Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Here's What Matters Most by @gavin_adams Music Has Charms To Make You a Better Writer by @wallybock See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was adapted from Endless Customers: A Proven System to Build Trust, Drive Sales, and Become the Market Leader * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Roger Martin on our personal knowledge system dynamics: “Personal knowledge systems are highly path-dependent. Source: The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

The authority to solve complex problems and challenges will reside in the system of stakeholders, not in the leader. Source: The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. The leader’s job is to energize and facilitate, not dominate and control.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This time of disruption demands that organizational leaders take an honest look at their teams and how they function and then apply accurate data to inform new ideas, explore strategies, and pursue professional development to position themselves for success. Systemizing communication. Understanding the influence of power.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For instance, AI-powered Applicant Tracking Systems can efficiently sift through resumes to identify promising candidates based on predefined criteria, thereby reducing time-to-hire. Understanding the Modern Recruitment Landscape Recent technological advancements and evolving workforce demographics have revolutionized recruitment processes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. It is time to reimagine leadership: what it means in theory and what it means in practice, how we choose leaders, how we develop leaders, and what we ask of leaders. Next Practices.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Marcella considers: “ Now is the time to develop the Culture!

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Leading Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

The more you invest in people and the more focused and intentional you become about helping people overcome obstacles, the more you will develop your discernment muscle.” Source: Becoming a Coaching Leader: The Proven System for Building Your Own Team of Champions II.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2024

The others is that the authority to solve complex problems and challenges will reside the system of stakeholders, not in the deader. Source: The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Peter Senge on getting to the root of the issue: “The bottom line of systems thinking is leverage—seeing where actions and changes in structures can lead to significant, enduring improvements. But the leverage in most real-life systems, such as most organizations, is not obvious to most of the actors in those systems.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

An interim Chief Technology Officer could be brought in to oversee the implementation of new technological systems, ensuring that the transition enhances operational efficiency without disrupting ongoing projects. For example, consider a technology company undergoing a digital transformation.

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Leading in Context

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series on Recognizing Ethical Issues, I addressed the gaps in our thinking that require us to develop an ethical alert system. In Part 4 I described ways to develop ethical thinking. In Part 3, I dug into the importance of ethical awareness as the basis for ethical decision making.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

They align their best efforts with the organization’s in natural ways that other systems can’t lead them to do. Source: The Meaning Revolution: The Power of Transcendent Leadership * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. It is the difference between rowing and sailing.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Niccolò Machiavelli on resistance to change: “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. Source: The Crisis We Face: Automation and the Cold War * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Mark Sanborn on why culture matters: “Culture is a corporate immune system that protects against variance, decline, or abandonment by identifying and combating threatening forces like toxic partners, disjointed processes, and bad decisions.”. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. Source: The Intention Imperative.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

In their new book, Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results , Harvard Kennedy School professors Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi argue that fairness initiatives should be built into organization-wide systems. Educate and mentor. She is also the author of a novel, Happy Now? ,

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In fact, the human biological alert system cant tell the difference between a saber-tooth tiger encounter, a critical table tennis match at the US Open, or a high-stakes sales presentation. This activates your parasympathetic nervous system, engaging a calming, rest and digest mode. So, denying fear or trying to block it out is futile.

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Leading Blog

JULY 27, 2023

We need people who can think, write, and speak with clarity and conviction, people who can relate to and motivate accountants and salespeople, nurses and electrical engineers, systems analysts and social workers.” Source: Hoover's Vision: Original Thinking for Business Success II.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

For example, recognizing how a surge in customer demand might stress operational systems allows leaders to act preemptively, rather than reactively. Conscientiousness (C) : Critical for maintaining structure, ensuring processes and systems scale effectively.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Quinn on the connection between changing a system and understanding it: “Kurt Lewin argued that we cannot really begin to understand a system until we try to change it. As soon as a change agent introduces a variation to that system, he or she will quickly learn about the scripts that are holding that system together.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

by @artpetty Leaders Love Puzzles (for Better and for Worse) by @edbatista No Time for Career Development? You’re The Boss or Client: Here’s How You Should Respond to Creative Work by @philCooke See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Developing future visionary leaders is essential for sustaining organizational growth and maintaining a competitive edge in dynamic markets. Investing in their development is not merely prudent it is a strategic imperative. Tailoring training and development programs to meet individual leadership needs enhances their effectiveness.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To meet these challenges, we leverage our healthcare sector knowledge and a rigorously developed methodology that goes beyond reviewing a candidates CV. They also embrace a systems-thinking approach: understanding how one decision affects everything from staff workflows to patient well-being.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Rachel Botsman discussing trust issues that revolve not just around trust and technology, but trust issues around size: “I think so much of what we need in our lives are smaller systems, where you can really serve people’s best interests. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. Source: The Age of Uncertainty. * * *.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Anyone can develop the skills necessary to be an effective leader. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 ways that you can develop strong leadership skills during your adolescence. Joining clubs and teams is a great way to develop leadership skills. Leadership is not a quality that is innate in some people and not others.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This involves providing insights into AI’s potential and limitations, developing tailored strategies to manage these risks, and fostering a culture of ethical AI use. Establishing Ethical AI Frameworks to Mitigate Risks Developing and implementing ethical AI frameworks is crucial for mitigating risks.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They need sophisticated systems that identify, celebrate, and strategically leverage unique talents. Implement Advanced Development Frameworks Traditional development paths often fail to engage exceptional talent. Organizations must fundamentally reimagine how they recognize, develop, and empower their exceptional performers.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Pretty much everyone whos paying attention agrees that AI is going to massively disrupt life and work; they just dont know exactly how yet as the development and deployment of the technology races ahead. So, is leading through a VUCA environment still an important skill set to have or develop? and globally.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When a plane has crashed, it’s difficult to pretend the system worked just fine. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Matthew Syed on giving failure a makeover: “Self-justification is insidious. Most failure is not like that.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 14, 2025

Through intensive analysis of 300 organizations implementing AI management systems, clear patterns emerge. AI systems now handle reporting structures, performance monitoring, and resource allocation with superhuman precision. The Automation Avalanche Traditional management tasks no longer differentiate exceptional leaders.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But how do the best organizations develop great leaders? Through the following strategies: Identifying and promoting potential leaders: The best organizations have a system in place for identifying and promoting potential leaders. In conclusion, developing great leaders takes time, effort, and dedication.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Indian mathematicians invented a system for measuring objects. Arabic mathematicians eventually adopted the system, and it was through them that Europe would eventually learn about the numerical system we still use today. He also maintains a popular blog with more than 100,000 readers.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Fritjof Capra on making change in a living organization: “A machine can be controlled; a living system, according to the systemic understanding of life, can only be disturbed. Working with the processes inherent in living systems means that we do not need to spend a lot of energy to move an organization.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

But in a world turned upside down — by a pandemic, by climate change, by a reckoning with systemic injustice — what does winning even look like now? Someone who sees the system. Equitable leaders are also skilled at seeing systems and understanding interdependence. They want an equitable leader.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

American evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers on self-deception: “Together our sensory systems are organized to give us detailed and accurate view of reality, exactly as we would expect if truth about the outside world helps us to navigate it more effectively. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

When we start to calm our nervous system and move ourselves out of fear and into more rest within interactions, we start choosing different behaviors and words. Where were constantly checking in on our teams, having meetings, 1:1s to make sure everyone is doing their job and on track.

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