Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Simon Cooper, president and CEO of Ritz-Carlton, calls this “scriptless service”. With such a diverse clientele, employees cannot simply operate by choosing from a limited number of preselected solutions to guest requests. That’s real leadership.” Kurtzman notes, “Leadership is not coaching.

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

If our skills, competencies and judgment get us our leadership roles – it’s our Emotional Quotient (EQ), or Emotional Intelligence , that keeps us there and propels us forward into greater leadership scope, work footprint, scale and reach. . “The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.”

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Leadership lessons at their core are taught in Kindergarten and here’s what I mean. When asking for cooperation, which is a key part of every entrepreneur’s life, saying please and thank you should go without saying. In business we operate under the old adage of the loudest person is the one that gets heard.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Essential Leadership Traits in the Successful Small Business Owner — Guest post by Linda Forshaw. “A While there is merit attached to not being afraid to get your hands dirty, in essence to lead by example, the smart small business owner will place a greater emphasis on a wider leadership strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Operating Officer is an organization’s powerhouse, ensuring every process and experience in your business runs like a well-oiled machine. This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. Tech Savviness: Leveraging technology to boost operational efficiency.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

Have you thought through your target operating model? It is about developing a sound leadership and management practice that will serve you well for a lifetime. Three simple practices to grow your leadership thinking. The post Has lockdown improved your leadership thinking? On The Future. Have you planned for that change?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of an Interim Executive Interim executives come into play when a company needs swift, decisive leadership—whether it’s to address an unexpected gap, navigate a tricky transition, or steer a project requiring specialized skills. This clarity eliminates uncertainty, builds mutual respect, and promotes cooperation.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

It is a dual operating system. A second system that is organized as a network that works in cooperation with the existing hierarchy. The second operating system does not take away from the existing organization but it adds to it, enhances it, feeds it. Much more leadership, not just management. Logic alone is not enough.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

A high-performance leader is one who is intentional about their leadership. They are not a leader because their position entitles them to be; they see leadership as a verb, a skill to continue to develop and hone. High-performance leaders operate with a growth mindset and are great communicators. Curiosity 3.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 16, 2015

Is the ability to gain cooperation an underestimated component of efficiency? I commented to her that I think the ability to gain cooperation is an underestimated component of efficiency. I depended on the operators in our computer facility to do what I needed, when I asked them to. Cooperation is better than compliance.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2019

Below I have outlined seven key traits, behaviors and ideas which, if correctly fused, will aide in better and balanced leadership. Reciprocity: If you’re going to solve difficult problems in the business, you must be able to cooperate with other people. Fact, you cannot operate a successful business alone.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Last month, I wrote a post on What We Can Learn About Leadership from the Chilean Miners. And, as was the case with the astronauts, the miners could not have made it safely home without the efforts, talents and leadership of thousands of others. There are leadership lessons to learn from the rescuers as well.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 15, 2017

Spaghetti is famous for its unwillingness to cooperate. I like to think of leadership as influencing others in a direction. Use The Fork, Luke… The fork provides some backbone and structure to the whole operation. The post Leading Spaghetti – Using Your Noodle to Get Your Pasta to Cooperate appeared first on.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 28, 2012

But, doing that means operating with the right actions, not the right titles. Operating with trust. But operating with authentic trust requires more than behavioral integrity, the alignment of words and actions. Right” in this context implies operating with ethics, integrity, and a positive use of influence others can count on.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Thus, the organization adopted a proactive approach to developing future leadership by understanding its employees’ motivations and potential and creating appropriate initiatives that align with organizational goals and objectives.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. 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.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

While some may know how to create effective strategies, their businesses still fail because of inappropriate leadership. It is necessary to state that many people do not see ineffective leadership as a weakness in their businesses. This article shows eight ways to improve your strategy and leadership skills to scale your business.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. Collaboration is necessary to get buy in and cooperation.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

One Denver firm operates an indoor kart racing facility that is very popular for company team building events. The reality is that team building will not likely have beneficial impact on your day-to-day operations. By engaging in cooperative team building activities – not competitive ones. Here’s an example.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 7, 2019

For example, do team members understand that the quality of connection can affect the level of cooperation and collaboration? He also gives employees a voice by keeping them informed of how the company is doing financially and by sharing operating metrics. Do they know you are there for them and want to see them succeed?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2019

Below I have outlined seven key traits, behaviours and ideas which, if correctly fused, will be an aide towards better and balanced leadership. This is a life lesson as much as a leadership lesson, furthermore, we see it in leaders who take control of situations, who own what they do and inspire others around them to take responsibility.

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CO2

JUNE 26, 2013

by Calvin Guyer Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by David Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright. Tribal Leadership Stage Three and Energy Leadership Level Three bring us to an inflection point in the life of an organization. There is a feeling of inclusiveness.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s this recognition of contrast in Pisa where we must take pause and articulate a set of leadership attributes that embody contrast. In other words, to earn the trust of customers we need to set up a leadership paradigm that ensures employees trust the organization.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

In part 3, Davey focuses on “what you can do to systematize conflict so it’s a part of the standard operating procedure of your team.” Introducing productive conflict will take the pressure off, encourage cooperation and help you get things done. This section is worth the price of the book alone. Clarify Expectations.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. Leadership Is Influence.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2015

Chris Edmonds : When I consult with executives on crafting a high performance, values-aligned culture, one of the first things I do is to examine the effectiveness of their leadership team. Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. Most leadership teams I observe are not teams at all.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2013

These complaints often construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards each other. These fictions can be seen either as cooperation or resistance ; they are one or the other. Pattern of Cooperation. When coaching teams and individuals , many complaints come to the surface.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 23, 2012

I am not a sports fan, and when I am leading team building & leadership retreats for Corporate Teams the topic comes up. My lame response, Reading books and writing about Team Development & Leadership, plus philosophy. For the team to work well in the field, they have to be able to sustain a cooperative team-work mode.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

The Lead Change Group was incubated by people who wanted to capture the idea of leadership being espoused by a group of leaders in social media and Internet channels in the summer and fall of 2009. The term character-based leadership rose out of this group’s efforts and eventually led to the book, The Character-Based Leader.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

The district managers operated under a control and command system and asking them to switch to coaching & feedback was met with great resistance. Resistance to change is an opportunity to find cooperation and ways to leverage the group to find what works and do more of it. What do you think? What have you found that works?

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 12, 2021

Leadership is shifting as we grapple with technology changes, shifting market realities, new business models, and unpredictable outside forces. Tom has over three decades of experience as a leadership and organizational culture consultant. What’s the Goodell definition of leadership? . Thrive in a Hyper-Connected World.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The following post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution…One Person at a Time in celebration of its five year anniversary along with quotes from the authors about their experience. Insigating a Character-Based Leadership Revolution. Leadership Is Influence.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A faster alignment on roles and vision means your team can operate more efficiently and with greater unity in real-world tasks. Demonstrate the Value of Cooperation Over Competition A collaborative team is far more effective than a competitive one when it comes to achieving common goals.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 14, 2012

BTW – I am teaching a Professional Development class for University at Buffalo School of Social Work in Solution-Focused Leadership. These complaints construct the reality of how the team operates and how the people within the team treat and act towards others. Barnlund 1981. Steve de Shazer 1988. What do you think?

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