N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

What we’re experiencing today is too much form over substance – leaders lacking in foundation, but replete with social/political savvy. In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2023

She spent over 30 years at Mars Inc before retiring in 2021 to focus on building her non-executive career with companies such as LEGO and Marks & Spencer. This week, you can get to know Fiona Apio-Matanda CMgr , who arrived in the UK with £20 in her pocket as a political refugee. Reserve your spot here.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

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. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

As much as it may be politically incorrect to say so, it’s not nearly as much about the team, as it is the leader’s ability to assemble and lead the team. In thinking of your example of sports teams, for example, is it possible that leaders can emerge at different times, for different purposes or tasks? I Think Not.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! Jane Perdue of the Braithwaite Innovation Group contributed How To Involve The Right People In The Right Way. Leadership will play an increasingly important role in how political and corporate leaders will tackle these competitive forces.”

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 14, 2022

The researchers argue that their findings are important because we live in an age where perceived threats to traditional masculinity are a hot topic of political and cultural debate. This behavior could include stealing, cheating, or even simply failing to help and support colleagues on team-based efforts. ” Toxic masculinity.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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.&# Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

To maximize your career progress, you need answers to three questions that focus on upward mobility — the answers to which are elusive in the vast majority of organizations. How does one navigate the “political thicket” in the company to get things done at the senior level?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Align with similar initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Across the economic spectrum — whether business, law, sports, politics, academia or religion — women represent less than 20% of the leaders in the U.S., Black women are toiling in middle management and that is usually the height of their career.". Professional black women make up only 1% of U.S.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. In other cases, they never learned these fundamentals or mastered them earlier in their career.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

So I have a question for you, and I want you to be brutally honest with your answer - when you hear the word “ coach &# used outside the world of sports, what’s your gut reaction? Thanks Mark Oakes Excellent post, Mike Throughout my career the best mentors I've had never viewed themselves as such.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Politics are a common presence in most workplaces, but these relationships don’t emerge equally. For female workers, their career progression remained the same regardless of the gender of their boss. Indeed, the research suggests that this may account for roughly a third of the gender gap in terms of promotions. Equal workplaces.

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