N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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Leading Blog

MAY 15, 2019

Leadership takes courage because it requires making bold decisions that some people won’t agree with or support. Innovation takes courage because it requires creating ideas that are ground-breaking and tradition-defying; great ideas always start out as blasphemy! A common example of TRUST Courage is delegation.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 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. Focus on YOU as a team of YOU and not with direct reports and subordinates and managerial hierarchies that rely on you and force accountability.

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Delegation Leadership Team Building Process 92

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! New Leadership. Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Three Habits that Zap your Productivity at Work. Jesse Lyn Stoner of Seapoint Center provided the Space Between Coaching and Delegating. This month, we are mixing things up!

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Storytelling 256

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 31, 2020

Leadership Coaching with Mike Cardus. Leadership coaching helps you be a better leader. Mike develops a personalized leadership development plan with you, including a process that moves you from guessing how to succeed to a process that shows your success through your effort and skilled-knowledge. Why does it matter?

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. What is Leadership Feedback? When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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Mike Cardus

MAY 22, 2013

It cannot be delegated off to Human Resources, Organization Development or someone else. Too often managers and executive teams delegate or task off any and all training and development to the Human Resources staff. Overall she should convey the importance and usefulness of being a better Project Manager and exercising leadership.

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Human Resources Resources Leadership Development Development 126

Skip Prichard

APRIL 12, 2021

Leadership is shifting as we grapple with technology changes, shifting market realities, new business models, and unpredictable outside forces. Tom has over three decades of experience as a leadership and organizational culture consultant. What’s the Goodell definition of leadership? . Thrive in a Hyper-Connected World.

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Chart Your Course

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Gallup poll reports that workers remain largely unsatisfied at their jobs. One thing is certain, leadership in the workplace has never been more important. Workers need leaders, not managers, who can communicate the shared mission of the company, and inspire loyalty and a collective spirit to innovate and perform in difficult times.

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Leadership Micromanagement Delegation Loyalty 100

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

He was delegating more and growing the competence of his team. We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied. He’d done everything he could to position himself for the next promotion. His results were amazing.

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Management How To Game Theory Tactics 479

Coaching Tip

AUGUST 20, 2011

Leadership remains one of the most important topics across a range of fields because studies continuously demonstrate that the success and well-being of any institution or society depend on the functionality, effectiveness, and promotion of leaders and leadership. Today, leadership is not synonymous with authority.

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Bottom-up Leadership Delegation Tactics 102

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2014

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: We all have our blind spots, those things we either can’t see or choose not to see. Over the years coaching senior executives, I have found that there seems to be three themes around leadership blindside: Avoidance, Independence, and Acceptance.

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Delegation Execution Report Learning-by-Doing 246

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Success depends on your ability to delegate not just responsibility; you have to delegate authority. You may decide to delegate some decisions and tasks; but you keep the important stuff to yourself. Delegate the rest.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The Unaware CEO : These CEO’s will take any report or piece of information at face value.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

If you’ve got outside funders, they’re demanding more and better financial reporting from you, and your board is starting to breathe down your neck about preparing for an IPO. It’s critical that you now bring in more direct reports, including a number of high-competency specialists. But when are you going to find the time?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 18, 2013

Robertson Delegation & Supervision Deloitte/MIT School of Management Report Frank Kalman HBR How to Master Joseph Schumpeter''s Concept of "Creative Destruction" Inc. Small Giants Community Jac Fitz-enz Jeffrey M. Stibel Joseph J.

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Blog Delegation Talent Management Report 75

Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

No one reports to anyone anymore,” explains The Washington Post about Zappos. No one reports to anyone anymore,” explains The Washington Post about Zappos. On Engaging Leader, we’ve often discussed how 21st-century teams require going beyond traditional command-and-control leadership (which I call Influence 2.0)

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 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. Design by 12GrainStudio Is Your Leadership & Work Matched to Capability; How do you know? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Team Building Leadership Process Learning-by-Doing 132

Mike Cardus

MARCH 3, 2011

Leadership Coaching & Development Case Study from the Exponent Leadership Process. “I The agency, while successful, has grown stagnant ; Sharon is not receiving new ideas nor innovations for the future. I was contracted for 12 months to consult and coach Sharon using the Exponent Leadership Process. Intervention.

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Succession Management Leadership FAQ 125

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In the public arena, we vote for our leaders (this may provide the most obvious connection to our responsibility for bad leadership): In this case, we might ignore bad past behavior before we cast our vote. How can followers possibly be responsible for bad leadership in our organizations? The tyrant boss reported directly to this VP.

