N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This eliminates the need for travel, making it an efficient and time-saving option. Through virtual platforms, leaders can work with coaches with specialized knowledge and expertise in areas that align with their needs. One key advantage is its flexibility, allowing leaders to participate in coaching sessions anywhere worldwide.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This self-awareness enables them to make informed decisions, allocate resources strategically, and align their efforts toward collective goals. By aligning the assessment with the organization’s strategic priorities and desired outcomes, leaders can ensure that the assessment is both meaningful and valuable.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 28, 2021

1:50 GATHER: this starts with connecting with the most important person – yourself. What is meaningful to you in business relationships? 7:00 ASK: learning to ask meaningful questions of others so you can learn their hopes, dreams, and challenges. Making connecting a task is OK! Take photos of people and make notes.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 11, 2023

Showing appreciation is important to leaders, making it meaningful helps to create a positive and supportive work environment. When employees feel valued and recognized for their hard work, they are more likely to be motivated to perform at their best.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Uptime : A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing by Laura Mae Martin Google’s Executive Productivity Advisor offers insights on how to make the “new way of work” work for you, providing actionable steps to optimize your productivity, accomplish more, prevent burnout, and cultivate a harmonious work-life balance.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 17, 2024

” As a result, being able to attract, retain, and make productive, the talent you need is likely to be one of the foremost challenges businesses face in the years ahead. When people have to choose between doing work that matters to them or getting a bigger paycheck, it’s not a tough decision.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Those courtesies are important. an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. As leaders, it is our job to say “thank you” and recognize good work.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a consulting professional who works with top executives in the world’s largest companies, we understand that every organization has unique needs and challenges. Their input provides a holistic perspective, enabling us to make well-informed evaluations. The expertise of our evaluation team is a vital component of our process.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. One of your most important tasks as a young leader is to learn everything you can about the business and yourself. Get to Know Your Business How does your business make money? That was a lot of work!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

One of the critical aspects to understand is the importance of mission alignment. The Importance of Mission Alignment in Nonprofit Executive Search In the world of nonprofit organizations, mission alignment is of paramount importance when it comes to executive search.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 19, 2023

Our focus is on the importance of human connection and cultivating a culture of connection in the workplace, but what we’ve learned about connection applies beyond the realm of our work lives. It also makes us more resilient to cope with stress. As humans, we are hardwired to connect.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Help Your Team Shift from Busy to Productive 00:58 Today we are talking about helping your team shift from busy to productive and work smarter. This question came from a reader of Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul. It’s the actual work we do.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

The answer lies in your ability to engage them in three meaningful ways. Intrinsically, we all know that purpose is critically important, but there is a lot of confusion about what purpose is, how we can identify it, and how to put it to productive use. Why can’t work be like that too? Connection to Purpose.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Typically, a large organization will administer a culture survey — a large inventory of questions that results in placing the “company culture” into one of several “culture types” or “culture orientations.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

Senior leaders share the most important leadership skills to master now. As we work with senior leaders to build their leadership development programs, the conversation always turns to the most important leadership skills their frontline and middle-level leaders need. The 3 Most Important Leaders Skills. Time management.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 10, 2021

It’s one thing to know something intellectually—to learn interesting new data, to gain an understanding of why something works the way it does, to be inspired by a message—but if it stops there and you don’t develop heart knowledge, then you’re less likely to see meaningful or lasting change as a result. That makes sense.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

In Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World , former Chairman and CEO of IBM Ginni Rometty redefines power as a way to “drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few.” She observes that power that doesn’t produce tangible results is pointless.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A coach works closely with individuals or groups, assisting them in setting goals, identifying challenges, and exploring potential solutions. Their primary goal is to deliver valuable insights and expertise that can lead to tangible outcomes and sustainable results.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Importance of Board Evaluations in Driving Organizational Success In today’s complex and competitive business landscape, board evaluations are pivotal in driving organizational success and shareholder value. Without a clear purpose, these evaluations can become ineffective exercises, lacking direction and focus.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Nonprofits Effective leadership is vital for the success and sustainability of any organization – no less for nonprofit organizations. Another important challenge nonprofits face in leadership recruitment is the increasing competition for top talent.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

