N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes. To reach and stay at the top of their game, every elite athlete continues to practice, keep their skills sharp, and grow their capacity to win. Leadership involves uncertainty.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Leading Without Maps with Four Leadership Shifts : At the threshold of a new frontier in leadership and workforce development, business leaders can no longer rely on the guidebooks of the past. These two transformations require four shifts to leadership: Mindset. From managing people and processes to enabling success.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 12, 2011

“I explained the theory of the Lean Startup, repeating my definition: an organization designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” The Lean Startup delivers a lot of great insight for leadership and product management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

It can create doubt, uncertainty, lack of focus, and even resentment. Sharp discussions net sharp decisions We’ve all been in meetings where a decision is supposed to be made but in fact you are left with no sense of tangible forward progress. Deciding not to decide has a price. Timelines stretch while costs skyrocket.

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CO2

OCTOBER 10, 2013

by Gary Cohen Leadership Reality: Achievement vs. Intimacy. ” You had another just-as-sharp pencil in your bag as a backup, next to your mini ruler (just the right length for underlining your notes) and both a yellow and green highlighter. This supported your belief that with achievement you would keep uncertainty at bay.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 24, 2015

We must lead with no agenda and be comfortable with uncertainty. Can our minds and hearts be big enough to handle uncertainty about who may be right or wrong? We must lead with open spaces and not sharp corners of judgment. Lead From Within: True leadership is about communication, understanding, and acceptance.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Fear will exist for all of us, especially in times of change and uncertainty. These exceptional circumstances are when the survival of the organization is at stake and extremely sharp short-term actions are required to ensure that the organization survives the immediate circumstance. Image Credit: Etienne Girardet.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . In sharp contrast to Hurricane Katrina, the collaboration between military organizations, federal authorities, and state and local agencies during Sandy led to purposeful and decisive support to victims and infrastructure.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

"Unleashing Collective Genius" As globalization takes a sharp turn from government to business, the issue of global talent mobility rapidly moves up the agenda. I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. Michael Fraccaro: That’s an interesting way to frame it.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Multinational leadership teams should instead clarify their long-term objectives in the market – for example, whether they want to focus on maintaining margins or growing market share – and align execution accordingly. Their goal is to lower product prices to gain market share away from competitors who import into the country.

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 12, 2018

Throughout today and tomorrow, I will be sharing leadership insights from the best and the brightest in the church and business world. If there wasn’t uncertainty, the world wouldn’t need leaders. And while your leadership journey may be less glamorous, it’s no less important. Image courtesy of Catalyst.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Other harm to the companies — time and effort devoted to problems and not business, loss of reputation, uncertainty about the future of leaders — is palpable.

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