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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays. As many of you know, my son is an active duty officer in the US Air Force.

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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

They would tell you that the classic strong leadership traits that define our nation’s best military leaders are outdated, and that they don’t display a proper amount of empathy and compassion. It is the mental agility, a fierce determination, and a never say die attitude that has carried us through the best of times and the worst of times.

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Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons

QAspire

Agility is the key to good planning. This helps you remain agile. In a way, these lessons also map with the fundamentals of agile planning. In my view, Agile is not just a software development methodology, agility is also a mindset. Further, for longer projects, you cannot plan the entire project together.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. However my question to you is this: What is leadership without action? Sound harsh?

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

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 AMB, Chang held senior HR leadership roles with Equifax and Turner Broadcasting.

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15 Key Lessons On Managing Change

QAspire

Ability to change, readiness to realignment and agility in mindset are the new competitive advantages. Change can be a great learning experience if we know when and how to align ourselves (and our mindsets). You should know what "not do to" when implementing change. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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Seth Godin's “What Matters Now” and a Few More Gems

QAspire

Lisa Haneberg emphasizes on Agility as an important leadership skill – Agility for leaders is an important skill to focus on in 2010. Wally Bock says that Leadership might be a bad choice for you if…. Michael Wade writes about successful strategies for fighting fear. Quite an interesting read.

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