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This article is the second in the “All Change is Personal” series looking at three traps that leaders need to manage in order to steward their organization through change efforts. To read the first article in the series and learn what Trap #1 is, click here. Trap #2: Not Getting Employee Feedback on the Plan […]
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BJ Gallagher, Author, The Leadership Lessons from Oz “The beauty of metaphor is that it conveys not just information – but meaning.” ~ Warren Bennis, leadership expert Every once in a great while, a metaphorical story comes along that captures the human experience in such a perfect way that it becomes a timeless classic. The Wonderful
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The essence of leadership is communication: to cast a vision, to inspire, to collaborate on strategy, and to engage followers in accomplishing a mission. But let’s face it: Many leaders fall flat on their face when it comes to communication. The only thing that keeps the organization afloat and followers on target are those second-in-command
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Willy Steiner, President, Executive Coaching Concepts There is a decades-long debate taking place in businesses across the country about the return on investment gained from leadership development efforts. It is a question at the heart of my book, Discover The Joy of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Resolving Your Management Challenges, published on February 6, 2017.
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Jay Coughlan, CEO & MD, TruBalanced Everybody in leadership has some adversity from time to time. The great leaders, the ones we remember and revere, are the ones who find a way to win and move forward with the least collateral damage. Leaders like that are unique, and they do unique things in their organizations,
Genella Macintyre, President of Partners, Discovery Ltd. As a leader, you set the tone for the team, department and organization. Under stress you may appear and act differently than you intend. This impacts you and your team significantly. The “5 Steps to Reducing Stress” can help. I received a call from a very stressed-out young lady. She
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WOW – it started innocently enough. But then again, many battles may start innocently. It’s what happens after the first act when things go awry. Let’s just say that when you find yourself in a Twitter war, you lose. And let’s add a period to that sentence. At the least this was a stumble for
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Ruth Veloria, Executive Dean, University of Phoenix School of Business Growth mindset, a term coined by Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck, is the idea of inspiring individual and organizational confidence to achieve goals. It is about believing that talents and abilities can be improved through effort and new strategies: a fixed mindset believes talents
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Prior to the Patriots’ stunning comeback in Super Bowl 2017, quarterback Tom Brady answered the question about what makes his team so special: “Mental toughness.” He could have said exceptional physical strength, training, and superior talent, but he didn’t. What team that makes it to the Super Bowl doesn’t embody these? Mental toughness involves something
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Paul J. Zak, PhD, Professor, Claremont Graduate University Fear or love? At the most basic level, these are a leader’s choices when seeking to motivate followers. Most managers, perhaps due to some hangover from the eighteenth century, lead by fear because, well, it works. Fear may not be explicit, though some managers still scream and
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