N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Balancing competing priorities and effectively coordinating efforts across diverse teams can be demanding, often requiring executives to possess strong organizational skills and the ability to foster collaboration and alignment. Sustaining leadership growth requires commitment, effort, and an open mindset.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The Borg conquers and assimilates other beings and cultures into their single mind approach, saying “resistance is futile.”. My commitment to both logic and emotion didn’t endear me to many of the big shots at the acquiring company. Resistance isn’t futile. These are the two winds that allow a leader to soar.”

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

In addition, research continually shows that Millennials and Gen Z’s in particular, plus an increasing number of other generations, are wanting to work in places that are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our nation’s workforce is undergoing a major transformation in attitude and priorities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Both leaders shared a lack of humility and resistance to feedback. They’d been chasing a man who’d committed armed robbery half a mile down the road. Next, choose a diverse group of people to ask these questions. We looked up and 90% of the managers had clustered around “prioritizing what matters most.”

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 17, 2023

Encourage diverse viewpoints. People don’t resist change; they resist being forced to change. Real power isn’t the result of controlling people; it’s created by empowering folks and forging commitment. What Works Better — Obedience or Commitment? Be objective. See issues from all angles. Encourage debate.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

From innovative approaches to professional development to holistic well-being initiatives tailored to diverse workforce needs, Blackstone’s commitment to its employees shines through. This is a true testament to our commitment to growing talent from within our ranks. The private equity industry is known for its demanding nature.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 28, 2013

The question before us all then is, are we willing to resist settling and risk pursuing excellence as our preferred way of being in the world? They only way to break out of this rut is to commit to writing a new, more empowering personal leadership story of our own. If so, then know this.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 20, 2016

Add to the performance the context of a challenging economy, diverse worker needs, and the ever-present need for speed, and balls become sharp machetes; bowling pins become lighted torches. Leaders also know that change can create resistance. And they recognize resistance that may be borne in part out of a “fear of the unknown.”

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

They inspired others by evoking emotions, and they circumvented resistance by deploying smart grit.” The trick is to encourage constructive fights in meetings with cognitive diversity. But after that is done, the team needs to come to a decision quickly and commit to a decision. You’ve got to inspire them. You must unite.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 25, 2014

These days, we talk a lot about the benefits of embracing diversity in the workplace. Of how intermingling people of different cultures, beliefs and nationalities can allow us to tap into the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and perspectives that go with these unique demographic elements.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Diversity, Language & Miscommunication. Diversity is a wonderful thing, says Diana Peterson-More. Data abounds supporting the bottom-line and societal benefits of diverse groups whether as boards of directors, mock juries or product developers. We all know we need to take time away from work but we often resist.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

If we believe people who take all their vacation time are less dedicated than we are, our unconscious bias may manifest itself as a deep-seated resistance to their ideas: They aren’t committed, so how can their input have value? That is simply not representative of our highly diverse society.” Resist that impulse.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2024

Fostering a Culture of Continuous Learning : The importance of training needs analysis in showcasing the company’s commitment to learning is self-explanatory. Focus group discussions with a diverse group of employees can also provide a deeper understanding of the organization’s training requirements.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Because, to master the psychological safety needed for candid communication, leaders must recognize their impact, understand their biases, and adapt their styles for diverse team needs. So the first lesson is to resist the urge to label something “unmeasurable” just because measuring it is hard.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The shift to a 4-day workweek is one positive trend that employees are not resistant to but businesses appear afraid to commit. Businesses still need to pursue the building of a diverse workforce and make sure every employee feels welcome there. This means that DEI in the workplace continues to be relevant.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2021

Starbucks uses social media for advertising its commitment to diversity and its open work culture. Companies that have resisted furloughing their employee or cutting jobs have definitely acquired added value to their brands. Crisis Management. The virus has served as a great opportunity to build a trusted brand.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

With corruption, lack of a first-rate technology infrastructure, resistance to start-up businesses, and an aging population, average incomes in China will grow at lower rates than in the U.S. The deep factors’ origins lie in geography, climate, culture, politics, and historical accident. But it will take will and political continuity.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

As organizations adapt in the face of change, employees need strong leaders who can clearly communicate the new direction, align the company’s resources, and get commitment from everyone involved. A general feeling of resistance to organizational change — a.k.a. The results were telling. Why Companies Change Their Culture.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

