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Active Listening: the Key to Leadership Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Today, the key step for being a true leader is active listening. Active listening is the act of repeating back, in your own words, what you believe was said. Active listening and fluid communication takes time and cannot be accomplished overnight. This is leadership!

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict, and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion, you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are active listeners, fluid thinkers, and know when to press-on and when to back-off. Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. Visit [link] to learn more about the leadership system.

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Call Length Is the Worst Way to Measure Customer Service

Harvard Business Review

In focus groups we’ve run, customers report that one of their biggest sources of frustration is the feeling that they’re being treated in a generic, robotic fashion and that the rep is trying to rush them off the phone rather than taking the time required to make sure their issue is resolved. And customers can tell.

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To Get More Out of Social Media, Think Like an Anthropologist

Harvard Business Review

Listening to internet chatter can provide a heads-up on which signals to take in, which are being amplified in the culture, and which need response from the firm. To get the most out of social media data, operations have to go beyond data scientists and the marketing departments that house them. Every executive has to be a listener.

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The Benefits of Taking a Slower Approach to Innovation

Harvard Business Review

It’s the realm of fashion houses that know to make fewer chokers and invest in more crop tops. If you incubate an interesting function that starts to grow, move it somewhere else in the operational infrastructure. Don’t forget that seeing isn’t observing, and hearing isn’t listening.