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Achim Nowak Here is a classic leadership conundrum. They moved you to the C-Suite because you deliver results. They lavished you with praise along the way. And they were right: You are driven to succeed. Heck, you’re a corporate rock star. And then, the moment you get there, they start to turn on you. You […]
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…relationship itself is the real thing. We used to think all the energy was in the particles of the atom; now it seems that energy is, in fact, in the space between the particles. Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs Much of the focus on strategic leadership either ignores or looks too narrowly at the importance of
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Beverly D. Flaxington I often remind my coaching clients that the reason most companies have a pyramid structure is that not many people are cut out for leading the charge. Unfortunately, very often a person who is politically connected, or who has done a good job and is technically competent, or who has paid their
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At some point, the strategy is to execute. While the CEO role as chief strategy decider gets much of the hype, it is the challenge of business execution that so often drives results – or not. And, sustained execution is a relationship game.
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Leadership seems to get harder and harder. Jamie Dimon lives with daily headlines debating whether or not he will retain both jobs: Chairman and CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase. President Obama battles the curse of the second term while attempting to defend against debacles from Benghazi to the IRS. Leadership turmoil ranges across Greece, France,
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Jim Leighton Organizations and individuals that create lasting change share one common trait and it’s grit. Grit is having a resilient attitude in the face of failure or despair. It means enduring years of obscurity and hard work without reaping the immediate payoff. Grit brings to mind pictures of the old American frontier, of pioneers
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Mark Goulston & John Ullmen Do you like it when people push you? Does it increase your motivation to do what they want? Chances are if you are like most people, you don’t like being pushed and it more often triggers your resentment more than it motivates you. More than ever before, people see through the
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If you have been kind enough to follow my blog, you will then know that I have talked about this phenomenon in the past. However, an article by John Kotter in the November 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review got me thinking deeply about the duality of organizations. In every organization, there is the formal
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Say what you will about Tim Tebow, believe what you want to believe about him because I am not here to sell you on him. I am here to talk about a lesson that became painfully apparent for those watching when he was cut by the New York Jets this off season. It is a
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In one of my last posts on my previous blog site, Stuck In The Middle, I talked about the changing landscape for most organizations and in particular, the impact change is having on our field as HR/talent practitioners. And so today, I am here to ask you, what have you done to support this change?
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