N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

With that in mind, organizations can partner with a trusted executive search firm to deploy a robust, industry-leading executive search strategy to solve the organization’s most crucial, complex, and confidential placements. Here is what you can expect from a highly qualified executive search strategy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Receiving this feedback from your boss can be very vague…especially if the person asking you to step it up doesn’t define or describe what they are looking for. A super helpful first step is to get clear about what executive presence actually is. Start with reflection. Where do you need to improve?

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Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Here, we'll dive into what it really means to reach peak productivity and provide actionable steps to help you focus on what genuinely matters. Identify Your Highest Priorities Take some time to identify what really matters to you. Write down your top 3-5 priorities and focus on them. learn more) 3.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

From Counting to Quality: Help Your Busy Team Work Smarter Last week, we talked about meaningful metrics , focusing on the game, not the score, and identifying and isolating the daily habits most likely to lead to success. They may be performing the activities and habits that SHOULD lead to success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

To Lead Highly Productive Teams: Keep Them Focused on What Matters Most If you want to increase productivity at work, maintain a relentless focus on what matters most in four areas. And finally, build a foundation for success by helping your team understand and master the daily habits that create results.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

How to Rally Your Team When Leading Through Change You’re a human-centered leader, leading through change that you know will have a positive impact on your team, your customers, and your results. You know how important it is to get your team rallied around an exciting vision for the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

Better Recognition Starts With More Strategic Contribution. You care about your team and the work they’re doing. They want to know their work matters and that you (and your boss) appreciate all they do. So how do you help your team’s performance stand out? Help them become leader teachers.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You have to clearly communicate multiple things to those you lead. Some of the pieces you have to communicate may be: The vision of the organization. The love you have for your team. As you can see, there are multiple things you have to communicate. I want to help you become a better communicator.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions, while promising exciting ventures, can often become battlegrounds of clashing cultures, leaving you with a demoralized workforce and a struggling combined entity. So, let’s equip you with a helpful roadmap to navigate the journey! Don’t wait for the tremors to erupt.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

Why All-Hands Meetings are so Important (Particularly Now) Now that “You’re muted'” is the catchphrase of the decade, having a great all-hands meeting or remarkable company offsite is a great way to foster human-centered collaboration. We like to do this right at the start of an all-hands meeting for a few reasons.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

The phone buzzed with her final thought: Have you experienced her frustration? Because many managers lack the courage or know-how to give meaningful feedback and help their people grow, they default to useless negative feedback that isn’t just a waste of time—it’s painful and destructive. Just had annual eval – most useless ever.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

When landing on leaders who can help take your organization to its desired future state, executive search processes are more active, robust, and aggressive. Executive Recruiting Services vs. Executive Search Services To start with, let’s dive into the main differences between both executive recruiting and executive search services.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 10, 2023

Reclaiming Your Time: Strategies for Busy Managers As a manager, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the workday, from leading team meetings and managing projects to resolving conflicts and making crucial decisions. Amid all this, finding time for personal development might seem like a luxury you can't afford.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 4, 2023

I don't deserve this," you think to yourself. If so, you may be experiencing a pervasive and insidious phenomenon called Imposter Syndrome. Like any formidable foe, once you recognize and understand Imposter Syndrome, you can begin to disarm it. Take note if you doubt your abilities or feel like a fraud.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Most of these will be day-long offsites for client company leadership teams to help them make sure they step back from the day-to-day swirl three times a year to set a course, assess their progress, and ensure that their time and attention are focused on the things that matter most.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2023

by @DebbieLaskeyMBA The Five W's of Leadership via @LeadershipMain You’re great at this job, let’s make you a manager! by @toddordal 3 powerful ways to increase your productivity by @siimonreynolds Be Brief. Insider Ted Van Dyk Can America overcome the recent political polarization and dysfunction? What could possibly go wrong?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It’s also the perfect time to empower your team, to step up and take the lead. We were merging systems, policies, programs—you name it. It was all about learning to lead courageously when others were not, and to do the right thing for the business. Do you have a strong implementation plan?”. “Is

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’re responsible for training or building leaders in your organization, how can you ensure that they learn and practice these skills? The 3 Most Important Leaders Skills. You can’t lead when you’re exhausted or reactively flipping back and forth from one crisis to the next. So how do you master time management?

