Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Mark is a business leader, author, and storyteller. Since then, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Training and Development, Field Operations, Organizational Effectiveness, and Leadership Development. However, Mark’s influence has not been limited to chicken.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

But, this transformation has an ally in “ New IT “–a confluence of cloud-based computing, digitalization, automated operational frameworks and platform-driven execution environments that can be redesigned on the fly through the leverage of highly sophisticated data analytic capabilities. is quite an undertaking.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 73

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 6, 2025

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 73

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Sous Chef (Product development Head). Creator of Opportunities (Business Development Lead). Culture operations manager (HR Officer). Software Ninjaneer (Software Developer). Digital Overlord (Website Developer). Director of Storytelling (Social Media Analyst). Chief Inspiration Officer (Operations Head).

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QAspire

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.” – Peter Drucker, Managing Oneself. In a world where people are so busy responding to external expectations and go with the flow, it takes courage to peep within, develop insight about self, build outsight and find ways to do a more meaningful contribution.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here are some insights and action items to help maintain the alignment between daily operations and your corporate purpose: Express the Widespread Impact of Their Work Make the Connection Clear : Employees need to see how their work contributes to the bigger picture. This creates a sense of belonging and purpose in the workforce.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

In our work with culture development, we clearly see a variation of leadership modelling; people in organizations act like their leader — despite all attempts to train them otherwise. As Aesop, the ancient Greek fabulist and storyteller, observed, “After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Community Organizers ignite volunteers’ interest through compelling storytelling and opportunities for volunteers to join in. Producers guide the vision and overall progress, while the creative team develops ideas through frequent meetings and interactions using an open culture of collaboration.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 9, 2018

With the New Year now well under way, many of us are understandably creating goals and developing plans for what we’d like to achieve over the course of the next 12 months. Leadership Insight #10 – Becoming a leader is not about promoting yourself; it’s about helping others to succeed and thrive [ Share on Twitter ].

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

That’s a starting point for senior leaders, but, for them, leading like an ambassador is much more like operating as if they were an actual ambassador to another country. I first started thinking about this when I helped run a leadership development program for country general managers of a global company.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 5, 2018

The best leaders anticipate and develop an ability to see beyond the immediate and are able to visualize and plan several moves ahead of their opponent. Eisenhower, landed on the beached of Normandy, France, in the greatest amphibious operation ever attempted.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works. Great leaders are like a sponge when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge, the development of new skill sets, and the constant refinement of existing competencies.

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Decker Communication

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Videotaping is ubiquitous in the development of world-class athletes. But no matter how good the stories are, success or failure is determined by the speaker, the storyteller. How would you feel if before a major operation, your surgeon shared, “I’ve avoided being video recorded in my training – I hate seeing myself operate.”

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Key findings include: Senior leaders of successful agile transformations “quadrupled the time spent on strategy (from 10% to 40%) and reduced the time spent on operations management by more than half (from 60% to 25%).” Meetings need be focus less on operating details and more on strategic issues. ” Further Reading.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

Learn to Influence by Storytelling One of the most fundamental tasks of a leader is to influence people within the organization to accomplish the company’s goals. This strategy can be implemented by storytelling. Steve Jobs, founder of the multi-million company Apple , was great at using stories to inspire action.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 120

Decker Communication

AUGUST 30, 2023

You are pressured with the minutiae of the day; operating daily in response to market demands, you tend to think in facts, tasks, concepts, numbers, etc. Become a storyteller. Storytelling is a method that is available to all of us. The challenge is that facts and figures don’t stick in the spoken medium.

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Decker Communication

APRIL 27, 2022

I want to talk about how developing a digital culture can lead to breakthrough performance and truly transformative outcomes. The executive entered the conference room and shared his theme for the keynote: “Digital Transformation is culture transformation , plain and simple. Culture is the key success factor, the secret sauce.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Conducted immersive visual thinking workshops in independent cohorts as well as within organizational context.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

They operate more as a partnership—a confederation of equals with different skills and talents but a shared calling and a collective zeal to see it through. Great leaders are storytellers. Most surviving organizations have squeezed most of the waste and inefficiencies from their operations. They yielded hope and courage.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 30, 2023

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

They make sure to embed their purpose in the very operating system of their organizations. Deep purpose leaders understand that this way of operating will inevitably lead to short-term trade-offs among stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, investors and society at large. . How do leaders best develop these skills?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

His presence no doubt stirred animation in the storytelling; his participation likely made the teller of the tales feel celebrated and valued. Your Sloppy Joe’s might be the break room, in other units’ meetings, doing ride-alongs with field people, or sit-alongs with contact center operators. Most people never listen.”.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

Raw as In-Process” refers to co-development, to how brands that communicate in frequent, collaborative bursts with their public create bonds of joint ownership. The world isn’t going 100% towards raw and away from longer form storytelling or high production value content. What skills should leaders be developing to market this way?

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HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

When training was nothing more than a mere suggestion, and the only development opportunities were the occasional team-building retreats? They not only upskill and reskill employees but also contribute to their overall development and job satisfaction. Well, those days are long gone. So, grab a whiteboard and start brainstorming.

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Training Succession Objective Learning-by-Doing 98

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 11, 2014

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Conducted immersive visual thinking workshops in independent cohorts as well as within organizational context.

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Simon Workshop Storytelling Learning-by-Doing 91

Eric Jacobson

JULY 9, 2023

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 16, 2021

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. His advice? Planning is about preparing for the future, not predicting it.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 65

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2020

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent about 40 years as a successful business owner.

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Books Leadership Storytelling Delegation 65

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 20, 2013

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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Books Storytelling Delegation Tactics 56

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

How To 65

How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 65

Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

How To 65

How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 65

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“My interviews with well over 200 executives across 18 firms revealed the secrets of these companies—not the usual facile frameworks, but new ways of thinking about business that allow leaders and companies to operate with heightened passion, urgency, and clarity,” shares Gulati. “I I call this, deep purpose.”

How To 65

How To Operations Customer Loyalty Objective 65

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Author Paul Smith explains why storytelling has emerged as a vital skill for every leader and manager. In his book, he explains that to be successful you need to know more than your industry and just the basic concepts of leadership, management and operations. Author Bill McBean has spent nearly 40 years as a successful business owner.

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