N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

A game changer is that ah-ha moment that creates an extreme, disruptive advantage or improvement. Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., It’s what I call a “ Game Changer. ” What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Bill recaps, “Your influence can help make a positive and lasting impact on people’s careers and lives. All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Your people? Your family? Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Let’s Get Started.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

If you’re frustrated by your organization’s current strategic planning and execution processes or the outcomes from that work, you’re not alone. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

In a world filled with busyness and stress, I find that too often leaders can act like hard-charging, fast-driving bus drivers that have a vision and goal within their sights and they’ll run over anyone – even their own employees – to reach their destination. No one creates success alone. You are a hiker.”

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Bill recaps, “Your influence can help make a positive and lasting impact on people’s careers and lives. All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Your people? Your family? Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Let’s Get Started.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 24, 2016

Over the years, I’ve been asked to participate in several leadership series in sharing my insights on how leaders can help their employees to succeed, whether the focus was on improving communication, driving productivity, increasing employee engagement, and the like.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For instance, by measuring performance, a person would know how much they can achieve over a given period of time. For instance, by measuring performance, a person would know how much they can achieve over a given period of time. For this reason, performance measures are quite necessary. Specific Advantages of Performance Measures.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This is a guest post by Joel Garfinkle, author of Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level. Getting Ahead is a straightforward guide to help you eliminate your blind spots to improve how you are perceived, increase your visibility and exert your influence. Great material.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 13, 2016

We are always working to get ahead of whomever is in our line of sight and trying to stay ahead of those that aren’t on our radar. It will help assess your strengths and opportunities. 24 x 7 x 365 or in the case of a leap year 366 is how often you should be grinding! Your team’s and your success is tied to it!

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Throw in complex organizations operating in complex markets, and you’ve really got to marvel at how it all comes together every day. Create Effective Organizations A very common mistake I see leaders make is to conflate the terms effective and efficient. In business, this often looks like keeping employees busy.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

How do you scale up excellence? How do you spread constructive beliefs and behavior from the few to the many? They serve as signals as to whether your scaling is going well or badly. Here are the mantras and how Sutton and Rao define them: Spread a Mindset, Not Just a Footprint. It’s never clean and well-run.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And yet, what we fail to take into consideration is how using the power of storytelling can help us to ignite effective and sustainable change within our organization. As Mary described the details of her proposal, she pointed out the various benefits it would create for the organization in the upcoming years.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 26, 2015

It’s been really bothering me about how I’m not living life to the fullest, maximizing the amount of people I talk to, going on dates, etc. I’ve created a list of “challenges” that I’m going to complete. A great post from Reddit — when I read something I like, I try to pass it on.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

In business, your personal brand needs to leave a lasting impression or you risk being ignored. This can be the result of your voice, off-the-wall persona, whacky facial hair, or any other number of unique things. The only way to establish yourself as a leader is to identify your core values and the impression you want to leave.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

With his usual elan, Morgan Housel presents a master class on optimizing risk, seizing opportunity, and living your best life. The Heart of Innovation is the first popular book to concretely delve into what innovations really are and how to create them. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

One of the first questions I ask an organizational leader is what is your vision. Some will share their vision and I will ask if I go an interview employees from around the company will they share the same vision with me. Is your vision statement like that. What drives your economic engine? Will it pass the Everest test.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

One of the first questions I ask an organizational leader is what is your vision. Some will share their vision and I will ask if I go an interview employees from around the company will they share the same vision with me. Is your vision statement like that. What drives your economic engine? Will it pass the Everest test.

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 13, 2010

If, as leader, you spend inordinate amounts of time worrying about yourself and how you appear to others, you are likely looking inward too much and outward too little. To mitigate the distraction that arises from these uncertainties I think it is important to get comfortable in your own skin. It’s easier said than done.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 2, 2013

For this month’s Leadership Development Carnival, I asked my trusted network of leadership bloggers to answer the question: What is your favorite movie or movie scene that you would recommend to others to learn about leadership (or some specific aspect of leadership)? Here are their answers. There is no try."

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 27, 2009

While the sights, lights, art, food, chocolate (oh yes), and all else this place has to offer have been fantastic, there was one particular thing I really wanted to share with you. In our shopping for vegetables we encountered a produce shop and a owner/proprietor I will not soon forget. And the fruits & vegetables looked SO fresh.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As your startup grows, what your customers expect from you will change and the volume of their requests will change. Along the way, I’ve talked to hundreds of founders, sales and marketing leaders, customer success VPs, and front-line reps about how to build a customer-first SaaS organization. Your goal is success.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

According to Forbes , “Content marketing is a marketing technique of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.” million blog articles are being published every day. 8 Stellar Ones.

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