N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2016

Yes, I did it the old fashioned way — I bought books and read them. It’s laughable by today’s standards, but, back in 1988, I spent countless hours in the New York City Library doing the research needed to complete my first book…and, it was that first book that launched my career.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. only to fail in miserable fashion. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Instead, we focused on our brand and how to flip the script on growing a business. We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business. The idea of curated customer experiences was something that had to be taught, and we chose candidates who wanted to learn and improve their careers.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 8, 2014

She went to the books to study on how to get rid of them, but after trying the techniques, the dandelions were still there. Some recommended new methods, some old-fashioned remedies. The people in our lives who have planted themselves firmly and constantly threaten to disrupt our lives and leadership? Now she was getting angry.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Ironically, a large number of them are written by individuals with little career success other than writing about career success). With that I picked up Clayton Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Lif e. He then extrapolates the theory into the personal arena is surprising and enlightening fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 29, 2016

T oday’s Answers From Leadership podcast guest is Colleen Hammond. Is there a leadership failure that you could share with us? Leadership can sometimes be lonely – @ColleenMHammond Click To Tweet. What’s a leadership success you’ve had? Not so much fashion, but their image.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Building our curiosity muscle is essential because it will aid in the efficiency of leadership, enables continual learning, and because it’s a sought after skill by employers. Like any muscle, to strengthen it, you must activate and exercise it.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 31, 2018

In uncharacteristic fashion, Lynne did not try to diagnose or fix a problem. Learning how to learn is a lifelong process. Her previous career roles have included: clinical nurse specialist, sales manager, start-up entrepreneur, family-business owner, CEO, and president of a healthcare and library board.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

On with the inteview… Mike Myatt : How would you describe your business and what do you do? Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. My business has 3 primary aspects: I write, speak and coach.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

That’s one reason I was interested to talk with Leo Tilman and General Charles Jacoby, who co-wrote a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption. General Charles Jacoby is a military leader whose career culminated as four-star Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

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. You have a book that teaches creativity, one that teaches how to test and validate those ideas, and now this one which is unique. Indra Nooyi.

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HR Digest

JULY 11, 2019

Here’s how to use action verbs on your resume to give potential employers a preview of your expertise. How to Use Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions. How to write accomplishment statements in your resume? Pioneered ‘College & Career Night.’. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. Sample Action Verbs Statements.

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 17, 2010 Do and Grow Rich First a holiday coupon for my readers. One of the major principles highlighted is that successful individuals perform planning regularly in an organized fashion. I like to know more about your career change. In practice, I think doing helps. Happy holidays.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 26, 2015

Over the past decade or so, there have been numerous studies and books that have helped us to better appreciate the emotional nature of successful leadership, a fact that has helped to bring about a transformation in leadership attitudes from the old command-and-control approach to one that’s more outward-focused and collaborative.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The purpose of servant leadership, according to Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., In an interview with The HR Digest, Wilson-Thompson talks about her personal leadership style and the power of harnessing the digital transformation of COVID-19 era.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 21, 2013

These two findings reveal how men are more likely to make career decisions based mostly on their ability to do work that provides a sense of meaning, compared to women who tend to take into consideration personal/family responsibilities when making decisions about their career path.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Ultimately, by holding yourself to the highest standards of character, you enable your employees the free will to make whatever decision that’s in their best interest, whether such a decision involves recommitting to you and the organization or even deciding to move on in their careers. The Ten Elements of Positive Performance Management.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. So the question then becomes how to effectively deal with conflict when it arises.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Yet there’s been nothing traditional in sales for the past 15 years thanks, in part, to women making it a successful career path. When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

This edition features insights on the softer aspects of leading others and why they are so important and on how streams are changing the way we lead and learn. This note sums up the underlying philosophy of management and leadership. The key however is to know, how to earn these things. The Philosophy of Management.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

This adds to the likelihood that change will be executed in a fashion that simply doesn’t work for the employee. While much has been written on change management, what follows will focus on how to maintain a sense of certainty and how to allow employees to assign personal significance and meaning to change taking place.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip. Michelle said: RT @mikehenrysr: RT @mikemyatt Workplace Gossip [link] #LeadChange [.]

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. How do you want to be recognized and what do you want to be remembered for?

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

He’s also the publisher of BiblicalLeadership.com and wrote Leading From The Lions’ Den: Leadership Lessons From Every Book Of The Bible. Tom recently released Through Colored Glasses: How Great Leaders Reveal Reality. I think fiction is an underutilized tool in today’s leadership literature. Click To Tweet.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Yet, it is not easy if you don’t know how to craft a pitch that is tailored perfectly to meet the needs of the show. Related posts: Learn How to Pitch the Media Correctly, without Upsetting Prospective Contacts Publicity is more credible than advertising because it isn’t paid.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 30, 2011

Early in my career I worked for a company where the CEO loved to have meetings. Bad meetings are not only a productivity drain, but they also can cause a decline in morale and a lack of confidence in leadership. If leadership doesn’t adhere to this standard then it will be impossible for the rest of the company to do so.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Dress I’m not a fashion consultant — but I do know good choices of clothing and bad ones. How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail. How To Survive In A High Performance Workplace. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. How To Make Wonderful Mistakes. Next post: Creating A Life Plan. Smile or Die!

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Sometimes people engage in plain old-fashioned bad behavior. Sometimes people in leadership think that constant tinkering with an organization’s structure is the way to fix any issues. When those who know how to play the game can work the system to get undeserved promotions, it builds resentment and decreases respect.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Thanks in advance… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Experience, while a great teacher, can nonetheless result in a very costly education that rarely occurs in a timely fashion. learning » Leadership thinking [.] managing the CEO-Board relationship [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

In Covey’s classic illustration below, you’ll find a simple chart to use as your guide. Another part of the art and science of delegation is understanding how to effectively delegate to others in a fashion that sets them up for success and not failure.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share some thoughts on how to make sure the lunatics don’t gain control of the asylum… Let’s begin by defining “Crazy.&# If you’re a CEO who doesn’t leverage conflict for team building and leadership development purposes you’re missing a great opportunity.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors? Many things in the church world do cross over.

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