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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

That was the approach of a national media organization with their January 2nd leading headline story: “If you thought 2022 was bad, wait until you see what 2023 has in store for the economy.” Great leaders build great organizations that quickly adjust to “ black swan events.” They expect the unexpected and swivel to meet it.

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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

It is the ability to stay mentally focused on achieving the mission at hand, regardless of circumstances, that will help you take your organization to that next level. 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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15 Key Lessons On Managing Change

QAspire

With rapid globalization and advent of technology, the rate of change in society and in organizations has just multiplied. Every change has its settling time and that depends on you/your organization/your context. internal re-organizations, initiative to change etc.) Change eliminates (on a long run) those who don’t adapt.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

While it is clearly not necessary for an executive to have military experience to be an effective leader, I would submit that today’s business leaders would do well to possess the characteristics of a warrior in their pursuit to become better leaders and to build better organizations.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When an organization stops learning they begin dying. it is also an illusion to think that the higher you go in an organization the more control you have hence the decisions should be somehow easier. link] Elllen Weber Wow – Mike, thanks for the way you weave the parts together with such agility. Great insights Susan.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2014

Leading Blog

We must be creative and innovative in our organizations but perhaps more importantly, in working on ourselves. Learn or Die : Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization by Edward D. Learn or Die : Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization by Edward D. A S LEADERS we must learn and grow.

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Why Higher Ed and Business Need to Work Together

Harvard Business Review

Industry and academic leaders revealed that the very skills needed for workforce success are the same skills graduating students lack — such as analysis and problem solving, collaboration and teamwork, business-context communication, and flexibility, agility, and adaptability.