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Every Day An Idea

Lead Change Blog

As the thoughts in someone’s head about how to lead begin to evolve into a written piece, it’s the nature of the process that sometimes the written product comes out poorly formed or simply failing to convey what the writer wanted. Our world has many authors with a wide array of ideas and philosophies. When the Home of Your Writing Moves.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Well actually, no it’s not. You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. How about competing for the attention of your prospects and clients?

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Bottom line - toxic individuals kill productivity, and if allowed to run unchecked can have a much broader and deeper impact on an organization than one might think. I read a Navy Times article by Donnie Horner recently called "Challenges Facing Surface Fleet", posted March 16, 2009. Readers can google it.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too. Make it a point to keep the lines of communication open, so that team members feel free to speak to you about day-to-day operations. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009. You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional.