N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

While subjecting yourself to the rigor of discipline is not easy, it is essential if you want to maximize your effectiveness as a leader. Are you disciplined in all facets of your life or just those which come more easily to you? The good news for those willing to do the work is you can have your cake and eat it too.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

The following list is verbatim from one of those sessions and is representative of what I’ve been hearing in all of them: angry anxious anxious, flustered frustrated upset confused understanding a bit anxious disappointed. Without mitigation, all of that can leave you and your team members in a state of chronic fight or flight.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Here’s what it was about. “In elds, Mrs. Sanders has for 16 years taught seniors in her history class at Hartsville High how to eat a proper Thanksgiving meal.”. If you’re a leader, you can learn from great teachers. And I was there during what I’m convinced was the Golden Age of New York City public education.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 13, 2021

What I have heard is a lot of comments like, “Our culture depends on people being in the office so they need to get back here as soon as possible.” Is it because it’s what’s best for them and the company or is it because it’s what easiest and most comfortable for you? I find that interesting on a number of levels.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape. More and more keeps coming at you. And yet the U.S.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape. More and more keeps coming at you. And yet the U.S.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

At the beginning of the call, the first thing he said was, “I’ve got to ask you a question. He’s not alone; I’m not alone and neither are you. So, that raises a practical question – what do you do when you feel exhausted? Last night, as we sat by the fire pit, I asked her to go over with me what she’d done.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

(In that sense I’m not sure it’s good to read just before drifting off.) The stories—a collection or repurposed blog posts —are meant to be pondered. To this end, he dedicates the book to “all those managers who eat the scrambled eggs to help their organization work like a cow.” Management is not eating the eggs.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

So, I’ve always been skeptical of articles with titles like “What Eight Incredibly Successful People Do Before Breakfast” or “The Six Things You Must Do to Succeed.”. Most people, for example, are more productive and less likely to gain weight if they eat breakfast. Number one, I eat more during the day.

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape. More and more keeps coming at you. And yet the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

You see, any of the traits identified in the 98 other answers absent character and integrity will eventually lead to some type of disconnect or debacle.

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. Some decisions are minor, like what to eat, which route to drive to work, or in what order to tackle tasks. Read more >> Your days are filled with a constant stream of decisions.

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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. Kevin responded to that comment by saying he doesn’t read for gender, he reads for content.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 28, 2021

You want to accelerate your development as a leader in your organization and think having a mentor to guide you could be a really good thing. You may be right about that but it can often be hard to find a good mentor. If that’s the case for you, what are your options? So, first, what’s the difference?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 7, 2018

I suggest you start by changing yourself first. Change your breakfast menu if you eat the same thing every morning. Change your breakfast menu if you eat the same thing every morning. A friend once shared the story of his grandfather eating the same breakfast of oatmeal and stewed prunes for decades.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s a reason the late, great Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The chance that whatever you end up randomly getting is going to support your strategy is somewhere between slim and none. As with most things in life, it depends on what you’re trying to do. Behaviors lead to outcomes.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

You Are What You Eat … And What You Read. As we ease into a new year, I find myself—maybe like you—considering what I want to do with the next 12 months. Like reading. Last year I read more than 100 books. Reading, I learned at an early age, is good for the soul.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

When New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff changed his life by transforming his overthinking, he wondered if other people might benefit from what he discovered. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. percent said, "Yes!"

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

If you haven’t already done so, you must read the front page article by Alexei Barrionuevo in the New York Times on how the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the copper mine have organized themselves to survive.   You’ve probably heard the story by now, but, in case you haven’t, here’s the quick recap.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This means taking time to exercise, eat well, get enough sleep, and engage in activities that bring them joy and relaxation. Learn to delegate: As a leader, it’s easy to feel like you need to do everything yourself in order to ensure that it’s done right. Seek support: Leaders don’t have to go it alone.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2019

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey. A wonderful old fable I had read and love to talk about is of the Monk, the cow, and the cliff. You are most welcome to spend the night,” said the father. You know, we used to have a cow.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 14, 2017

