Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2023 curated just for you. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Because, leadership is an activity―small actions taken in moments of opportunity. Disruptable : Break Away From Ordinary by Allan Young. They are not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the most frustrating aspects of teamwork is the feeling of futility – of spinning your wheels. Your conversation needs to produce action, or nothing changes. Your conversation needs to produce action, or nothing changes. Related Article: Help Your Team Do More-Stop (over) Talking and Start Doing 2. .”

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Your perspective on a problem will determine your experience in dealing with it. Your experience is based on your perspective. You usually can’t control what is happening to you, but you can control your perception of it and, thus, how it affects you. You need to shift your focus. Life is happening to me.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi on leadership: “The fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. Source: My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. You’ll find practical steps you can take to build your own plan for finding the right mentor for you, or for becoming someone else’s trusted advisor. A more meaningful life is within your reach, and it starts in one place: your mind.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve witnessed the profound impact of talent development in an increasingly uncertain world. According to McKinsey’s study, it highlights the concerns of executives, with a staggering 87% believing that their organizations will face disruption due to digital trends.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2023 curated just for you. With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A well-crafted succession plan can ensure a smooth transition of power, minimize disruptions, and preserve the organization’s legacy. A succession plan can help to ensure that the organization’s mission, values, and goals are carried forward, even if the leadership changes.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2022 curated just for you. How to Calm Your Mind : Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey. Make It Count : Ensuring When Life Expires Your Legacy Lives On by Hunter Ballew.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. So how do you find those top performers and disrupters that can take your organization to new heights? With demand for top executives outstripping supply choosing the best search firm to partner with can have a critical impact on the future of your organization.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Value of Executive Leadership Team Coaching in Today’s Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the value of executive leadership team coaching cannot be understated. Strong leadership has never been more crucial as organizations face an increasingly complex and volatile environment.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Chand, a leadership author and consultant, on disruption: “A fighter pilot knows he's in the right spot when he's getting anti-aircraft fire. If you're not catching flack for your disruptive idea, you're not over your target yet. Keep flying.”. Source: New Thinking, New Future. Quite the contrary.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 17, 2023

While it might be the case for some that this drive is an attempt to rationalize why leaders want more employees to return to the office, the bigger issue at play here is that mandating collaboration is not the same thing as empowering collaboration within the various teams in your organization.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2023 curated just for you. Fast Forward will help you and your teams create the life you want this year and every year. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Right Kind of Wrong : The Science of Failing Well by Amy C.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 20, 2021

When your cause is important and you’re working to build a better world, leadership matters more than ever – but it often takes a back seat to the scramble to achieve today’s results. This leadership paradox isn’t limited to nonprofit or social justice organizations. Leading for Justice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 16, 2021

Leaders across industries face challenges posed by the remote work revolution, varying degrees of workforce risk tolerance, and seismic disruptions if the Great Resignation hits their team. Your connection to your people and their certainty that you care about them are more important than ever. Another Chance to Build Culture.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2023 curated just for you. The Leap to Leader : How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership by Adam Bryant The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening as the skills required to be an effective leader grow in number and complexity.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2023 curated just for you. Moonshot : A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible by Mike Massimino Learn the NASA Astronaut mindset to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing your wildest ambitions.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding the Role of a Chief Commercial Officer In the complex world of corporate leadership, a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) holds a pivotal role. Selecting an individual with the right blend of experience, leadership skills, and market insight is critical in ensuring your company’s growth and sustainability.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 20, 2023

When you fail to communicate effectively, it can lead to misunderstandings and confusion among your team. This becomes disruptive when leaders are not specific, measurable, or achievable in their goals. As a leader, failing to provide support and resources to your employees causes chaos. Leaders are not transparent and honest.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

Many companies experience digital disruption in the same way as the tornado in the Wizard of Oz —swept up by forces beyond their control. In the same way, digital disruption is not about the technology as much as it is about how companies can make their way through the new competitive environment they find themselves in.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2022

Personally, I have seen friends in industries like travel and hospitality whose businesses and hence careers were suddenly disrupted with no where else to go. On Disrupting Yourself. Whether the driving factors for personal disruption are internal or external, one thing is sure – disruption will force us to adapt at some point.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The responsibility for navigating this uncharted terrain rests on the shoulders of those in leadership positions. The Rise of Holacracy: The trend towards decentralized leadership—sometimes known as holacracy—challenges the traditional hierarchy of organizations. Hold beginner workshops on trends like AI, automation, and cybersecurity.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A S professor Jan-Benedict Steenkamp states in Time to Lead , “Everybody can improve their leadership qualities by reading about other leaders, how they resolved their dilemmas, and why they were successful.”. Second, he identifies four types or leadership metaphors : the hedgehog, the fox, the eagle, and the ostrich.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. Leading with Gratitude : Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant. But change is hard.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

Understanding Resilience in Business Resilience in business refers to the ability of an organization to withstand disruptions, adapt to changing circumstances, and emerge stronger from adversity. A business change management consultancy firm will be able to help your company manage change in a strategic and helpful way.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

Identifying Growth-Stage Leadership to Drive Innovation in Life Sciences Effective executive search partners play a pivotal role in identifying, attracting, and assessing the leadership best aligned to drive growth and innovation, all the more important in highly dynamic industries like life sciences.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

While the idea of embracing disruption and meaningful change may seem straightforward, the reality is that organizational infrastructure and interpersonal relationships can make it complex. However, as a leadership coaching professional, I don’t view these skills as “soft” but as essential.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 13, 2022

relationships with your team. This episode is for you if you’re ready to disrupt the way we think about traditional leadership standards and the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that have failed to make lasting change. 14:42 – The need for a leadership archtype about how we treat people.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

Guest post from Robbie Kellman Baxter : In the past few years, we have seen what we thought of as “disruption proof” businesses get disrupted by new and unexpected competitors. More recently in the wake of the novel coronavirus, we have seen a second wave of disruption coming from outside forces, rather than competition.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In an industry as complex and rapidly evolving as healthcare, having strong executive leadership is more important than ever. Healthcare executives must not only have a thorough understanding of the practice of medicine but also possess strong leadership abilities to guide their organizations effectively.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. On your search for the next CxO, you can clearly visualize what they need to possess in terms of experience and capability, and you wish to move quickly with the transition. The bar is set high.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 8, 2023

A Reel Leadership Article My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Your mind will be challenged as you try to figure out the mystery (make sure to watch the movie first before reading this article, or you’ll have the film spoiled for you).

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Intelligent failures happen in uncharted territories – areas like space explorations, new drug discoveries, building a disruptive new product etc. Amy says that if you are not regularly failing intelligently, you may not be operating at your full potential. Do Your Homework “Intelligent failures begin with preparation.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi wrote, “the fundamental role of a leader is to look for ways to shape the decades ahead, not just react to the present, and to help others accept the discomfort of disruptions to the status quo.”. And that feeds our approach in society at large. It leads to short-term thinking.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Your resilience as a leader makes or breaks your ability to inspire followership. Today’s guest post is b y Maureen Metcalf, CEO of Innovative Leadership Institute, and a Principal here at thought LEADERS. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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