N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bottom line – If you’re a leader then you need to watch this interview. I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Through multiple acts of leadership they have organized themselves to take care of their bodies, minds and spirits. Here’s some of what we can learn from the miners: Leaders share the role:   You might assume that the miners’ shift supervisor would take over the sole leadership role. Today was not one of those days.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2010

A few common methods include: The number of people reporting up through the organization The quantity or amount of product or services produced The “bottom line&# or income produced by the company The number of links, references or accolades to the leader or the organization Other methods that focus on things and not people.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit July’s Leadership Carnival Published by Michael Lee Stallard on July 5, 2010 03:56 am under E Pluribus Partners Every month I participate in a leadership carnival with several bloggers whose work I respect.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?” ~ Robert Greenleaf The concept of servant leadership can often seem the antithesis to many organizational cultures, where top-down, command and control are the norm. You will serve others best by helping them to grow and develop. Talk to them now. Do it, delegate it or dump it.

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Do Women Bring More Happiness to Families, Greater Effectiveness to Organizations? My brother and I grew up in a neighborhood of boys near Rockford, Illinois. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Check out their website at this link. You can listen to the program in the Phoenix area on KFNX 1100 AM, listen to it streaming live , and even participate by calling in at (866)536-1100 or tweeting @your3bl. Military Gamification in Everything?

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. You can hear it on their website at this link. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. Trackback URI | Subscribe to the comments through RSS Feed Leave a reply Subscribe to RSS feed Michael Lee Stallard is President of E Pluribus Partners.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. Passion can be a wonderful driving force.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

Learn more about positive psychology and the Character >Connection>Thrive Chain on pages 116-130 of the free digital book download of Fired Up or Burned Out. Read— [link] Michael Lee Stallard on June 1st, 2010 William, Thanks for voicing your opinion. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

These changes require some new sets of leadership skills. It used to be that strategy was the province of the top of the organization, and the bottom was responsible for execution. Developing leadership capacity. Developing leadership capacity. The development of leadership capabilities is a business issue.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

He not only develops and publishes the bible on “Book Yourself Solid&# , in it, he links to a workbook which is a very powerful way for one to really LEARN his techniques. I am currently finishing up the book and I am frankly blown away with all the great ideas, tools, and practices he espouses. Pick this up today at Amazon.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Not recognizing, developing, and rewarding talent is the fastest way I know of to drive talent out of your organization and directly into the hands of your competition. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. .&# the company is not leveraging its true talent base.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning. Bottom line…check your motivations. This is more than a semantical issue – it’s become a systemic problem with many individuals and organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Bottom line…Don’t manipulate for personal gain, rather facilitate for mutual benefit. Take a sincere interest in the success of others, work on your likability factor, become adept at gaining commitment, develop your authority and control, and have access to things of value or scarcity and your influence with others will increase.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

That said, I have little use for social networking junkies who collect friends/followers/contacts just for the sake of watching the numbers go up, while adding little or no value to their network. We have all been the victim of somebody's saved up tweets-all blasting out at one time. And then the cynic in me emerges.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company. Companies now understand the impact of diversifying their talent pool, especially in leadership roles. o Take on high profile projects.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture? The bottom line is that 90 percent of American employees are either not engaged or aligned with strategy. Jim Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of SAS Institute, is not one of them.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Bottom line…Just because a business has a particular advantage doesn’t mean that it can disregard sound business logic. Well actually, no it’s not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. It is actually the fiduciary obligation of a CEO to make the needed changes to protect shareholder value.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

As the old saying goes “you only get one chance to make a first impression,&# and often times it is the perception of appearance that determines whether or not you are even afforded the opportunity to get up to bat. The truth is most people when first meeting someone will quickly attempt to size them up.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

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. Bottom-Line… [link] Dr Sarah Morris Great post! I think not. Ramzi I think arrogance is a sign of lack of self esteem.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 21, 2010

They know that by identifying less than helpful behavior and improving themselves, they will make the biggest impact on their organization and the bottom line. Developing staff is as important as the bottom line. Their organizations don’t balk at allocating resources to develop a pipeline of leaders. Thanks for the dream!

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Here’s a collection of the best blog posts over the last month written by top leadership bloggers. Thanks to Dan McCarthy over at Great Leadership for organizing it. Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Here’s Who Can Help? posted at Mary Jo Asmus.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Bottom line…I’m in awe of those who have mastered the art of brevity, and after looking back at this post I must admit that I still have some work to do… Share and Enjoy: View Comments Anand Very nice article to mention about the brevity – Don't beat around the bush, come to the point.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

The bottom line in regard to today’s thoughts on business modeling can be summed up in the following three points: 1.) if you cannot define your business model, then you likely don’t have one. if you don’t have one, create one, and; 3.)

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 3, 2015

According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report , employee engagement levels remain stagnant among U.S. An alarming 70% of American workers are not showing up to work committed to delivering their best performance, and this has serious implications for the bottom line of individual companies and the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Bottom line…While I can appreciate eloquent and detailed word pictures, they are not always needed. learning » Leadership thinking [.] truth and leadership [.] In fact, look no further than the current business innovations to seek validation for my assertions.

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