N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

The terrain is treacherous and ever-shifting, from the rise of right-wing politics to conflicts spanning continents and through the quicksand of global crises, including housing, migration, and energy. Adapting to a World in Flux To be an effective leader in these turbulent times, one must be responsive and visionary.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." Are you efficient or effective, or do you know?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 1, 2020

But what if you could reframe your thinking and utilize the conflict, crisis, and change to start seeing possibility, collaboration, and innovation? Listen in as Susan Clarke and CrisMarie Campbell discuss how utilizing the potential energy from conflict, crisis, and change can be harnessed and used for transformation and driving innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. Smart leaders avoid make-work and focus their energy on high impact initiatives, which may include a needed restructuring.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Positive Attitude : To the one, the best leaders I’ve ever known all smile, listen, engage, have a positive outlook, and have a high energy level. I really enjoy reading your blog. It’s just not that hard to deliver on your promises, and if you have no intention of doing so, don’t make the commitment to begin with.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

CEOs tend to be most effective in their first few years, bringing new ideas, energy, and strategic direction to the organization. Over time, however, they may become entrenched in their ways, leading to a lack of innovation and agility.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy? Your insights are spot-on.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Notice energy, speed of speech and movements, tone of voice, and other nonverbal cues such as eye contact, body posture, facial expression. The energy in the room is palpable; it even feels hot. Johnson shares this insightful S-curve derived from research on innovation. I mean literally: state the facts that you can observe.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 2, 2024

Success often hinges on innovation and adaptability. Here’s how the 4-day workweek could be your company’s ticket to success and how this innovative approach can benefit both employees and the bottom line.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. I know I am still working on it.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. Sourcing Innovation Collaboratively. Larry Page at Google also did it.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Two years ago, as I sat down to write my first blog post, I found myself at a loss for where to start. As a focusing activity, I decided to write the purpose of my blog. I just published my first blog post” - and then I went to bed. Since then, I have written at least one blog post a week for the past two years.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2012

In The Idea Factory , author Jon Gertner brings back to life not only the story of Bell Telephone Laboratories through the people that worked there, but the story of innovation—how it happens, why it happens, and who makes it happen. It is a well told and fascinating story. (My

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. d Like to Have posted at Jesse lyn Stoner Blog. It’s much more effective to direct our creative energy by Brainsteering. Jesse Lyn Stoner presents Be the Boss You?d Mike Henry Sr. ” Bret L. .”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 2, 2021

The authors point out that present-forward thinking innovation at most organizations is mostly incremental improvements to what they are already doing. These needed capabilities become your innovation portfolio. Set up an organizational model that protects breakthrough innovation teams from the countervailing influences of the core.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A powerful vision creates the will to make change happen and harnesses the energy that will be needed. The reality is that creativity in your career environment is derived from both the need to solve a problem and the desire to avoid or solve future problems (which often leads to innovation).

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust. Physical Wellbeing: You Have Energy to Get Things Done. People who are not “thriving in their lives are much more vulnerable and add risk to your organization.”.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. Blog Post ). instead of adversaries. Filled with strategies you will use again and again, The Good Fight is an essential field guide for leaders at all levels.

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CEO Blog

JUNE 8, 2011

I continue to blog at # WIF11. He is the author of The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks. His view is the increasing communication is changing the way innovation happens. Trends change the way innovation happens. He suggests planning to innovate. S.Kishnan was the first speaker.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Blog Post ). If we can recognize the patterns, we can improve our ability to sidestep the biological traps that can sabotage us—and use the energy that accompanies pressure to thrive. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). How did you react?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Thought leaders present their ideas in meetings, articles, books, journals, TED talks, blogs, and webinars. . a) Their ability to produce original and innovative ideas. . They bring optimism and energy to every interaction and meeting. . But all change, whether big or small, starts with an idea. . Inspirational Leaders.

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Career Advancement

MAY 10, 2021

“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” Take risks, stepping outside of your comfort zone and proposing innovative ideas that you feel could benefit the company. ” – Andrew Carnegie.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 17, 2014

Here’s what we mean when we say the pace of change and innovation is accelerating. This is what I read yesterday, from James Fallows, in his post on The Atlantic, A Better Battery — Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate and former secretary of energy, and Yi Cui, a celebrated battery researcher who works with Chu […].

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Lead from Within

MARCH 20, 2023

Lack of innovation : When a leader believes it is their job to do all the thinking when it comes to innovation, they cause stagnation. Additionally, their actions of being stuck in the nitty-gritty result in the company lacking in innovation.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At the same time, even though she’s only been there a few months, she’s already making a major impact in raising the bar for her team, prompting them to think and act in new ways and bringing a fresh energy to an organization that has been set in its ways and needs to innovate.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2014

This blog offers practical advice on leading change by discovering your authentic voice, finding your purpose, and empowering others to lead. Brian Sooy of Lead Change Group offers Positive Communication Leads to a Culture of Innovation. brings us How to Stop Burning Emotional Energy. Do you encourage innovation?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Culture Rules makes the case for why leaders should invest their time and energy on building culture and gives them three simple, actionable rules they must play by if they want to stay in the game and win! Most important, this book is not just another compilation of case studies. The result: mixed signals.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2010

Other good things that happened this week: Jurgen Noop from the Netherlands recognized my blog as one of the top leadership and management blogs. It was a tremendous group with great energy and intelligence. Many thanks, Jurgen! What wonderful people to get to know. I encourage you to check out their work.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day, and have greater mental resources at our disposal to do good work and live a meaningful life. The Bold Ones : Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable by Shawn Kanungo.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 9, 2022

Change the message of exhaustion into one of energy—the energy that fuels innovation and success. Lead from Within: The best leaders know it takes energy to be excited by change. Model resilience and agility and help your team understand that those qualities are directly linked to new opportunities and growth.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

We are pleased to congratulate Instigator Linda Freeman on receiving the Statewide Energy Innovator Award from ReThink Energy Florida. Kim Ross, President of ReThink Energy Florida, will present the award at that time. Linda and her team created model bicycle generators with a clean energy curriculum.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 22, 2014

John Hunter of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog shares that joy in work encompasses fun—that it is fun to take pride in what you do and help others. Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares Seven Stupid and Easy Things to Do to have a Better Day. Follow @wallybock. Take a look at Positivity and Joy in Work.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Chief Joy Officer : How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear by Richard Sheridan. Ninja Future : Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation by Gary Shapiro. Master Your Mind : Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain by Roger Seip and Robb Zbierski.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Create the Future + the Innovation Handbook : Tactics for Disruptive Thinking by Jeremy Gutsche. Create the Future teaches you how to think disruptively, providing specific steps to create real innovation and change. Create the Future is paired with a revised edition of Jeremy's award-winning innovation handbook, Exploiting Chaos.

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