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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill.

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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Connection is defined as a bond that exists among a group of people based on shared identity, empathy and understanding that moves self–centered individuals toward group-centered membership. CNO Admiral Vern Clark’s leadership of the U.S. Michael Lee Stallard on October 19th, 2010 Brian, It can indeed!

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Three Things Every Leadership Offsite Needs - Next Level Blog

Next Level Blog

In twenty plus years of management work and leadership coaching, I’ve been in the room for a few really great offsites and a lot of really awful ones. Here, in my humble opinion, are three things that every leadership offsite agenda has to have: Context: You absolutely have to answer the question, “Why are we here and why does it matter?”

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The Joy of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

A More Human Short Story – My Path To Leadership Joy . It was early in 2010… We thought he was indestructible. He had a style of leadership that I would classify as undeniably human, and personal. I had experienced the joy of leadership, and it was (darn) good. How were we going to deal with this? Trust me”.

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Leadership Lessons from a Three Ring Circus

Next Level Blog

  In the meantime, here are some of the leadership lessons Feld has learned that stuck with me: Know Yourself:  Feld learned the circus by traveling around the world with his father searching for acts.    Feld notes that through Act Night the cast forms bonds of mutual respect that carry them through the tour.