John Knights, Co-founder and Chairman of LeaderShape Global It is not surprising that most CEOs and other senior leaders put a brake on their personal development as a leader once they are in that position. First, they got to where they are by being who they are! Who can argue with that? And second, the job […]
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Sebastian Salicru , Author, Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-performing Organizations for an Uncertain World As an experienced and astute CEO, you have realized already that the rules of the game have changed. The new world of turbulence, volatility, high velocity, and the disruption caused by a plethora of new technologies, has also changed the
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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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Bob Kulhan, President, CEO & Founder, Business Improv At first glance, “improvisational leadership” might seem to be contradiction in terms. Leaders are thoughtful, strategic people; improvisation is a comedic art form and a team sport in which no one person is greater than the ensemble. However, when you redirect the tenets of improvisation away from comedy and toward
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Matt Paese, Vice President, Development Dimensions International Failure hurts. Crisis is painful and exhausting. Mistakes are costly. It’s also true that inside the discomfort and loss, often profound wisdom, strength, and innovation may be gained. But finding these is not guaranteed. For (leadership) acceleration to have the broad effect that businesses need, it must catch on.
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Most people want the corner office, what used to be the country club membership, and the expense account. But are we willing to pay the price? Recently I had the opportunity to be a guest on a morning talk/news show. I had to get up at 4 am to be at the downtown studio at
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Are your company’s stated values rhetoric or rule? Seems fitting to pose this question in honor of 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta last month. The actions of feudal barons outside London shaped this discussion 800 years ago – and it has direct consequence on the levels of productivity within any business.
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Craig W. Ross, CEO & President, Verus Global Beware: Those on your exec team may be masquerading as leaders. They may be unaware that, in reality, they are behaving as bosses. You might have a team of bosses on your hands—and if you do, you could be one as well. Successful companies thrive under great
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Scott Edinger, Author, The Hidden Leader Every time I’ve worked with a senior team in the strategy formulation process, we’ve succeeded. Of course, I’ve never heard any group of executives say their strategy failed when it was created. It is in the implementation or execution that strategies falter, because most strategies rely on people in
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Sheri Staak, Author, Tune In to WOW Leadership Are today’s leaders ready to face the demands and changes of the future? Perhaps not, according to Global Leadership Forecast 2014/2015, a joint study by Development Dimensions International and The Conference Board. Research indicated that only 9 percent of HR leaders believed their leaders were “very ready”
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