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Leadership in Cybersecurity

N2Growth Blog

This creates financially inefficient security architectures with increased vulnerabilities.Couple the above list of security initiatives with the below statements about the environments that security leaders are placed into, and you quickly realize a practical yet manageable shift is needed.

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The Skills of Kindness: a guide for sellers, coaches, leaders and facilitators

Strategy Driven

It’s necessary to listen using a different part of our brain (not Active Listening) that we’ve never been taught to use intentionally. Listening for Systems: from birth we’re taught to carefully listen for content (exemplified by Active Listening) which misses the underlying, unspoken system.

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Listening Biases: How Influencers Unwittingly Restrict Possibilities

Strategy Driven

Enter with a blank brain, as a neutral navigator, servant leader, change facilitator. This is particularly hard for coaches and leaders who believe they must influence the outcome toward a goal, or use their expertise to help the person change the way the influencer believes they should. Any expectations or goals limit outcomes.