N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Today’s COO wears many hats and is instrumental in executing corporate strategy, fostering innovation, driving technological integration, and steering the company toward its goals with insightful leadership. Thus, empathy and inclusive leadership have emerged as indispensable traits in the modern COO’s repertoire.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

While technical competencies and leadership acumen are essential in any executive role, nonprofits often require additional skills specific to their sector. A leader aligned with the mission will inspire and motivate the team and connect with stakeholders, donors, and the community at large.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We delve into the pivotal milestones that define Dávila’s exceptional leadership journey, painting a vivid portrait of his strategic acumen and the collaborative spirit steering Aon EMEA toward unparalleled success. What specific initiatives or strategies have you implemented at Aon EMEA to foster a more engaged and motivated workforce?

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s well known that a greater share of women in senior leadership roles has a wide range of benefits for their organization. “As a result, women are motivated to express their unique perspective in organizational and institutional contexts that accept and support the distinctiveness associated with their diversity.”

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Leadership isn’t easy — especially when you have to lead different people with different life experiences. And most of the conventional wisdom about leadership is downright wrong at best and business-destroying at worst. I had a great time on the Results Leader Podcast.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. Many innovations were unplanned and unexpected.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In Superbosses , Sydney Finkelstein discovered that although they may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful. Superbosses motivate exceptional people to do the impossible. In every industry there is a leader that stands out. A Superboss.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight Published by Michael Lee Stallard on August 25, 2010 04:42 pm under Uncategorized Many individuals and organizations today are in a funk. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

In a remarkable interview with The HR Digest, Capgemini North America’s Head of Talent, Kate Savage, discusses the value of promoting employee well-being through innovative and cost-effective initiatives. The HR Digest: What would you say is the most effective non-cash motivator? Tell us more about the initiatives at Capgemini.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Doing the “right things” may well tie into what Daniel Pink describes as the “purpose motive,” one of the three key attributes (autonomy, mastery, purpose) necessary to ignite intrinsic motivation. This was certainly the case in my own example above. Meeting Two: What are we trying to achieve in key focus areas?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

In a truly remarkable interview with Monique Herena, we talk about American Express’s The Ambition Project , leadership resilience, and what we can do to help women propel into leadership roles. Today, women make up 27% of the Board and 37% of our Executive Committee at American Express. Without a doubt, leadership resilience.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

These ideas are the seeds of innovation : the intellectual foundation for any new products and services that enable some organizations to gain a competitive advantage over others. This mismanagement of innovation is further exacerbated by the fact that managing creatives tend to require special attention and consideration.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

We have learned first-hand that if a job candidate has the skill set needed for the work, aptitude and motivation, they can succeed. As an active Executive Leadership team-member, Lisa is member of Syneos Health Compensation Committee and HR representative for the Board of Directors. How are you going to shake things up next?

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

You have incredibly knowledgeable and highly motivated consultants at your beck and call. Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 20, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. Teams must have leadership. However when two or more people (any team, committee) attempt to make the simplest decision, chaos results.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Most likely you know plenty of them, since strategy tourists – those individuals who lack the motivation, skills and knowledge to turn a strategy into performance – can be found in abundance in most organizations. Try to join as many steering committees as possible, but avoid taking on responsibility as a sponsor or project manager.

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Steve Farber

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Leadership should definitely acknowledge the positive: reaching goals, increasing social-media following, reducing turnover, completing projects, and the like. Ask yourself, how can I ensure that everything we do between now and the end of the year adds meaning and benefit for all stakeholders – leaders and employees alike?

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

A conversation with Peter Fasolo about the value of transformational growth and innovation – and how to help it unfold. Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. How do you keep your people open to transformational growth and innovation?

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Quotes on community stewardship, leadership and related topics. Here is what I wish to inspire via this book: Motivate NPOs to be unique, true to purpose and make differences. Communications programs for NPOs.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important. Popularity: 70% [ ?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

and gender parity is still not reflected in medical leadership. For example, women do not achieve promotions or advancement to leadership positions at the same rate as their male peers. Highly qualified women do not attain independent grants, publications, and leadership positions at the same rate , either. medical schools.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Still, that frustration is a natural part of agile innovation. Tetra Images/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

They conduct what’s called a “ Clearness Committee ,” which is founded on the belief that, as author Parker Palmer has written, “each of us has an inner teacher, a voice of truth, that offers the guidance and power we need to deal with our problems.” The clearness committee is a fascinating listening innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

They conduct what’s called a “ Clearness Committee ,” which is founded on the belief that, as author Parker Palmer has written, “each of us has an inner teacher, a voice of truth, that offers the guidance and power we need to deal with our problems.” The clearness committee is a fascinating listening innovation.

Power 9

Power Committee Active Listening Bottom-up 9

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

A conversation with Peter Fasolo about the value of transformational growth and innovation – and how to help it unfold. Such a degree of corporate socialization can also stifle innovation and overall cognitive diversity. How do you keep your people open to transformational growth and innovation?

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Innovation Diversity Human Resources Committee 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

As I have written previously , I believe that most top executives are highly motivated, am dubious that financial incentives really drive them to exert themselves more, and accordingly, think that monetary incentives should be de-emphasized. Some countries have been highly innovative in this area. Shareholders. Boards of Directors.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

So, for the extra three minutes you spend encoding a leadership communication in a story, you’re going to see returns that last for months and maybe even years.”. Case Study #1: Embed conflict to motivate and inspire. Their footprint was better, and they were innovating at a pace I’d never seen.”. Principles to Remember.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2013

As a practicing physician with experience in several leadership roles, I know how they feel: They don’t recall saying to their childhood friends, “I want to be Vice President of Medical Affairs when I grow up.” These efforts quickly paid off, renewing his sense of self-efficacy and instilling a new passion for his leadership role.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

This is not the best motivator of men that I know. Our annual Global Gender balance Scorecard shows that 63% of the women sitting on Executive Committees of the top 100 US companies are in support functions, not P&L roles. Most women are pretty uncomfortable about it too. This isn't balance, it's just Mad Men, repainted.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Patience seems to run counter to what motivates promoters! The only way to work networking in is to schedule attendance to an event and go. This 20% builds businesses!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

They launch new organizational structures, put key people into new positions, set stretch goals for business units, start up new projects, and use leadership off-sites to coordinate planning. In fact, many thriving organizations do just that in the first weeks of January (or the beginning of their own fiscal year).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Whatever the situation, it is important to understand that the root cause of political activities are often scarce resources (including time pressures), social and structural inequalities, and individual personal motivations. Such groups can also revitalize innovation and change.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2013

The companies these innovators run make useful products and services to be sure. In fact, it flourished under a series of leaders who understood the story and kept it alive with successive waves of innovation and improvement. This is not about creating a mission statement by committee and carving it in a wall somewhere.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

It is also an entertaining case study in the power of grassroots innovation and open-source creativity, a positive symbol of how unchecked human energy, shaped by a few simple rules, can unleash truly amazing results. Is a colorful symbol of the performance of open-source innovation. But the Fringe is more than performance art.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2011

"Many times a manager feels responsible for finding their people their next step in the organization," says Herminia Ibarra, the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Faculty Director of the INSEAD Leadership Initiative. Providing more responsibility without a corresponding change in title or raise can sap motivation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Much of the Anglo-Saxon debate about "women in leadership" is framed as an issue of women's "choices." The national frame affects how business leaders perceive female ambition and motivation. The real issue is to develop the corporate leadership skills to manage a feminizing talent pool and a feminizing customer base.

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