Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Until…there’s too much of it, and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person. If ignored or met with intolerance or indifference, these dissimilarities can be divisive, even lethal for career or business success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

Employers underestimate the importance of personal and career development on employee retention, vastly overestimating the importance of salary and benefits. As Christopher Bishop, head of Herman Miller’s Innovation lab has said, "The war for talent is over, talent has won." Our work also uncovered the eight building blocks of trust.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. Marina shares: “ While trust is the foundation for productive relationships and high-performing teams, it’s not something that can be achieved overnight.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

Great leaders take the time to identify each person’s strengths and then align opportunities and career path options to take advantage of them.”. Radical transparency “enables team members to move fast, adapt to change, and make wise decisions and reduces their need to knock on your door with ‘got a minute’ questions.”.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Innovation is a subject that fascinates and beguiles us at the same time. There are many myths about innovation. And myths in our own minds which often inhibit innovation. 63 Innovation Nuggets will inspire you to develop your own innovation talents as well as innovate new products and services.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. That finding has stuck with me.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 24, 2021

Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Prior to being a manager, the odds are that you were a top performer on your team. Now that you’re the boss, you relish the opportunity to help team members solve problems. You’re also creating a sense of learned helplessness among your team members.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sports teams with momentum go on inexplicable winning streaks while opponents can’t seem to string two wins together no matter how hard they try or how ‘talented’ their roster. Early in my career, I swam in four years of red ink at Jacobs Suchard ’s Canadian subsidiary. Gamblers in the rush of a hot-streak believe in the force.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Managing this dilemma can be extremely challenging for those outside of the core in-group of an organization or team. This also means that failure is punished far more heavily for some groups than for others, which can promote a culture of recklessness among those in the in-group.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. This team was featured in the recent movie Forever Strong. They have obviously worked for Larry and his rugby teams throughout the years. As Larry says: “these strategies work!&#

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members. This can help executives build a network of contacts and develop relationships that will be valuable throughout their careers.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 19, 2021

” This has obvious implications for our careers, whether it’s finding new work, gaining that promotion, or simply creating new things and being generally innovative. Traditionally we’ve long thought that weak ties were crucial to things like creativity and innovation. Does this matter? Creative ties.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When you are able to confidently make a choice, you have a significantly positive flow-on effect on your team as well as the organization as a whole. By giving employees or team members the opportunity to engage in professional development, they’re able to see that there is room for career or role progression.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Perhaps innovators and entrepreneurs aren’t more risk-o-philic, they just define risk differently – not following one’s passion and purpose is a greater risk than financial or reputational security. We can all learn from their transformative innovations. ” Well, someone = us ! You create a scalable solution!

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2022

These retreats provide an opportunity for your team to step away from the daily grind and come together in a new environment to bond, brainstorm, and recharge. This can lead to increased communication and trust within the team, which can translate into better results back at the office. Why Plan A Corporate Retreat for Employees.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. He went on to say, &# it takes no talent to hustle and your team deserves better.&# I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

With football season well underway as well as the upcoming World Series (along with many other sports), it’s a great month for sports analogies! Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted How To Lead Virtual Teams. In this article, I share best practices for leaders leading a virtual team including recommended tools.”

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Chart Your Course

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In fact, according to the global staffing agency Ranstad, “many workers are seeking project or consultant-based work, with as much as 61 percent of the workforce choosing agile* careers by 2019” Greater use of Big Data in HR. Shortage of data scientists encourages innovative solution.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2023

She spent over 30 years at Mars Inc before retiring in 2021 to focus on building her non-executive career with companies such as LEGO and Marks & Spencer. Plus, Tom Olliver CMgr FCMI , who helped build a new rail network from scratch for one of the world's biggest sporting events, generating a social media phenomenon at the same time.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Sports teams with momentum go on inexplicable winning streaks while opponents can’t seem to string two wins together no matter how hard they try or how ‘talented’ their roster. Early in my career, I swam in four years of red ink at Jacobs Suchard ’s Canadian subsidiary. Gamblers in the rush of a hot-streak believe in the force.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

She has spent her career leading teams in Fortune 500 Human Resources organizations. Your company, your favorite sports team, a college or university, even a church, mosque or synagogue has its own culture. In turn, team members, along with their companies, achieve excellence personally and professionally.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

As much as it may be politically incorrect to say so, it’s not nearly as much about the team, as it is the leader’s ability to assemble and lead the team. In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership. is who they are going to put in charge?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way. Jesse summarized: “Some visions generate a tremendous amount of energy that drive you and your team where you want to go.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2022

For instance, a recent report from the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport found that over half of businesses have a basic skills gap. Couple this with an often low-quality of cybersecurity training in the external training market and there is a clear lack of appropriate training and development going on.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

This is the time when most people focus more on their careers and less on others (and other significant causes). Bob talks about how his career (in TV station business) took off. He compares it to halftime in sports (games like basketball and American football) that have a break during games.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The teams that have people who work together win. Even in so-called “individual sports&# such as running, race car driving or gymnastics, the athletes depend on many other people for their success. You’ll find satisfaction in knowing you helped someone else, and doing so will benefit your career.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

Predictive Analytics is the process by which an organization learns from the experience it has collectively gained across its team members and computer systems. Local crime increases after public sporting events. The leading career-focused social network, LinkedIn, predicts your job skills. Vegetarians miss fewer flights.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Michael Carty, XpertHR : Why It's Time for HR to 'Step to the Front' in 2011 Drew Tarvin, Humor's' Office : 5 Work Resolutions You Shouldn't Make (And One You Should) Kaihan Krippendorff, Fast Company : Five Innovative New Year's Resolutions Roberta Matuson, Fast Company : Will 2011 Be Your Best Year Ever ?

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 7, 2011

They don’t even have to be good at the sport. Vocalists, he pointed out, employ voice coaches throughout their careers. In sports, coaches focus on mechanics, conditioning, and strategy, and have ways to break each of those down, in turn. Coaches are not teachers, but they teach. Mainly, they observe, they judge, and they guide.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 22, 2010

Simmons C-level Strategies and Awakenings Execupundit Fistful of Talent Great Leadership HR Bartender Inflexion Point John Baldoni Leading Blog Management Excellence Managing Leadership Michael Lee Stallard Mountain State University LeaderTalk QAspire Blog: Tanmay Vora Ramblings from a Glass Half Full Reflections for Personal and Business Development (..)

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

At the height of my baseball interest in the early to mid 1970′s, both teams were good, but the Reds were awesome – the Big Red Machine won two World Series Championships. I admired him and was pleased when later in his career he managed the Tigers to a World Series Championship as well. Thanks Kevin for a great post!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 12, 2011

Tanya energizes leaders to help them light the spark in their teams that results in: the proliferation of ideas and innovation,shorter cycle times, more collaborative environments, and high customer and employee loyalty. Tanya currently writes about leadership, in sport, work and life on Elevati’s Blog at www.elevati-inc.com/blog.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Sports teams with momentum go on inexplicable winning streaks while opponents can’t seem to string two wins together no matter how hard they try or how ‘talented’ their roster. Early in my career, I swam in four years of red ink at Jacobs Suchard ‘s Canadian subsidiary. Business isn’t all that different.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 14, 2022

This behavior could include stealing, cheating, or even simply failing to help and support colleagues on team-based efforts. Research from Oregon State University suggests, however, that where such gender unfairness exists, men are far more likely to engage in deviant behavior in response to the perceived unjustness.

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