N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: Starting From What Is » Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience September 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus This is a more personal post than I usually write. The biggest challenge I experienced was that of letting go of my own resistance to accepting that I had something to learn.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

If a leader assumes their formal authority and position are sufficient to lead, they will quickly run into resistance. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. That means less time to think about developing your people. Relationship building is important for everyone.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The iconic Cow “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign developed from an idea by David Ring of The Richards Group. They have resisted the urge to gussie it up, to change it, to get rid of it, or to do the wrong thing with it.”. Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It was early in my career. I depended on the operators in our computer facility to do what I needed, when I asked them to. He asked me to present a particularly touchy employee relations topic to the operators because I had such a good relationship with them. She said she had never really thought about it that way.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Here is just a small sample of how James’s insights have helped me in my career: “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”. As we progress through our careers, keeping a truly open mind becomes increasingly difficult. Resisting multi-tasking is an everyday challenge.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 4, 2019

Resistance to change. The study reports, “We found that companies with the combined impact of all three exponential engagement factors can generate operating margins three times higher than companies with low engagement, and nearly two times higher than companies with high engagement alone.” Rising absenteeism.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Specialists beat generalists – always have, always will.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Beating distractions and resistance by engaging in activities that are immersive for me and add value – to the self as well as the outer world. External conditions may not always be in our control but how we respond to them, learn from those experiences and adapt to create value is in our control.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

But if that lack of self-confidence persists, an employee can become resistant, defensive, and ultimately unmanageable. Maybe I should switch careers.”. Each “salvage” operation follows the 5-C Model : Commit or Quit, Communicate, Clarify Goals and Roles, Coach, and Create Accountability. It’s just never going to get done.”

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 13, 2021

But although it’s important to be driven, motivated, and to have the right level of work ethic in order to thrive and excel at your career of choice, excessive stress is potentially deeply damaging, both in a personal and professional context. Get the right tools for the job, that can help you to streamline your operation.

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ReImagine Work

APRIL 16, 2015

It was early in my career. I depended on the operators in our computer facility to do what I needed, when I asked them to. He asked me to present a particularly touchy employee relations topic to the operators because I had such a good relationship with them. She said she had never really thought about it that way.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Several years ago I led a professional development workshop for the alumni association of my alma mater. Biologically ironic to our human nature, most people adamantly resist change. Change can also offer an enormous amount of benefits, like growth in a career, innovation for the future, and discovering new possibilities in life.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.” – Rainer Maria Rilke Beating distractions and resistance by engaging in activities that are immersive for me and add value – to the self as well as the outer world.

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CoachStation

MAY 19, 2020

This influences how managers operate and continue to develop new skills within the modern work environment. Many managers resisted the opportunity, taking the view that, “if I can’t see you, I don’t trust you!” There are many potential benefits. Back then, remote working or teleworking, was very new.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

It’s not worth stressing over if it gets in the way of developing the great relationships you need to get work done well. Stop striving and resisting. The effort it takes to strive and resist keeps us from seeing the people right in front of us who can help. What are you pushing uphill against?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Being a successful entrepreneur does not come easily because learning to operate a successful company takes long. For instance, during his career, Bill Gates read a book every week. You will experience more flow than resistance after defining your actual objectives, allowing you to work more successfully and effectively.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 15, 2015

Not long after this revelation, I was asked to work with Harry, the chief operating officer of a large consulting firm. This development rattled the CEO, hence the call to me to coach Harry. In my younger days, I would have overlooked Harry’s resistance.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 28, 2014

One of these conversations lead to a discussion about how leaders who want to push for change can deal with those above them who operate from the command-and-control style of leadership – in other words, those that subscribe to the overtly-controlling it’s my way or you’re out approach.

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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? I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

To trust means we believe the other person will behave and/or operate in good faith. We must assume a protective stance for all within our network and resist the temptation to gossip, defame, or throw people under the bus. To trust means we believe the other person has done the best he/she could. Communication. Communication.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

They resist at all costs letting that dreaded public display of compassion slip out. People’s resistance to display compassion, other than to family and friends, is what makes it so complex. Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? What do you think? Alex Good One!

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

1 This feeling of incongruity can be deeply unsettling, for example, when men set off explosives at a marathon race or open fire in a movie theater; that is not how our world is supposed to operate. July 6, 2009), Career Development International , 14(6), 508-533. 1 Heine, S.J., Proulx, T., & Vohs, K.D., 2, 88–110.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 5, 2010

Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. Is it possible you are resisting for the same reasons? Sure, there might be some resistance as you change to incorporating more inquiry into your leadership style.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously. Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. That’s what separates I think from ordinary and extraordinary leaders.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. It is a new, more advanced way of studying environments, making decisions, building cultures, and operating on a day-to-day basis. Leo Tilman is the founder of Tilman & Company, Inc.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Through observation, we can develop a sense of mindfulness that can help to inform and shape our understanding about a particular situation or process. In the face of prevailing uncertainty, it might sound odd to encourage that we build or nurture ‘sloppiness’ into how we operate. But as we can see from the lessons Dr.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Without an accurate idea of the status quo, one can never truly develop a new roadmap to their hopeful and anticipated future. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thank you for the reminder!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

If you resist, they will go on to the next warm body. What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? I stated that I wasn’t interested in his projects and needed to end the call. People who hound and use you in business are out for whatever they can get, from whomever they can get it.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

September 20th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Every now and then, I have the pleasure of seeing how my education and early career as a bench biologist can have some connection with the work I am now doing. Even seasoned leaders (and those who operate more from the head) seem to have difficulty with that one. I agree that balance is key.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize an ASP (Application Service Provider) solution or embark upon developing a custom application? Oh, and what about development methodology? Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. But manufacturing?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

The major benefits are: Self correction: People who are consistently coached well can develop the capacity to correct themselves, without you there. Can you imagine the day when they are no longer expecting you to figure stuff out for them because they’ve developed the capacity to do so themselves? Thanks for adding these thoughts!

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

As the head of a leadership assessment, development, and coaching firm, I spend a lot of time with successful executives talking about their work lives — and in the past few years, many of those conversations have centered on an increasingly popular, and increasingly idealized, imagined next step: the so-called “portfolio career.”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. we resist reflecting. As you reflect and practice new and better ways of interaction with others, what you’ve learned can be applied to developing healthier relationships.

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