N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence , machine learning, and the Internet of Things, have significantly changed how we live and work. Businesses now have powerful tools and technologies to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and deliver customer value.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Management is a disciplinary process while leadership is an aspirational intention.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 10, 2018

W HY DO SOME careers stall while others flourish? The careers of one-half to two-thirds of managers and leaders will derail. “At At some point, over half of us will get fired or demoted—or our careers will flat-line, and we won’t reach our innate potential. s resist learning new experiences. I’ve got this.”

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Career development is not the responsibility of your manager. The manager is liable for your output. These 9 career-boosting steps you can take today and in the coming months will boost your career. Consider what you do on a daily basis. What did you do? How well did you do it? Do it again.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

What can you do to become bulletproof? I believe we humans will need to excel at doing something valuable that the technology itself will not be able to do well. I believe we humans will need to excel at doing something valuable that the technology itself will not be able to do well.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health? Author Nigel Cassidy / Photography Fabio De Paola Some people say the problem with the NHS is too many managers. Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. As much as anything, this is a management story.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command. When McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

That Wasn’t a Compliment Early in my (David’s) career, I worked in a very culturally diverse organization. We’ve had many leaders, managers and clients around the world approach us with different cross cultural leadership challenges including: “In my culture, we need sound and music to do our best, but my office is silent as a graveyard.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? How do I gain better influence and connection. How do I gain better influence and connection. 3 Reasons Your Team Might Not Like You (and What to Do Next).

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

So, how do you gain respect, when your team’s just not there? “What do I do if I’m sure my team doesn’t like me? How do I gain their respect?” Here are three common reasons you could be losing influence (and what to do to regain respect and the impact you need).

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Why do some leaders “have a seat at the table,” and some feel they are struggling to bring others along? For a large majority of leaders, the struggle to have influence and impact comes from things that you can manage and change. They may be doing the job mostly right, or they may be doing what their job description says.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Generation Why : How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z by Karl Moore Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. Alarmed managers are responding with harsh top-down edicts, layoffs, surveillance and mandatory meetings.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. So how do you teach and encourage resourcefulness in your leaders and on your team? “Who is doing this well?

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

Master these important leadership skills and you’ll build a foundation for success throughout your career. If you’re responsible for training or building leaders in your organization, how can you ensure that they learn and practice these skills? Time management. So how do you master time management? Mind the MIT.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Given not all CHROs are created equal, how do you differentiate from those who simply sit in the chair versus those who set the chinning bar for the future of the role.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

High-performance leaders operate with a growth mindset and are great communicators. A growth mindset means they operate with: 1. The reason they do this is high-performance leaders understand that their number one goal is to create more high-performance leaders so they can move up to their next position and create more value.

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Art Petty

JULY 31, 2023

In the world of unnatural career acts, shifting from contributor to manager is at the top of the difficulty list. Here are five things you can do as a manager of new(er) managers to help them take off successfully.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Guest post by Sean McPheat : With more and more graduates finding themselves in a managerial role fresh out of university, it’s interesting to analyse the way that young managers are able to manage and interact with their older team members. Steer clear of any “Big Boss” talk. Get to know your team as individuals.

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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. So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’re changing jobs more than ever and pursuing multiple careers and projects simultaneously. Take a moment to consider how many jobs you’ve had and how many careers you’re yet to embark upon? The ability to adapt and thrive at work, also known as your adaptability quotient, demands continuous learning and cultivation.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Startup Myths and Models : What You Won't Learn in Business School by Rizwan Virk.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Whenever anyone asks me what leadership lessons I wished I’d learned sooner, I always have the same response. ” This goes beyond, “having a best friend at work,” (which according to Gallup only 30% of us have— which is too bad— since those who do are more engaged and productive). What would add? An Encourager.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. The first part of speaking effectively in difficult conversations is learning to speak from a place of ownership. These people also recognize that they will always have more to learn about a situation.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success. “Companies in which leaders at every level nurture a culture where employees can develop a sense of ownership in what they do are the companies that excel.” Effective leaders know how to achieve operational excellence, and they embrace continuous improvement.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Do you see me? People want to feel proud of both the work they do and the cause(s) they serve. Instead, people want to know that the way their organizations operate is ethical. Leaders who do this respect others’ dignity. Do you see me? “Do Do you see me?” It implies: Do I matter to you?

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result. Seduced by a Management Fad” fallacy.

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CoachStation

MAY 19, 2020

This has been triggered by the recent Covid-19 environment, improvements in technology, recognised cost-savings and manager/employee attitudes. Remote management adds significantly to the requirement for effective leadership. This influences how managers operate and continue to develop new skills within the modern work environment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success , I spoke about the importance of hiring people with common sense and good critical judgment because at some point, you want them to violate policy when it is in the company’s best interest to do so. I also believed I would not have a job the next day for doing it. I ordered the recall.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Steve writes: “ Leaders and great managers are keenly aware how to motivate and bring out the best in others, regardless of their experience. Karin and David share: “ You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Bernd Geropp provided How I learned to delegate.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 12-Week MBA offers an alternative way to learn business essentials by focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as both a manager and a business leader. Billhardt and Kracklauer : Learning is fundamentally a social activity.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 24, 2018

This article was originally published by Vital Learning. Managing a multigenerational workforce can be quite the task for business leaders. Finding a balance between these generations in the workplace can be a daunting challenge for some managers. Here are some tips to do just that.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a manager, taking the time to learn and understand how you can become a great leader can aid in improving your team’s success and engagement rate. To effectively do this as a manager, you need to take a step back and comprehend your strengths, weaknesses, and motivations as far as being a leader is concerned.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 10, 2011

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. I’m sorry to report, however, that the magical career fairy is a figment of your imagination. And the career fairy won’t just tap you and make it all happen.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

When we made errors in judgement, it’s important to learn from that experience. There are plenty of new habits to build and new skills to learn. Take the time to introduce yourself and learn what your people are working on. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 9, 2019

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. Simons’ team defines behavioral integrity as “managers keeping their promises and demonstrating espoused values.” Those customer behaviors generate higher profits.

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