Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2018

“Management isn’t doing—it’s seeing that it gets done.” Belker, The First-Time Manager. Tons of information is accessible on the internet on mistakes that first-time managers make. Enough literature is available on developing new skills by new managers. The boss can also coach the new manager.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Management teams are always looking at the bottom linealways. Lets do the math Im not saying this to scare youIm saying it to wake you up. Over the years, youve moved up, earned those raises and promotions, and you deserve every penny. The bigger your compensation package grows, the bigger the target on your back becomes.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The bottom line: exercise is an important practice for effective leadership. For the past 15 years, he has been designing learning experiences for tech companies, schools, and nonprofits, exploring innovation, education, management, and personal growth. They Eat Right Dont forget about nutrition.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 26, 2017

Michael, his partner Mallory, and the team at Thriving Talents are role models of blending the bottom line with the human spirit— and proof that a Millennial run company can grow fast, gain wide-spread international respect, and make a lasting impact on the results for the their clients.

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CEO Insider

JANUARY 30, 2023

Combining top-down and bottom-up management methods allows leaders to embody a leadership style that prioritizes shared power and put the needs of employees first to drive performance. Your business’s culture is the […] The post Bottom-Up or Top-Down: What Shapes Organizational Culture?

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 5, 2014

It’s vital to show up confident and strong, One of the smartest women I know stayed up late every night the week before her presentation doing deep research and getting the presentation just right. Show up strong. Spice up your data with a strategic story , metaphors, or illuminating statisitcs with powerful comparisons.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

This means that every leader, manager, and employee can describe the culture and what it stands for, and the descriptions will be very similar to a large extent.” Take a bottom-up approach. Culture needs to be top-down directed but then bottom-up created.” Nothing makes up for poor leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Dan McCarthy of About.com Management and Leadership shares How to be a More Strategic Manager to find out how. Learn how projects bring strategy ideas to life with this piece from Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks. While we love our “bottom line” tangible measures of results, Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 8, 2022

History: Management consultant Joseph M. It is an adage of business management that "80% of sales come from 20% of clients". Application: Most managers happily service all their clients the same way, not knowing that some clients deliver more income/profit than others. Take the bottom 80% and also total the income.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Guest post from Larry Sternberg and Kim Turnage: What would your organization be like if every employee had a great manager? In every organization, managers are a key leverage point to drive higher performance and better business results. The impact managers have on turnover and engagement go straight to the organization’s bottom line.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Featuring commentary from the leaders themselves describing how they handled each situation, it helps managers better understand not just what emotional intelligence is, or how to measure it, or how it is linked to bottom-line results: it also shows how real leaders used their emotional intelligence to deal with real situations.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Whether it's the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad break-up, or the isolation of Covid-19, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch and emerge stronger, smarter, and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause. Authenticity. We need to make our interactions count.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

For example, it’s not uncommon for companies to believe that improving the bottom line is more important that employee engagement or development. Quantitative measurements do help people manage more efficiently. However, using a mix of quantitative and qualitative metrics makes managers both more efficient and effective.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Blend the bottom line with the human spirit. I owned up and made a commitment to making sure it didn’t happen again. As an administrative pro, it’s easy to get caught up in the systems and workflow, and neglect to remember the big picture. Make sure to take time to get to know them as a person and learn what energizes them.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

There are some moments in your career that leave an indelible imprint – moments that end up defining WHO you are. ” And sometimes, you get to ask a brave follow up question, to those who have witnessed the moment. This sets up a wall between management and the rank-and-file that is very, very hard to knock down.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Let me be clear, I’m not encouraging giving in or giving up – I am suggesting you learn the ever so subtle art of letting go. Bottom line – what you do or don’t surrender to will define you. Controlling leaders create bottlenecks rather than increase throughput.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

The bottom line is when you don’t do what you say you will do, or when others have unclear expectations about what you will do, it will result in disappointment, lack of engagement and trust and compromised integrity. When you are not able to keep your word (or keep it on time), let everyone know immediately and clean up the mess this causes.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

When co-workers, managers, and their subordinates lose respect for one another, it negatively impacts their work and the work of the people around them. Some organizations respond with well-meaning exhortations to “just get along,” or they encourage private chats with human resources or senior management.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 21, 2021

And yet, so many companies screw this up. Showing up sloppy or clueless. One manager I know instructed team leaders to say, “Thank you for coming to work today,” as a way of reducing absenteeism. If showing up is the best behavior you can find to recognize, keep looking. Keep up the great work.”. Wait, What? (A

