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Leading Thoughts for September 2, 2021

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Like everyone else, you’re adopting the same survival mechanisms, galloping along on the same treadmill, and defaulting into the same operational cycles. Source: First Things , “ What Art Can—and Can’t—Do ” February 2009. * * *.

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Every Day An Idea

Lead Change Blog

In the process, I learned several lessons that helped me understand why community matters in the first place, why a community won’t flourish unless someone nurtures it and provides structure, and why some of the most powerful leadership material comes from the people who feel least qualified to write it. Editorial Guidelines. Writing Matters.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Well actually, no it’s not. I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&#

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Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The Medium “is&# the Message : People that fall into this camp believe that the medium will do the work for them…They believe in the reach and power of the medium to overcome any flaws in the message. It takes a blending of approach to craft the right message and this will not happen when operating in a vacuum.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. I think I have understood the power of good timing, but have not used it enough strategically.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll describe the power that resides with the truly confident, as contrasted with self-destructive characteristics that plague the arrogant… When you think of a true leader do you envision someone who displays a quiet confidence or a blatant arrogance? [link] rashmin I agree with what you are saying !!

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