Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The Best Free Leadership Advice You'll Ever Get by @LollyDaskal. Do You Know The Value of Your Social Capital at Work? Leadership Development Needs More Podium Results by Bruce Watt, PhD via @DDIworld. Leadership Development Needs More Podium Results by Bruce Watt, PhD via @DDIworld. by @KateNasser.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Sources: Kim Cameron: Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance. Baker: Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks. . The Leader''s Role in Vision Development. Related articles. Well Connected People Get Results.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 11, 2013

Increasing one's social capital is all knowing how to share knowledge so it not only adds value to the organization but also to your recognized worth within it. Success = Human Capital (what you know and can do) X Social Capital (who you know and who knows you) X Reputation (who trusts you).

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Still, studies show that leadership programs are failing at preparing future leaders with the skills needed to excel in today’s global business world. The GMI measures Intellectual, Psychological and Social Capital to reveal both strengths and areas for development. You can learn more about the GMI here.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2014

Sources: Kim Cameron: Practicing Positive Leadership: Tools and Techniques That Create Extraordinary Results (BK Business). Baker: Achieving Success Through Social Capital: Tapping Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks. . Leadership Communication. The Leader''s Role in Vision Development.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2015

Increasing one's social capital is all knowing how to share knowledge so it not only adds value to the organization but also to your recognized worth within it. or.get free leadership coaching tips by subscription at: [link]. Can't Get Enough Leadership. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 10, 2015

Professor Wayne Baker in his book, "Achieving Success through Social Capital: Tapping Hidden Resources in Your Personal and Business Networks" says, "There is deeply rooted myth in North American culture that shapes our behavior. The myth: Success is an individual effort. That's the secret. Tune into how others are seeing you.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 7, 2011

In short, trust is a form of social capital that enhances performance between individuals, within and among groups, and in larger collectives, like organizations, institutions and nations. Mike Figliuolo: One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The leapfrogging life cycle traces the path to breakthroughs by describing the leadership and organizational dynamics involved at various phases over time. In the age of the Renaissance, those who were found to be gifted were encouraged to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, both science and art.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur. This paper suggests in some ways, it most definitely can.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s also about relationships with other people, social capital and the possibilities of community participation.” They believe that being a smart senior town is a sound development approach in general.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2017

The networking goal is more likely to be about developing deep and long-term strategic relationships than for completing short-term tasks. Developing these networks—and the influence that they afford—is critical to success. Developing these networks—and the influence that they afford—is critical to success.

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HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. But less than half of the respondents had a clear sense of how to address the problem. CO-DESIGNING A BETTER FUTURE.

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Steve Farber

MAY 15, 2015

We know that leadership is a decision not a position, and we have to work really hard to get better at it. We’ve been exploring the convergence of three essential qualities: Human Capital–individuals’ attributes, talents, capacities, and contribution. You have an important mission. Are you ready to take the next LEAP?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Humble leadership In this journey, informal career mentoring emerges as the key tool for humble leaders to gain influence within their organization. “That gives them status in the organization because passing on skills, tips and tricks builds up a lot of social capital,” the researchers explain.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 22, 2020

She emphasizes that face is a form of social currency. The more face you have, the easier it is to accomplish things at work, the smoother your relationships, and the more social capital you have at your disposal. In that regard, Hu-Chan suggests the BUILD model as a construct for developing and preserving face.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Unfortunately, nerves got to Jummy at that meeting, and she couldn’t bring herself to ask the one question she wanted to: would you, vice-chancellor, support my idea of investing in a development programme for Black female academics at the university? The network gap Sadly, power imbalances don’t always play out so well.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2020

Rather than deal with these issues alone, the legacy owner is better off using this opportunity to bring others in and develop a shared response. The response must recognize financial reality, but also sustain social capital by respecting all stakeholders. What was built over time is suddenly threatened.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. We created a network and trained the community to take advantage of all these assets, turning them into social capital.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Companies are now taking advantage of this new marketing reality, becoming more skilled at getting their customers to advocate for them, create peer influence in their markets, and make important contributions in areas like product development and services. High glamour isn't the only way to help customers build social capital.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. Today's headlines might tell us we're suffering through a jobs crisis, at least in the developed world. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

Author/speaker Jason Seiden just posted a “best of the web&# collection of articles on leadership that includes the post I recently wrote about the CEO of Starbucks. Amy has a unique ability to see around corners and figure out what’s coming in the talent development space. posted at Reclaiming Leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

As Jennifer de Vries has astutely observed, painting male allies and mentors as heroic rescuers actually strengthens the gendered status quo, inadvertently reinforcing male positional power while framing women as ill-prepared for serious leadership roles. So what’s a decent guy to do? We call it reciprocal mentoring.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And that required developing a collaboration focused upon their patients’ socioeconomic issues — the core competency of HealthLeads. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. Health Innovation Leadership' The results are impressive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And that required developing a collaboration focused upon their patients’ socioeconomic issues — the core competency of HealthLeads. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. Health Innovation Leadership' The results are impressive.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

Smart companies form brand councils to meet this leadership imperative. On occasion, these senior executives may designate lieutenants to sit on the brand council as their representatives, but they ensure the designees have the social capital, as well as the authority, to participate fully.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I am also experiencing an entirely new phase of adult development. I am recently remarried and developing ideas for new businesses. Lifelong learning will become an essential part of adult development. For decades, this has eliminated too many women from leadership pipelines.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. He asked his management team to join him in a six-month prototype of the company’s open “Leadership Community.” Further Reading.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Creativity alone, however, is not sufficient for innovation: innovation also requires the development, production, and implementation of an idea. Social capital , which they rely on throughout the entrepreneurial process. Although higher risk-taking is linked to business formation, it is not actually linked to business success).

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

For example, Amazon , a company with about $75 billion in annual revenue and a $140 billion market value, relies on metrics like continually rooting out inefficiencies and, with a few well-known peculiarities like "desks with repurposed doors," underights cost effectiveness and abhors “social cohesion." Leadership in a Gladiator Culture.

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

It is incumbent upon us, whether we’re a blue lobster or not, to find, nurture and develop blue lobsters. Attracting, hiring and developing blue lobsters is in their DNA. One of my clients is doing this with their “Blue Lobster Leadership” program (seriously, that’s the name!). People who view the world differently. Are you one?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

And being the last to learn about key decisions can set your team back, and bring your leadership into question. Develop your rationale. Being left out can conjure up grade school emotions of being excluded or feeling like your opinion and input aren’t valued.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Science tells us that men and women use different parts of their brains and consequently have different behaviors that lead to different leadership styles. Gender-based differences play out in leadership nearly every day influencing how men and women communicate , act, react, problem-solve, make decisions and work together.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. If the best PMs have well developed core competencies and a high EQ, does that mean that they are then destined for success no matter where they work?

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts. The other domain is leadership.

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LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts. The other domain is leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. Create Energizing Events. Organize and run events with an explicit focus creating energy, not just delivering content, products, or services.

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