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Leading Blog

JUNE 4, 2021

Ask questions because if you do what everyone else is doing, you will end up like everyone else. Losers brace for impact and wonder how to clean up the mess. You need routines if you are going to win these battles and manage the distractions. They gave it up. Start at the bottom and work your way up.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This transactional stuff is all part of being a manager. These priceless individuals value results and the bottom line. The leaders people want to follow balance bottom-up and top-down decision-making. Genuine leaders manage with their head and lead with their heart. Every boss gives orders and assigns work.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part four will balance needs with compromises and float tangential opportunities to expand horizons and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘pink giraffe’ management candidate. The bar is set high.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Research has shown that as leaders rise up in the ranks , their proficiency in nurturing talent declines rather than increases. Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When “our decision frames are set by others, and we forget to keep track of what options and factors we ignore, [we open] ourselves up to unnecessary risks and missed opportunities” and unsubstantiated fear and perspectives. The bottom line is that we are all dependent on others to some extent; it’s a fact of modern life.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2016

Managers were finding it harder than ever to recruit and retain talent. As I pulled up to Sam’s office, I knew he’d be unhappy with my recommendation–which involved a serious look in the mirror at his own leadership behaviors. .” “What matters most is how you’re showing up as the leader.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

It is a well-written story that takes us from his days as a student-athlete through his formative years working his way up in bars and restaurants from busboy to manager, to the wild ride founding and growing Texas Roadhouse into the international success it is today. His story is told in Made from Scratch. Most [leaders] are made.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2022, he upped the ante, investing $10 billion in OpenAI to acquire just short of a majority stake. Innovation powerhouses don’t leave innovation up to chance. You do that by setting up structures that notice, encourage, and develop innovative ideas and practices. From top to bottom, everyone was expected to get on board.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 1, 2025

The 8 Most Powerful Change Management Strategies There are plenty of ways to navigate change, but in our experience, these are some of the most effective. That means being honest and transparent as soon as management confirms changes are going live and keeping all employees and staff updated through every stage of the process.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Bottom line, organizations are seeking to reconstitute themselves as a network of teams, ditching the traditional hierarchy. Leaders are at the bottom of the pyramid supporting those in the team above them and not the other way around. His new book is “Wake up and smell the coffee – the imperative of teams” [link]. Not really.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 11, 2019

Manage conflict. When there is conflict—and there is always conflict—make sure not to ignore it but to address it and manage it. It is crucial to address and manage conflicts in way that people feel understood and know that a solution can be reached. People look up to leaders. Appreciate hard work. Lead by example.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

If you think leadership is about the bottom line, think again; it’s about the people. Without the people there is no bottom line. You won’t ever become a truly successful leader until you understand a person’s need to be heard and understood is much more important than satisfying your need to impart wisdom (see: Shut-up and Listen ).

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

So, yes, top-down communications that originates from both the head and the heart is vitally important to successful crisis management. The best crisis leaders understand that they need to be not just top-down transmitters of information but also facilitators of side-to-side communications and receivers of bottom-up communications.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Let me be clear, I’m not encouraging giving in or giving up – I am suggesting you learn the ever so subtle art of letting go. When you experience weak teams, micro-management, frequent turf wars, high stress, operational strain, and a culture of fear, you are experiencing what control has to offer – not very attractive is it?

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Leading in Context

JUNE 5, 2024

By Linda Fisher Thornton In Part 1 of this series "Ethical Values Are Good For Business" I shared the importance of clearing up the confusion employees have in balancing ethical values with bottom line profitability. In Part 2, we looked at the importance of aligning strategy with the organization's values.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 13, 2020

People who are otherwise obscure on the national scene are now showing up in news feeds and quenching a yearning for sanity, direction and confidence. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta relating to us as a parent and an executive, saying enough is enough and here are things we’re doing about it. Fascinating and fun to watch.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Join Simpler Trading’s CEO Brittany Burns and me for a practical look at how you can lead with conviction, build a culture of integrity, and focus on the bottom line. 22:17 – Next, Brittany shares what she tells every new hire as they join the company to ensure that they’re speaking up. A Culture of Integrity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. Structure, strategy, people, management style, systems and procedures, guiding concepts and shared values, and corporate strengths and skills, along with financial performance, served as criteria for selecting excellent companies.

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