perhaps the stale nature of our current entity is crying out for a refreshing approach, and someone who isn’t afraid to bring things back to basics. What exactly do you wish to change and why?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Given not all CHROs are created equal, how do you differentiate from those who simply sit in the chair versus those who set the chinning bar for the future of the role. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List? Selection Methodology.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You came up with an awesome idea. You started a company. You got funding. Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. How do you avoid this fate? Others do not.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Lisa Kohn from The Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares how practicing silence can invite others to step into the conversation more, build a stronger connection – and often, a shared understanding – with the people around you. Marcella asks: “ Is culture less important in a tech company but crucial when you provide services?

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

And when leaders start running on empty, bad things can happen. Take a look around you. You should be able to think of their names quickly. When you need a boost reach out to them. These are the people who see a half full glass and immediately start making lemonade out of a pile of lemons.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2023

ChMC Case Study: Marco Amitrano Managing Partner and Head of Clients & Markets at PWC UK Chartered Management Consultant Award: The way forward for the consultancy industry. As the dialogue about what Chartered Management Consultants can offer to the industry increases, those holding the status will stand out from the rest.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 19, 2015

Here’s my Top 10 (in no real order of importance) list why you should probably quit your current position and move on: You start looking forward to the weekend on Wednesday (or even worse, Monday). If you don’t like what you do, your boss, the people, the commute, etc. Time to look for healthier stock.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

If these are your feelings, you are not alone! If these are your feelings, you are not alone! Here’s the paradox: Millennials are stepping into a world where one of the things they are good at—technology—may well be one of the things that hurts them most and undercuts their ability to flourish.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Not only did I read this book, but I endorsed it right on the back cover. Kerr is an author, management consultant, and leadership coach specializing in culture, vision, and people strategies. Please believe that regardless of what your company does or how it does it, there’s another firm right behind it ready to take your spot.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. Even outside of crises, most people only ask about 25% of the questions available to us — we get lodged in a particular mental mold. It doesn’t come naturally to most of us.

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. Even outside of crises, most people only ask about 25% of the questions available to us — we get lodged in a particular mental mold. It doesn’t come naturally to most of us.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Internet and digital technologies have made it possible to build a business around your lifestyle, including travel, from anywhere you can get online. You do not need to be the next David Bailey to make money with travel photography these days. There are even stock photography firms that specialize in smartphone photography.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To accomplish something great, author Matt Higgins says you need to toss your Plan B overboard and burn the boats. You have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to ever turn back. You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 15, 2014

As President and part owner, he had two other partners and the company needed to make investments in new product development in order to stay competitive. They were older and had different financial needs. Time ticked away and they started to loose their competitive advantage. Have you exhausted all your alternatives?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

What typically comes to mind when your organization starts talking about increasing productivity? People work hard, the business spends a lot of money, and leaders just might sneak past their 2% annual improvement target… only to be saddled with the same thing next year. Asking employees to find a way to do more with less.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: How has your philosophy of empowering the workforce evolved over the years, and what impact do you believe it has had on modern workplaces? The HR Digest: How has your philosophy of empowering the workforce evolved over the years, and what impact do you believe it has had on modern workplaces? It is mandatory.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Here are some of the things great critical thinkers make a habit of: Leading with questions. Open-ended questions, in particular, help you get to the heart of the matter. Open-ended questions, in particular, help you get to the heart of the matter. Start with Why? , The Only Decision Making Tool You Will Ever Need.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 4, 2013

Recurring themes start to come up. What I just heard from you was an example of that ‘talk track’ we’ve talked about,” I said. “So You say it was a ‘nightmare.’ Okay— why do you call it a nightmare?”. I’ve had clients who always talked about how difficult or challenging or complex things seemed to them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2014

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: We all have our blind spots, those things we either can’t see or choose not to see. These are behaviors that you mismanage and often become more intense and harder to manage during change and stressful situations. Often a leader’s fear is driving this behavior.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2019

For a business just starting out , ensuring your firm begins on stable footing can allow you to move forward to the future and develop a more cohesive output, potentially allowing you to sidestep issues before they occur and staying optimistic about meeting challenges. Chart each step as delicately as you can.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 3, 2015

In fact, when leaders start comparing their self worth with their net worth, they get into trouble. What leaders need to do is to look inward to measure success as a leader and most importantly, a human instead of looking for external measures of success.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 7, 2013

The start of a new year is a great time for companies to assess their corporate environment. Here are six steps to get you started in the right direction. A winning corporate culture starts at the top. Attending to these needs can make your office somewhere people want to come every day. Be the leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

You are feeling pretty good about how things are going in general but you have trepidations about giving some people their annual review. As you probably appreciate, you are not alone. In fact your boss likely feels the same way about giving you your annual review.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 7, 2014

Life is always telling us what we need to START doing. But it does not concentrate as much on the things we need to STOP doing. If we are to be successful this year in our life, leadership, and loving, we might need to put a stop to a few things. Stop thinking you are the only one suffering.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 28, 2014

I love that part of my work, but when I get hired, without fail, the client always asks, “Can you really get them motivated? Can you really give them drive?”. Because I know the motivation they’re seeking really starts from within. The need to be recognized is a significant motivator. They are as unique as we are.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

Whitney Johnson is a leading thinker on driving innovation via personal disruption and a co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors. You can follow her on Linkedin here. My counter argument tends to be, “You may not use all of it. Some of it you will.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Or, from a more Scrooge-like perspective, a time when team members slack off, the company throws expensive parties where certain people drink too much and do things everyone wants to forget, team members gather to exchange awkward Secret Santa gifts that no one wants, and very little productive activity takes place.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

Do you have a new business and are working on brand recognition? Do you have a growing small business or an established, large company that you wish to keep successful? Regardless of its size, your business needs market research and analysis. There’s a lot you can learn if you perform a market analysis.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 29, 2014

When you’ve been writing a blog for 5 years as I have starting this month, one of the things you appreciate as being a key factor behind your longevity in this sphere is the importance of taking a vacation break to employ the 3 R’s – rest, review, and reflection.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and a company is only as strong as its lowest-performing employees. According to Autumn Manning, CEO of YouEarnedIt, an employee engagement firm. “So an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. The following is a guest piece by Terri Williams.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Value people: President Teddy Roosevelt said, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” To get them to perform at the highest level, they need to feel valued. You can’t fake caring. What are you doing to ensure your new hires feel welcomed from the start? Who are they?

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Lead from Within

MARCH 25, 2014

A wise leader brings to bear not only knowledge but wisdom, and sometimes wisdom tells us not to think too much. The start to solving any problem is seeking information, but faced with an overabundance of data, background, facts, and numbers, it’s easy to freeze up under the weight of your thoughts. When it keeps you fearful.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

Schedule an appointment with your organization’s health care provider (you do have one right?) to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. We’re providing some of our resources to help you and your health care provider (you do have one right?)

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Lead from Within

MAY 20, 2014

When they met back up, he asked, “How was it that you did not follow me across?”. When they met back up, he asked, “How was it that you did not follow me across?”. But,” said the boy who swam across couldn’t you see that it was just as hard to turn back to safety as it was to continue swimming to your goal?”. “But,”

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: Can you share key milestones in your career journey, and how they shaped your perspective on the global talent market? Finally, I worked in two start-ups building enterprise solutions in training and online learning. The HR Digest: In your podcast, you discuss Irresistible Leadership models.

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