N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

They have some sort of emotive, intellectual, or instructional appeal to the audience being addressed. When a message isn’t sticking, smart leaders don’t raise the volume of the rhetoric – they improve the quality of the message. No appeal equals no relevance. So why is great messaging so important?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 6, 2017

Survey after survey reveals that only about one quarter of internal business presentations are rated as good or better by their audiences, while 75 percent languish as mediocre, poor, or terrible. Data we’ve gathered shows that while companies self-assess the quality of their solutions on average at 8.1 10 presentation.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 14, 2024

With AI doing the majority of the work in generating the material that will be used in their language courses, all that will remain is verifying the quality of the completed work. AI accelerates our mission to make high-quality education available to everyone in the world. As per Statista , paid subscribers of Duolingo Inc.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Eileen McDargh , CEO and Chief Energy Officer of The Resiliency Group and a motivational speaker who calls herself a hope merchant and truth teller. ” When Eileen reflects on her best professional moments, she talks about leaving a stage and feeling a deep connection with the audience.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For instance, just because your audience loved your design of your slides last week, doesn’t mean this next group will join them in their adoration. Content This umbrella includes everything surrounding the quality of your message. Here’s why: great presentations excel in three main areas – content, design, and delivery.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 14, 2014

Whether it’s a letter or email from the CEO, a benefits communication from Human Resources, or a video from Operations about how to improve quality or safety, much of what companies send their people is a mind-numbing flood of corporate speak. What do you want people to do or feel?

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 3, 2012

If you want fans, subscribers or customers in social media, empathize with your audience. In this series of traditional and social media marketing messages, Domino’s Pizza confessed to poor quality and said they would change. To the contrary, your audience expects something in return for following you.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Being able to control your own narrative means you are clear about the audiences and communities you want to have the greatest impact with. Authentic personal brands have almost a magical quality to them.” Authentic personal brands have almost a magical quality to them. That becomes their target audience. Lida Citroen.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Research and experience demonstrate that the only difference between so-so organizations and high performing ones is the quality of the teamwork and the collaborative networks that exist within an organization. This makes sense if you understand brain physiology. Are you multiplying the E.I. in your enterprise.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Leaders, are you listening?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. They will believe what they want to believe regardless of what they hear or what they observe.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The last thirty years of business history have been characterized by giant leaps in quality. We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. Customers today assume what they buy will be laced in high quality. Fun Leaders Are Real.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

What are CEOs looking for in the next generation of C-Suite leaders? Growth Leaders – The CEO of a multi-billion dollar industrial products company boldly sets an ambitious growth goal of growing revenue by 40% over a three-year period. The following is a guest piece by Peter Thies, Ph.D. Let’s look at three real-world examples: 1.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It's pretty counterculture of us to declare, as we do in the book, that even if you are the CEO (or the governor, prime minister, or president) with today’s toughest challenges, your authority alone will never be enough to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. And leadership is for everyone.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

As our CEO Ann Francke reminded us in a recent Bloomberg UK analysis of gender equality in UK business, the scarcity of senior women in executive committees and in leadership roles remains a pressing concern. Why we need quality management Harvard Business Review is engaging its audience with the question, “ Are You an Accidental Manager? ”

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

This month we are featuring Instigator Susan Mazza , CEO of Clarus-WORKS , Founder/Author of Random Acts of Leadership ™, and Co-Author of The Character-Based Leader. ” When asked about one of the best moments she has had professionally, Susan shared, “Last September I delivered a keynote address to a large audience.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 4, 2023

It's pretty counterculture of us to declare, as we do in the book, that even if you are the CEO (or the governor, prime minister, or president) with today’s toughest challenges, your authority alone will never be enough to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. And leadership is for everyone.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

This is simply due to the fact that more people want to hear what a high profile CEO or entrepreneur has to say. If you don’t have the time to make blogging a priority the effort will end in frustration for both you and your audience. You Have Someone To Say It To : Make sure that there is a viable audience for your content.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If we don't have strong evidence in your hand nothing even with the greatest Storry teiling or big media because the quality is the sign of your good substance. In fact, in some cases the use of buzzwords and business speak can actually demonstrate a better understanding of context, environment, audience, etc.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2023

It's pretty counterculture of us to declare, as we do in the book, that even if you are the CEO (or the governor, prime minister, or president) with today’s toughest challenges, your authority alone will never be enough to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. And leadership is for everyone.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Without goals, it is far more difficult for employees to meet quality standards, and for CEOs to make intelligent decisions on behalf of the business. It is crucial to focus on a target audience as an entrepreneur. Goals and objectives serve as a way to determine whether or not the company is making meaningful progress.

