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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

You want a climate of faith and hope, not fear, in leadership development. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. The Chairman and President left town while managers communicated the bad news.

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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. It became required reading in business school classes.

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The Biggest Mistake NEW Leaders Make

Let's Grow Leaders

Ian McAllister, General Manager at Amazon, reports that one of his greatest challenges as a new manager was thinking too small. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. That means less time to think about developing your people. 2- Failure to focus on strategy.

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity? Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development. . “Skipper” Pitts.

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Love Them and Lead Them

The Practical Leader

airline in The Wall Street Journal’s annual ranking for 2020 based on key operational performance metrics. In his decades of research studying what differentiates great companies, Jim Collins has featured the company’s long track record of investment returns way beyond other companies — in their industry and most others.

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World’s Greatest Leaders Tap Power of Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

Fortune magazine recently recognized Theo Epstein, President, Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball and the Cubs organization, as #1 on its world’s greatest leaders list. Previously I’ve written about Cubs manager Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs’ Connection Culture. It would be timeless.

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How the World’s Best Leaders Enhance Their Productivity and Effectiveness

Leading Blog

As Jim Collins wrote in his book Good to Great , leaders start by getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats. So, how do these global business icons manage to get so much done through the smart use of their assistants? Leaders know how to choose the right person for the job.