As he spins his story of adventure and liberation, the caged rabbits resist with concerns for their security. His band of renegades is deeply committed to their mission and the members enjoy working together to overcome obstacles. Champion Diversity. The caged rabbits seem at once both bewildered and fascinated.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse. This almost always backfires because it misses the mark of what people really need and leaves a wake of negativity and resistance. Finally, commit to rigorous execution. Adapting to those differences will strengthen the capabilities of a team and organization.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Show commitment. If you cannot keep a commitment, be open and honest about the reason and try to find a way to make it up to the other party. Resist taking over conversation or trying to immediately solve the issue. Celebrate diversity. This doesn’t grant a license to be unkind, though.). Share your character.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2021

Resist the urge to just go with what you had when you were hiring the position three years ago. Avoid “group think” by including a diverse group of people from throughout the company. You can find out what motivates them, whether they possess self-confidence, and whether they’re committed to personal growth.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2021

Resist the urge to just go with what you had when you were hiring the position three years ago. Avoid “group think” by including a diverse group of people from throughout the company. You can find out what motivates them, whether they possess self-confidence, and whether they’re committed to personal growth.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse. This almost always backfires because it misses the mark of what people really need and leaves a wake of negativity and resistance. Finally, commit to rigorous execution. Adapting to those differences will strengthen the capabilities of a team and organization.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

We’re learning more about how employee wants are very diverse. This almost always backfires because it misses the mark of what people really need and leaves a wake of negativity and resistance. Finally, commit to rigorous execution. Adapting to those differences will strengthen the capabilities of a team and organization.

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CO2

JANUARY 10, 2014

There are four primary objectives for meetings: Solving a problem/coming to a decision; Introducing key information synchronously and dynamically; Generating the best and greatest number of original ideas; Gaining commitment around a change effort. What are the different types of cognitive diversity that would elevate the solution set?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thus most of the work of diversity and inclusion approaches in companies to date has focused on empowering the “out” groups or training the “in” groups about their unconscious biases. Who is calling whom diverse? Dominance is invisible to the dominant group, and extremely visible to everyone outside it.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Do you initiate knowledge-sharing within the team to promote diversity & inclusion in the workplace? Individual learners should be able to adapt to the material if they’re committed to learning it. Try one small change at a time to overcome your resistance. Try one small change at a time to overcome your resistance. .

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2016

companies spend millions annually on diversity programs and policies. Mission statements and recruitment materials touting companies’ commitment to diversity are ubiquitous. In terms of increasing demographic diversity, the answer appears to be not reall y. Are all of these efforts working?

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 19, 2015

How often do we take the path of least resistance in our leadership by focusing more on the things we want to get done than on what our employees require from us to be successful in their efforts?

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 1, 2009

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← To Lead is also to Follow The Power of Diversity → March 2, 2009 · 1:00 am ↓ Jump to Comments Three Key Elements for Making Change Happen Looking for a way of effecting change and getting people into action? What are you focused on?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

What the Connectivity in the Roadmap to Success means to most people is that leadership has to be rewired, allowing everyone to step back to take a hard look at the areas to reset in order to avoid as much resistance to change (deficit of trust) as possible – causing everything to be harder along the way. Remember the Alamo.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 14, 2017

Gipsie loved to travel to experience diverse cultures and history, taking many trips to Europe, Africa and Asia. Neither of us were afraid to voice frustration as the resistance to improvement inside many organizations. She used that frustration to reinforce her commitment to helping bring about transformation. Edwards Deming.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

So, we draw on very diverse examples of innovation – from science through to sports and from architecture through to social innovation – and the framework is really meant to help anybody who is facing challenges and looking to come up with original solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

We resisted the short-term approach of hiring female talent from other companies, a decision that has gone over well internally. ’ Like any other business issue, it can’t be delegated to diversity experts or HR. But now there is agreement and commitment to making the picture evolve.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

In an earlier article, “ Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse ,” we reported our research findings that teams with high levels of cognitive diversity performed better on these kinds of challenges. But in the case of these 12 managers, they did show a cognitively diverse approach.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Upholding traditions does not necessarily mean that one vehemently resists change.

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