Every leader I know is striving toward a future state that is so much better than what we have today. And they are acutely aware that they will have to grow in order to lead their people into that wonderful world ahead. So they “mind the gap,” but not in the way meant on London’s […]
Paul Bellantone is the CEO and president of Promotional Products Association International. Dale Denham, CIO, Geiger, is the Incoming Chair Elect. In this 12 1/2 min video they discuss what has made their 2016 strategic planning a success.
It’s not unusual for me to get called in by CEOs to work with their executive teams. They want me to raise their performance, help them work better together. Often they will tell me that trust is a key issue, or competition. What I have learned from years of working with teams is that the
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Here I lay out how to start and sustain momentum with a senior team that is on the road continuously.
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With so much change everywhere, you must step to the forefront to lead. Otherwise you recede into the background quickly. Even so leadership is not what it used to be. Leadership used to mean privileged knowledge, massive resources and the ability to set the pace. Today leadership is a willingness to live at the uncertain
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Two weeks ago I was in Los Angeles taking the Billions’ Institute‘s Skid Row School for Large-scale Change. It was a 3-day extravaganza, bringing together 30+ leaders representing about 20 organizations including the Sandy Hook Promise, the Carnegie Foundation, Big Picture Learning, and others. Our faculty presented several frameworks that helped us to understand how
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Visionary Leaders develop 3 core areas: Themselves They know that their entire being is their instrument. This includes their mind, heart, gut, hands, feelings, psychology, mind-state, acumen, everything. So, they make a point of cultivating their strength, resilience, and capacity in all area. Their work Visionaries love their content. They get deep into the weeds
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Jill Sweitzer Redell co-founded UCLA Grand Challenges with Michelle Popowitz. I interviewed her July 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. She shared how their Grand Challenge initiative was begun, the practical realities of both the Sustainable Los Angeles and the Depression Grand Challenges. Each is complex, requiring a multi-disciplinary approach. GrandChallenges.UCLA.edu Sustainable Los Angeles video: youtu.be/DITouRhKW80
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I am here in LA with my daughter, Ruchi, and wife, Laura. Laura took a class today in Hollywood on writing commerical music for television and movies. Mon-Wed I am in the Skid Row School for Large Scale Change, a class all about what it takes to have an initiative take off and go viral.
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Inside XPRIZE’s Collaboration Station Marcus Shingles talks about the rapidly approaching future, building the bridge to a world of abundance before humanity derails itself, the challenges of running a very unique organization and many of the trends CEOs can take advantage of today that are mature enough to leverage now.
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