Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 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. Communication. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 30, 2014

Many leaders go through their career (certainly once they get to a higher level) believing that their station or title in their company validates that their perspective is somehow best, or more insightful. I believe strongly that helping people defend themselves against an imperfect system and regaining their power is vital.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

To make this happen, we put a system in place with six key focus areas: 1. After developing a clear strategy and setting its direction throughout the organization, we quickly evaluated our operations and moved to reorganize around the client into one company. Create a Clear Vision, Strategic Direction and Communicate It Constantly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 18, 2014

Many team leaders feel they have limited power to change the system or culture (an issue we address in BYOO: Build Your Own Oasis). Concentrating on these 7 roles in your leadership development efforts will go a long way to exceptional frontline execution. #1 It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and helpless. 1 The Translator.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 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. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Career Success 2.0: Communication.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 10, 2018

W HY DO SOME careers stall while others flourish? The careers of one-half to two-thirds of managers and leaders will derail. “At At some point, over half of us will get fired or demoted—or our careers will flat-line, and we won’t reach our innate potential. They have become overspecialized thereby limiting their careers.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

Here are a selection of tweets from March 2023 that you will want to check out: Chronos or Kairos—Is it Your Moment for a Career Change? by @artpetty Leaders Love Puzzles (for Better and for Worse) by @edbatista No Time for Career Development? by @Julie_WG Self-Esteem: Why It's Career Rocket Fuel!

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Since being human isnt necessarily what got them to where they are in their careers, to begin with, they arent sure if the act of softening is for them. 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.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2019

A Genie (actually an HR Vice-president at a former company) once asked me, “ Dan, if you could make a wish and only do one thing for leadership development, what would it be?” That is, of course you can’t develop leaders by doing just one thing, leadership development is a system, involving many interdependent variables.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, motivation, productivity, and more. Development. Ann Howell of Science of Working contributed Invest in self-confidence to develop effective leaders.

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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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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2014

I am a business leadership coach who deconstructed and recreated the system we use for hiring. Along with becoming very critical of the “old” system that typically gets bad [.] Career Development Workplace Issues Apprenticeship hiring Training'

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Lead from Within

MAY 22, 2024

As an executive leadership coach with years of experience, I’ve witnessed firsthand the significant impact that professional relationships can have on an individual’s career success. These connections can lead to career advancements that may have otherwise remained out of reach.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome to the February Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. Development. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Leadership Development Goals for 2019.

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Career Advancement

MAY 10, 2021

The favorites know how to work the system in their favor, which ultimately means building a strong support base throughout all corners of the organization. Tell your boss about your career aspirations and map out a plan toward achieving your goals. Here are some tips for doing just that.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Realizing the device could be used for high-level heating, he and a Raytheon executive cooperated to develop the microwave oven. While most 3M researchers had no interest in the development, the inventors stayed the course and had the faith their discovery would be recognized in time. He was the founder and CEO of Chem Systems, Inc.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. Embarking on a journey of self-reflection and discovery, he forged a path to revolutionize his leadership and transform his career trajectory. So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I read through this month’s Leadership Development Carnival entries, I felt a bit of the same. Others are mid-level, solo entrepreneurs, retired, or some at some other point in their careers. ” Find Jim on Twitter at @72keys.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The answers on “ how ” a business does what it does lies in its unique combination of systems that governs how it executes its mission. I like to call this collection of systems the organization’s “ Human Operating System.” Here are the key parts of every Human Operating System: 1.

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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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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems. Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them System 1 and 2. I think autopilot system and intentional system describe these systems more clearly. The autopilot system corresponds to our emotions and intuitions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

What if, in the spirit of development, you worked with the team to build your own? Some possibilities include: Turning the tool into a self assessment, describing what behaviors look like at a high, medium or developing level. Invests deeply in developing her leadership team. 5 Easy Steps to Building Your Own Competency Model.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Development. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared Benefits of Hiring a Professional Keynote Speaker.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

A Forbes article in 2017 titled “If You Want To Be ‘CEO Material,’ Develop These 15 Traits,” created a laundry-list of traits needed to be a great CEO. Is the older or the younger brain better equipped for the startup CEO? The human brain develops back to front, thus the prefrontal cortex is one of the last regions to fully develop.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

by @suzimcalpine Ten Critical Keys For Designing a Creative Culture by @PhilCooke Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change? (And if you haven’t, it could be time you need to!)

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’re changing jobs more than ever and pursuing multiple careers and projects simultaneously. Take a moment to consider how many jobs you’ve had and how many careers you’re yet to embark upon? As humans, what we crave are open, fluid, and personalized systems. I N 1984 a typical business competency would last 30 years.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face. This is our Development Gap.” Their research indicates areas that all leaders need to consider and develop where necessary.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

From the era of large mainframes, command line interfaces, and backing up data on tape to the modern world of cloud computing, user-friendly interfaces, and low-code/no-code software development, technology has continued to change rapidly and has significantly shaped our lives and businesses.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

To better understand the Millennial and Z generations, I believe it is helpful to look at their education and the underlying ideas that the education system taught them – that is, their Postmodern worldview. Perhaps it would be better to say, worked with. Mentor ( and reverse mentoring ). Be open to reverse mentoring too.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When HR checks the performance management system, this manager looks like they’re on top of their game. Development plans, check. Or, they haven’t been trained on what success looks like for these critical employee development activities. They’ve check all the boxes. Weekly one-on-ones, check.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

All of us recognize that to develop in our careers we must push out of our comfort zone. It would impact my personal life and my career. It expanded my learning and gave me an exposure to various company systems. It gave me visibility, which helped propel my career. Like any opportunity, this one had risk.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

People on your team will develop relationships with you and with each other. You’re all part of a complex human system, and what you and your teammates do affects the other parts of the system. Your challenge is to help people grow and develop. Jack Welch had a stellar career as one of the great CEOs of all time.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Take a hard look at your systems and processes. For more on the importance of systems and processes and destructive workplace competition, you won’t want to miss my Asking for a Friend interview with the grandfather of workplace conflict research, Ralph Kilmann. Are results stack ranked? If one person wins, does the other lose?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 29, 2020

I used to have a computer, and the “IT system” that we all worried about was the complexity of email and honestly that it was quite easy. JH : As a leader, what are some of the things you think of when trying to avoid stagnation in development? For instance, IT was a big topic 20 years ago. has it right.

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Leading in Context

MAY 31, 2023

In addition to caring about what happens in our own careers, we must CARE about people, about their success, and about creating a positive work environment. If leaders don’t seem to care, that numbs the organization’s culture, disabling the natural systems that would prevent and identify ethical risks.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurial leaders must define systems rather than be defined by them; they must adopt an ownership mentality. They must take full responsibility for them rather than attributing them to “the system” or “circumstances.” They look beyond their ego.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals. How should we transition from the traditional to the new system? About $3,750 per HIPO annually.

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