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Bonding with Customers: The Leadership Side

Lead Change Blog

Campbell viewed camps as a type of bonding agent. Bonding was a much deeper relationship feature than simply connecting or understanding or appreciating. We connect with folks in our neighborhood, but we bond with our close friends and family. What would bonding look like with customers? Bonding Up Close and Personal.

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Leadership: A Delicate Balance

General Leadership

Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization. Balance is critical to good leadership and essential for a healthy organization. A piece of advice I once received upon assuming leadership of an organization: “Fire someone within the first week!” Jack Welch.

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Authentic Leadership: 5 Big Mistakes that Can Derail Your Influence

Let's Grow Leaders

Impactful authentic leadership requires careful judgment and context. Authentic leadership matters even more during times of stress, uncertainty, and change. And yet, authenticity, like any other leadership competency can wreak havoc at the extremes. What is authentic leadership? They learn to do that well.

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Leadership & The Expectation Gap

N2Growth Blog

When it comes to leadership, I can share the issue of expectations is no small matter. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership.

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Leadership & Presence

N2Growth Blog

Command presence while certainly having very tangible ties to leadership style or approach, is equally tied to how you are perceived by those around you. I have either been in leadership positions and/or advising leaders for as long as I can remember. Leadership, good or bad, is a contagion. When you speak does anyone listen?

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2020

Leading Blog

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. Leading with Gratitude : Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant. Friedman and Alyssa F.

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Leadership Vulnerability: A Personal Journey Through the Eye of the Storm

Leading Blog

I N THE HIGH-STAKES world of leadership, where every decision can be scrutinized and every failure magnified, the concept of vulnerability often takes on a negative connotation, especially among men, who are taught to equate emotional openness with weakness. This humility not only humanizes you it also strengthens the bonds within your team.