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Leadership & Loyalty | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

One of the things I tend to value most is loyalty. In fact, there are few things I loathe more than gravy trainers, fare weather friends, gossips and others that display a lack of loyalty. One of a leader’s most important functions is to create an environment where trust and loyalty are the rule and not the exception.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. I’ve also attempted to distinguish between loyalty and tenure.

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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Loyalty is a missing ingredient in job market of both the secular and sacred. I think loyalty is a great addition to the list. From my perspective, there cannot be a true sense of team without the existence of loyalty. I would like to add one.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They were able to command greater loyalty and respect from peers and subordinates alike with less bravado and more humility and discernment. Arrogance rarely results in lasting relationships built on a foundation of loyalty and trust. The confident also succeed in business, but not at the expense of others as do the arrogant.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Until recently, loyalty was the cornerstone of that relationship. Organizations can no longer guarantee work and careers, even if they want to. Yet many employees, professionals and faculty cling to old assumptions about one of the most critical relationship of all: the implied, unwritten contract between employer and employee.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders who show compassion are respected, trusted, and enjoy the loyalty of those they lead. Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While feigned humility is the height of insincerity, authentic humility is the most sincere form of confidence and strength.

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