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Effective leaders use communication as a critical competency to build trusting relationships, align team members around a vision, lead necessary change, and drive action. In support of that, the communication process typically involves five critical steps. Channel : how you deliver your message (i.e., Why did you do that?” “Why

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

But are we leading? Truly leading people? Over the course of a career, we gain a myriad of tools and tips on how to lead. They don’t have an answer for how to build an emotional connection with the people that we lead. They don’t have an answer for how to build an emotional connection with the people that we lead.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 2, 2020

When a big storm is forecast to come our way, Katie, my wife, starts to plan ahead, just in case we lose power: non-perishable food in the pantry (check), flashlights with working batteries (check), gas in the car (check), some cash on hand (check). From that vantage point, here are things to think about as you look toward the fall. ?

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

One of the things I occasionally get to do as an executive coach is help a client who’s stuck in their story get unstuck and move on. You, the reader, may or may not be an executive coach yourself, but my guess is you likely have a colleague or two or ten who are stuck in their stories too. When you ask “What else could it be?”

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Julie Winkle Giulioni shared Remote Relationships: How Far Can You Coast ? David shares: “ This book comes at a critical time for employees and leaders at all levels who want to find a better way to connect, communicate and lead a team through change and crisis. Adriana Garza writes Leading with Love: Three Things to Remember.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 22, 2023

If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. Plane is an action movie that will have you at the edge of your seat for most of the film. The action really starts now. You’ll watch Plane with your attention fixed on the screen. Instead, present a cool front when you need to.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

My line has become “thank you for wearing a mask. I am so grateful to you.” David Grossman of The Grossman Group provided 3Rs Internal Communication Model: 3 Steps to Reboot Internal Communications Through COVID-19. Use this how-to guide and get 3 free tools & templates to help you along the way.

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Joseph Lalonde

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Growing up, there was a popular television series called Are You Afraid Of The Dark? Are You Afraid Of The Dark? However, as we grow up, I believe we become afraid of something else… Are You Afraid Of The Light? We are afraid to step out. We can step into the light. They’re not doing you any good.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2023

Start a Conversation to Help Your Boss See Your Genius and Recognize Your Skills You want your boss to see your genius. How do you communicate your worth to get the recognition, support, and advocacy you need? And how do you do it without looking needy? Start by getting curious about their perspective.

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Career Advancement

MAY 11, 2020

Do you feel like you’re just treading water right now, trying to keep your team afloat? To lead through challenging times, you must embrace change. Never forget that disruption gives you an opportunity to rise to the top of your field. We’re all working to create solutions step by step.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Meaningful Business Metrics Aren’t About the Number When it comes to business metrics, there’s a secret that top-performing leaders understand, but might not tell you aloud: “Your customer doesn’t care about your internal scorecard.” What are you planning as your key message?” Messing Up Measurement Here’s an example to help explain.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 2, 2023

As someone who works in a team or leads a team, you have probably heard that gossip is always negative. Gossip can be used as a way to start a conversation and build a relationship with a coworker. However, there is recent research that has shown gossip can actually have positive effects on team morale, culture, and performance.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 5, 2022

One leg of the race is overnight, in the dark, along roads you don’t know. Leaders do difficult things: When I mention that the Ragnar Road Michigan is a 200-mile relay race, you may revulse in apprehension. You may cringe when you hear that one of the runs is during the darkest night. Keep going. mile run.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

To that end he presents 8 practical principles you can use to elevate others. You can take a free leadership style assessment on the LearnLoft website. Principle 2: Without Strong Relationships, You Can’t Lead. Principle 3: Culture Starts with You, But Your People Prove It.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 23, 2021

What does this mean for you? You have to break out ahead of the competition and get your message out to your key targets. What companies are now leading the charge? Start looking globally for virtual positions. But many areas will return - are you ready to take advantage of this tsunami? What will happen?

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Career Advancement

JANUARY 11, 2021

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” That allows them to get more from their people, helping them each to reach their highest potential and become leaders in turn. To mentor people effectively , you need to create trust with them.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

On a scale of 1-to-10, how would you rate your ability to listen and understand what the speaker is saying and feeling? You know the benefits of being a good listener? You learn a lot. These steps will help you improve. Step 1—Listen. You need to overcome two types of distractions. Remove them.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

John Stoker of DialogueWORKS contributed Are Your Assumptions Getting the Best of You ? Here are some helpful questions that will help you challenge your thinking. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building shared The 3 Most Important Traits Teams Want in a New Manager. Find Sean on Twitter at @leadyourteam.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

As a leader, you may be growing restless to wrap up this year and move forward to a better year in 2021 (whatever that means). Here are three steps to find meaning as you approach the end of 2020. As a leader, you are accustomed to moving at a fast pace. Use the PTO you have in the bank—don’t let it go to waste.

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