Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Invest in Technology.

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HR Digest

MAY 23, 2023

Over the past decade the cost of attending college has increased substantially to over 25%, and most college graduates leave school with significant amounts of student loan debt. Whether college is a good investment largely depends on your goals, resources, and whether the benefits outweigh the total cost of college.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ensuring the growth and success of your company is possible with good marketing. Marketing helps your business get customers who will purchase the products and services you offer. However, online marketing is now the best method to promote and sell your products and services because of modern technology. It is cost-effective.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS.

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Lead from Within

MAY 17, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve had the privilege of delving deep into organizational dynamics, and in this blog post, we’ll uncover seven of these hidden flaws that deserve more attention. Escalating Costs: Maintaining a large number of leadership positions can lead to high overhead costs.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Only you , as a senior leader, have the power to direct your company to continuous and sustainable success,” says Scott K. Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue,” he adds. And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2023

In this article, we will explore the key aspects of HR value delivery and how HR can unleash its power to transform organizations. Initially, HR practices focused on efficiency, ensuring that HR processes were streamlined and cost-effective.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

From my experience, the best way to build a Growth Advantage is to commit to growth, develop and execute a strategic growth plan, outgrow the competition, invest in your market advantage, and become Strategically Brave. Talk to us about the power in being specific and how top leaders use this in their planning.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 29, 2014

Market Basket Stakeholders Rally to Support Their Servant Leader. Market Basket is a multi-billion dollar, family owned, grocery chain in New England. With control in his power, Arthur S. The official Market Basket website, according to Wikipedia ( [link] ) is down. and Market Basket employees, is up ( [link] ).

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unless we invest in child care – providing employees with enhanced child care benefits, being mindful of child care costs, increasing the number of in-home child care programs, and better supporting nearby child care providers (to name a few!) – offices will be empty and likely impact staffing options, especially in terms of female representation.

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HR Digest

JUNE 24, 2022

The annual faculty salary data also points to the fact that those who did not receive a raise and for those whose salaries stagnated, inflation reduced their spending power considerably. That’s the market comparison to make.” Inflation jumps have resulted in increased prices , with the year-on-year inflation touching 8.6%.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Aaron Hobbs is president of RISE ( Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), a trade association in Washington DC that advocates on behalf of businesses that manufacture, formulate, and distribute pesticides for commercial and residential markets. I was fortunate to move into a leadership role at, what I consider, a fairly young age.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2016

Here are a 5 worth assessing: “Big IT” No Longer Needed : Cloud-based solutions enable businesses to acquire computing power on a “pay as you go” proposition. The ability to seize market share, however, rests in the ways these capabilities are amassed, organized and the information, that they deliver, is leveraged.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Unleashing the Power of Human Intelligence in the Age of AI: The Future of Executive Search Relies on Striking the Perfect Balance. Factors such as cost of living, compensation, availability of talent, demand for the role, and turnover rates can provide insights into the market and inform workforce planning.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Identifying Organizational Needs: Assessing Challenges and Goals Assessing the challenges and goals of an organization is a critical first step in providing effective leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions. Assessing the leadership team’s and employees’ readiness to embrace new ideas and behaviors is vital.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This is where business coaching and leadership development emerges as not just a support system, but a critical investment in the future of your company. It’s a journey where coaches, with their expertise and experience, help you navigate the complexities of business decisions, strategy formulation, and personal leadership development.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Want a good training model? Team Building.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When he took over as CEO in 2005, he laid out three strategic priorities saying it should be about the future, not the past : Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets. Be decent to people.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market. High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. There are one-hundred companies with annual revenues of a billion dollars or more.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars. Your success or failure can be quantified by such measurements as market share, financial ratios, brand awareness, new products and deadlines. Today, RIM struggles to maintain 5% of the market.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Strong strategic leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, are also crucial in navigating the complexities of the insurance sector. This includes understanding market trends, anticipating risks, and crafting effective risk management strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Most of us are likely familiar with Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle model , which posits that a company’s ‘ why ’ is its most significant differentiator in the market. The reality is that diversity and inclusion is a crucial ingredient for creating a workplace that fosters a culture of leadership and healthy employee engagement.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Welcome to the December 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For our December edition, we took a page out of last December’s Carnival of HR post and asked about books you have read which have made a difference in your leadership journey. We figure it might provide some gift-giving ideas for anyone who is stuck!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2024

Foster strong leadership: Today’s workforce is facing constant change, from the rise of hybrid work to generative AI and widening skills gaps, leaving over half of employees feeling burnt out. With disengaged workers costing organizations more than $8.8 With disengaged workers costing organizations more than $8.8

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school. Executive leadership training programs can offer support and meaningful dialogue to master new challenges effectively. What is an Executive Leadership Training Program?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is said to have written, “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” Avid the sunk cost trap. Since sunk costs are irretrievable, it’s nest to act like you have only the present and the future—because you do. This is patently not true.”. Mistake #6: Think Big.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How many times have you witnessed someone holding-out for a higher price, better valuation, evolving markets, technology advances, or any number of other circumstances that either never transpire, or by the time they do, the opportunistic advantage had disappeared? I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. The latter are the subject of lore.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information. Great stuff!

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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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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Guest post from Thomas Steding : Slowly, almost inexorably, culture has big become almost top of mind as a key factor in effective leadership. Awareness implies a thorough understanding of the company’s markets, technologies, and strategies. Their dysfunctional behavior cost their firm market leadership.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

They enable greater scope (or variety), as they easily connect with a myriad of other digitized businesses, and they create powerful opportunities for learning and improvement, such as the ability to produce ever more accurate, complex, and sophisticated predictions and even gain fundamental understanding.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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