N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Executive coaching provides entrepreneurs a dedicated, one-on-one relationship with a seasoned professional offering objective guidance, insights, and expertise. Unlike corporate executives operating within established structures, the entrepreneur often finds themself navigating uncharted territory.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Moreover, it allows for unique value propositions that resonate with consumers and push the boundaries of conventional marketing without sidelining the company’s core business objectives. It serves as the springboard to innovative solutions, breaks operational monotony, and imbues organizational practices with agility and resilience.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As you meet more people and learn about the business, validate or invalidate your hypotheses, which will become the basis of your future vision, strategies, and/or operational plans. Give yourself 60-90 days to determine if you have the right mix of talent to achieve the goals and objectives.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. That combination of personality traits, combined with the pace at which business operates today, can cause even the best and brightest to lose focus and in turn lose productivity, AND. My answer is simply become very, very focused.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Focus has always been a powerful characteristic that has served me well in all leadership roles alike. That combination of personality traits, combined with the pace at which business operates today, can cause even the best and brightest to lose focus and in turn lose productivity, AND. My answer is simply become very, very focused.

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QAspire

AUGUST 8, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Metrics: Are They Mapped With Your Business Objectives? You can measure almost anything in your business, but if those metrics don’t serve a real business objectives, they are just numbers with no real meaning. Measurement is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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Business Objectives Metrics Objective Directory 142

Center for Creative Leadership

JUNE 2, 2020

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. From a list of 13 leadership competencies for leading the function, here are the Top 5 that emerged: Executive communication.

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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. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® Model has been a viable tool organizations have relied upon to build leaders and drive behavior change for over 50 years. an objective or a goal the leader needs to pursue through the behavior of others) There will always be a follower! (a The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a language of change!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The extension process within the Crisis Leadership & Performance-Driven Execution framework’s Leadership GPS System evolves from the new reality in business analytics and organizational design. The following information outlines the key challenges that must be overcome by answering the extended Leadership GPS questions.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The 2020 Leaders25 Top CHRO Award is a list curated by a panel of N2Growth team members ( co-led by Jeffrey Cohn and Mike Myatt ), as well as outside advisory members to ensure objectivity and rigor in our selection process. Beth is another former operator who really understands the business and their 37,000+ workforce.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

(Terry’s Note: Hi all – Today I’m introducing a new series of posts, written by guest writer Adam Tenenbaum , called Front Line Leadership. Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

Watch This Video I hope it provides a new perspective on the leadership vs. management argument. As the video progresses, the orange horizontal line that cuts the image in half is what I refer to as the leadership line. Strategy is what provides the tactical road-map, and it is tactical execution that validates and delivers strategy.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Front Line Leadership . Today in Part 2, I’m presenting the other key tactic – Create The Progress Bar Effect. Here’s what I mean by that: Break down larger tasks into small, quickly achievable objectives. Guest Post By Adam Tenenbaum. You must create a “progress bar” for your Millennials.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Goals that serve only to make us feel like we’re clearing off tasks from our To-Do list than objectives that would make us feel like we’re devoting our creativity, our genius, and our lives to something worthwhile and meaningful. One that benefits not only us or a select few, but all those around us as well.

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Coaching Tip

AUGUST 20, 2011

Leadership remains one of the most important topics across a range of fields because studies continuously demonstrate that the success and well-being of any institution or society depend on the functionality, effectiveness, and promotion of leaders and leadership. Today, leadership is not synonymous with authority.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Successful leaders in Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations and Medical Scientific Liaison positions will use their resumes to market themselves as cross-functional leaders that have made an impact across many aspects of the business—not just the scientific areas. You must appeal to all of these audiences.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 11, 2013

I’ve always said, leadership without vision is like trying to drive blind – it won’t end well. Businesses don’t have vision issues – they have leadership issues. Simply holding a leadership title/position doesn’t make a person a leader. Let me be as blunt as I can… leadership decoupled from vision is nothing short of a farce.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 19, 2016

One of the main focuses for my business is sales and leadership training in order to stay abreast of the needs of today’s fast-paced learning curve. My role as corporate trainer is to teach every leader new skills in a manner that allows them to confidently adopt new strategies and tactics for growth in their position.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 9, 2017

What sometimes gets missed are the thousands of little, tactical decisions made on the ground afterwards. A powerful German counterattack in the first days of the operation could doom the entire enterprise. Each objective was chosen to weaken the German response and give the Allies on the beach time to get established.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Planning, tactics, organizational development. Values, customs, beliefs, goals, objectives, benchmarking. Value-added leadership is a healthy way of life that puts collaborations first. Value-added leadership requires a senior team commitment. Operations are sound, professional and productive. Culture and Mission.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

It demands meticulous planning, strategic execution, and a team of dedicated individuals working towards a common objective. By combining these elements, businesses can align their operations with their long-term goals and set themselves up for enduring success. Conversely, all cultures have negatives that hinder progress.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Identify strategic objectives and goals. Technology is a tool, which feeds into tactics. Sales is a tactic, one of dozens of tactics which an organization must pursue. Sales is a tactic, one of dozens of tactics which an organization must pursue. Generate select strategic options.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

IT is an important subject for any organization and it becomes increasingly interwoven with business operations. The market a company operates in should also be taken into account for enterprise architecture. A proposal for change should correspond with the primary organizational objectives. Two Views on IT.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . We demonstrate that agile organizations possess both strategic and tactical agility. In the military realm, we use the Battle of Normandy as an ultimate example of both strategic and tactical agility. Northern Command.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Organizations can use such phrases to curb dissent, cultivate an “us versus them” approach, and deflect responsibility. References Adams, J.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Getting Honest Feedback From Your Coach It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. It takes considerable effort to recognize when someone is operating from a different mental model than yours. This is why hire an executive coach!

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Getting Honest Feedback From Your Coach It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. It takes considerable effort to recognize when someone is operating from a different mental model than yours. This is why hire an executive coach!

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

It’s hard for CEOs to improve their leadership because they rarely get candid feedback from their subordinates who fear possible retribution. It takes considerable effort to recognize when someone is operating from a different mental model than yours. It’s no wonder leaders get stuck in their mental models and can’t make progress.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How we meet corporate objectives is as important as the objectives themselves. Corporate Responsibility relates to every stage in the evolution of a business, leadership development, mentoring and creative ways of doing business. Ethics and profits are not conflicting goals. Change is 90% beneficial.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It is the natural extension of values, vision, mission, strategy, goals, objectives and tactics. Process is not the main driver in business, but merely a critical support system built for enablement, delivery, accountability and measurement. Good process comes as a by-product of clarity of purpose.

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