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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. While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me.

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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They would tell you that the classic strong leadership traits that define our nation’s best military leaders are outdated, and that they don’t display a proper amount of empathy and compassion.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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Eight Ways Mentoring Brings Out the Leader in Your Employees

Great Leadership By Dan

Rather, they come from testing out leadership skills in relationships with others. As a matter of fact, they learned that 80% of active volunteers move more easily into leadership roles and grow their careers further as a result. Mentoring teaches you to plan, to help others execute, and to be flexible --all traits of leadership.

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Manager vs. ?

Lead on Purpose

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin Titles are an interesting concept. Leadership is more about the state of mind than the title. Leadership is a choice. To me, “product owner&# was just an agile title for the guy who fed requirements into the dev team. “Manager&# is an interesting title.

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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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Leaders Travel Light

Chris Brady

" | Main | Siena by Car - "You Idiot" » July 11, 2010 Leaders Travel Light I learned it the hard way, really, by dragging bulky bags through crowded bus terminals, onto packed trains, and up stairs at a five-hundred year-old hotel. Leadership is a lot like taking a trip.

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Big Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It

Harvard Business Review

In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges. It worked with a local partner to create India's first financing plan for medical devices.