Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

How do you tap into the grit and tenacity when you are exhausted? ” Because if you’re a leader, who really believes in the “ the idea or thing” you’re leading your team toward, that passion and tenacity can become contagious. No matter what you encounter, you can adapt/pivot.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2023

"If your job is making you miserable, it's like being in a bad relationship – it's time to re-evaluate and find a new partner, or at least a new attitude." In this article, we will explore some tips and strategies that can help you achieve this. By focusing on the positive aspects, you can shift your mindset and be happier at work.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

T HE IDEA behind Never Enough isn’t perfection or even a state of dissatisfaction. Bush and Barack Obama, Mike Hayes, says Never Enough is about aiming for excellence, agility, and meaning in everything we do. Never enough means realizing our full potential—intentionally. Never Excellent Enough. It’s never easy.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2023 curated just for you. Come Up for Air : How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work by Nick Sonnenberg “There just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done!” You can, too. Come Up for Air is that blueprint.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

Since childhood, I have played video games, and one of my all-time favorites is Sid Meier’s Civilization. For those of you who are not familiar with the game, as its name implies, you take on the role of civilization ruler to build an empire competing against others (2-7 civilizations). COMPETITION. RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This 7-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, as learned by Al Harrison (played by Kevin Costner), through the courage of Katherine Johnson (played by Taraji P. Johnson is part of a team of female African-American’s playing a vital role in the early days of the NASA space program. What are you doing there?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

It requires understanding that the nature of competitive advantage has shifted—and that being digital is not enough. Have you ever wondered what it would take to be a better leader, or achieve your wildest dreams, or make a bigger difference in the world? If we play the victim, we’re doomed to fail. Growth is the goal.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Did you think I was also going to be a chill normal dude?” Below, you will find some excerpts that give you a taste of what you will find in Isaacson’s Elon Musk. He was a visionary who didn’t play well with others. If you’re unwilling to invest in a company, he felt, you shouldn’t qualify as a founder.

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Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2021

R AISING KIDS in the physical world is hard enough to get right, but now there is the added dimension of the digital world. I think we can agree that Face Timing with grandma and playing Temple Run are activities with very different value, even though both occur on the same device.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

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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. You’ll watch Plane with your attention fixed on the screen. Leaders have to play big issues cool: Torrance saw Gaspare boarding the plane. What do you do?

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 20, 2021

The normal roles were reversed a couple of weeks ago, though, when a senior executive client asked me the thought-provoking question, “How do you combine patience and urgency?”. People who are new to yoga tend to focus first on an active approach in which you move from one pose to the next. This active style is known as yang.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

What Higgins is saying is that “you don’t win when you give yourself the option to lose.” Should you process risk? To accomplish something great, you have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to turn back. Burn the boats is about overcoming that voice in your head that holds you back—creates doubt.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Two statements she makes at the start caught my attention immediately: Success, impact, and life satisfaction are not the result of how much power you can accumulate, or even how powerful others think you are; they are the result of what you are able to do for others with the power you already have. What Is Power?

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

How do you bounce back? And, like me, you probably know a bunch of people who will be travelling once or twice a month this year to attend all of those weddings and other family gatherings that were postponed due to COVID. You may be in situations where you’re eating and drinking in ways that you haven’t while you were staying home.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

If you weren’t onboard back then, you need to stop looking for the next train and rapidly go in search of building a rocket ship. In the text that follows, I’ll provide you with 4 constructs to help you evolve your thinking around digital transformation. Focus Point #1: Rethink how you approach digital.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Speaker Josh Kaufman Length 19 27 Rating 4 5 Summary You can get to a passable level in a new skill with 20 hrs practise. You just need to Deconstruct the skill into its important parts. His example of learning to play ukulele from its 4 most common chords was good.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 31, 2023

You have to prepare to succeed in any such endeavor. Long runs require many hours of training and conditioning when you don’t feel like practicing. You will have to train your body and mind to push past the barriers you’ve placed in your life. If you do this, you lose all the momentum you’ve gained.

