Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: Why Leaders Do What They Do. ” Find Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Incentives 182

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. His leadership is remarkable! And I agree 100% that leaders everywhere need to find ways to motivate people that go beyond money and benefits. Great interview Mike!

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Blog Leadership Brand Crisis Management 360

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Effective engineering leadership lies at the heart of a premier academic institutions ability to differentiate itself in a competitive market. Leadership marked by empathy, transparency, and the courage to navigate complex institutional challenges is what sets truly exceptional candidates apart.

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Engineering Diversity Due Diligence Education 195

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I specialize in helping organizations and their leaders develop the skills and strategies needed to create and maintain a positive work environment. Invest in Employee Development: A thriving work culture prioritizes the growth and development of its employees.

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Strategy Diversity Morale Environment 148

Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

In the face of all this complexity, there are four basic behaviors that leaders can adopt that will drastically improve their leadership and, by extension, the experience of those they lead. Ken Rubin, an agile leadership visionary, has a fantastic analogy that I refer to often to explain the concept.

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Ethics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 454

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development [link] “Golden handcuffs” is a phrase used to describe a system of financial incentives designed to keep key employees from leaving a company. She is a co-author of The Character-Based Leader, as well as the author of the Random Acts of Leadership blog.

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Golden Handcuff Incentives Leadership Development Blog 288

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 9, 2016

Roles in Leadership. The Gen-Ys today do not place a very high importance on leadership as they believe that they do not need to be placed in roles of authority to lead. Whether you’re a veteran leader or a millennial recently promoted into a leadership role, leading your younger team members can feel like an endless struggle.

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Development Leadership Webinar Motivation 180

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Though the financial incentives were more than generous, giving up control over an enterprise that we had patiently built from scratch was not an easy decision. What clinched the deal for me was the almost instant friendship I had developed with the CEO of the acquiring company. His website is www.augustturak.com.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. Milquetoast leadership is inoculable. Great post Mike!

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Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Ownership Thinking is about developing leaders at all levels. This is leadership thinking in a business setting. However, incentive plans should be self-funding and “it is the obligation of ownership and leadership to teach them how to do that and to provide them with them tools and training necessary to accomplish the task.”

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Incentives Long-term Ethics Planning 281

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

This trend is evident in the increasing use of performance-based incentives in executive compensation packages, which tie a significant portion of executive pay to specific, measurable goals. The Case Against Long CEO Tenures In the corporate world, longevity in a leadership role is often seen as a sign of stability and success.

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Execution Long-term Short-term Trends 397

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Developing yourself and others to create a continuous learning culture. Coaching to bring out the best in people. Thanks for the addition.

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Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 257

CEO Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Drowning in Oil Finally we have a touch of winter. Another book " Safe by Accident - Take the Luck out of Safety - Leadership Practices that buil a Sustainable Safety Culture " elaborates on some of the foibles of BP safety practice. I am CEO between positions.

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CEO Blog Leadership Charisma 190

Leading Blog

JULY 8, 2024

Poorly thought-out performance goals and incentives can do just that. When we’re in our growth mindset, our learning and development are priorities, so we are constantly attending to where we are recalibrating our perceptions and expectations, fine-tuning our self-awareness in these areas.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Incentives Motivation 441

N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2019

This is a clear financial incentive for leaders to take Employee Engagement and empowerment seriously. Higher levels of autonomy also promote the development and implementation of new ideas as employees feel; empowered to pursue entrepreneurial goals that benefit the organization – that is, to be “intrapreneurs”.

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Survey Incentives Talent Management Tools 312

Leading Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

The widespread presence of soda, along with visual cues, product placement, and financial incentive (at the time, a soda cost less than the same size bottle of water) were all contributing to a culture of unhealthy nutrition and making it easier for our workforce to accept that drinking soda was the norm. It was served at our meetings.

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Company Incentives Influence Finance 397

Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2023

You incentivize, and when that doesn’t work, you add more carrots (rewards, incentives, bribes). Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. It’s something totally within our control.

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Motivation Incentives Resources Budgeting 363

Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Learn more at www.gregspira.ca. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * In ice hockey, for example, players have a decision to make when the puck is passed to them. One choice is to take the puck down the ice on their own to attempt to score a goal.

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Team Supply Chain White Paper Sports 373

Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. They offer employees ample opportunities for training and development. They look into the future to create learning and development opportunities. It’s all about the people.

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Covey Franchising Self-aware Open-book 255

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

Humble Leadership at all levels will be needed to link workgroups and teams. Professional distance”, the way we were taught to relate to each other in formal hierarchies with tightly-defined roles and individual incentives to “climb the corporate ladder” may be as antiquated as typing pools and mimeograph machines.