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Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

HR Digest

AUGUST 4, 2018

The control and organization of people by mostly portraying exemplary conducts for others to copy or follow and providing guidance is not a simply delegated task. Leadership qualities are acquired over time and fine-tuned steadily by learning from experiences. Challenge people to think and innovate. Be accountable to others.

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Quality 61

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 5, 2016

We read about these factors in the quintessential mission statements that occupy real estate in annual reports and gather dust in reception lobbies. Companies say they want to be customer-centric, to be innovative, to produce outstanding products and services, to be environmentally responsible, to be socially responsible, and so on.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Home / Leadership / The Problem with Good Ideas. At a time when creativity and innovation are at a premium, good ideas are actually more threatening than ever. In the absence of a guiding vision, good ideas represent low hanging fruit that unfocused leaders reflexively reach for, especially when pressured to report visible success.

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Creativity Mentor Follow-up Objective 223

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Nurturing Decisive Followers by Kevin Eikenberry on December 27, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning I was asked a question recently in a workshop that I thought was interesting.

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Workshop Learning-by-Doing Blog Video 186

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I hope you enjoy these charts below are able to determine ways to transfer the ideas and concepts to your organization, team and managerial-leadership. Tasks delegated too low in the hierarchy; creating a scape-goat mentality of accountability. Insufficient scope/context of work being delegated. Just Right?

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Team Building Organization Development Team 150

Miles Anthony Smith

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

31 Great Leadership Qualities, Traits, & Characteristics to Master ​ Good Leadership Qualities & Traits Aren’t Out of Reach, Are They? The vast majority of us want to be a great leader. ​ ​There’s no denying the importance of having strong leadership within every company. ​ 1.

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Quality Leadership Efficiency Team 79

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Delegation is a necessary survival skill for senior executives. But when executives delegate their discovery-related innovation tasks, the odds of them finding the surprising insights that often spur transformative-growth businesses decrease dramatically. Strategy can't always be scheduled.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Did they get a report to you on time, meaning you could fulfill your deadline? You can choose to delegate, mentor, coach, shadow or even give people projects to run with. There are innovative ways you can build a culture of celebration. Every way you communicate internally and externally is a potential opportunity.

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Succession Micromanagement Creativity Stress 100

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The team I am working with reported that they really enjoyed the visual metric of progress, plus it has proven effective in communication and delegation of tasks. When everything is in the Green Ring (ideally within the time-frame of the project planning map and scope) then the project is complete! What do you think?

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Team Building Project Team Management 137

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

The answer to excessive micromanaging , we’re often told, is to learn to trust our reports, empowering them to make decisions for themselves. In practice, many bosses fail to delegate because they haven’t cultivated a set of underlying mindsets and practices. Yet that sounds far easier than it actually is.

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Delegation Real Estate Micromanagement Hedge 8

CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

But we want our leaders to lead by asking inspiring and enlightening questions, and delegating—not by supplying answers. Innovation and real change come from asking. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Yes, we want confident leaders, but not know-it-alls.

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Health Care Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Politics 87

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Count up how many times you’ve met with: - your direct reports - your peers - people in your other relationship networks (customers,clients, suppliers, and yes, even family and friends) What are you missing by not being intentional about those relationships? I dare you to open up your own calendar and take a look at the last month.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Follow-up 124

CO2

OCTOBER 15, 2010

But we want our leaders to lead by asking inspiring and enlightening questions, and delegating—not by supplying answers. Innovation and real change come from asking. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). Yes, we want confident leaders, but not know-it-alls.

Health Care 74

Health Care Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Politics 74

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2018

They don’t delegate or let direct reports make decisions, and they needlessly monitor other people’s work. Yet, it has been our experience that when facing new situations, the best managers create leadership circles, or groups of peers from across the firm, to gain more perspective about problems and solutions.

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Fayol Management Hamel Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

That figure, from an Accenture report , is surprising given that the banking industry is increasingly digitized. On one end technology innovations and improvements simply ensure that a company “stays in the game,” while at the other extreme, technology acts as a critical source of value creation and enhancement.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2016

The key is to create “intelligent autonomy” that gives employees the independence and influence they crave, but does so in a manner that thoughtfully avoids the contradictions and pitfalls of a poorly executed delegation of power. 3) Click here to receive my free newsletter and get more leadership building insight.

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