Leading in Context

JUNE 17, 2020

I believe, though, that even when job loss or reduction in work hours is inevitable, there are still things leaders can do to help meet people’s deepest human needs. There is a sense that their options are limited by the constraints of the situation and the business’s current economic challenges.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Let’s call this methodology what it is: a recipe for leadership. We seek these quick fixes to leadership dilemmas like we’re shopping on Amazon.com and expecting next-day delivery, especially if we’re new leaders. So, we rely on the leadership recipe. This “formula for leadership” approach occurs at all levels.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. It so often appears that there’s a code somewhere that needs deciphering. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Leadership effectiveness is mired in mediocrity.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The following 10 leadership and business book authors recently answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 11, 2018

In my never-ending quest for more human leadership , I’ve discovered an essential truth: If you encounter a workplace filled with people who love their jobs, you’ll find a great leader who made that happen. Those kind of environments don’t just pop out of thin air – there needs to be a catalyst. It takes more human leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Combining my expertise in emotional and social intelligence with research on the specific problems of working from home during COVID, I’ve untangled these two concepts into a series of factors: Deprivation of our basic human need for meaning and purpose. Deprivation of our basic human need for connection.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“Given the research-validated outcomes and demonstrated financial impact belonging offers, organizations should make cultivating belonging a personal leadership imperative across the world,” says Brad Deutser , author of the new book, Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions That Build Unity and Foster Performance.

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QAspire

JUNE 27, 2022

Leaders have a choice of either noticing those emotions intentionally and intervening constructively when needed or just ignore the emotions to focus only on the outcomes and the process.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Do Leadership Books Really Help Advance Your Life and Career? There's a sea of poor advice to wade through looking for those leadership pearls of wisdom , especially with the popularity of blogging and the ease of self-publishing. Leadership books aren't a magic cure-all that turns you into a great leader overnight.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Leadership Wonder Drug (But Careful, Use As Directed) by Starbucker on May 31, 2010 It’s a sentence that can make a huge difference in the workplace. What is this “leadership wonder drug&# ?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For many people leadership is a big nebulous word, one that can mean many different things to different people and across all cultures. The concept of leadership can even be a little frightening. They would tell you that they’re just doing what needs to be done. Leadership is not about power.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

If people in a culture believe and behave in ways that are consistent with these values — that include respecting and valuing people as human beings — it will boost employee engagement and strategic alignment, which in turn will boost productivity, innovation and overall performance. why is everyone smiling?

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QAspire

APRIL 9, 2018

That is an area where modern advancements like AI with all its information generating capabilities, will still not fill the human need to connect emotionally. Leadership, Connection and Power of Storytelling. Data and information may provide clarity to people, in itself, they fail to connect people emotionally to ideas.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The following 10 leadership and business book authors answered this question for me: Question: While we surely will find ourselves challenged by COVID-19 in the foreseeable future, what is the most important thing a leader can do as they lead their business/organization? and Ignite Your Leadership Expertise.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2014

I never really thought much about the parallels between canine and human leadership needs , but Lesley Hunter, the author of, Who Put You in Charge? , In her book, Hunter explains: Like dogs, humans need training, leadership, respect and reward. Leadership Lesley Hunter'

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2014

There is a new definition of leadership in our lexicon. Let’s say you have the choice to make between choosing one person for a senior leadership role over another. Perhaps it’s because we still cling to the great man theory of leadership. What we need is a different measuring stick in our selection criteria.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The added benefit is that doing so will free you up to do the higher value-added stuff that only you can do given the leadership role that you’re in. Coach – One of the ideas that we used to talk about a lot when I was on the faculty of Georgetown’s leadership coaching program is that great coaches coach the person not the problem.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This means having a couple of short meetings with the leadership team to talk about the issues that recently cropped up. . On one retreat I facilitated, the leadership team of a SaaS startup with over 500 staff was surprised to learn that most of their employees were feeling work-from-home burnout and “Zoom fatigue”.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 20, 2019

Ideally, the work you do every day should be energizing, but part of leadership is making it happen when it isn’t happening naturally. Recognition is a fundamental human need that reinforces positive actions. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 31, 2024