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Schein Leadership Open-book Self-aware 176

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 27, 2012

Consider, for example, the following three lessons these leaders ascribe as being key to their collective success as an organization, and how the Costa Cruises leadership’s failure to do the same has now cast some serious doubt about the future viability of their organization.

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Organization Leadership Licensing Ethics 189

Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

Let’s explore the detrimental effects of viewing employees as costs and how a shift in management and reporting can realign incentives to foster a more skilled, motivated, and efficient workforce. Investing in Employee Development Investing in employee development yields substantial returns.

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Short-term Long-term Decentralization Incentives 195

Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

For example, we question whether or not the incentives we have chosen are the right ones, but we don’t consider what those incentives became important at that particular time. Albert likens the structure of timing analysis to the structure of a musical score. There is a horizontal and a vertical dimension to it. Management'

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Incentives Reference Analysis Long-term 284

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

For 150 years, corporations, governments and militaries were built for up-and-down leadership, with incentives and rewards that discouraged cross-organization thinking and, in many cases, actually created or encouraged internal competition. Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness.

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Incentives Resources Agility Follow-up 258

Lead from Within

JANUARY 20, 2023

To avoid this mistake, leaders must develop clear and effective communication strategies. Disengagement can happen when leaders do not regularly acknowledge and appreciate the efforts and accomplishments of employees, and do not provide rewards and incentives to motivate and inspire them. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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How To Incentives Goal Resources 217

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

W HAT ARE the defining characteristics of successful leadership? He offers the following chart to illuminate the effect of clarity and intentionality on our leadership effectiveness. The quadrant of No Leadership is negligent leadership—no direction and no way to get there. Intentional leadership is effective leadership.

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Insurance Taylor Taylorism Sample 339

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2012

"Leadership is about managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you.". Professor James Clawson , author of Level Three Leadership. They drag their rear ends when they are told what to do – even when they are “incented” – and it becomes an nothing more than an obligation.

Management 265

Management Energy Micromanagement Motivation 265

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In an industry as complex and rapidly evolving as healthcare, having strong executive leadership is more important than ever. Healthcare executives must not only have a thorough understanding of the practice of medicine but also possess strong leadership abilities to guide their organizations effectively.

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Execution Management Diversity Industry 434

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. In today’s post I’ll take a look at the well intentioned but often misguided practice of year-end bonuses… Here’s a question – do bonuses work? Happy Holidays.

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Blog Metrics Brand CEO 382

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I was struck not only by their disciplined approach but also by their freedom to discover, develop and design within broad operating parameters—conditions I did not typically associate with large, for-profit corporations. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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Decentralization Organizational Behavior Short-term Public Relations 285

N2Growth Blog

MAY 3, 2017

So, it’s essential for leadership teams to pinpoint and honestly assess these capabilities. Forecasting Capabilities: How well does the leadership team know the industry? New Product Development Capabilities: How fast can new products and services be developed and delivered to the marketplace?

Strategy 265

Strategy Company Strategic Planning Market Segmentation 265

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 15, 2012

In fact, there is a fairly high percentage of people on leadership teams who are not particularly financially savvy. Now you can look at creating a broad-based incentive plan tied to organizational performance, because it will be self-funded. They are too complicated for most employees to understand. They are old news.

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How To Incentives Finance Participative 239

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If you provide incentives to cooperate, employees will share information and train others, but if you pit people against one another, they will naturally think only of themselves. “Frame the work as a learning problem, not as an execution problem,” and “introduce a clear sense of uncertainty into the room.”.

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Creativity Learning-by-Doing Cooper Energy 386

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Give a financial incentive: To encourage employees to do their best, consider offering financial incentives. Offer extra time off: Although most employees value financial incentives, many also appreciate intangible rewards like additional time off. You can start small by offering gift cards to local stores or coffee shops.

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Incentives How To Commitment Motivation 169

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 9, 2012

While the pay grade doesn’t significantly increase along your leadership promotion, there are a lot of benefits entailed from being a leader, which exceeds that of mere financial merits. One tip to perform your leadership roles correctly is to be a positive leader. Third tip is to develop a positive and lucrative working medium.

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Leadership Short-term Tips Seminar 173

Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Background: This post is part of a series defining the principles of Servant Leadership via the acronym SERVANT ( Selfless , Empathetic , Resolute , Virtuous , Authentic , Needful and Thorough). For more, visit the overview at this link or sign up for the free online course, Servant Leadership 101.

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