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. Thanks in advance for sharing… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] It was C.S. link] Ovidiu What a GREAT article!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Believe me Mike, we must create a environment for any things and we have always some limitations. 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. Thank you for your post Mike. link] ATIG Have a wonderful Christmas.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

One of a leader’s most important functions is to create an environment where trust and loyalty are the rule and not the exception. In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Image source “Most organizations have far too little conflict,” Pat Lencioni at the 2011 World Business Forum. Friction between individuals based on personalities, backstabbing, and gossip stifles organizations, hinders productivity, and creates negative work environments. They never innovate. Solve it quickly.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

At best, leadership development is a fun day out, at worst it is a gut wrenching, annoying exercise that leaves you cringing as someone teaches you to suck eggs. In today’s environment, employees have to deal with complexity and ambiguity at a much higher rate than before. In neither case does it make you into a leader.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 14, 2013

How controlling is the environment in which you lead? I’ve previously written about controlling leadership. And I shared some results of controlling leadership HERE. In a controlling environment, an idea can flourish only if there are systems to support the idea. How would you discern a controlling environment?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 29, 2013

This post is from 2011. I think we all know that in today’s economy, our ability to be flexible, creative and innovative is key to our present and future success. The question is, as leaders, how do we invite innovation and creative thinking into our workplaces? No monkeying around here. =. It goes something like this.

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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. OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The Individual Initiated, Knowledge and Skills Controlled Environment represents a culture that is moving toward greater consistency in action if not action initiation. Thus, these organizations gain a limited amount of increased consistency while still maintaining a high level of innovation and flexibility. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Innovation is the introduction of new things or methods and is the life blood of business today. Innovative companies realize remarkable marketplace rewards. The Business of Innovation is a five part series created by CNBC in association with IBM. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. In renewing their values this year we hit a speed bump.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Guest post by Mark Royal and Tom Agnew, from Hay Group , regular contributors to Great Leadership: The term “doing more with less” is being used increasingly liberally by organizations today. How can leaders create a more enabling environment to increase productivity? The real answer lies in employee enablement. Identify support gaps.

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CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. In renewing their values this year we hit a speed bump.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

It is a great example of leadership and it will make you smile from ear to ear. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). This is not leadership – its fun – its cute – its an ad. Alberto Dotras from Spain suggested that we all watch this clip.

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CO2

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! They discuss three different ways organizations experience innovation.

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CO2

OCTOBER 16, 2010

via Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2011

.” Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) Iconoclastic Victorian author You just finished reading Leadership Inspirations - Doing Great Work ! If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Creativity and innovation depend on it! Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Ricky, yes.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Please share in comments… About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Please share in comments… About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

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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. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

They would take the position that gossip is just part of human nature, and that gossip will always exist in any type of environment where social dynamics are present. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others.

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CO2

OCTOBER 16, 2010

via Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2011

“It is my desire to inspire people of all ages and social demographics to think about leadership on a broad level, contemplate what it means to them and what individual impact they can have when it comes to leading,&# says Nohria. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 8, 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. Security : Does the person feel secure in their work environment, mentally and physically? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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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

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Most Valuable Question? Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell Reply Kevin Eikenberry September 22, 2010 at 9:24 am Thank you Dan – for starting such a great conversation. Nicely done.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday by Kevin Eikenberry on September 27, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning In the course of your day as a leader you are faced with many decisions. Decide to engage.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I introduced Jim to Great Leadership readers a few weeks ago with a post called "A Four-wheel-drive Diamond in the Rough Leadership Model". Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. In this second installment, Jim offers his take on the difference between managers and leaders. Approaches?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary.

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CO2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Many leaders especially into days economic environment are forced to try to get done more with less. When I speak on the subject of Just Ask Leadership , I find it difficult to find iconic leaders who use a Question based approach to leadership, perhaps because it does not have the drama of other forms of leadership.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 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. Team Building & Leadership program w/ University at Buffalo NY Women’s Soccer Club. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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CO2

JULY 12, 2010

To take the assessment please go to Just Ask Leadership. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Gary Cohen on right) Steve Boehlke presented his views on leadership yesterday at CO2 Partners, eat the book Leadership Series. Gary Cohen on right) Steve Boehlke presented his views on leadership yesterday at CO2 Partners, eat the book Leadership Series.

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