Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 29, 2024

Embracing Change: The Power of Trust and Optimism in Leadership 4:03-5:36: Reflecting on his journey, Dan shares his unexpected path to leadership. 5:36-7:19: Dan dives into the essence of leadership and underlines the power of making people and situations better. It was shaped by personal challenges and a drive to make a difference.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

And now he’s written, Going on the Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation. Most companies pray for one innovation to skyrocket their growth. Dr. Behnam Tabrizi Tabrizi has whittled those qualities down into eight main drivers of perpetual innovation : Setting an Existential Purpose: Why Does Your Company Matter?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Innovation involves trying out new things, making improvements, and seeing what works in the market. Many CEOs, the top leaders of companies, often focus on short-term goals because that’s how they’re rewarded in their jobs. This can make it tough for company leaders to push for innovation.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 23, 2014

Did you ever wish you could find a way to tap into the collective wisdom of over 200 CEOs, and find the most powerful leadership lessons? He recently published the wonderful book “ Quick and Nimble; Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation. ”, which is drawn from over 200 of his Corner office interviews.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 24, 2020

Chuck Swoboda, the retired Chairman and CEO of Cree shares the mindset and beliefs that drive innovation in The Innovator’s Spirit: Discover the Mindset to Pursue the Impossible. Innovation is not a manageable process, but it is based on some beliefs and corresponding behaviors of which, he identifies twelve.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 4, 2024

In their search for innovative solutions, businesses actively seek a variety of unique ideas. Imagine a CEO asks all employees for suggestions on new software features. Employees enthusiastically share ideas like AI-powered automation, enhanced security features, and simplified user interfaces. Why does this happen?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

He was the CEO of one of the most innovative service companies on the planet. Innovative service leadership relies on the naturalness of valued relationships instead of “proper” dealings, artificial structures, and contrived pecking orders. He did not hesitate with his answer: “Trust!”. Trust Requires Honest Leaders.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2024

In Ask , he brings you a powerful method called The Ask Approach™, based on a simple premise: that tapping into what other people truly think, know, and feel is a game-changing superpower. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 17, 2023

While we often seem to portray CEOs as superheroes capable of doing it all, the reality is that they will inevitably have strengths and weaknesses. Research has demonstrated that a CEO’s integrity plays a pivotal role in maintaining employee loyalty and preventing issues such as fraud.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As an executive coaching professional who works with top executives in the world’s largest companies, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of coaching in shaping effective leaders. Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. We’ve never spent more on innovation, yet as many CEOs are starting to notice, the returns are diminishing, and the trend is down, not up.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2023

Dismissing a CEO has an obvious potential to disrupt any organization, so it’s generally not a decision that’s taken lightly. Research from Rutgers University highlights how the opinion of the workforce tends to be pretty influential in whether the CEO stays or goes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While it may seem intuitive to assume that power-hungry bosses are primarily motivated by power, but research from UNSW Business School suggests the matter is a bit more complex than that, and power-hungry bosses often have multiple motivations. That could be bad news for the organization. .

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CEO Insider

JUNE 1, 2023

From the global pandemic to inflation to an economic slowdown, they’ve had to find ways to innovate and thrive as consumer preferences change – which is faster than ever before.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 1, 2024

Episode 246: Megan Gluth-Bohan, CEO & Owner of TRInternational, Inc. Navigating Crisis with Resilience 03:22 Megan introduces her companies pivotal role in the global supply chain, highlighting the company’s commitment to innovation and resilience—a reflection of the human centered approach to business.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Nary a week passes where I don’t hear from a CEO who’s grappling with this social media conundrum: should I, or shouldn’t I? We have a social media practice at N2growth, I use social media, and all of the CEOs I coach are participating at some level in social media. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

