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Mastering Leadership Presence: Building Trust Through Authenticity Click to view Mastering Leadership Presence: Building Trust Through Authenticity
Imagine you’re in the audience at an all-hands meeting. Your company has big news: an acquisition, a merger, or a new investment. It’s exciting and unsettling all at once. The first question that pops into your head is likely “What’s in it for me?” followed closely by “Will I...
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The ABCs of Leadership Development: Empowering Your Team to Thrive Click to view The ABCs of Leadership Development: Empowering Your Team to Thrive
As a leader, your role includes developing the people who work for you, but it doesn’t stop there. You also have critical business responsibilities and a broader role in driving organizational success. Developing your team benefits them by fostering their continuous growth and...
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To Do or Not to Do? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Approving a Project Click to view To Do or Not to Do? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Approving a Project
You have a great team, and they have great ideas. But there is just no way you can get to them all—and certainly not at the same time.
Whether they are big or small projects, it can be challenging to know which to approve and which to let go. Here are three questions you can ask...
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A Strategy Execution Simulation in Four HoursA Strategy Execution Simulation in Four Hours
CHALLENGE To accelerate its discussion of corporate strategy, a global industrial manufacturing leader engaged IE...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Aug 15, 2017
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The Secret to Strategic Leadership for New LeadersThe Secret to Strategic Leadership for New Leaders
Strategy is the charter of senior leaders. Or so many people think.
Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 7, 2017
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Inquiry or Advocacy for New LeadersInquiry or Advocacy for New Leaders
We work in fast-paced, changing organizations that have structures that are less and less … structured. To get work...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Sep 30, 2015
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Catch the Tidal Wave: Coaching the CoachCatch the Tidal Wave: Coaching the Coach
Actor Victor Webster is quoted as saying, “If you throw a pebble in the water on one side of the ocean, you can create...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Mar 11, 2015
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Coaching for Business ResultsCoaching for Business Results
We all know that leaders are most successful if they are able to coach and develop their teams. For geographically...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Feb 11, 2015
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Two Behaviors New Leaders Must LoseTwo Behaviors New Leaders Must Lose
Being a new manager means facing new challenges and applying new skills. However, in many cases it also means letting...
Karen Maxwell Powell
Nov 21, 2014
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Accountability: The Nemesis of a New LeaderAccountability: The Nemesis of a New Leader
Promotions are exciting, especially that first promotion that takes you from the status of “employee” to “management.”
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 16, 2014
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Boost Strategy Translation With Business SimulationsBoost Strategy Translation With Business Simulations
Leaders in all roles are responsible for strategy translation, or “connecting the dots” from a higher-level business...
Karen Maxwell Powell
May 14, 2014
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