N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions. When an organization promotes based upon tenure, and not based upon recognition of talent, merit, performance, etc.,

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A leader’s message has a direct impact on their personal and corporate brand equity, how they manage a crisis, marketing initiatives, investor relations, press and public relations, team building and employee engagement, and virtually any other mission critical area of chief executive responsibility.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur.

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JANUARY 21, 2011

They often don’t possess the skill sets to add value to the initiatives they want to control. This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. Conversely, and just as easily, they can be a significant contributor to your undoing resulting in an early and unnecessary demise.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A person could either take several minutes to explain the evolution of technologies, mediums, shift in content paradigms, engagement practices and market dynamics that came together to make the Internet a more valuable and efficient space, or they could just utilize &# social media&# as a descriptive aid to make the connection.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

With the continued rapid development of technology taking the concept of globalization and turning it into hard reality facing businesses of all sizes, it is time for executives and entrepreneurs to examine their current business models from a disruptive perspective. Keep up the good work Mark [link] mikemyatt Brilliant commentary Mark.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. It is one of those skills that I have to keep aware of – keep working on. Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Ramzi I think arrogance is a sign of lack of self esteem. Bottom-Line… [link] Dr Sarah Morris Great post! Often I find my executive coaching clients shy away from confidence because they fear that it equates to arrogance – and, understandably, don't want to be seen in that way!

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Leaders need to have an profound appreciation for all the people working for them and the skills they bring to the table.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

It is my experience that they either lack the personal skill sets, or haven’t built the right executive team to lead change, they just don’t recognize the need for change, or they just don’t care. So why is it that so many CEOs shirk their responsibility, stick their heads in the sand, and avoid making necessary changes?

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APRIL 14, 2010

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. As a person that works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on a daily basis I can tell you with great certainty that all leaders are not created equal when it comes to the competency of their decisioning skills.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This normally occurs in crisis/emergency/volunteer situations – for an example of this please read Wally Bock’s excellent post yesterday. However, even in these circumstances personal leadership is still at the forefront of the success.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

link] Posts about Interpersonal conflict and dealing with people as of January 4, 2009 — Persuasive Communication and Life Skills [.] Be well and have a great day sp [link] mikemyatt Glad to hear you've got the train back on the tracks, and I hope this post was of some use.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 6, 2014

They run app companies, consultancies, clinics and sprawling technology corporations. The man changing the face of the financial world had no prior background in the industry before he began in 2009. He found that the two skills linked to revenue generation and profitability were “values learning” and “facilitates learning.”

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In a perfect world professionals would only be judged solely on their character, skill sets, competencies, and performance. In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Miller Mike, One of my favorite TV characters is Captain Kathryn Janeway, the starship commander in the Star Trek series “Voyager” The character was depicted as a leader a bias for action, combined with a skill for collaboration. Whenever some crisis loomed on the Voyager, she was known barking out: “Options?”

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Great CEOs possess the ability to refine their thinking and leadership skills to reflect the evolving needs of the enterprise and the changing global business climate. Stating that a CEO of a start-up should operate with the same term limit constraints of a CEO of a Fortune 500 company is very unrealistic and dangerous thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

Rather than just kill something with a quick no, a good leader uses every adverse scenario as a development opportunity to help people advance their critical thinking and decisioning skills. While I understand that there are times when using no may be your only option, those times should be the exception and not the rule.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

link] Del Williams I don't think online is to blame, but poor people skills. As a digital marketing consultant, I've been praising the promise of these new technologies, but I also have been learning more and more about the negative side effects of our increasing use of digital. This generation is weak in many ways.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. I know I am still working on it.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Have they been fudging their research for years?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

To look at it in a personal way, (before purists argue that this analogy is too rough, there is validity to that argument) In our personal profession and skills, we can add 7 years education for our LLB, ditto for our CA, but we realize that for the time we need lawyers, and accountants in our personal lives, it makes sense to hire them.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Many a skilled leader has fallen prey to this circumstance. You can see my reply there. I agree with both of you. I agree that viewing is not the same as recognizing, and that recognizing is not the same thing as understanding. You last point is also very insightful. I agree that the world is now just starting to reckon with these issues.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Watching how she instructs and interacts with the children in her class, I am reminded of many of the important skills a leader needs to demonstrate. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. For example, Ms.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

At least for the first while, while you get them skilled up to where they need to be. Depending on who your customers are, you may find yourself forced to make some kind of plan to hire these individuals – who are, almost by definition, going to be a drain on your company. However, it can get quite expensive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Labor Department unveiled $160 million in new grants to retrain workers for technical skills in high-growth fields. And the skills required to fill many of the jobs returning first in the recovery — namely in engineering, IT, and healthcare — do not match the skills of Americans most needing work. How many are there?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 8, 2019

Whilst the likes of the Frey and Osborne paper predicted a pretty widespread demolition of 47% of all jobs, the reality is that those with low-skilled, routine jobs are far more at risk. The thing is, those with low skills have been on the receiving end of pretty much every shift in the labor market over the past decade.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

So, do you have the skills and perspective to thrive under pressure and to succeed, or will you implode when faced with a challenge? Just as a diamond cannot be polished without friction, neither can you fully develop your skills without them being tested by adversity. Setbacks and difficulties are an inevitable part of life.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Communication skills are so essential for leaders that it is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator. Oddly enough, the key to becoming a skillful communicator is rarely found in what has been taught in the world of academia. Communicate more effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Leaders who rest on their laurels without making the effort to develop their skills will eventually be overtaken by those who view leadership as a professional skill to be developed and refined. Before we move on, and as a caution to those who are natural leaders, natural ability will only take you so far.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 was under way. Most of the regulation was meant to safeguard the financial system, and the taxpayers who had to bail it out, from another crisis. This second transformation will be triggered not by regulation but by rapidly evolving technology. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

By understanding and managing the perception of others my managing our own attitudes and acceptance of others even when they don’t agree with us is vital to our ability to expand our own knowledge and skills and to be perceived as a true leader. Great post, Mike. link] mikemyatt Wow…thanks for the thoughtful comment Gordon.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric.

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JULY 7, 2010

And so it soon grew to crisis proportions. Great communicators and leaders also happen to be greatly skilled at simplifying the complex, and John definitely knows how to get to the root of an issue! With this spring’s Gulf oil spill, I think Obama was too laissez faireat first. This illustration just shows that no leader is immune.

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