Lead Change Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

Welcome to the April 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared A Manager’s Guide to Navigating High-Stress Times.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2018

Some three years ago, I developed a new business strategy for a not-for-profit organisation which, faced with on-going austerity measures in the UK, wished to focus on the longer-term on sustainability and income generation. A lack of ‘Why’ and ‘Can Do’ modeling, especially by leaders and managers.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Curley Fujihara, their 5-foot manager, stood on a chair with the broom raised high, allowing the players to practice shooting over what would feel like an impossible obstacle. In business, leaders can prepare their teams to face daunting challenges by developing scenarios, role-playing, and setting clear expectations.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 29, 2018

With employee disengagement remaining at very high levels in America and globally, and growth in significant new scientific findings that shed light on conditions necessary for human flourishing, it’s time to reconsider management theory and our approach to maximizing the performance of individuals and organizations. You May Also Enjoy: .

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership. Leaders who deliver on promises quickly rise to the top, and those that fail to develop this skill won’t survive long.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s a skill that must be developed and practiced over time for leaders to become comfortable navigating the complexities of organizational change. Leaders can easily over-promise the benefits of the proposed change effort, and when those benefits aren’t achieved, trust is broken. Set realistic expectations.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

For example, “Pat is just our assistant,” “You need to just figure it out,” or “Just wondering if you’ve looked at the proposal.” Her focus is consulting in strategic planning, organizational development, talent management, and leadership, including change management and culture evolution.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Through my work, I’ve developed a comprehensive approach to managing resistance and ensuring a smoother transition to new leadership practices. A lack of trust in the proposed changes? As an experienced leadership coach, I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges leaders face when implementing changes.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

However, a clear vision, mission, and aligned values serve some admirable purposes, not least enabling others to see your proposed ‘direction of travel.’. No more than six critical goals aligned to their annual contribution towards the ongoing vision and mission of the organisation gives a tight focus for staff, managers, and leaders.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I’d prepare my reasoning in a way that felt right to me; I often found myself thinking as I put the finishing touches on my proposals, “This is good. I’d like to share what I’ve learned with you: Develop trust with those who are affected. It often felt like I was pushing a heavy boulder up a steep hill.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. You will find it difficult to move between functional management roles. The post Executive Hiring For a P.E.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Strategic Planning and Decision-Making: Entrepreneurs benefit from coaches who guide them in developing strategic plans that account for market trends, competition, and industry dynamics. Developing Leadership Competencies: Entrepreneurs aren’t born leaders—they grow into the role. Support experimentation and calculated risk-taking.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 15, 2020

As a manager, take action now to make sure your organization maximizes the potential of all its people, helping them develop the most vital skills for their shifting roles and functions. The following are some of the key skills of the future workforce that employees across a broad range of organizations will need to develop.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 7, 2016

Welcome to the March 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! They range from how to lead in a crisis to how to develop leadership qualities when things are calm. Bill recaps, “An effective manager is an organized manager — because being organized reduces distractions and removes the unnecessary from your life.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Armed with these insights, I developed a service proposal that described how we would work together in creating a strategic plan and implementing a strategic management process. We agreed to postpone the discussion about establishing a strategic management process until our work was further along.

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Women on Business

JUNE 15, 2012

As entrepreneurs many of us realize that we aren’t salesmen, so we hire business development managers to find our customers. The thing is though as CEO’s we are the best business development managers. Unsolicited proposals. Vichie81/freedigitalphoto.net.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

You also can’t spot and avoid the kinds of codes and conduct that threaten your values if you never even develop a strong sense of what it is that you value. I’m talking about developing a system in your life, your work, or your studies, and sticking with it if it works, or tweaking it if it doesn’t. You’ll never see the threat coming.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 6, 2012

If this is the case, then the challenge is to identify those attachments and the impact the proposed change will have on them, and design a solution around them—introducing changes will maintaining healthy attachments. They also present other methodologies to prevent or modify symptoms before or as they are developing.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Nadella proposed that Microsoft move beyond its most profitable product, Windows, in favor of chasing a cloud dream, even though Amazon had a four-year head start. You do that by setting up structures that notice, encourage, and develop innovative ideas and practices. At the time, this was a bold suggestion.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

