The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2019

I had an exchange of messages with a reader about my blog post Stupid Busy: Is Your Leadership Team Overloading Your Organization? Too many senior leadership teams are like me in a buffet line: loading up their plates with more than they can eat. He’s developed upward leadership strategies. I am no exception.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

Leadership can bring with it a sense of isolation. This can be particularly true of new leaders and those chosen from among a peer group to take on a formal leadership position. As Tony Blair says, “The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. Cultivate a mentor.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Are you looking for the top leadership experts to follow in 2015? Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Albert Einstein Berkshire Partners Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Churchill Douglas MacArthur Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Federal Reserve Bank of New York Ford Foundation Goldman Sachs Pine Street Leadership Program Harvard Business School Harvard Management Company Harvard Medical School Harvard Neuro Discovery Center (..)

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

7 Leadership Questions That Will Move The Needle in 2016. BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” How do you know if your leadership ladder is against the right or wrong wall? What comes first when making leadership decisions – profits or purpose?

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 2, 2024

Servant Leadership Library of Books What are the Best Books About Servant Leadership? This collection of books is a compilation of both servant-leadership focused texts as well as books on other, closely related topics, that pair well with servant-leadership. Collins and Jerry I.

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Steve Farber

MARCH 8, 2009

In our company, Champion , I have worked to instill the extreme leadership roles to all our partners and friends with some success. That is great, but the reason to find the danger is to take it to a solution, and that takes leadership. He called it the engine that leads to great “extreme&# or “radical&# leadership.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. “The task of leadership is not to put passion into people, but to inspire and elicit it — for the passion is there already.” THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The people I am working with often quote Jim Collins Good-to-Great : “…leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with “where” but with “who.” In other words: Like Collins in Good-to-Great, getting the right people on the bus in the right seat is important. This does not have to change anything, immediately.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 2, 2015

Whether it’s helping to complete an Individual Development Plan , evaluating a past project or designating development dollars in the department budget, every little bit counts. In his book Creative Followership , Jimmy Collins recounts the realization of his own limitations as a self-employed individual. Help Us Develop.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

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. Distinctio: Accept a New Way to Play in the Leadership and Innovation Sandbox – Differentiation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

To this day I’m amazed at how many CEOs still own tasks, roles, projects, and responsibilities that should be delegated to others. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. is who they are going to put in charge?

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

As with Collins’ first book, Built to Last , and with Good to Great (read my review of both books on LinkedIn or The Leader Letter archive ), they compared the outstanding companies to a control group of comparison companies in the very same industries and extreme environments that failed to thrive. Sounding familiar?

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CO2

JANUARY 31, 2014

Which ones are genuinely your own, and which are others’ projections and expectations that you accepted as your own? When looking for a company’s purpose, Jim Collins asks, “What can the organization be the world’s best at?” The post Finding Purpose appeared first on Elements of Leadership.

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Gilbert Executive Coaching Collins Mentor 145

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. Kevin :) Susan Young: Funny - I just added this to m Poul Andreassen: I should add this book in my s Poul Andreassen: Helpful lessons on leadership Kevin Eikenberry: You are welcome Valerie!Kevi

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The clearest and most helpful guide to this question comes from the extensive empirical research of Jim Collins and his research team. Collins and co-author Morton Hansen summarized their findings in Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.

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Heskett Collins Uncertainty Short-term 45

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 21, 2011

You won’t want to miss the Catalyst Conference, happening October 5-7, 2011 in Atlanta, where 13,000 young leaders will converge for the leadership experience of the year, including high-octane speakers, powerful worship, innovative programming, and an experience unlike any other. I’d love to shake your hand.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. Which of your leadership skills helped you most to rise through the ranks at Zane Benefits? Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. It was totally worth it.

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Management Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

In preparation for an upcoming presentation, I’ve become a bit obsessed with studying the 1910 expeditions and race between Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott to 90-degrees South (the South Pole). The lessons for leaders and managers practically leap off the pages of this classic example of coping with risk, uncertainty and volatility.

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Uncertainty Leadership Examples Management 111

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. I appreciate it.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Makes further work more attractive and minimizes 'project dread' I have witnessed leaders who understood the power of fun injected it into situations at just the right time. Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus."

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Travel Learning-by-Doing Blog Letter 119

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

It was he who encouraged your own leadership qualities, because your success ultimately honored him. Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. Dick Clark Productions had a select list of projects. ” Judy Collins (1968).

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The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yet, in my 30 years experience of working with leadership teams and companies, the terms “vision,” “mission” and “values” are THE most overused, misunderstood and abused words in the business community today. Your vision lacks the necessary leadership capacity and infrastructure to drive that vision into everyday activities.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Here are just three examples: In his original 1997 letter Bezos states, “We will share our strategic thought processes with you when we make bold choices (to the extent competitive pressures allow), so that you may evaluate for yourselves whether we are making rational long-term leadership investments.” Jeff Bezos. It remains Day 1.”.

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 89

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

In the next round they were asked what to do next: Should they switch R&D projects in midstream, or pour more money into the original strategy? Her perceptive interpretation of this behavior was that, while an action that prevents problems goes mostly unnoticed, pulling a flailing project from the fire garners plenty of attention and rewards.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It may well be why so many (incompetent) men rise ahead of women to leadership positions, as Chamorro-Premuzic argued in a recent HBR post. Jim Collins had a lot to say about CEOs he saw demonstrating modesty and leading quietly, not charismatically , in his 2001 bestseller Good to Great. And in leadership, perception is reality.)

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Development Self-aware Press Release Collins 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

Jim Collins has created a long-lasting enterprise supported by the sale of books and media, as well as fees for consulting, speaking engagements, and workshops. Al Gore created the Climate Reality Project Leadership Corps to bring his ideas about environmental sustainability to people around the world.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

You have many provocative questions and prompts to spur excellent conversations in leadership teams. Some of these involve large capital infrastructure projects – these find their way into a long-term Masterplan for investment. Great brands strive to be an antidote to indifference.” Lidell, Buchanan. Share a little more about this one.

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Wilde Brand Open-book Creativity 66

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Who is your favorite leadership role model? Thought Leaders Share Their Favorite Leadership Role Models. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership suggests A. I feel that he exemplifies servant leadership and after reading the 7 roles, I think he is a great match for all of them.” And now I invite you to play along.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

In school, your tests, homework assignments, and group projects have defined due dates. Jim Collins has written about how the greatest leaders often combine humility and fierce resolve. And humbly serving — staying focused on others — can be a great way to develop leadership and amass the support of your coworkers.

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Tips Collins Learning-by-Doing Long-term 21

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

We’ve all had this happen at one point or another: you share an idea with a colleague and then hear him repeat it in a meeting; you stay late to finish a presentation yet your team member accepts all the praise; you lead a long overdue project to completion and your boss tells the higher-ups it was his doing. ” Ask why.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

” Many of us have experienced some of the same feelings after completing a major project, or winning a big sale, or making a crucial presentation to the board. Leadership consultant Jim Collins argues that organizations need a “big hairy audacious goal” to achieve great things. Find your next mastery goal.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Can you describe your work at your previous employer and specific projects you worked on, as well as your go-to development tools and programming languages? How do you think your skills set will help you to have an impact in IoT-related projects, such as connectivity solutions and devices in the smart climate space? Motivation.

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