Want to achieve better results? No matter how big or small the change you want to make, if you’re a team leader, it all comes down to you. After all, aspiration—the “what”—is as important as the “how” when you want to make big change. Not to supervise but to build great workplaces that work for people, not against them.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 5, 2024

But one of the most important keynotes I share is What Winning Teammates DO Differently. You are likely reading this today because YOU are part of a team… And the kind of teammate you are determines more than what your team will accomplish… It determines how much you will enjoy each day working with them!

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the most important jobs I had as a basketball coach was choosing our team at the beginning of the season. Our opponent was never as dangerous or important as our locker room. Assigning roles may be the next most important job you have as you prepare your team for the journey together. The job of a team leader is to….

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Lead from Within

MARCH 28, 2023

As a leader, when that happens, it’s important to take action and reenergize your team. Make sure each meeting has a clear purpose and agenda, and encourage team members to speak up if they think a meeting isn’t necessary or productive. When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 24, 2023

As a leader, it’s important to consider how to retain top talent in order to have a successful team. Successful leaders understand that this proposition must be meaningful enough to make a real difference in the lives of their team members. As a result, you will support their well-being.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Importance of Regular Board Assessments In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations must have a strong and effective board of directors. By partnering with a professional facilitator, boards can benefit from their extensive experience working with top executives in the world’s largest companies.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Educational Institutions In the constantly evolving landscape of education, effective leadership plays a pivotal role in the success and growth of educational institutions. One of the primary challenges is the competitive nature of the industry.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 15, 2022

Hey, it’s David and you’re listening to Leadership without Losing Your Soul, your source for practical leadership, inspiration tools, and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process. Still, with all of that going on, there’s hope.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By providing tailored guidance and support, coaching and consulting professionals help leaders and their teams navigate the complexities of business, enabling them to make informed decisions that contribute to long-term growth and prosperity. Complementing the growth mindset is the implementation of effective strategic planning.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

This week on #AskingForaFriend I have a conversation with my friend Dr. David Burkus about what makes a great team. David’s work is aligned with Let’s Grow Leader’s human-centered approach and he shares with us some surprising research that he uncovered that super supports this culture-based approach! Who wants to join in the fun?

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As an effective leader, it is important to understand that high performance doesn’t happen by accident; it requires careful nurturing and effort. By doing this well, the results will be a more productive, effective, and efficient team. Schedule regular one-on-one meetings and make time in the agenda to explore these things.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What has always worked better and is required for successful leadership in this day and age is something Steven M. Trust & Inspire leadership is about “trusting people to do the right thing and inspiring them to make meaningful contributions.” So just how do we make the shift to Trust and Inspire?

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

And in teaching audiences how to become more aware of themselves and their team members tendencies and needs, I have often emphasized the importance of curiosity and how that leads to having more positive and intentional interactions. Accelerating your growth as an team leader or teammate is about mastering the art of effective communication.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2021

If you’re looking to move beyond a “check the box” approach to LGBTQ inclusion and create a more inclusive workplace, you won’t want to miss this important episode of Asking For a Friend. This email exchange led to a series of important and meaningful conversations on authenticity and LGBTQ inclusion.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Importance of Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur Regardless of their industry or background, the entrepreneur faces unique challenges on their entrepreneurial journey. By working closely with an executive coach, entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge and experience that can prove instrumental in their growth and development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

You’ve got a clear focus on what matters most, your team seems to work well together, but then you get that call: “I need to talk to you about…” It’s conflict, a disagreement, or a clash of personalities. It was an important lesson for a young leader: conflict between people is unavoidable. People are working toward different goals.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The Four Workarounds : Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems by Paulo Savaget We constantly encounter complex problems at home, in our places of work, and in society at large. The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication : Apply Them and Make the Most of Your Message by John C.

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