N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting).

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. By Kapil, August 11, 2010 @ 9:30 am Tanmay, Great Points on achieving customer delight.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

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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QAspire

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 Nicholas Bate is a prolific thinker, blogger and author. He shared some of his best work with me in 2009, in form of his books and innovatively done cards. More than that, he is a wonderful friend.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Wishing you memorable quality time with your loved ones. Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline. link] ATIG Have a wonderful Christmas. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

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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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 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. It was C.S.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. There has been no shortage of information published on the topic of Emotional IQ or what’s referred to as EQ in recent years.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in August 2010 August 2010 came to an end, and once again, I didn’t quite notice it in frenzy of everything going around. In case you missed reading any of my posts, here is a quick round up of all my writing in August 2010. Check out the feature.

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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.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 8, 2012

Kona Shen graduated in 2010 with an honors thesis on the impact of foreign aid on Haiti’s environment and ways the international community could improve aid efforts. But moreso, Kona is not your average 24yr old - her poise, wisdom, leadership, business acumen and management skills are on par As a C.V. Not your average thesis.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

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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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. They are admirable qualities so long as they don’t take precedence over, ignore, or contradict truth. These characteristics should be present in all human beings.

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Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

To reinforce one of the most important of all leadership qualities – that of being other focused. Tagged as: other focus , President Reagan , Ronald Reagan Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Four Leadership Lessons from Punxsutawney Phil Next post: Been Promoted? I’ve chosen not to do that.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service. must all reflect high standards of quality.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. When you think of Apple you immediate think of a company that has built a strong brand around quality design. Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The real question is: are you willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices necessary to take on the responsibility of a leadership position? The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. It is fruitless to ask “Is management or leadership more important in an organization?”, Requisite Managerial Leadership Practices: 1.

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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. I think not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

While optimism is generally a great quality for a CEO to possess, there is a point at which unbridled optimism can disconnect a person from reality. moravecglobal Here's another example of disconnected leadership and the consequences for, in this case, students, faculty and taxpayers. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In fact, look no further than the current business innovations to seek validation for my assertions. learning » Leadership thinking [.] truth and leadership [.] Tools like email, instant messaging, texting, blogging and micro-blogging are all examples of shortening our communications to leverage speed and time to our advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

This doesn’t just mean hire a top producer, or the candidate who graduated from the best business school, but rather hire a quality individual that is a person of integrity & character, whose values are in alignment with the organizations core values, and who also happens to be talented.

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CO2

JULY 21, 2010

4) Leadership to build the team and keep them motivated and productive. 4) Leadership to build the team and keep them motivated and productive. 4) Leadership to build the team and keep them motivated and productive. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

What are some ways that influence can be possessed by my leadership staff? Trust is the foundation of all other qualities of influence. David Mcdaniels I know that having the highest authority creates the highest level of influence, but is it possible to duplicate that level of influence in others? Thanks for stopping by David.

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CO2

JUNE 28, 2010

These room systems have been somewhat complex to operate and typically require expensive dedicated networks or quality of service enhanced bandwidth. These are all fine and yet they do not provide the quality that is needed when having high level discussion with attorneys, business consultants, high end customers, or board meetings.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. When we research or try to innovate, we essentially do that with the objective of learning. By Tanmay , August 18, 2010 @ 7:57 am @Anand - Thanks for the comment.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Labeling something as Best Practices is not a substitute for wisdom, discernment, discretion, subject matter expertise, intellect, creativity or any of the other qualities I value in an advisor. After all, if you can apply someone else’s theory in a vacuum it lowers the barrier to entry doesn’t it?

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 14, 2010

2 Comments so far Jack Dean on August 14th, 2010 That was great, Mike. Thanks for your high-quality posts. Michael Lee Stallard on August 14th, 2010 Thanks Jack. While these practices may or may not make you economically wealthier, they will most certainly bring you a wealth of even greater value. why is everyone smiling?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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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Terry Starbucker

JULY 19, 2015

Note: This is the 4rd installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership”. . It was a marker I could meaningfully connect to a higher purpose of employee happiness -one of the key principles of More Human Leadership. Failing the Supermarket Test. Making the Connection.

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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! nissim ziv presents What are the Qualities of a Good Leader?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Howard Schultz is known to show-up at various Starbucks locations and stand in line to order a coffee to measure the quality of his experience. Richard Branson is a frequent passenger on Virgin flights.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 1, 2009

A great example of enduring leadership was Samuel Adams , one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A recent IBD article illustrates the important qualities of strength and courage that helped Adams not only endure but also succeed: “Samuel Adams’ success came from his willingness to work tirelessly for the cause of liberty.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

These salespeople lacked the qualities I describe as heart and soul. – Michael Lee Stallard helps leaders at organizations such as General Electric, Google, Johnson & Johnson, NASA and Yale-New Haven Hospital boost productivity, innovation and overall performance. No “hello, my name is X, may I help you?” I appreciate it.

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