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Leading Thoughts for January 2, 2025

Leading Blog

Source: Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals II. Source: Hero on a Mission: A Path to a Meaningful Life * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. Heres how it works. Heroes take action, which is why they are so good at experiencing meaning.

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Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco?

Lead Change Blog

Contrast this approach with “ecosystem leadership,” a term coined by Otto Scharmer in his book, “Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies.” The post Your Leadership Operating System: Ego Or Eco? As business grows, the circle expands to include more partners and collaborators.

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Three Steps to Update Your Leadership Operating System for 2021

Lead Change Blog

With 2021 just around the corner, it’s time to consider upgrading your LOS—Leadership Operating System. Failing to upgrade your LOS may result in your leadership not only becoming outdated and sluggish, but you also run a higher risk of suffering a fatal system crash. Reboot — It’s time to Ctrl-Alt-Delete your leadership from 2020.

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Connections: The New Currency of Our Era

Leading Blog

Network science reveals that all complex systems are, at their core, networks. Organizations, being complex systems, are no exception. This should come as no surprise. Networks are simple in structure yet extraordinarily powerful. They comprise: Nodes: In human networks, these are individuals.

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Leading Thoughts for April 25, 2024

Leading Blog

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 Thoughts for August 29, 2024

Leading Blog

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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Crafting Operational Excellence: Key Considerations in a Search for an Operations Leader

N2Growth Blog

By ensuring that operational procedures and systems are efficiently implemented, the operations executive bridges the gap between strategic intent and practical execution. This executive’s effectiveness hinges on fostering synergy among all C-suite leaders , creating a culture of shared purpose.