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Lead from Within

MAY 31, 2017

She has enthused audiences around the world with her innovative perspective and challenges of conventional wisdom. I love her ability to be honest and thought-provoking, and she brings those qualities to our interview. Lolly is one of the most highly regarded thought leaders in business today.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. The CEO arrived early and mingled with the gathering — soon the newly appointed CFO entered. What startled the CEO was the greeting she received.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2019

Only fairly high quality press releases have a chance of breaking through and garnering the attention that businesses hope for. While not every press release needs a quote from a CEO, analyst, or other figure, many benefit from having them. Five Press Release Mistakes the Pros Never Make. Almost Anyone Can Write a Press Release.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 23, 2014

Studies have shown that a person’s speech patterns, including the quality of their voice, strongly influences how others perceive him or her. The proper tone and the proper delivery will make the difference in an audience that listens to what is being said or chooses to remain fixed on the messages on their Smartphone.

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Steve Farber

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Attending a quality conference can help. The People – There’s such a thing as “quality attendees.” When a conference brings together the right audience, everyone in it benefits. CEO Space has evolved into an advanced cooperative networking organization. They want to learn. They want to teach.

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Modern Servant Leader

OCTOBER 9, 2012

On a recent flight on Southwest Airlines, I read in their magazine an article by the current CEO of Southwest, who stated they make it a practice of hiring people with a “Servants Heart.” The co-host responded with, “Oh, he wants a Hooter-girl”, which brought a huge laugh from the audience.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

A study on CEOs giving IPO road-show presentations found that even hardened financial advisors judge a leader’s “competence and trustworthiness” within as little as 30-seconds. These snap judgments are so powerful, CEOs who rated the highest for their executive presence in the study enjoyed higher IPO valuations.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 2, 2012

Once we notice competence in the work, then the mis-attribution of quality traits happens. You can most likely take this same person who is "inspirational" put them in front of a different audience that this person has no competence in, and they will not be seen as inspirational.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Only 37% of the population believes CEOs are credible and only half of full-time workers place a great deal of trust in their employers. The quality of their relationship is built on the quality of their connection. The challenge with communication isn’t one of quantity — it’s a quality issue. Connection.

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Curious Cat

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asks: Why Should Quality Go Global? ASQ’s mission statement talks about increasing the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of the world. It is much worse when you aim to influence a global audience. ASQ is not doing enough.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

On the heels of being inspired by watching the character and quality of the individuals who graduated with my son, yesterday my wife and I had the opportunity to visit The Alamo. I left my son’s graduation in Florida on Sunday evening headed for Dallas and then traveling on to San Antonio. Thanks Mark. link] Gordon R.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

As the global economy picks up, there is growing concern among CEOs about finding and keeping the best talent to achieve their growth ambitions. Our sample included CEOs and heads of HR and recruiting, employer branding, and marketing, in 18 countries.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In today’s business world it is imperative that we polish our tone, engage the audience and deliver a dynamic presentation; even if it is just to one person. If you’re completely confident in the content of your presentation beforehand, you’ll be much more relaxed, and free to focus on the quality of your speech and your presentation style.

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Miles Anthony Smith

APRIL 1, 2019

Have an "Open Door" Policy One of the biggest obstacles that employees face is not knowing how to communicate with managers and CEOs. Don't Reject Seemingly Mundane Mingling For many managers and CEOs, idle chit-chat among employees can seem like wasted time and effectively wasted money.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Right about now you are feeling like you have this CEO thing down cold! Your customers are constantly advising your competition about how they can deliver better quality or lower price than you can. You are not too worried because your people will tell you if something is wrong, although they didn’t the last time you lost a customer.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

His father, Skinny Pryor, owned a movie theatre and entertained audiences with comedy routines during intermissions. One of his advertisers was an appliance store and, while showing the latest TV sets, Cactus kicked their screens to demonstrate their rugged qualities. Cactus was 34 at the time that he began mentoring me.

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