Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The leadership lessons are coming to you from the 2001 dinosaur movie Jurassic Park III. Today’s Reel Leadership article is a blast from the past. Jurassic Park III revisits the story of Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) while introducing Paul Kirby (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Tea Leoni).

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 28, 2021

In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people. With a background in public relations, marketing, and internal communications, HR had become an accidental specialty – I was a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Where were you when you first heard the news of an airliner striking World Trade Tower One on the morning of September 11, 2001? I was in my office near Times Square in Manhattan. At first I assumed it was an accident. Then came the unbelievable news that a second plane had hit Tower Two.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2012

He always looks at the positive side of every situation.Will’s leadership journey started in 2001, when he attended Seton Hall University’s Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership (MASCL) program, where he graduated with honors. He is passionate about people/leadership development, coaching and mentoring.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Shades came to our house as a puppy in 2001 just a week before 9/11. Thorndike, we decided to put him down last weekend. If you’ve owned a dog that’s become part of your family, I don’t have to tell you how hard the last couple of weeks have been for us.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. The day after Jeffrey Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he had an even bigger challenge to deal with—the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But numbers can hide looming issues until they don’t.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 17, 2011

Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup (2001 to 2011) knows how to stay on task; all successful leaders do. He’s setting up his office in Philadelphia after retiring from Campbell’s on July 31. When he picked up the phone, he was unpacking boxes. I asked him what was happening in his life. Doug has a [.].

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 4, 2010

I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Be Bold In Life. Well I did.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This approach was first popularized in the 1980′s by Jack Welch at GE and further reinforced in 2001 by Jim Collins who told us to “get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off.” ” By 2012, 60% of Fortune 500 firms were using some variation of this approach. → Read More: Forget the Bus!

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General Leadership

MAY 22, 2021

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Back in 2001, in the article "Executive Control of Cognitive Processes in Task Switching," found in the Journal of Experimental Psychology - Human Perception and Performance, Vol 27. And a recent (September 2009) article from the Harvard Business School (HBS) references another study from Stanford University that supports the 2001 study.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

He then started Menlo Innovations in 2001, with the express purpose of ” bringing joy to the world through software “ Menlo has gone on to win the Alfred P. Sloan award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for eight straight years and has earned five revenue awards from Inc. magazine.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

He was the CEO of Southwest Airlines during the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. I’m still grappling with Jim Parker’s advice. Jim said, “I don’t think I smiled for two years.” When… Continue reading →

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

First published in a 2001 Harvard Business Review article, and then in the book, " From Good to Great , Collin’s leadership model describes kind of a hierarchy of leadership capabilities, with level 5 being a mix of humility and will. I’ve always liked the Leadership Practices Inventory 360 degree assessment that supports the model.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

A FTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS on September 11, 2001 and on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Major General James Mattis needed to connect with every member of the 1st Marine Division.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 27, 2011

12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor Gail McMeekin Conari Press (2001) Note: I re-read this book while formulating questions for an interview of its author, Gail McMeekin. If anything, her insights offer even greater value now than they did years ago when the book was first published. This is another of several [.].

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

His oldest son George Walker Bush was elected the 43rd President of the United States in 2001 becoming the second president to assume the nation's highest office after his father, following the footsteps of John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams. Shortly after leaving the Navy, Bush married Barbara Pierce.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

We pause today to remember the events which occurred on 11 September 2001, and reflect upon how they completely changed our nation, our people and our world. GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link].

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you remember the eras of 1987 or 2001-2002 or 2007-2008 your experience might be similar. It wasn’t the mesmerizing essence of magic like the chalk talk in the analogy described here, but there was renewed hope because employees were invited to peer into the future, share the vision and understand that there was a distinct plan.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. Its relentless pace these days runs us off our feet.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

Although I didn’t include “write a book” in my 2000 or 2001 goals, it was still on the wall embedded in my 1999 goals. In late 2001, something amazing happened. I was so proud I decided to leave my goals on the wall as a reminder. Glancing at it occasionally, I had a sense that someday I’d come back to that one.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Those proportions have risen, particularly for women, over the years: In 2001 the figures were 38 percent of women and 27 percent of men. Christianne M. Corbett, AAUW senior researcher and co-author of the report], said the findings demonstrate how much women struggle because of the gender pay gap.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Bush’s administration as the Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy between 2001 and 2003. She went on to hold the position of CEO for two more major ad agencies, Tatham-Laird & Kudner and Ogilvy & Mather and was named the most powerful women in America by Fortune magazine in 1997.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Where were you when you first heard of the attacks on the twin towers on 9/11/2001? Where were you? Obviously it’s on all our minds this weekend what took place 10 years ago. It changed so much of who we are as a nation and a people. Living in a military town, I’ve witnessed the sacrifice of so many because of that day.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Since 2001, the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey has compared hospitals’ performance on the national standards of safety, quality, and efficiency that are most relevant to consumers and purchasers of care.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 2, 2016

From 1991 to 2001, when Bill George was CEO of Medtronic, a maker of pacemakers, defibrillators, stents, catheters, shunts, and surgical tools, he held a holiday party each year where six individuals who benefitted from Medtronic products told their stories. Examples of Gratitude in Action. The great British writer G.K.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 2001, she founded Reality-Based Leadership. No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results can be purchased here. Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 3, 2022

With the iPod in 2001 and iPhone in 2007, they didn’t just create a successful product, they created a new category of product. Great examples of Blue Ocean companies are Apple and Netflix. Apple always aims to set itself apart from competitors not by price but by competitive advantages based on product design that attracts customers.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

in 2001, I worked for a boutique strategy consulting firm out of Princeton, NJ that developed and delivered high-cost elaborate strategic plans. The second data point was that most employee engagement surveys and the firms that employed them were extremely heavy on reporting data overload, but weak on meaningful implementation.

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leaderCommunicator

JULY 8, 2014

Harvard Business Review, “Followership: It’s Personal, Too,” (2001). The feeling of excitement: People want excitement and challenge in their lives. Energy from a leader keeps followers engaged and can inspire them to become leaders. How do you make your team feel? David Grossman.'

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leaderCommunicator

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Since 2001, the Corporate Recruiters Survey has been produced annually by the GMAC, a global nonprofit education group of leading graduate business schools and the administrator of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT).

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 31, 2021

in 2001 and just over 4% by 2011. It’s a finding the researchers believe demonstrates the stability of multi-ethnic neighborhoods in the UK, as 88% of the multi-ethnic neighborhoods in 1991 had retained their diversity when assessed again in 2001. The data shows that multi-ethnic neighborhoods have grown from 0.5%

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And then of course 2001-2009 - Gone (as is often the case, it took a long time to be gone). The book is probably worth reading just for that list. The first section is called "the Good" - 1949 to 1970. Then "Almost gone" 1971-1977. Then "the Great Years" 1978 to 2000.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [2] Norton, Harvard Business School Press, The Strategy-Focused Organization, 2001). [3] Only 5% of employees understand their corporate strategy.[4]. 92% of organizations do not measure performance indicators.[5]. Cited Sources: [1] (R. Kaplan and D.

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LDRLB

MARCH 9, 2011

I came across an interesting comment recently: “Firms need to think more strategically about developing not just managers or global managers, but alliance managers, as they will run the companies of the future” (Isabella & Spekman, 2001, p.240). This may be too much for a North American leader to do though. Isabella, L.A. &

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 14, 2013

I was looking over some of my “earlier” First Friday Book Synopsis handouts (some of them were not as thorough as my current handouts), and I ran across the one on the early Michael Lewis book: NEXT: The Future Just Happened (2001). Here are two excerpts from the book: In the long run the Internet […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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