N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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leaderCommunicator

AUGUST 8, 2014

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Being Intentional About Your Leadership By Mary Jo Asmus, SmartBlog on Leadership Many leaders put as much effort into defining how they want to show up as they would in buying a new refrigerator. No, I dont mean leading.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Big visions, carefully crafted strategies, and detailed plans are signs of great leadership. Some companies and leaders have experienced the inherent value of uncertainty and surprise, and actually use it to out-innovate the competition: Intuit’s flagship product was Quicken, the leading software program for managing home finances.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 8, 2015

On September 25, 2015, Warner Brothers released The Intern: Experience Never Gets Old starring Robert de Niro and Anne Hathaway; written, directed, and produced by Nancy Meyers. The September 2015 edition of Chief Learning Officer Magazine featured an article called Don’t Undervalue Older Workers by Lynn Schroeder.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 16, 2015

Several famous people built fortunes here, including Meyer Guggenheim (think: museums and Guggenheim Pavilion at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center) and David May (May Company department stores). But in 1880, Leadville ranked as Colorado’s second largest city. The nearby town of Climax got television reception even before Denver.

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. The Best Email You Ever Wrote By John Meyer, Entrepreneur “ Do you remember the best email you’ve ever written? What were some of the top leadership articles you read this week? Seriously, think about it. We listen to learn. We listen to stay informed.

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Women on Business

JULY 20, 2012

Marissa Mayer is a 37 year old executive of a technology firm that alone should create energy and excitement around leadership potential. So as we wait with bated breath to dissect her every move as CEO, here are things that I would like to see her bring to the troubled company. Well rounded data based decisions. Innovation.

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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. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

Beyond drawing individual lessons from the book, corporate leaders should turn the central framing question on their organizations — asking how they will measure their company's lives. The intersection between Christensen's book and this theme became clear at a recent offsite with an Asian-based company. Leadership compensation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

This is why it was such big news when Paul Polman of Unilever announced that his company, by 2020, would help more than a billion people improve their hygiene habits, and halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products by their consumers. But mega firms don't have a monopoly on leadership.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Later Chris Posted by: Rick Meyer | November 18, 2010 at 10:56 AM You can actually download the songs to your computer or phone. Someone at the ad agency and some higher up at the car company obviously knows their market, knows how to gently tweak their tails a bit and (most importantly of all) when to draw the line and get away with it.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 18, 2013

Written about this before: External Assessments Neuter Managerial-Leadership Judgment. Or used against you to get a job or promotion Or is costing the company $$ because they just bought an assessment that the sales person claimed will cure all your team problems. Your Quick Fixes are Exacerbating Your Organizational and Team Problems.

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The winner will receive an autographed copy of Orrin Woodward and my book: Launching a Leadership Revolution (for free, as in nada, nothing, zippo, we'll just give it to you! Posted by: Dan White, Band of Brothers, Leadership Company | November 21, 2010 at 01:35 PM Darn static cling!!!! Now that is no scam !

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

It’s daunting but you needn’t feel overwhelmed, says Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD and the author of The Culture Maps. ” Meyer recommends “learning as much as you possibly can about the people and the regions of the world you are collaborating with so that you can adjust your management style in small ways.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We hope you'll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they'll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Why Big Companies Can't Innovate. Leadership's Full Measure. Chris Meyer & Julia Kirby. Maxwell Wessel. Who Cares If Samsung Copied Apple?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2011

Every time I've taken a Meyers-Briggs test, I score high on the introversion scale. But as a CEO of a company with more than 18,000 employees, I've found myself particularly challenged because so much of my work requires me to be "out there" in front of others. As an introvert, I enjoy being by myself. So how do I manage this?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Many years ago, as a young man being considered for executive ranks at a Fortune 500 company, I found myself having the same odd conversation, with only minor changes in phrasing, with several senior executives on different occasions. More relaxed behavior sometimes presumed to be unleaderlike can yield improved leadership results.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Companies invest in employee training and talent development programs for one reason: to get results. Well, it evaporated because the ‘fire hose’ training model that companies have used for decades doesn’t work. Meyer received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. You’re frustrated.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

He quickly dismissed several key opportunities to reach out for feedback and guidance from leadership. It also became clear that the company was going to massively miss the promises it had made to the Board and the Street if John remained in the role. But as a result, he learned what not to do and recalibrated his approach.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The inclusion of remote workers into your team is as advantageous as it is challenging; perhaps what we can find particularly interesting is that this trend is not just restricted to successful conglomerates with international interests but early stage companies who are still trying to find their feet.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

Despite the current political headwinds blowing against globalization, companies continue to recruit talent from around the world and talented people continue to want overseas work experience. Marshall Goldsmith, who has coached CEOs at dozens of global Fortune 500 companies, told me that the talent game is becoming geographically borderless.

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Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Guest post by Stephen Meyer. Here are five of the most common leadership style and guidelines on when to use them. Imagine that an entire department gets behind on a project and could cause your company to miss a mission critical deadline. What makes Project Managers successful? The Command & Control Style.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader… It has been said that a politician is concerned with winning an election, and a statesman is concerned with future generations. We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington.

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