N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Management information is that which is used to determine business direction, to make executive decisions and to set policy. Done right, your management information environment can be leveraged for competitive gain over rivals who don’t get the most out of their data. Management information should not be an afterthought.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 3, 2018

But like those old-fashioned records, you have a B side whether you want it or not. How your B side will impact your team depends on your leadership style. Leadership shouldn't be a solitary venture and neither should exploring how to manage your own strengths and weaknesses. We suggest you don't go it alone.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2018

Welcome to the August Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, productivity, team building, and more. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided A 5-Step Training Plan to Think like a Navy SEAL.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Guest post from John Mattone: The fundamental belief underlying Positive Performance Management (PPM) is this: Leaders and their employees must strive to make performance reviews complete, honest, and timely. The Ten Elements of Positive Performance Management. There are ten key elements of Positive Performance Management.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

In today’s post I’ll look at the topic of resourcing as a key success metric for anyone in a leadership position. The essence of Leadership is not found in doing things yourself, but in teaching others how to do things better than you ever could. Leadership is about teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion.

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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. I’ve seen many an executive or consultant attempt to identify leaders with interviews, tests, evaluations, etc., Identifying leaders?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

More than that, we had confidence in the idea that we were truly going to be introducing a new kind of shopping experience to the fashion-forward customer. We did it because we knew we that we were ‘in the right,’ so to speak—that we had the skills, the knowledge, and the passion necessary for opening up an online retail business.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Be disruptive in your approach and don’t fall into the trap of doing something in a particular fashion just because others do it that way – think “ next ” practices not best practices. One of the most difficult areas for executives to wrap their mind around is how to unlearn legacy based thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

A leader’s view on competition will not only reveal a lot about their beliefs on current and future market trends, but also on innovation, branding, talent management, supply chain issues, constituency management, capital markets, and customer facing. Every leader has an approach to dealing with competition.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 9, 2013

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Education for Leadership. Strategy for Leadership Development. The Chief Executive. To grow leaders and leadership demands clear thinking. Interviews of existing managers.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The best chief executives possess the courage to not only seek out the right decision, but they also understand the importance of giving others permission to do the same. Poorly performing chief executives seek the safe decision rather than the courageous decision. The best chief executives manage opportunity first – and risk second.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! And when you do, what you quickly see is that todays top executives are much more than bean counters. Theres more than one way to skin a cat.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Good leaders can be defined by their emotional intelligence , which according to Psychology Today, requires an individual to manage both their own emotions and the emotions of his or her team. I n order to lead, one must first look within. It might sound easy, but it’s not. Image via Creative Commons.

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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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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The Philosophy of Management. This note sums up the underlying philosophy of management and leadership. That, according to me, is the #1 challenge of leadership today. A focus on culture, development, and leadership can pay off in more ways than one can imagine. The key however is to know, how to earn these things.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 20, 2019

As a speaker who talks on the subject of leadership to large groups and all kinds of different audiences, I am often asked if it’s possible to spot a great leader when you see one. It’s rarely an area of focus in books and classes on the subject of leadership. Humanity reminds us that people are at the heart of leadership.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Before getting to my tips on how management can get started with this mission, it’s important to review the various definitions of mental health. You can connect with him on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Mental Health Defined.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Rookies: Bumbling newbies that require copious management? While rookies are more capable than we might think, they still need leadership and guidance. While I was teaching a leadership seminar at a hospital for Yale Medical School, several physician-leaders who oversee residency programs voiced an intriguing frustration.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Be disruptive in your approach and don’t fall into the trap of doing something in a particular fashion just because others do it that way – think “ next ” practices not best practices. One of the most difficult areas for executives to wrap their mind around is how to unlearn legacy based thinking.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Webster’s Dictionary defines a “leader” as a person who has commanding authority or influence”. If a leader only has authority and is unable to influence others, then his leadership will be short lived. What are the critical methods to leadership influence?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 29, 2012

The decision’s been made, and now, as a leader, you are anxious to start executing. Alignment is not a leadership assumption , as the impatient parts of our brain may love to think. A leader must take the time to make this happen, the old-fashioned way – person by person, meeting by meeting. The pressure is on.

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HR Digest

JULY 11, 2019

Conceptualized and managed ‘Princeton Bhangra League’ for +200 residents to foster a welcoming and collaborative community, increase campus involvement, personal competencies, and provide opportunities for students to meet new people. CREATIVE MANAGEMENT. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. Ineffective Resume Action Verb Statement: 1.)

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

“It is critical that you build a pool of recognized, well developed and prepared talent for the organization, and that you identify and build future leadership.”. ~ Because development is an important business issue, it needs to be “owned” by management. Toss out your old-fashioned assumptions of the “bell curve.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: The Top 5 Leadership Mistakes: which one would your team members say you make? Both new and experienced manager/leaders can make these top five mistakes; which one is your Achilles heel? And it can lead to conflict avoidance by a manager.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on how to control gossip in the workplace… If what you desire as an executive is to have a healthy, thriving, and productive company, it is essential that you curtail office gossip.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Be Innovative and engaging, not flat and uninspired – countless management consultants employ the same old, tired planning processes that generate little interest or energy. Management teams want automated and integrated techniques that enable analytics and scenario testing.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 21, 2014

Furthermore, CEOs need to manage expectations by letting people know change will be difficult but well worth it. They issue orders that are then executed in lackluster fashion and with little resolve to persevere. Only when people have this perspective, will they really commit and give their best efforts to change.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 7, 2018

I’d become a trusted, confidential counsel which is why, over time, more and more of them felt comfortable to share worries they’d not disclosed to others, even to spouses, coaches and counselors, and certainly not to Boards, other senior executives or employees. What might that mean for how you manage? They were overwhelmed.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

This works for the corporate executive, to the aspiring entrepreneur, all the way to the person in transition. You need to develop your own personal brand that will engage your audience and get them to see your ability, your product, and your talents: Executive: What can you do to really help your company? It’s frustrating.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The purpose of servant leadership, according to Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., How would you describe your personal approach to leadership? I am a long time believer in “servant leadership.” is to empower people.

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