Renowned psychologists such as Maslow and Rogers even consider it a basic human need. Authentic leadership – what bestselling management authors Bill George and Peter Sims dubbed your “True North” – has risen up the leadership agenda over the last 25 years.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 8, 2012

We learn that humans need to hear those simple words – “ You did a great job ”. Failure to Trust – When first taking on a leadership role, there’s always a strong “pull” to be involved in every decision, or to want to “sign off” on literally every dollar spent or contract signed.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 30, 2015

I never really thought much about the parallels between canine and human leadership needs , but Lesley Hunter, the author of, Who Put You in Charge? , In her book, Hunter explains: Like dogs, humans need training, leadership, respect and reward. has convinced me the parallels are compellingly strong.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The need to be seen is very human. Just check David Rock’s work about human needs in social interactions. Attending to your employees’ human need to be seen is one of the best investments you can make. It may be a former classmate or co-worker. You might greet them with, “I recognize you!” I see you.”.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As a leadership coach and business consultant I have the privilege of seeing many organizations through a lens that most people don’t, because leaders are busy leading and managers are busy managing and people are busy doing their jobs so the big picture gets hard to see. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 14, 2011

Kotter: Leadership complements management; it doesn't replace it. Management controls people by pushing them in the right direction; leadership motivates them by satisfying basic human needs. Strong leadership with weak management is no better, and sometimes actually worse, than the reverse.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 17, 2014

Recently in Davos , Marissa Meyer, CEO of Yahoo smiled and shared that she checks her mobile device over a hundred and fifty times a day -- as though that many interruptions (within a work day) in her leadership rhythm and ability to focus were some badge of honor. Innovation never comes from chaotic interruption.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

Leadership. Human Resources. Leadership. 5 principles of simplicity via @ matthewemay [link] Humans need a reminder RT @ hunterwalk Good design teaches. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. No results were found for your request. Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 10, 2017

What if it’s about normalizing real human experiences in a work-appropriate way? How about addressing the real human needs to be seen and to belong? Humanity at work — this means you. Let’s revisit that email subject line, “How to Be Human at Work.” There’s other work needed first. Let’s not go there.

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Leading with Trust

APRIL 1, 2020

In order to be fully engaged and bring our best selves to work, there are four basic human needs that must be met. Meeting these needs has become even more critically important during this time of uncertainty and change, and if we lose sight of them, we run the risk of losing our best people.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

But those aren’t competitive sports; they’re vital human needs. No one would argue that we want to increase the speed of EMTs reaching patients in crisis, or rescue attempts in natural disasters. We see the same questionable metrics in business.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Sensors are used to make products, infrastructure, and environments, more intelligent and more responsive to human needs. Sensors coordinate the activities of humans and machines as they work together, semi-automating business processes. Smart objects and wearable devices bristle with sensors. He was born in the U.K.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Do your employees trust the company’s leadership? According to Great Place to Work , the best company cultures are where employees believe that their leadership is made up of people they can trust. Leadership is not about being a great leader. Recognition is a fundamental human need.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Guest post from David Hiatt : Lack of effective communication skills has done more to keep good people from being promoted into leadership roles than any other skill deficiency. Communication is a basic human need. Interacting with other humans has been the core of human progress throughout the ages.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Without going too far into the psychology of connection, let me just summarize by saying simply that we are humans, not machines. To the extent that these human needs of respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning are met, we feel connected to the group. We have emotions. We have hopes and dreams.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. This meets the human need for autonomy and allows people to experience personal growth. What separates the best leaders from the rest when it comes to employee engagement? Our research shows the best leaders communicate an inspiring vision and live it, value people and give them a voice.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 9, 2017

Plans are critical to any leadership endeavor, but they aren’t inspiring. Humanize Your Message. But it will for a solution to a human need. ” Nathan Magnuson is a leadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader. Not only must leaders be positive (no one wants to follow a pessimist!),

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 23, 2021

“By understanding how their own mind works and training it for the most essential qualities, leaders can lead themselves effectively first, in order to better lead their people and tap into their human need for meaning, fulfillment and human connectedness,” explain Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter , authors of the book, The Mind Of The Leader.

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