Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership. Would that same CHRO be as successful at a firm where the culture was more about innovation and less about continuity? In leadership, likability looks different depending upon the context.

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Leadership Welch Benchmarking Consultative 195

CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. Good Leaders Ask Questions More Often Than They Answer Them The paradox of leadership is that the reasons why people get promoted into leadership are different from the reasons that they succeed as leaders.

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Welch Restructuring CEO Bottom-up 78

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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Company Leadership Press Release Innovation 241

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I introduced Jim to Great Leadership readers a few weeks ago with a post called "A Four-wheel-drive Diamond in the Rough Leadership Model". Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. Jack Welch's determination to get the right mix and then play only in games he could win created enormous wealth.

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Management Welch McCarthy Organizational Behavior 231

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 11, 2022

When GE replaced Jack Welch there was a three-man race for the position between Robert Nardelli, James McNerny, and eventual successor Jeff Immelt. After Immelt got the job, both Nardelli and McNerney left for the top jobs at Home Depot and 3M respectively. “The possibility of a promotion is a carrot to work harder.”

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CEO Welch Long-term Execution 117

Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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Welch Organization Goal Motivation 232

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership Lessons from Sparky Anderson by Kevin Eikenberry on November 5, 2010 in Influence , Leadership , Learning I grew up like many men my age, a big baseball fan. Sparky died yesterday at age 76.

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Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Workshop 190

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

You may have the best materials, the newest innovations, the most creative product –but those resources are meaningless without the core of your business: your employees. “In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.”

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Covey Welch Long-term Collins 158

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 6, 2010

 Today I would like to highlight an exciting daily leadership resource that will keep you abreast of the latest news and happenings you need to know to be the best leader possible.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Leadership Human Resources Mission Statement Blog 113

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). By Jack Welch. Listed in no particular order. By Stephen R. 2) Begin with the end in mind.

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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Welch Organization Goal Motivation 115

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

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Blog Welch Creativity Tools 75

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Never confuse power with leadership. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. The bottom line is that I really like him, I just wished he had more new material to share. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

And, of course, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric has said, "If you don''t have a competitive advantage, don''t compete." John Agno: Can''t Get Enough Leadership. The Innovative Leader "Out Thinks". How A Generic Degree Can Hinder Leadership Development. John Agno: Ask the Coach. Related articles.

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Competitive Advantage Software Welch Marketing 85

Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Why is integrity important in leadership? Having honesty and integrity in the workplace is one of the most important qualities of great leadership in business and I am going to tell you why…. Leaders know that honesty and integrity are the foundations of leadership. Jack Welch calls it “candor.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth. Thanks for the great insights Rob. Thanks for sharing! Nicely done Mike!

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Media Blog Tools Influence 382

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 3, 2011

Because, that's the day when the chain's President and COO Dan Cathy brings together 10 influential leaders during a one-day leadership " Leadercast " available at hundreds of locations around the U.S. The simple satisfaction of serving and their private knowledge of the results feed their ever-growing passion for servant leadership.

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Welch COO Godin Influence 55

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year?

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.  I cannot recommend highly enough that you head over and check it out for yourself! .

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Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.

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Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

So far Peters has posted close to 20 videos that explore a variety of ways to pursue excellence both personally and professionally including servant leadership, personal branding, innovation, performance management, and thriving during the recession - just to name a few.   Not big on online video? . 

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 30, 2010

Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future. Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future.  Saying that Bryan is involved in the HR profession is a bit of an understatement!

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Human Resources Blog Resources Welch 124

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. If I recall correctly, Jack Welch wrote that you can only have one priority, you need to pick which it will be.

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

SHAWN: I’m Shawn Hunter, and well, what I do, my day job is I’m an executive producer for Leadership Solutions, for Skillsoft, and so to that end, I travel around the world with colleagues, and we track down really interesting people. People who are on the edges of innovation or leadership or management.

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Chief Operating Officer Learning-by-Doing Innovation Books 60

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Successful CEOs push managers to go uncomfortably beyond faithful retransmission: they want their leadership coming up with proverbs and parables to better preach the new gospel. The company requires a new vocabulary to express its increasingly innovative self. Insight Center.

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CEO Welch Health Care Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”. Innovation Leadership Strategy' And short-term numbers at that.

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Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.” ” Nadella was sending a clear message to look past the “sacred cows” of the organization and pursue an agenda of innovation over orthodoxy. Innovation leaders are fascinated with that road. It was just what I was looking for.”

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Company Welch Bureaucracy Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For instance, think of all the zigzags in strategic direction the old Hewlett Packard took as it went through four CEOs in a decade: first, the focus was on technology innovation, then it was on growth through acquisitions, and then on efficiency. This is all right as long as they explain the rationale behind their actions.

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Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models?

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Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

GE's Jack Welch was inordinately fond of emphasizing that his biggest leadership regret was that he didn't move fast enough to make fundamental changes. By stark contrast, IBM's Lou Gerstner practiced a cultivated deliberateness in his successful turnaround: Slow and steady won his leadership race. That's a mug's game.

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Consensus Welch Retail CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models?

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Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I offer three recommendations to ensure that we keep these promises to those who depend on our leadership. Earlier in my career, I had the chance to visit leaders such as Jack Welch (GE), Paul O’Neill (Alcoa), and Ralph Larsen (Johnson & Johnson). The failures of leadership at Mid Staffs had to do with attention.

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Crisis Health Care Quality Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In October 2000, Jack Welch announced the biggest deal of his 20-year tenure as head of GE: a $45 billion merger with Honeywell. Previous research has found that older CEOs tend to be less innovative , largely because they tend to hire older research talent. Harman Wardani. Their aim is to drive out executives who are past their prime.

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