N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Blank Family Foundation.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

And, as anyone who closely follows simulation and prototyping tools knows, their use has become pervasive in manufacturing businesses, even though companies still grapple with the integration and management issues I wrote about in 2003. They must embrace a new leadership model. ” -Stefan Thomke.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 19, 2013

When encountering stressful events, people’s cardiovascular systems worked less hard (as evidenced by lower heart rates and blood pressure) when they were in positive relationships or felt social support at work. Sources: Kim Cameron: Positive Leadership: Strategies for Extraordinary Performance.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2016

An authentic broker-investor relationship is a microcosm of transparent leadership because a fiduciary duty epitomizes the highest of standards. Whether a potential leader is a religious one, a political icon, or a corporate magnate, the gold standard of influence remains the same: 1) I am a leader, these are the tenets of my belief system.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

These are critically important to make sure your organizational leadership index is healthy, balanced and aligned with your strategic intent and vision to meet the organization’s objectives going forward. Crisis Leadership exams can help find problems early when your chances for treatment and cure are better. CHOLESTEROL.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tony Wagner that first appeared in Education Week (November 11, 2003). Don’t let the publication date fool you. If anything, his recommendations are even more urgently needed now than they were then. To read the complete article, please click here. © Tony Wagner * * [.].

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 6, 2010

In 2003, Jeffrey Dyer and Wujin Chu studied buyer-supplier relationships among eight major automakers in Japan, Korea and the U.S. Another study Dov has written about was conducted by the University of Michigan’s hospital system. Money, governance, curriculum, etc. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Leading with Trust

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That’s simple truth #46 in my book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , co-written with Ken Blanchard. Here are six leadership principles to consider as you look to leverage the power of choice: 1. “People don’t resist change; they resist being controlled.”. Principles of Choice. behaviors. [iv].

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Leadership has been a lifelong passion for me. I’ve also written seven books, hundreds of articles and blogs, facilitated over a thousand retreats and workshops, and delivered hundreds of keynotes on personal, team, and organizational leadership. It heralds a mega-shift in leadership training and development.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The grassroots leadership protesters at Occupy _ may not have put forth an explicit set of demands yet, but there is one thing that they all agree on: student debt is too damn high. Sixty-seven percent came from the highest-earning fourth of the distribution. At some private colleges, the numbers were even more extreme.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2015

It's a systems/change problem. We all operate out of unique, internal systems comprised of mental models (rules, beliefs, history etc.) Our behaviors are the vehicles that represent these internal systems - our beliefs in action, if you will. How We Learn. It will become accepted and habituated. But these assumptions are faulty.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. He didn’t believe in the star system and told his players, “The star of the team is the team.&# In 1973, he was honored for his achievements as a coach.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

He adds this: Most companies end up building a system to protect themselves from people who lack judgment. His self-knowledge made is easier for him to know when it was time to go as he eventually did in 2003 not long after Netflix went public. We call it loosely coupled but tightly aligned. Launch Day: April 14, 1998.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Deborah joined MyCorporation in 2003 after serving as outside general counsel for 5 years. Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

  Picture the commodities trading floor as a closed system in which producers of commodities (oil, wheat, corn, etc. This is exactly what happened, and as a result the money invested in commodity indices rose from just $13 billion in 2003 to over $317 billion in 2008 (twenty five times growth in less than five years).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Health systems are at a crossroads. A major effort launched in 2003 will provide health insurance to everyone before the end of this year.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 23, 2017

He had just released his latest book on change and I was sharing a leadership keynote with a business headquartered in Long Island. On a chilly spring evening, we shared drinks on a roof-top patio overlooking the Empire State building and talked about his favorite places in Germany, changes in the world economy, and leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Leadership begins with sharing a vision with many people in numerous communities from diverse walks of life. In 2003 this collaborative learning model grew out of Dr. Arora’s frustration that he could serve only a fraction of patients in New Mexico with hepatitis C. Insight Center. Innovating for Value in Health Care.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

In 2003, the company did away with its traditional marketing in high-end magazines and the like, and re-centered itself around community members, their needs, feedback, and conversations. Ducati really personifies this strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. But customer service and leadership training that only enhances rather than transforms capabilities and skills doesn’t buy very much. This was a precarious time. A kaizen—continuous improvement—ethos is one thing.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Several executives at the company offered to talk with us to figure out why the program has been so successful—not just as a philanthropic gesture, but as a talent development system. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Several executives at the company offered to talk with us to figure out why the program has been so successful—not just as a philanthropic gesture, but as a talent development system. So far, IBMers have completed over 1,000 projects.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

These and other IT-related problems aren''t rooted in technology but in leadership failings. The senior leadership needs to become literate in technology. The senior leadership group mustn''t just pay lip service to the CIO and his or her team. To address these shortcomings, companies can take action in three areas: Literacy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Each person who joins becomes a “human node” in the system, and a potential point of vulnerability. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant. It means we are moving into an era in which every company and organization must expect that secrets will get out.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

HR should be responsible for ensuring, among other things, that leadership has clearly communicated a zero-tolerance position; that employees trust the current procedures; and that reporting mechanisms are easy to understand. Leadership. Human Resources commonly takes the lead in crafting and enforcing a strong policy.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

In 2003 van Stolk had the idea to create a “Turkey & Gravy”-flavored soda to be released around Thanksgiving. Using these whitepapers, youll learn how to create a performance measurement system that drives superior performance by aligning managerial decisions and employee actions with your corporate strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

In 2009, Grainger's senior management team decided to reflect on their history with improvement initiatives before deploying a Lean-based continuous improvement system. Reflect on why initiatives have and have not worked in your organization. Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

In 2003, for instance, in “In Defense of the CEO Chair,” Harvard Law’s William Allen and William Berkeley (who was chairman and CEO of the eponymous insurance holding company) argued that doing so would create two armed camps that would interfere with productivity. Boards Compensation Leadership' And differences there were.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

In most organizations, front line workers don't have a mechanism to submit suggestions up the hierarchy, and the few that do have flawed suggestion systems. ValuesJam in 2003 gave IBM's workforce the opportunity to redefine the firm's core values for the first time in nearly 100 years. But this is rare.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The US-based company used to be a diversified industrial group, with activities in all types of glass, chemicals, paints, optical materials, and biomedical systems. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%. PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2013

There were also fairly rigid dress code requirements; for instance, if women wore skirts, we expected to wear pantyhose (and this was in 2003). When I was finally in a leadership role at that older organization, I put a tremendous amount of energy into changing these outdated practices. It shouldn''t be this way.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. In November 2003, after due diligence, we announced our agreement to purchase 3721 for $120 million.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Easing into the New Year, one big hope we have for 2013 is that women continue to bridge the gender gap in terms of pay equality and access to leadership positions. Women have fewer leadership role models and they arguably have greater demands outside of work competing for their attention. The Careful-What-You-Wish-For Paradox.

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