N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. If these traits are not possessed by your current leadership team you will be in for a rocky road ahead… Which of these traits stand out to you? An over abundance of ego, pride, and arrogance are not positive leadership traits.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2010

The article features the stories of the US Navy’s former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark, and Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2. The Leader to Leader Institute just posted an article on its website that Jason Pankau and I wrote for the Summer edition of the Leader to Leader Journal. why is everyone smiling?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

August 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Yet another Fortune CEO has fallen due to ethics violations. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? Am I acting ethically in this situation?” Assuring that your leadership is moral and ethical can be easier when you have good relationships with those around you.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 28, 2010

Chief of Navy Operations Admiral Vern Clark and Bono, the lead singer for the rock band U2. .&# The article is about how great leaders don’t just focus on star performers, they are intentional about connecting with employees at large. Examples in the article include Ret. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Section IX: Team Building. Great leaders create great teams throughout the entire value chain. Leaders who operate behind a veil of secrecy are only setting themselves up for a rude awakening. On with the exam… Section I: Character.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. " Saying no doesn't imply that your "team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par," or that "it means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading."

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

After the coach learned that a young African-American, second-string guard on his team, Clarence Walker, would not be allowed to participate in the tournament because of the color of his skin, he declined the offer. The coach decided to accept the NAIB’s offer, and the team packed up to head to the play-offs in Kansas City.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

in the 1980s, put it this way: “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. With the right ‘business operations’ in place, your company will achieve success: People: In any company or organization, the real assets are the people. People come first.&#

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This one is from January, 2009. Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. Large corporations have HR departments that trained to help and also many have anonymous phone lines where you can report companies’ ethical violators, workplace abuse.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

If, for example, you are trying to find out from one of your team why their colleague didn’t include the requested statistics in a report you were just handed, something along the lines of, “Is he having trouble finding them? At the very least, approaching it in this way narrows the scope of the inquiry.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

What is the most ethical action we might take?” Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. ~Albert Einstein; the question that led to the theory of relativity. What might DNA look like in a 3D form?” All Rights Reserved.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times. How sad is this?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Then develop an understanding of whether or not a reaction or decision was appropriate, emotionally, professionally or ethically is the only way to recognize character flaws and improve them in the future. Organizations foster/recognize quick answers, assembled and quickly performing teams, etc.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 25, 2017

Asked to describe an ideal team or organizational culture, most employees will use words like supportive, transparent, authentic, collaborative, and trusting, yet when asked to describe their company's actual culture, they will use words such as competitive, political, territorial, untrusting, and conflict averse.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? You’ve also suddenly realized that twenty (or thirty) years have flown by in a flash. Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Over the course of 2009, I (Michael) met with and interviewed Admiral Clark and several of the Naval officers who reported to him.

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CO2

AUGUST 14, 2010

What is equally amazing is that is where much of the stuff is made too (so if their is pollution or a stretch in ethics of how something is made we might be able to turn a blind eye)! His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

If You Want Remarkable Teams… Build for Collaboration. If you want great teams, you build them for collaboration. All of what I describe here applies to building remarkable teams as well as building a remarkable culture in your organization. But, do not underestimate the value of continued individual and team learning.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In evaluating any relationship in the value chain I’m looking for value, talent, performance, leverage, efficiency, economy of scale, work ethic, integrity, character, discipline and many other traits irrespective of your skin color, age, etc. A sense of entitlement is not a substitute for work ethic and a desire to achieve.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters.

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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. And there are other people who are great at following orders but cause teams to fail because of their reluctance to step up into leadership roles.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

When you have a team looking up to you for guidance and instruction, it’s important to remain consistent in the way you lead. But even if you don’t have a team of direct reports, we are all leaders who come from different walks of life with varied experiences that shape our core values. I work as a part of the team.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

So, in teaming up with those who can do what I can’t, they might need what I do. But the advertiser or the promoter can’t know in advance which fifty-percent! Some of the efforts cast out into the marketplace stir up action. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S. link] anna smith I just read an interview with Kent Williams, a team leader for Thomson Reuters. I showed this to my team, and they got a great laugh out of it.”

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of organizational power. Trust is the currency you will need when the time comes for you to make unreasonable performance demands on your teams. The stories Carl used when leading his team came from his own rural upbringing.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

In 2009, for example, we were having our then-most profitable year ever in the middle of the “Great Recession.” Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. Perhaps we would lose a key team member, or a recession would pinch sales.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. I wonder if there’s a good survey out there I could use to get feedback from my team. The simple truth is that people strongly desire to work with and for great leaders.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

Eisenhower to the position of supreme commander of Operation Overlord. link] Michael Lee Stallard on July 4th, 2010 Victor Davis Hanson, writing for the National Review, takes a position similar to my own: [link] Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership Blog » Blog Archive » Leadership thinking Carnival style!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

you could create a video on this and present Jason Oiler How to handle a team member who is your most talented and intelligent but who also has a horrible attitude. link] ATIG Mike, authenticity and transparency for better and ETHICAL business. – I'd be interested in your thoughts. Thanks for the suggestion Dan.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Before a team can reach its full potential, leaders must act in ways that transcend employees’ fears of organizational power. Trust is the currency you will need when the time comes for you to make unreasonable performance demands on your teams. The stories Carl used when leading his team came from his own rural upbringing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

As in 2008-2009 when excessive pay was seen as linked to excess risk-taking, the issue — and the broader role of business in society — is under heightened scrutiny and needs to be addressed by the business community. What are the operational objectives which express those purposes?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2018

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. In 2009, Philips teamed up with a Dutch bank to develop the idea of a “rationalizer” bracelet to stop traders from making irrational decisions by monitoring their stress levels, which it measures by monitoring the wearer’s pulse.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

They want the companies they buy from to trade in an ethical and responsible way, and for the organizations they work for to not only make a positive difference to the world, but to offer them work that is fulfilling and enriching in equal measure. Lastly, the six week residential accelerator is a fully immersive experience.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. If you are in a work environment that simply doesn’t get it, get out asap! Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 17, 2012

Virtual Collaboration: working productively, driving engagement, and demonstrating presence as a member of a virtual team. Cross-Cultural Competency: operating in different cultural settings. link] (3) Steven Leavitt and Stephen Dubner, 2009, “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything”.

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