N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. Thanks in advance for sharing… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] It was C.S. link] Ovidiu What a GREAT article!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

In my blog of two weeks ago, entitled The Leadership Love-In I reiterated the never ending need for better leadership. I also extended kudos to a handful of passionate leadership bloggers who I consider to be experts in their field (links listed below). Leading and working in such environments can be awfully tough.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. While leadership doesn’t require being perfect, it does require doing what is needed and necessary.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

One of a leader’s most important functions is to create an environment where trust and loyalty are the rule and not the exception. In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

In my blog of two weeks ago, entitled The Leadership Love-In I reiterated the never ending need for better leadership. I also extended kudos to a handful of passionate leadership bloggers who I consider to be experts in their field (links listed below). Leading and working in such environments can be awfully tough.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

Leadership. by John • March 21, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing • 1 Comment. Call it a hiccup or a long-term slump; every brand faces a crisis. Whether self-created or a swipe from the blind side, crisis recovery can be elusive. March 21, 2011 at 4:16 pm. >Hi Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

They would take the position that gossip is just part of human nature, and that gossip will always exist in any type of environment where social dynamics are present. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The Environment : What should be obvious, but what is often overlooked, is the importance of having your board members look forward to the meeting. Thanks in advance… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Priority number two is team building and talent management. Which hat, or hats do you wear? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

It is very typical that in this type of environment that the controversy shifts from company vs. employees, to employee vs. employee. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

learning » Leadership thinking [.] truth and leadership [.] In fact, in some cases the use of buzzwords and business speak can actually demonstrate a better understanding of context, environment, audience, etc. Thanks for sharng Sami.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Not only do they read the environment well, but they possess the uncanny ability to adapt their messaging to said environment without missing a beat. Communicate more effectively. Communication skills are so essential for leaders that it is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I often engage in the MBWA behaviors and though I am not the expert that my team members are, I have stepped in to help them whenever needed, and yes, on occasion when it wasn't, but our open and respectful environment allows them to say "I got it, thanks." " Great article. Best wishes for continued success Marlyn.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. link] LEADERSHIP : Disruptive Business Models – N2Growth Blog « Tech4buziness – Eng [.]

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

These two unprecedented events are stark reminders that effective crisis management involving complex science and technology is wholly dependent on well-thought-out — and actively practiced — crisis response plans. government initially left many dimensions of crisis management and response to BP.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary. But Apple does not manufacture them. But manufacturing?

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 3, 2010

Executive Roundtable mentor and supporter, Katherine Rethy , is currently completing a Masters in Leadership through an international university and is seeking input from leaders on the question: Do business leaders have any responsibility to lead for sustainability? Skip to content Home Welcome! Not you of course. Thanks for your support!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

They are able to play the role of ambassador, emissary, influencer, coach, facilitator, expediter, lobbyist, buffer/shield, crisis manager, negotiator, publicist, strategist, tactician, mentor, consultant, counselor, collaborative thinker and in some cases partner, based upon what the client needs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In addition, when we work in complex adaptive environments (like an organization), then we have to be able to leverage each and every tool at our disposal in varying degrees to accomplish the objective. If strategy and execution fail how is this a representation of culture trumping strategy?

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 10, 2010

← Fast Friday with Jacoline Loewen, Managing Partner of the Loewen Group Are you stuck in a never ending project spin cycle? In a quick search of two of Toronto’s top universities, he found that “leadership” courses accounted for one module in one semester of their respective MBA programs. No job is perfect all the time.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think. I was so impressed with the detail in every service and the great way they set the environment they wanted. It only makes your current game better.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 14, 2011

← Culture eats strategy for lunch… and it will eat leaders too Piers Morgan vs. Larry King… how to get off on the wrong foot → Fast Friday with Virgil, Roman Epic Poet Posted on January 14, 2011 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Last night we celebrated the 3rd anniversary of the Executive Roundtable (well, 3rd plus a month).

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

25 of the worst leadership lines ever. Posted on September 20, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Just like a classically bad pick up line (“Do fries come with that shake?”), some leaders are notorious for dishing out lame leadership lines. Red flag mechanisms… got yours? → Say what? Feel free to add your own. Happy leading!

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 2, 2011

We’re looking forward to more RoundtableTalk in 2011. Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership and tagged Heather Reisman , John Furlong , psychopath boss , Tony Hsieh , top leadership blog posts. Skip to content Home Welcome! Bookmark the permalink. "Cool" is a moving target.

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Roundtable Talk

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We look forward to sharing more leadership stories, lessons and ideas with you in 2011. This LeaderTalker is turning off technology until the new year (unless I see something irresistible in the paper that needs to be poked at). Share this: This entry was posted in results and tagged 2010 in review , happy holidays.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

→ View from the corner cubicle: leadership lessons from Tomer Strolight Posted on March 4, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment TorStar Digital is one of Canada’s fastest growing, most innovative media companies. Join us next time when on March 31 st we look at Managing: The Tough Stuff. Skip to content Home Welcome!

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Here’s the bottom line: How can you possibly justify not communicating with your key constituents, stakeholders, and influencers in an environment of their choosing, where they are actively having conversations in real time? In the post-recession, post-mass media environment, it's all in play. News Flash: you can’t.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 25, 2011

The founders of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) have started to create the roadmap to a better world of work. Change is scary… leadership is about having courage. Skip to content Home Welcome! Enter Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson. The question is: will leaders have the guts to follow it? Happy leading!

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 18, 2011

← Fast Friday with Virgil, Roman Epic Poet ROWE: A new roadmap for work that will bend your brain → Piers Morgan vs. Larry King… how to get off on the wrong foot Posted on January 18, 2011 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment In my experience, when it comes to making career moves, it’s always advantageous to have small shoes to fill.

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