N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

When you experience weak teams, micro-management, frequent turf wars, high stress, operational strain, and a culture of fear, you are experiencing what control has to offer – not very attractive is it? Controlling leaders create bottlenecks rather than increase throughput.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Learning and Development teams of companies are working overtime to figure out ways to keep the organizations functioning in these difficult times. Training Industry research found that over half of learning and development (L&D) professionals have retooled or repurposed learning programs in response to the Pandemic.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2015

Let’s dive: Entrepreneurship can be very stressful. You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. Moreover, there is simply nothing as good as seeing the product you’ve tirelessly developed begin to excel.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Leaders develop and bring out the best in people. Speed Traps: Lead Smarter, Not Faster I once sat through an author’s frantic, high-energy presentation on knowledge management. He’s peddling dangerous advice, leading to high stress, reduced effectiveness, and exhaustion. Are you managing, or managed by, e-mail ?

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A new paper from INSEAD documents a trial undertaken to test a new training program for entrepreneurs that aims to help improve their competencies in areas such as networking, human capital management and business model innovation. Skills for scaling. ” Learning to be an entrepreneur.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. What does maturity look like in practice? Most important, the alignment of risk awareness and management practices, from strategy to business operations, enabled the company to monitor risk developments more effectively.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 1, 2015

Simply speaking, default behaviors are those behaviors that we routinely resort to, particularly under stress. As you mature or have aspirations of climbing the corporate ladder, the more important self-understanding becomes. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide (ebook at $.99). Manage Your Default Behavior.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are promoted with the belief that “ they have potential” or “they are smart and will mature into the position” or “she has been here so long, and no-one knows this department as well as her, she will figure it out” plus many other nonsensical reasons. Why do you still continue to believe this? Find the person who is right, right now.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2014

Practice Full Spectrum Management . Develop a Zen-Like Mantra. Leaders need to exhibit a mature, wisdom infused demeanor that inspires greater respect. Why do some managers always have to add the “but”, I wonder? Teach Instead of Tell. Be an Enabler, Not a Disabler. Avoid Inertia (and Push Forward). Trust the Facts.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 13, 2020

If we manage the growth of smart automation properly, and plan for it adequately, it can be relatively painless. meaning that they can already perform key business management functions. In an office environment, tasks like sending out invoices, processing payments, and managing payroll can also be automated fairly easily.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

A majority of people at workplace today seem to be struggling to cope with severe stress resulting from conflicting work priorities, hyper-connectedness, onslaught of notifications and information overload. How do we cope up with this stress? Thus, our ability to manage our mind becomes critically important.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Thankfully, I’ve matured and now I can say the more stressful the season the more I discipline myself to exercise and get away from the office. Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo. Developing a sense of entitlement. I have had more than one hard learning curve in this area.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 27, 2019

I recently met with a group of HR professionals and line managers to debrief employee termination situations. Emotional instability – Part of being a mature adult is being able to manage your emotions and it’s critically important in a professional workplace.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The more mature you get, the better you get at managing ego.” “In Management is not a science, it is an art.” Challenge will be to manage them!” When technology, access, information and how consumers buy changes, so must management.” Time for a re-boot on how we manage and think about business.”

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 22, 2012

Are you experiencing the “heat”; the stress of leadership? At 20 years of age, I was thrust into a management position, because the manger left suddenly. By default I was given responsibility I had bluffed upper management into believing I was prepared to do. Developing Your Personal Leadership Style.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 18, 2017

Thankfully, I’ve matured and now I can say the more stressful the season the more I discipline myself to exercise and get away from the office. Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo. Developing a sense of entitlement. I have had more than one hard learning curve in this area.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

Managing people is never easy, but when the animosity between two of your direct reports escalates to the level of hatred, how do you minimize the drama and keep your team on track? Before you call for a professional mediator, remember that this is a fundamental part of your job as a manager. Managing a Negative, Out-of-Touch Boss.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

As a manager, you may not be working on a fishing boat or in armed combat. Or have you been taught to manage by objectives and metrics to monitor performance, and that bonding with your team members will be seen as a distraction at best or weakness at worst? But you need to motivate your people to get things done.

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The key is to decide what the focus is going to be: job hunting, experience exchange, coaching, career transition, business development. As the group matures, you can change it up as required. Know what you’re all about before you start inviting people to join you. Any longer and the group can lose momentum. So stay tuned!

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

They break under stress. Why do relatively few companies prove resilient and withstand stress? And why are even fewer "anti-fragile" — that is, they get stronger when stressed? Anti-fragile systems love randomness and uncertainty; going beyond resilience or robustness, they get stronger with stress and volatility.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2018

Self-awareness seems to have become the latest management buzzword — and for good reason. Surveying thousands of people across countries and industries to explore the relationship between self-awareness and several key attitudes and behaviors, like job satisfaction, empathy, happiness, and stress. Archi Trujillo/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

And, from time to time, you may develop a friendship with someone in your organization. Clearly any manager-employee friendship is fraught with traps. Work Friends Make Us More Productive (Except When They Stress Us Out). Here are five tips on how to manage a friendship with one of your employees. Friendships.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. rubber trees take years to mature.". Eric looked back at the student and said, "Couldn''t you take some of that grant money and haul in some mature trees to test your assumptions?" It''s not about price, or code, or agile development.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We surveyed more than 2,500 managers, from 1,000 companies, including over 100 Fortune 500 companies and 70 organizations ranked at the top of Universum’s “World’s Most Attractive Employers” list (a ranking of company preferences among university students in the top 12 economies).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

Should managers on meds oversee delicate or complex operations? But as someone who has suffered, sometimes silently, from a mental illness for more than 30 years, I can speak personally about how it can be managed on the job. Like many people with a mental illness, I don’t handle stress well. Am I happier now? Absolutely.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

The unprecedented loss of highly-skilled, senior workers is compounding challenges posed by aging infrastructure, rising power demand, and climate stress. Utility companies are now developing these advanced data skills through public-private initiatives. While the labor challenge is especially stark in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

The survey results show that no single management skill stands out above the rest. Respondents indicated that founders need to be management jacks-of-all-trades, so to speak. The non-MBA founders shared the view that it is very important for future leaders of technology ventures to build a wide range of management skills.

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The Idolbuster

AUGUST 5, 2014

I loved my job so it made the long hours manageable, but it was also stressful. I was able to travel to some amazing places and do business in so many developing nations. It may sound crazy, but I just feel like I have matured and the person I am becoming is actually someone I am much more proud of. So many benefits!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

For many employees, a face-to-face performance review is the most stressful work conversation they'll have all year. For managers, the discussion is just as tense. Beinecke Professor of Management at Yale School of Management. Performance management is a process, he says. What the Experts Say. Constructively coach.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

It provides control over sales incentive spending around the world, and it simplifies plan management and administration.” Market maturity: Salespeople in mature markets focus on protecting business with existing customers, while salespeople in growing markets tend to focus on new customer acquisition.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Free fall is a crisis of obsolescence and decline that can happen at any point in a company’s life cycle, but most often it affects maturing incumbents whose business model has come under competitive attack from insurgents or is no longer viable in a changing market. Thiry immediately replaced most of the management team.

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