N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels. Time to Results: As the saying goes, speed kills.

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Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2017

You need to build a coalition and develop the managerial skills required to maintain forward movement. There is the Let’s-Be-Careful Traditionalist , the Cross-That-Bridge-When-We-Come-to-It Adjuster , the Push-the-Envelope Developer , and the Tear-the-Envelope Revolutionary. It requires a campaign of pragmatic leadership.

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Resistance Motivation Micromanagement Self-aware 190

The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. We often discuss how very smart leaders with deep technical expertise frequently direct rather than develop others. Their team members call this micromanagement.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Goleman Crisis 59

QAspire

AUGUST 30, 2015

The ability to do public problem solving through cooperative work. The key to navigate through uncertainty is to focus inwards on developing agility in skills, learning and mindset – all of which are completely in our control.

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Skills Library Succession Agility 70

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

To succeed, a leader must learn to balance their relationships, time, strategic efforts and personal development. Not only does it provide tools and resources for those transitioning into a leadership role, it also includes development strategies for management teams who are overseeing the growth of new leaders. Leaders are developed!

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Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

While working as a director of learning and organization development at Google, eBay and J.P. So how can we develop resilience and stay motivated in the face of chronic negative stress and constantly increasing demands, complexity and change? Develop mental agility.

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Stress Agility Globalization Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8