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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If you believe you possess a fully developed competency in a section give yourself 10 points. Section IV: Tactics. Great leaders tend to be tactical geniuses and display a strong bias to action. They understand the need for talent and are effective at recruiting, deployment, development and retention of tier-one talent.

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Why Many Planning Sessions Are a Waste of Time and How to Fix Them

The Practical Leader

The session focused on operational and tactical issues. Leadership and culture development to build capacity for implementation planning wasn’t on the agenda. Here’s what we find are keys to make planning sessions highly productive: Updates and reports need to be condensed to succinct points of information.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. Rather entering the productivity zone is found working at about 60% to 70% of capacity. Fact : bright, talented executives with a bias to action will often take on more than they should. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

I’ve rarely come across students of military history that don’t have a great command of both strategic thinking and tactical implementation. I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Don’t get caught up in attempting to develop something catchy to be encapsulated within a piece of framed artwork that hangs in your reception area yet never put into practice. Just like an algebraic formula, business also functions according to rules governing order of operations.

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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The good news is that there is a cure for all four of the preceding problems: Items one through three can be solved with an emphasis on leadership development and talent management, and item four can be solved by holding the board of directors accountable for CEO performance and firing an apathetic CEO.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I’m just not a believer in attempting to label someone as a leader, and develop them as such when they are clearly not.