If you truly understand resistance, you seldom need to deal with it: You manage its cause before it even manifests itself! Some tips: Make resistance a subject for discussion: For example, mention that the team member doesn’t seem happy about the proposal. Using resistance to lead effectively. Understanding resistance.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 1, 2025

The 8 Most Powerful Change Management Strategies There are plenty of ways to navigate change, but in our experience, these are some of the most effective. Discuss your proposed next steps with your team and other leaders in your organization to gain insight into how your plan will affect them.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 18, 2018

Achieving the highest possible return on human capital must be every manager’s goal. Sebastian asks: As a new manager, I see that building relationships with my employees is way different than with coworkers. Trust is important to the employee/manager relationship. Brian Tracy~. Be Trustworthy. Uphold Boundaries.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 29, 2019

We all have good intentions of how this is the year we’ll put more effort into developing our staff. I am proposing that as a leader, you look at your own work processes, habits, and attitudes and do a self-purge using some tips from Marie Kondo and organizers everywhere. This year, we’ll build a culture that we all truly want.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 11, 2017

Let’s use a simple illustrative example, from the world of work: you’ve just completed a short proposal for a contract, a task you haven’t done before, and your boss is reading through it. There are three components to the scenario: you (the manager), me (your direct report), and the work (the report itself). How does she respond?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

This realization is empowering because “since nobody really knows the one perfect solution to the kinds of real-life challenges organizations face, it’s important to have the courage to ask questions, to propose answers, to challenge assumptions, and to experiment—all of which are key elements of the entrepreneurial drive.”.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than forty years of teaching and managing. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. The Leader's Greatest Return : Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders by John C. Develop leaders!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

He or she can set the strategic direction, sign off on policies and plans, and encourage a professional and productive atmosphere, but significant change is implemented by managers and employees often far removed from the CEO’s corner office. If managers and employees do not embrace proposed change, it will not happen as planned.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 6, 2025

Without fear of judgement or punishment for mistakes, teams feel emboldened to think outside of the box, take calculated risks and develop a more proactive approach to their role. Creates Alignment Team members are more driven to act when they trust their leaders intentions and understand the reasoning behind their proposed actions.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 7, 2021

When Daniel Kahneman proposed Systems 1 and 2 thinking, it was generally System 2 that took most of the plaudits. The role of the coach is to help bring the executive to a state in which they can better make sense of and manage their emotions.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Probabilistic risk managers will think about the future of how they work. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 20, 2013

It’s no surprise that many people would like to acquire this trait and would like to see their children develop strong leadership skills. There are many institutions that propose to teach leadership in different areas, with varying success rates. So, too, does the way to impart leadership to an eager young mind.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2013

Think about those leaders and individual contributors in your organization, whether for profit or not for profit, who may not have the title of VP, Director, or Manager yet they have followers because of their influence with others. And with the shortage of talent, leaders need to create sustainability in an organization.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leadership in Local Government CMI has partnered with the Social Market Foundation to explore the role that quality leadership and management can play in improving local government effectiveness. The strategy needs to include a funding increase for councils to improve recruitment and retention of staff across all levels.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

And we all know the urgent, an employee crisis, a problem with a customer delivery, a vendor not meeting their commitment, a key prospect requiring a quick proposal turnaround, and the list goes on and on. delegation, time management, and emotional intelligence (the ability to be calm and not over react).

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

No, not Research and Development, but rather Replicate and Duplicate. Take a workshop and develop a coaching programme around it. In my own business, I have processes for everything from client proposals to onboarding, creating engaging social media content, and designing workshops. They practice R&D!

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 28, 2024

Leadership transitions are often challenging for both new managers and their teams. In this article, we will analyze the root causes of these challenges and propose a four-point plan to help new managers overcome these obstacles and become effective, inspiring leaders. The four points: 1.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

Morgan : A few decades ago, when time was still a gentle concept, companies just rocked along in their comfortable hierarchies, everything centralized, proposals moving up the chain of command and decisions moving down at approximately the speed of glue. They were just crazily developing things, business model be damned.

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