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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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Leadership change carries a cost. Let’s explore some areas where the cost of leadership change is evident and essential. Another cost of leadership change can be hiring or firing of certain leaders. To do this successfully, training, frequent communication, compensation incentives, and more elements may be required.

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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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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 2, 2014

I’ve done some crazy leadership things, and nearly all of them dovetailed with another love of mine – music. Have mascots to support metric goals & incentive programs (if you can’t smile when a bunny rattles off contest rules, you just can’t smile). Leadership'

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 19, 2014

Influence Leadership Learning coaching feedback incentives recognition' The homework or test is handed back to me from the teacher with a grade, and if you did well and got really lucky, it might have one of these stars on it. The star – whether blue, green or gold, made my day. It told […].

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

That’s real leadership.” This requires trust at all levels and a different view of real leadership, says Kurtzman. Kurtzman notes, “Leadership is not coaching. Whereas leadership, especially common purpose leadership, is about helping people arrive at a collective set of goals. Incentives alone won’t do it.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Welcome to the August 2021 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. Practice these steps to improve your coaching, leadership, and parenting. Engagement.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 17, 2014

One of the things I enjoy in writing about leadership is looking out for new insights into how we can become a better leader to those we serve, as well as discovering new examples that can help to illustrate what those measures might look like in action.

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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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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. As a monastic guest, I live and work alongside the monks, and as a bonus I have received a priceless education in business and leadership. His website is www.augustturak.com.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 24, 2011

You need to freshen up your leadership, so you can keep your team hitting on all cylinders. Then, find a little budget money someplace and fund an incentive to hit it. It’s time to do a little spring cleaning. Create a May “Stretch Goal&# and Find Some $$ to Fund It - Find a metric you’ve been hitting with regularity.

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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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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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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JUNE 14, 2023

The better you’re able to clearly communicate your team’s accountabilities and the corresponding incentives, the more likely you are to drive the behaviors that you want. Incentives are a very powerful way for doing so. Leaders can create incentives for people who over-deliver on their accountabilities.

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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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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 30, 2013

However, be forewarned that such a survey typically only provides useful information about the leader’s communications and leadership style as opposed to strategic and tactical needs of the business – still worthwhile feedback and worthy of pursuit. Want some incentive for developing leaders? Personal drive to develop exists.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 27, 2016

They took something they knew I liked, such as eating dessert, and used it as incentive for me to do something I didn’t: eating vegetables. Promising me a piece of apple pie next month if I eat Brussels sprouts today is not a strong incentive. The sooner the payoff, the stronger the incentive. Click To Tweet.

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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. Rewards can range from verbal praise and certificates to bonuses and other incentives. But how can organizations achieve this?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 26, 2017

Ever since I met Alli online, I’ve considered her a kindred spirit in the leadership space. Also a former executive, a mom , and a leadership writer and consultant, we’ve shared so many common challenges and values. I’m grateful for our friendship and continued support on our leadership journeys. .

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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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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

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.” Simply put, your employees need to know what’s going on.

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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. Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Sometimes a nice compliment can go a lot further than a reward or an incentive.

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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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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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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2021

Systems and incentives were created to meet a certain target of average impressions per hour. It was vital to monitor – and incent – both impressions per hour AND adherence to the customer’s color palette. Every job was easy to monitor with the dashboard metrics.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 25, 2013

What kind of leadership has taken Starbucks from a single store in Seattle to a company with 19,000 stores, and an annual revenue of $15 Billion? Here are some examples: How did Starbucks leadership solve the apparent conflict of being more human, and yet so performance driven? Half-Full Book Review Leadership'

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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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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 18, 2014

I bought the book, because as a leader and teacher and writer about leadership, I also want to know more about people’s motives so I can better understand how to coach, lead and influence them. Books Influence Leadership Learning economics incentives' This book delivers on that goal, […].

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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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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 7, 2013

The answers to these questions give you a window into your employee’s motivational focus – something every leader needs to understand in order to give feedback and create incentives that are persuasive and motivating. Incentives Promotion-focused employees are more motivated by incentives that are framed as gains or reward.

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Leading Blog

JULY 8, 2024

Poorly thought-out performance goals and incentives can do just that. An environment where growth is prioritized shapes how we make sense of the world around us and how we can reach our potential within it. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

I had the opportunity […] The post Collaboration Based on Rewards: How Incentives Drive Teamwork appeared first on The Roundtable. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to work with a terrific executive team as they did some forward-thinking work about FY30.We We held the session at Microsoft Canadas impressive Toronto offices.

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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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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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Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

They may have significant incentive to do so — they may be close to breaking a personal record or they may believe that their chance to increase their scoring statistics will make them more marketable as a player. In ice hockey, for example, players have a decision to make when the puck is passed to them.

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