D ISRUPTION is happening in even the most stalwart industries, leading business leaders scrambling to create a culture of innovation in their organizations. The techniques of improvisational comedy can provide important lessons for developing a innovation mindset. Those unexpected connections are what lead to innovation.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Good Power : Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World by Ginni Rometty Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty recounts in Good Power , her groundbreaking path from a challenging childhood to becoming the CEO of IBM and one of the world's most influential business leaders. The result: mixed signals.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

COVID-19 has taught business leaders the real power of expanding diversity in the C-suite. As such, women executives should position themselves for success in these new roles, from chief data officer, chief digital officer, and chief innovation officer to chief sustainability officer and chief transformation officer.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Those who follow my blog have an idea of how I’m spending my time as a retired CEO. Bottom line, I love the challenges of my CEO afterlife and I’m every bit as goal-oriented as I was thirty years ago. Looming retirement can be awfully daunting to a CEO, especially to those who define themselves by their job. Resourceful.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

When leaders expressed empathy for their team, it increased a team’s innovation and engagement, improved customer service, and helped them balance their home and work life. Because the need for empathy and human connection has increased in our chaotic world, the power of everyday empathic leadership has grown.

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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? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? What does a CEO really do anyway? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

For CEOs and executives, understanding when to embrace leadership and when to lean into management is crucial for success. The CEO’s Dilemma: Leader or Manager? For CEOs and business owners, the roles of leader and manager often intersect. Embracing Dual Roles: So, is the CEO a leader or a manager?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. times more likely to trust their leaders. “Our

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Leading Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Former IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty on the challenge of changing a culture: “When moments of reinvention arrive, innovating the how can be overlooked in favor of focusing on the what.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 22, 2014

” You may be familiar with the phrase “the power of now.” Author information JoAnn Corley JoAnn is the CEO & Founder of The Human Sphere, a holistic talent management consultancy. “I do believe that leading in the now is grounded in being aware of the opportunity to mold moments into successful futures.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We’re seeing more offsites, leadership training kickoffs, executive leadership workshops, and team innovation events. We’re noticing HOPE is powerful in leadership. We talk a lot about innovation, change, and small day-to-day micro innovations that lead to bigger, better company cultures.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2016

These interviews covered aspects of the innovation and change these futurists predict, to the timeline and ever-accelerating pace of this change, to suggestions about how the industry could cope with the change to come. In fact, the opposite may happen: the CEO could be the roadblock to the whole transformative process.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

For the last 20 years, and all around the world, we CEOs have invested untold millions into the question: “What does it take to have an engaged workplace culture?” We know how crucial it is to having talent who love working for us and who will offer discretionary effort and innovation. How to Be a Soul-Sucking CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 16, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Tough-Minded Ways to Innovate. One of my best mentors during my CEO years was my monthly Harvard Business Review. I can tell you, the articles’ principles helped guide me as a CEO and later as a strategy consultant. Innovative companies are led by innovative leaders. Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Succession showcases super-rich, but deeply flawed characters who struggle for power and seem to face an endless maze of existential conflict. That said the show has undeniable appeal because it allows us to live serendipitously the lives of rich, powerful, and famous business titans. Succession is one of the most popular shows on HBO.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With increasingly vast bodies of knowledge about experiences, one can see how business Intelligence, with enough computing power, became Artificial Intelligence. Which brings us back to those folks in the corporate driver’s seat — the CEO. CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. The second is to lead innovation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Keegan , CEO, Merchants Fleet One thing all great leaders have in common is that they understand that transformational growth doesn’t happen without a willingness to change. When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

As a trusted advisor and coach to top executives in the world’s largest companies, I have witnessed the transformative power of coaching firsthand and its impact on organizations. Most leaders tend to focus on speaking and getting their ideas across, often neglecting the power of truly listening to others.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 20, 2014

OUT THINK: How to innovate Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes" by G. To be innovative leaders , we must build on this base by constantly reiterating and communicating core ideas, using powerful stories to propel change, modeling the behavior we wish to see , and above all, creating and sustaining energy in others in the organization.

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