Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2018

Inventive companies like Amazon and Tesla are constantly churning out new products and services, but there is something else that they, and other distinctive enterprises, are also in the business of producing: their version of leadership. One senior executive did just that at her global firm where creative output counts. .”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

With what I’ve noted thus far I’m always amazed at the number of executives who don’t keep up with their professional reading. How can you accept the responsibility to develop a team if you’re not developing yourself? Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Few HR organizations will promote improvement training unless it's driven by senior leadership, even though they may recognize it as what the organization needs. The CEO and executive team often view HR as an expense with a transaction focus, rather than adding value with a strategic focus. Others say that HR is under-utilized.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” What type of leadership and culture are required to achieve the value proposition?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

You’ll know as you read this interview – the wealth of leadership wisdom, strategic foresight, and transformative insights shared by Norm Smallwood—a luminary shaping tomorrow’s leadership landscape–will completely reframe how you look at the modern workplace! We labeled these foundational competencies the “leadership code”.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

However in reflecting upon my presentations and client engagements, I’ve noticed that it’s not an infrequent occurrence to find that even the most savvy executives misconstrue certain basic leadership ideas. Some individuals openly seek out positions of leadership, while leadership is thrust upon others.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

The conversation regurgitated cliché after customer-centric product cliché until the moment the team rejected and replaced the facilitator''s language. Maerki similarly observed that IBM soon stopped using "committee" in favor of "team" — another word-swap that ultimately had meaningful managerial impact.). This may be true.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

HR is an enigmatic profession, as the authors write, “the sad reality is—even in today’s enlightened age of recognizing the value of people to the business—too many top executives still view HR as a non-strategic cost center instead of a core, profit-contributing function.”

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