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The 5 SOF Truths of Leadership

Nathan Magnuson

From 2006-2012 I served as a part-time member of the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. Some of our hardcore “green beret” colleagues operated as independent 4 man teams conducting unconventional warfare operations.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300. Organizations train people.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Rather arrogant people typically find themselves surrounded by exploitive individuals who are all to happy to ride the “gravy-train&# in good times, but at the first sign of trouble all you will see is their backs as they run for the hills. The confident also succeed in business, but not at the expense of others as do the arrogant.

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5 Steps to an Aligned and High-Functioning Organization

Leading Blog

I N OUR WORK training and consulting organizations across the globe, we have found misalignment to be at the heart of most organizational dysfunction. The team appears to operate as a single organism on the court, with no ego on the floor that would prevent the most advantageous moves. However, most of the time they’re not.

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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

Every day too – not just on our best days, or the days we feel good, or the days we had a good breakfast, or right after we went to a great training workshop. It is the walk that people are watching. Remember, you are always walking and others are always watching.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. I agree with all your assertions and conclusions. Well said Sir.

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