There are hundreds of books that promise the perfect map for losing weight, if only you follow the path they lay out for you. There are hundreds of books that promise the perfect map for losing weight, if only you follow the path they lay out for you. Many of these roads will lead you to your goal if you follow them.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

To that end, Bruce Daisley, a former VP at Twitter, offers 30 hacks for bringing joy to your job in Eat Sleep Work Repeat. To that end, Bruce Daisley, a former VP at Twitter, offers 30 hacks for bringing joy to your job in Eat Sleep Work Repeat. Set up microboundaries to make technology work for you. Not all of it is bad.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Your year just started and you’re probably already behind on your “you think we’re good now, but soon we’ll be great” BHAG ( thank you, Jim Collins, for introducing the world to Big Hairy Audacious Goals ). You promised yourself and your team that this would be “the year” and now you have to deliver. Marginal Adjustments.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 27, 2018

Those who were not making what they sold were most often looking at their phones – absorbed in a movie or chatting. And many of the tourists were doing the same while walking or eating dinner. I am increasingly thinking screen time is making us dumber (except of course reading this blog). China has come a long way.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Unfortunately, we tend to stick to our habits, and they aren’t always what we need to be doing. You might have seen many articles recently about the importance of having a morning ritual. And you should believe in them. There are many things that you can add, such as meditation, a walk, a bit of reading, a shower, or else.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape. More and more keeps coming at you. And yet the U.S.

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QAspire

JULY 23, 2017

I am a big fan of taking small, daily steps in the direction where your energy takes you. I started this blog 11 years back with very insignificant posts that no one read. This blog has a life of its own. My biggest lesson in learning is: It doesn’t matter what you wish to do. But how does that matter?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 7, 2020

You will be better able to support your team and model resiliency if you can acknowledge and manage your own stress and anxiety. You will be better able to support your team and model resiliency if you can acknowledge and manage your own stress and anxiety. Meet people where they are, not where you want them to be.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Like me, you may have noticed that time goes by both quickly and slowly during the pandemic. On the other hand, while the weeks seem to go by fast, any given day can feel slow as I operate in a constrained physical domain while connecting with others through technology in the (what is it now?) What’s my purpose?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

See if you can relate! Bet you have been there too! . So the question becomes: of what of this can I control? I can learn how to eat with chopsticks. Who knows what lurks around the bend. Why not ask for what wonderful surprises there might be. I had to call back and apologize.). Ask for help. He’s right.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2016

There are two ways to participate…either submit a blog post on the topic, or your 1-2 sentence answer to the question. Saturdays and Sundays are reserved for other healthy pursuits like fellowship with her husband and friends, exercise, church, reading, etc. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 15, 2019

If you want to emulate the most successful leaders, the best way is to adopt their habits and apply them consistently. Here are seven of the most important: Read daily. Here are seven of the most important: Read daily. A successful leader knows the benefits of setting aside a time to read every day. Meditate regularly.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

.” ~ Arianna Huffington A hectic work schedule, increased responsibility, new technology, and the need to read and respond to a daily deluge of email and voicemail place huge demands on your work life. With all this pressure, you might feel as if your work is a prison that you can never escape. And yet the U.S.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 3, 2019

It’s not about what we want. It’s about what we are doing. In other words, our 2019 will be just like our 2018 unless we exert a force to change our direction that is greater than comfort we enjoy by continuing to do what we have always done producing the same results again and again. Our intentions mean nothing.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 16, 2017

Whether it’s writing a blog like this one or writing a book, a leader who writes down his thoughts is able to touch more lives. While I don’t doubt your days are packed, I know you can still find time to create a consistent writing habit. 5:30PM – Arrive home and eat dinner with my wife. I know I do.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

How fast do you answer emails and texts? Are you known for being responsive to interruptions or quick to weigh in on social media? Do you make it a point to hold time on your calendar every week to read, meet someone new, or just think? He looked at the class and asked, “What’s the point of this illustration?”

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