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?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. It is more critical than ever in today’ economic climate that leadership development be a top priority for CEOs who want to build a thriving enterprise moving forward. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. Place ad in an unusual venue, attend a political events, support a new cultural organization, or even be friendly at the Health Club.

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

And since people ultimately make all the difference, your operating model should define how you manage the assignments and career paths for your difference-making talent. And finally, does the operating model support the company’s strategic mission with the right combination of people, process, technology, and tools?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

“Recognize that people do draw some impressions about you pretty quickly,” says Karen Dillon, coauthor of Competing Against Luck and the HBR Guide to Office Politics. Finding common ground over family, a favorite sports team, or a shared extracurricular activity can be a great ice breaker. ” Dillon agrees.

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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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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data. Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics. by Thomas H.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It is adapted and reprinted with permission from Career Press, an imprint of RedWheel/Weiser. We have technology to potentially alleviate the time pressure, yet that same technology can also be part of the problem. The latest, greatest powerful technologies have contributed to our feeling increasingly powerless.”

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