N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. In a hiring market like the one we’re currently experiencing, finding a true game-changing leader is extremely challenging. So how do you find those top performers and disrupters that can take your organization to new heights? There are thousands of U.S.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

In many organizations, authority-based leadership is waning. Success is all about getting others to care about what you care about. The most effective leaders get their teams, their colleagues, and their suppliers to emphasize their priorities. In other words, you have impact on the organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

That’s exactly what we need here! What should I do?” ” #AskingforaFriend Three Practical Ways to Help Your Idea Get the Best Chance of Traction Of course, every situation is different. Have you spent time really getting curious about the systems and processes in the business? I’m curious.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

I T HAS BEEN SAID that culture is the most important thing because it determines how your company makes decisions when you’re not there. This led Ben Horowitz to ask, how do you create and sustain the culture you want? The samurai who ruled Japan for seven hundred years and shaped modern Japanese culture. Have shocking rules.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

How to Draw out Better Ideas from Every Member of Your Team. You’re a human-centered leader working to create a courageous, speak-up culture filled with psychological safety. A culture where employees feel invited and encouraged to speak up and share their ideas and express their concerns. Silent Ponderous.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Secret of Culture Change : How to Build Authentic Stories That Transform Your Organization by Manoel Amorim, Jay B. Barney and Carlos Julio Data indicates that most strategic efforts to change a company’s culture fail. We barely know how trust works. So how do companies succeed in this endeavor? Champions aren't born.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

John writes: “ Sometimes we are consciously unconscious about what we are thinking. Jennifer explains: “ When others don’t want to hear your voice or acknowledge what you have to say, it can make you feel unheard, unvalued, and unappreciated. Communication. When this happens, sometimes our thinking gets the best of us.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Gallup research has found that about seven in 10 people are struggling or suffering in their lives. So, what does this mean to leaders? Work should be a stabilizing force in people’s lives. People who are not “thriving in their lives are much more vulnerable and add risk to your organization.”. What can leaders do?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

And as plant life slows down and the leaves change color, we should make the time to reflect and take stock of where we are and where we need to go. Kim - (August 2023) When our trust is broken, and when our own trustworthiness is called into question, many of us are left wondering what to do. We barely know how trust works.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

M UCH has been written about how the Millennial and Z generations are different, their likes and dislikes, and idiosyncrasies. Every generation has experienced pivotal events and cultural forces that have shaped their lives and how they react to life. Create purposeful organizations and align personal and professional purpose.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 14, 2023

Leaders are passionate about what they do and take pride in their ability to guide and inspire others to achieve great things. However, effective leadership also involves knowing when it is time to step down and make room for new leadership. Effective leaders are able to recognize when it’s time to step down.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 5, 2021

My experience as a coach and teacher have convinced me that in MOST cases, you should not prepare the road for the person. But as a leader, your job is to control what you can, and to anticipate challenges so you and your team can overcome them together. Yes… leaders have MANY responsibilities…. Pick the People.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Every time we meet, he’s giving me something else to work on. No matter what I do, I can’t seem to get it right, so I’ve learned to just block him out and do the best I can.” “My boss has talked with me three times about my communication. . And guess, what? I Don’t Know How.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In our book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters; Business Practices , we discovered the leadership principles of organized crime syndicates that forge high-performance teams of very loyal gangsters, incredibly strong brand names and cultures with a long-term perspective and an unrelenting customer focus.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have seen time and time again how successful leaders unknowingly sabotage their own success through certain habits that they fail to recognize as detrimental. These habits can hold leaders back from being effective. This can create a negative atmosphere and erode trust and respect among team members.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Accelerating your growth as an team leader or teammate is about mastering the art of effective communication. As I share in many keynotes and training programs, “ being effective is not about experience… it’s about awareness.” In every room you go into, take a moment to examine your surroundings.

