N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By investing in coaching your board chair, your organization can unlock the full potential of its leadership team, paving the way for innovation, collaboration, and sustainable growth. The board chair plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of an organization and ensuring its long-term success.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Guest post by Kris Oestergaard: Today, every business is looking to find ways to streamline its innovative abilities. Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Organizational leaders need to address all three in order to transform into innovation champions.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance. Many leaders have risen through the ranks using tried and tested methods, but these approaches may no longer be practical in an environment that thrives on innovation and flexibility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2023

The Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. Often, these “how can we” conversations that combine two seemingly opposing values lead to innovations and business process improvements. Now, almost everyone can recite the values and define them. What’s going on?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Advantage 4: See Goals More Clearly and Purposefully. Another key advantage of partnering with an executive coaching company is that executives gain the skills and knowledge necessary to improve their ability to establish and take action toward achieving goals. There are many benefits when executives lead with empathy.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 21, 2021

“Preventing climate change cannot be the only goal of decarbonisation policies,” the researchers say. “Unless low-carbon policies are fair, affordable and economically competitive, they will struggle to secure public support – and further delays in decarbonisation could be disastrous for the planet.”

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2023

HR plays a critical role in managing the people’s side of change , boosting employee engagement, and ensuring that employees are equipped to navigate change successfully and that the organization can achieve its goals. Organizations must adapt to new technologies, market conditions, and customer demands to remain competitive.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

So getting back to culture, our favorite definition of culture, if you listen to the show for a while, you know, this comes from marketing guru Seth Godin, and he says that culture is simply people like us do things like this. You’ll never get those innovations if you don’t have the discussions.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 14, 2013

2013 represents a great opportunity to leapfrog our mental models and innovate our way to breakthroughs for ourselves, our teams, our organizations and, of course, our customers. Breakthrough innovation isn’t much different; there are no maps for uncharted territory. Comprehensive data rarely exist.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

By developing a leadership team that can make strategic decisions and build a strong organizational culture, organizations can achieve better financial results, improve customer satisfaction and increase market share. This includes hiring and developing talent, setting clear goals and expectations, and providing feedback and support.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. Resistance from Within. Resistance from the Supplier. Resistance from the Customer.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

15% of the revenues from Mrked goes to teach young girls in emerging markets how to read. The idea of creating quality tech accessories came from fellow founder Safin Maknojia after he expressed his frustration with the accessories he saw in the market. My nice blue Mrked case is the brainchild of 3 kids - yup, kids.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 14, 2021

Learning how the most innovative leaders step back and see the big picture, assess the underlying issue, and then approach the solutions in a systemic, realistic way helped me see things in an entirely new way. Unorthodox thinking is required throughout the innovation process.”. That finding has stuck with me.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Unfortunately, such responses can also inhibit your employees’ sense of creativity and with it, your organization’s ability to innovate if the motivation behind this resistance is based on factors other than ensuring the collective success of your team. Is your resistance due to the blind spots in your leadership?

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

According to the survey results, the 3 biggest drivers of cultural transformation are: Internal redefinition of the company’s business model, goals, or performance levels. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. A general feeling of resistance to organizational change — a.k.a. Why Companies Change Their Culture.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Resist the temptation to just advance a broad number of disparate initiatives, and alternatively focus your efforts on the completion of a few high impact objectives.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

They then resist any change, even positive change that requires them to do something new or different. Instead of learning, growing, and expanding their envelope of possibilities, they dig in their heels, justify and rationalize their resistance to change, and often sabotage the change efforts of others. Fear Holds People Back.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Market declines, increased competition and industry culture shifts all play an enormous role in how an organization functions. Long-term, sustainable change comes from having a vision, putting steps in place to reach that goal and continuously fine-tuning the process. Shifting to new approaches is often met with resistance.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 7, 2014

Make you an innovative leader in your marketplace. have you spent great effort and resources on goals and strategies that were never worth your time to begin with? has your company pursued markets and customers that actually took you further from your goals, not closer? Are there competitors driving price resistance?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. And what are your strategic goals? AAPL) the iPod, iPad & iPhone are cherished as innovative and beautiful products. – I would argue; Not much.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I am not talking about a business or marketing plan. It has the highest resistance to adapting to changing circumstances. The resistance of the organization’s structure to change remains the primary obstacle to a well functioning, fully aligned organization. Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

While the research team knew that it would take them years to unravel the structure of the DNA molecule, they nonetheless understood that achieving this goal would be a defining moment. In other words, a goal which can serve to define the purpose behind your shared efforts.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

15% of the revenues from Mrked goes to teach young girls in emerging markets how to read. The idea of creating quality tech accessories came from fellow founder Safin Maknojia after he expressed his frustration with the accessories he saw in the market. My nice blue Mrked case is the brainchild of 3 kids - yup, kids.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 10, 2011

Resistance. Personally, as a house where people come to work, I’m glad they worked through the resistance, rather than Kevin just bulldozing (ooh I hate that word) onward with his ideas. I could tell that conversation set the tone for the day, brought the team together and reminded everyone about what is most important.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

These are the people who will turn things around, lead the organization to innovate, and drive through challenges. Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. Do they resist it? That’s right.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2012

On the surface, America's market for beer has never looked healthier. Yet just below this drinker's paradise we find a market that has never been more concentrated. The story of this market traces back nearly a century, to 1919, when America's citizens passed a constitutional amendment to outlaw the production and sale of alcohol.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. They resist at all costs letting that dreaded public display of compassion slip out. People’s resistance to display compassion, other than to family and friends, is what makes it so complex. I Think Not.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 24, 2011

who have resisted this powerful form or learning (combining reflection and writing). Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! I’ve just been using it for a few days, and I like it a lot.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 6, 2011

It’s no different when an organization is given a directive to innovate. Leaders see their favored market position weakening as competitors develop new products. In the case of the competitor closing the gap by innovating in product or service, the obvious thing is to come up with the next great thing the customer wants.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Second: Align Department Needs to Business Goals It’s important to understand that social tools aren’t one-size-fits-all. And if you’re trying to achieve high-level business goals like improved employee engagement, what works for one department, may not work for another. It’s also effective to get your employees involved.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I use data-driven learning for employees’ performance data, financial data, work analysis, and benchmarking data to keep pace with market trends. It’s fun to achieve the goals and get scores in the gamification tools. Your willingness to try new things inspires your employees and makes the workplace more innovative. Conclusion.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The right culture makes it easy for employees to create the connections needed to foster collaboration and unite teams as they work toward common goals. In any organization, there’s always resistance to change.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2013

But after meeting internal resistance, we integrated elements of going tribal to create a new company, Division-D. Too often, startup CEOs cling to old business models as their reason for success, when in reality it was their innovation and risk-taking that helped them succeed in the first place. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda. Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.” In today’s job market you need to be ambitious and driven if you don’t want to get pushed out by others who spot gaps that could have been filled by you.” Sean Glaze presents What Emergency Brake Does Your Team Need To Let Go Of?

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.". In today's job market you need to be ambitious and driven if you don't want to get pushed out by others who spot gaps that could have been filled by you.". Sean Glaze presents What Emergency Brake Does Your Team Need To Let Go Of?

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