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Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2021

To the extent we understand the dynamics of the world—why things are the way they are—we can play with recombining and changing things in ways that still make sense and are feasible.”. “To How do you execute and deliver the new idea? How do you make it the new ordinary? Rather, it rests on a causal understanding of reality.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2020

We did our normal long walks and he had play dates with his friends. We were playing like he plays with his dog friends, and I am not his dog friend. We do this with our New Year resolutions, our exercise programs, healthy eating, sleeping enough, managing people and projects at work, and nurturing our relationships.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These are things in your control, like how you set goals, behave, develop, network, present yourself, and manage your sleep. You can’t deliver big results if you don’t have big goals. Bigger goals, focused on the right things, allow you to demonstrate higher performance. You can control your behavior.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 10, 2022

This 5-minute lesson demonstrates this principle, through the example of Amelia Earhart (played by Hillary Swank). Now, the night before this scene, she catches her aviator, Bill Stoltz (played by Joe Anderson), drunk at a bar and mocking her plans. Questions for Further Development: How are you practicing Resolve with your team?

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Skip Prichard

MAY 11, 2024

When you are alone, mind your thoughts When we’re alone, our thoughts can be loud. When you are with friends , mind your tongue Conversations with friends are almost like playing an instrument. Each note must be played with care and consideration. With friends, make your words as harmonious as a well-played melody.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2022

I read the book a few years ago and it helped me immensely in thinking about intersections that I want to play in and the waves I want to surf. There are two types of risk – competitive risk, which involves head-to-head competition, and market risk, which creates a new field of play. Play to your Distinctive Strengths.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2023

They understand that they are only as good as their team and that everyone has a role to play in achieving success. They understand that they are only as good as their team and that everyone has a role to play in achieving success. “You’re not good enough.” “I don’t have time for you.”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The CIO plays a pivotal role in leading this transformation by combining their technical expertise and understanding of business objectives and leading the executive team to evangelize digital strategies, enabling them to live successfully in every part of the organization.

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 25, 2021

Be clear about the target audiences and the outcomes you are seeking. What ACTIONS do you want people to take? What FEELINGS and BELIEFS do you want to stimulate? Keep in mind that you are constantly competing with social media and mobile notifications for attention. . The SVS model has three components: Simple: Short.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What can you do to improve your leadership style? Leadership styles refer to the alternative ways you direct, engage, and empower people to make needed changes. When dealing with inexperienced people, you need to start by directing them. State clearly what you expect, how you expect it to be done, and when it is due.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

How did you react? Never Enough : A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning by Mike Hayes (Celadon Books, 2021) Mike Hayes has lived a lifetime of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving by Scott O'Neil (St. What helped?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 16, 2021

If a full year of traversing the fog of pandemic has left you drained of energy and filled with stress, you are not alone. On some days, you feel like you’re taking two steps forward and one step back. Even as you get closer to some semblance of normal, there will be re-entry pains. Playing a musical instrument.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

When was the last time your point leader gave you a go-ahead nod? Like a baseball coach sending a runner the sign to steal on the next pitch, leaders in your life can let you loose with a simple head nod. after you pitch your latest wacky idea. You can keep them from guessing by telling them what’s in and out of bounds.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Mike Ivy is not someone you would expect to contemplate taking his own life. I think you have to recognize that you are worth the time every week—whether it’s a few hours a week or an hour a week. If you stick with it and are open during the discussions, you can get better. Therapy works. It worked for me.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2019

2 they can be and is committed to both you and the organization’s success. There are some amazing leadership development assessments to help you accomplish this goal. Make sure you invest in the right people. Organizations rarely communicate effectively and often enough. Good communication. Develop executors.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

If you’ve ever played a team sport like soccer or basketball, you quickly learn that while it is helpful to have an “all-star” player, the best teams leverage the talents of all their players on the field and elevate everyone’s game in order to consistently win. Encourage diversity of thought – dissenting opinions are helpful!

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 5, 2019

People look up to you as an example of how to speak and behave. If you don’t slow down long enough to think about your words and actions, it will cost you the respect and trust of those you are trying to lead. Here are some specific things as a leader, you should never ever do. Don’t play favorites.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

This is where coaching plays a crucial role. As organizations strive for success in a highly competitive environment, the need for a skilled and experienced coach to guide their leadership teams cannot be emphasized enough. Moreover, executive leadership team coaching helps foster a culture of continuous learning within organizations.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

At first, Tom felt excited and confident that he could play it by ear. Tom also realized that he only had enough cash to make some good hires, create and start pitching a prototype, and cover his operating expenses for six months. Have you ever found yourself pondering that same question about a major career decision?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 17, 2023

Research from George Mason University School of Business suggests this is a mistake, and that our partnerships with others at work play a crucial role as a motivating force. Identity matters The lesson is that common team affiliation is not enough on its own to result in partnerships forming.

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