Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 13, 2012

The number of business skills you can outsource or delegate is limited only by your imagination and could include: web design bookkeeping marketing and sales customer support social media management Outsourcing is smart because you want to make the most of your time each day. No one else can become a stronger person for you.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery, and tenacity.” – Mahatma Gandhi. They continually ask, “Based on what is happening today, where is the market going? As a leader, your decisions should be based on the betterment of the group, rather than self-gain.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 9, 2015

Self-awareness , a topic identified in research as crucial yet frequently a derailer, ranks high for all leaders and is at the top of the list for C-suite leaders. Following in order are the top 10 coaching topics for C-Suite-Level leaders: 1) Self-awareness. 3) Self-awareness. 3) Influence.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Our experience and research in leadership development and adult learning demonstrate that learning is most impactful when it has a strong business context, takes a multi-dimensional approach, and is a self-directed and communal experience that happens over time with coaching support. Self-Directed and Communal. Business Relevance.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here are some reasons why leadership feedback is essential: Enhance Self-Awareness: Leaders gain insight into how others perceive their actions, behaviors and decisions. Self-Assessment: Leaders assess their performance. The idea is to get a holistic view of a leader’s performance.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2019

Poor delegating of tasks. Poor delegating of tasks is equally harmful as not delegating at all. Recent research has shown that leaders who skillfully delegate tasks achieve three-year growth rates that are 112% higher than those who don’t delegate at all or who do so poorly. Be clear about the tasks to implement.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery, and tenacity.” – Mahatma Gandhi. They continually ask, “Based on what is happening today, where is the market going? As a leader, your decisions should be based on the betterment of the group, rather than self-gain.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Self-starter who thrives on challenges. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. We saw that the best founders had this uncanny self-awareness and confidence, and gradually this led us to start crafting the narrative that became, The Entrepreneur’s Faces.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

Self-starter who thrives on challenges. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. We saw that the best founders had this uncanny self-awareness and confidence, and gradually this led us to start crafting the narrative that became, The Entrepreneur’s Faces.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Self-starter who thrives on challenges. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. We saw that the best founders had this uncanny self-awareness and confidence, and gradually this led us to start crafting the narrative that became, The Entrepreneur’s Faces.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Even if it’s walking to the local market for lunch, or parking further away in a parking lot. I set healthy boundaries for work, family, and self-care. The same things apply to my work and self-care. I daily strive against my nature of self-sufficiency and instead give my responsibilities over to God. Keep moving!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I have consistently espoused the value of walking the floor, dropping in for meetings on an impromptu basis, proactively engaging key stakeholders, and any number of other items that focus on raising your awareness. Remember that there is a major difference between delegating and abdicating responsibility. Let there be light!

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

Daily headlines are crowded with examples of hypocrisy, selective obedience, victimhood, projected blame, and a general lack of self-awareness. In addition, self-reflection has driven people to search for purpose and define what’s important in life. Do you delegate responsibility and then micromanage because you can’t let go?

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

It doesn’t matter if you are working in a package sorting center or a marketing department.) More than ever, we are going to need emotionally intelligent, self-aware, empathetic, creative thinkers to work alongside machines and steer business and policy decisions toward positive ends.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

How many times over the years have you witnessed otherwise savvy professionals self-destruct because they wouldn’t engage out of a fear of conflict? Real leaders don’t play favorites, don’t get involved in drama, and they certainly don’t tolerate manipulative, self-serving behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

It's easy to imagine, as some of these executives and business owners do, that you can just "hire a marketing person" to take care of it. So here is my advice to the shy and recalcitrant: Recognize the difference between marketing and sales. There's often a lot of confusion about marketing and sales. Which means.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 10, 2011

Students of entrepreneurship should learn the art of persuasion in all its forms, including psychology, sales, marketing, negotiating, statistics and even design. I want to delegate more so I can have the time to discover new opportunities. Read anything by Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett. Learn Persuasion.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

When subordinates aren't sure what the boss really wants to accomplish, they don't feel safe, and true delegation is impossible. He looks for people who are open-minded and aware of their own foibles. He especially tries to screen out people who are self-centered. And greater delegation is surely a good thing for most companies.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

If we’re going to scale successfully at the pace we’ve laid out, we’ve got to execute faster and delegate more. For example, a digital marketing director at Daniel’s company wanted to gain greater visibility and impact beyond her area of focus. I want you pushing hard on your teams. Create feedback loops.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

banks exploded in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, with disastrous consequences for American firms, markets, and households. Paul Garbett for HBR. Risk taking by big U.S. On the surface, the fact that the presence of a CRO would actually increase a bank’s exposure to risk may seem puzzling.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Whether we''re looking at business or politics, sports or entertainment, it''s clear we live in an era of self-celebration. Fame is equated with success, and being self-referential has become the norm. As a result we are encouraged to pump ourselves full of alarming self-confidence. Know when to defer and delegate.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

To begin with, most executives are not even aware they have problems because these processes and dynamics are largely subconscious, even though they have become powerful influences that hover in what the American psychologist William James called “the fringe of consciousness.” Self-diagnose how you behave with your team today.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2017

Jane is a marketing director at a technology firm, where she manages a small team, works late, and travels once per quarter. I’ve coached many talented executive women who turn introspection and self-examination into a continuous mental loop of self-criticism. Reluctance to delegate.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

The stall-outs point more to a loss of internal metabolism, speed, self-awareness, sense of urgency, and general bloat of staff rather than any outside factors they may have missed. However, it starts with self-awareness. “You either perform or not; you are paid for solutions, not effort.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In today's markets, business leaders face a similar challenge: how to pierce through the "the fog of business.". But delegation can lead to invisibility, inconsistency and even chaos. The " fog of war " describes the uncertainty faced by soldiers in the field of battle. These, in turn, dramatically increase mission effectiveness.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Instead, in holacracy and sociocracy, self-organization coexists with and complements a robust hierarchy. Each staff member has a powerful voice, and employees are organized into self-managed circles. Moreover, instead of conferring authority, the hierarchy establishes an unambiguous sequence of levels of accountability.

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