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Empower, Rather Than Delegate

Lead Change Blog

There is an unprecedented need to effectively delegate to get everything done; however, there is a spectrum to delegation. Empowerment vs. Delegation: The Difference. Conversely, delegation occurs when a manager assigns a task to a team members. The Delegation-Empowerment-Shared Leadership Continuum.

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September 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Jesse Lyn Stoner of Seapoint Center provided the Space Between Coaching and Delegating. Marcella recaps, “Because of its role in enhancing collective capabilities like innovation, service quality, collaboration, and adaptability, compassion matters for competitive advantage. Discover Lisa on Twitter at @thoughtfulldrs.

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What is Strategic Leadership?

Lead on Purpose

Strategic leadership is particularly popular as a concept in emerging businesses, or any business looking for a competitive advantage. In general, a leader gives directions, organizes, and delegates. Operating without clear strategy could ultimately leave you with the potential to be doomed to failure.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

There is no doubt that strong culture translates into a powerful competitive advantage. In fact, there is a huge risk in undervaluing the advantage the right culture plays. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence.

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How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society

Eric Jacobson

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself."

Company 50
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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. Computational autonomy requires that C-suites revisit the hows and whys of delegation. In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems.

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How CEOs Can Keep Their Analytics Programs from Being a Waste of Time

Harvard Business Review

If the analytics effort is anchored to traditional learning processes, it will not move fast enough to achieve meaningful change and competitive advantage. But in order for their companies to fully exploit them, CEOs must step up; they cannot abdicate leadership or delegate responsibility.

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