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Lead from Within

JULY 19, 2022

One important area that many leaders overlook is talent development: finding ways to keep your employees engaged, learning, and growing in directions that benefit both their personal goals and the organization. A truly thoughtful talent developing program lets people know how much you value them. The Leadership Gap.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When hiring new leaders, there are many options for organizations to consider when it comes to driving the best outcome and having a partner who can help solve business problems. A retained firm will partner with you in finding senior executives who can play a pivot role in your organization’s future success.

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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.”. Leaders are dealers in hope. What helped? What didn’t?

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! The same is required for those we serve as leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided What Not To Say When You’re Mad. This communication maxim, drilled into me by my parents, requires one to slow down and think how what is being stated could be perceived. Steve writes: “ Who cares what your employees say! Communication. They don’t.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Lorrie writes: “ We often work with clients who aim to improve communication within their organizations. David shares: “ Every time a leader has a conversation with a team member about improving their work there is an opportunity. What does it mean anyway? What does highest level listening entail?

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Making your employees happy should be one of your top priorities as a leader. When employees are happy, they are more engaged, motivated, and productive, which ultimately leads to the success of your organization. In conclusion, making your employees happy is essential for the success of your organization.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Bernd Geropp provided One-on-one meetings – What matters most! How do you get started and what exactly should you say in such meetings? Learn the three keys that offer certainty and knowledge that the leader can be counted on. There are multiple solutions to every problem or concern. Communication.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

McChrystal illustrates how these ten factors are always in effect, and how by considering them, individuals and organizations can exert mastery over every conceivable sort of risk that they might face. Play Nice But Win : A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael Dell with James Kaplan. You were taught to be an employee.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Not everyone shares in your enthusiasm, and the culture of your team seems to have changed. You are struggling to understand what the issues are and how to address them. Should you allow performance to seek its own level? Should you remind everyone of the previous performance standards and enforce them rigidly?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

Astronaut crews living and working in space experience as a matter of course what many of us experienced unexpectedly during the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic. What was new and disorienting in our work lives and personal lives over the past year is the ongoing reality of an astronaut’s day. The Dangers of Disconnection.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.”

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 21, 2023

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). We’ve previously written about how Conant held senior leaders accountable for improving employee engagement at Campbell’s and the tremendous difference it made.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Despite the constancy of change in today’s global marketplace, the environment for change in many organizations is unfriendly at best. Few organizations have the appetite for change found at Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other innovative firms. But what do you do in a context that resists change? well, it’s not good news.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 17, 2019

Guest post from Jeffrey Hayzlett: What’s leadership? What makes for an effective leader? The answers to both these questions are relative to every organization -- big or small. The fact of the matter is, some people become good leaders and others don’t. Therefore, who exactly are you leading? Personality.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

The ideas and terminology you’ve heard and read about come together here to give you a holistic view of where you need to go next. In other words, it’s more about what a company does than what it has. Yet a bold imagination is a requirement for leaders today.”. Digitization defines the playing field.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Marcia shares: “ Achieving inner stillness is getting comfortable with the beautiful emptiness of not knowing. I say we should do our part to lessen the burdens carried by our fellow man. Leadership is about inspiring and developing others to accomplish a compelling common goal – and that is most effectively done with QUESTIONS!

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

T HIRTY-NINE LEADERS were interviewed on subjects related to leadership and were assembled by Roger Dean Duncan into LeaderSHOP Volume 1: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice from Today’s Top Thought Leaders (not to be confused with the LeaderShop ). The book is organized around 10 topics. Mental Maps. Workplace Practices.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As a leader, you’re responsible for supporting your employees’ mental health. Mental health issues are often a source of fear and stigma, and many leaders avoid them entirely. Keep communication flowing well at all levels and across functional areas—don’t just communicate at the top and leave the rest of the organization in the dark.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Are you allowing your team the flexibility to learn things on their own instead of communicating what you’ve already learned? Read this month’s article to find out why and what you can do instead. Use this approach to map out your communication – whether it’s to a colleague, your team, or company-wide – in about 5 minutes.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And while many people are still anxiously awaiting a return to normal, it’s becoming more and more apparent that the “normal” we crave won’t be the same as what we had before. Here are some of the ways leaders should be adapting to the new reality: Leaders must adapt to create stability.

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