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Comment on What’s Your Definition of Success? by Nancy Myrland

Nancy Myrland — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:31:54 +0000

Randy, great post to get everyone thinking. It’s similar to what my husband read in Halftime: From Success to Significance, isn’t it? Am I successful, and what is my definition of success (might include significance), or is it significant?

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Comment on Culture Change, It Could Happen by Randy Hall

Randy Hall — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:26:04 +0000

David,

You bring up a great point and I completely agree with your comment on the evidence of change indicating success.

As the organization shifts, there are always people who decide they are better off in a different environment. Part of the advantage of conscious culture change is that it causes people to self select where they want to be. If leaders build the culture they decide on, then the right people opt in and out. If they just let it evolve, sometimes the ones who leave are the ones we most depend on to reach our goals.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Randy

Comment on Culture Change, It Could Happen by davidburkus

davidburkus — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:18:46 +0000

Good post. I think one of the challenges of culture change is that some people WILL leave. It’s tempting to chalk these up as failures but they are inevitable and hint at the success of the change.

Comment on Effective Leadership Means Stopping The Drama by Anand

Anand — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:13:11 +0000

Nice post. One has to set the rules and very much follow it too, to make it aware to everyone else. Thanks for sharing a great post.

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Leadership « Deb Evans Blog — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:24:15 +0000

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Comment on Leadership Development… Are You Investing, Or Just Spending? by Anand

Anand — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:04:02 +0000

Simple yet very effective post on explaining the difference about spending and investing. I simple liked this post very much. Thanks for explaining the value of investing in nurturing leaders who would in return develop more leaders and invest their time and energy in developing the organization into a strong leadership lead firm.

Comment on Leadership Development… Are You Investing, Or Just Spending? by Randy Hall

Randy Hall — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:29:18 +0000

Great point Wally,

The investment doesn’t always come in the form of dollars. I know managers who work just as many hours as those great leaders and never build the sustainable growth they work so hard for. They fail to put enough priority on developing the leaders who will help them make it happen.

Thanks for stopping by,

Randy

Comment on Leadership Lessons From a Five Year Old by Bhavin Gandhi

Bhavin Gandhi — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:34:45 +0000

Hey Randy,

One other good article by you. I really liked your definition of Leadership – “Helping someone to do something by themselves, instead of doing everything by yourselves”. You know what? Personally, I believe that Leaders are nothing but a facilitators, who has great vision and pragmatic approach.

Thanks. – Bhavin Gandhi

Comment on Leadership Development… Are You Investing, Or Just Spending? by Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:06:49 +0000

Another great post, Randy. One specific investment that great companies put into their leadership development is time. I’m amazed again and again when I read books by great leaders at how much time they devote to identifying, nurturing and developing leaders and how much time they devote to individual people decisions.