Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Their career experience doesn’t provide the context needed to quickly take the best action that will move them forward. A marketing manager, for example, can easily create a brand positioning statement for a new brand—they have the knowledge, skill, and experience to draw upon.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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Chartered Management Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This week, CMI’s CEO, Ann Francke OBE, appeared on Isabel Berwick ’s Working It podcast to discuss why management and leadership is not taken as seriously in Britain as in other cultures. As a society, we need to change the culture surrounding career and family, the burden of domestic work and flexibility in the workplace.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Leaders need to understand that being authentically humble humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence & loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Business and government leaders have been talking for decades about advancing more women to top leadership and professional roles. Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. Rethinking Leadership. When McKinsey & Co.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 4, 2019

Trillion Dollar Coach is about Bill Campbell , someone you likely never heard of, who coached several of the biggest names in Silicon Valley during a 16-year tenure, and who’s behind-the-scene wisdom helped created over a trillion dollars in market value. Invest in creating real, emotional bonds between people.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. You’re Not a Real Marketer until You Create a Brand [link]. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis. ” Self-assessment is never easy.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 3, 2015

It’s from that lens that I decided to write my own personal tribute to this childhood hero of mine, by sharing some stories from his life and what lessons we can learn from them about how we can use our leadership to bring out the best in those we lead, as well as inspire them to commit to the vision we have for the future.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Maxill apparently has plans to resuscitate Ipana as a “retro brand” in the professional dental market.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Trillion Dollar Coach is about Bill Campbell , someone you likely never heard of, who coached several of the biggest names in Silicon Valley during a 16-year tenure, and who’s behind-the-scene wisdom helped created over a trillion dollars in market value. Invest in creating real, emotional bonds between people.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 3, 2018

As a leader, you don’t want your leadership to be ephemeral; you want it to last. This is the real bond with your partners. This means sharing risks and resources and securing a sustainable position in their target markets. You transform your relationship with your followers in order to keep them willingly following you.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 1, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 1, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 0 Comments. I realize I’ve been around a long time whenever I reminisce about the brands I was associated with in my early career. Maxill apparently has plans to resuscitate Ipana as a “retro brand” in the professional dental market.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. When you take part in gossip you do none of these things. In fact, gossip seriously undermines each one of the aforementioned success metrics by propagating inaccurate information.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 15, 2019

In the modern job market, frequent relocations seems to be how employees get the titles, responsibilities and perks they crave. So, employees are already poised to leave — and they will flee your offices even faster if your leadership isn’t up to snuff. Good communication is the number-one requirement for a leader.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2015

When your team identifies a product concept that is worth pursuing, leadership becomes the championing of execution over the touting of an idea. We can all dream up big ideas, but few of us can bring them to market. Likewise, leadership is a choice. You have to decide if leadership is really something you're ready to shoulder.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have had many excellent ones in my long career and have in turn mentored hundreds of others. The mentor becomes a role model, offering insights about their own life-career. This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. The mentor stands for mentees throughout their careers and celebrates their successes.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 3, 2012

As it’s only been a year since I’ve been a member of this school community, the main challenge I had with my speech was trying to find a message that would connect with the students at this pivotal juncture in their academic careers. For many of us, change is something we fear because it’s disruptive. Congratulations.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 3, 2012

As it’s only been a year since I’ve been a member of this school community, the main challenge I had with my speech was trying to find a message that would connect with the students at this pivotal juncture in their academic careers. For many of us, change is something we fear because it’s disruptive. Congratulations.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2018

Also consider the need to expand into new markets and connect with other cultures from a business standpoint. The more diverse your team, the easier it is to tap into those markets. Perhaps they could only climb the career ladder in a new country. Fresh ideas and perspective can be powerful motivators, if nothing else.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I believe the behavior of strategy tourists offer us a very useful career guide. Compromise over the important company issues, but dig in and fight forever over smaller topics that are important for you and your career. Learn to identify other tourists and bond as hard as you can. I’m sure you also know some.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Each subsequent question, follow-up question, and connection will build a stronger friendship bond between you. Once you make the ‘connection’, you begin to build a rapport of trust between you and the person your connecting with. It might be an article, a web site, an acquaintance you might know — to give to them at a later date.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 20, 2010

You hit my point exactly – a good hug between people transfers something, a closeness, a bond. Rich Gee 12.20.10 at 8:39 AM Tim – I think I hit a place in your heart (and mind) with this one. I always love your comments! Happy holidays! – Rich Tim Trent 12.20.10 at 9:00 AM It has to be experienced, Rich. Unported License.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2017

Even if you’re only in your job for a short amount of time, you’ll need to rely on your employer for a good reference and they may be able to point you in the right direction when you want to climb the career ladder. In fact, many people end up bonding over similar flaws. One of the main things to remember is that your boss is human.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

In Denmark, we are well known for our welfare system — a system that is supposed to give women and men equal access to the job market and equal possibilities of making a career. These institutions help us secure a high level of gender equality in the job market. Westend61/Getty Images.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

And if you doubt it, ask Toyota about the impact their latest crisis has had on their market share. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says that negative actions of the recession (pay cuts, layoffs, slashed budgets and poor communications) “are combining to erode the bonds of trust between some employers and their employees.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In an effort to explore executives’ motivations for serving on boards, we looked at how board service is evaluated in the executive labor market. It was an incredible leadership school for me. in 2004, and in 2005, her total compensation from her home firm, Whole Foods Market Inc., ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

That’s why I was fascinated by Unfiltered Marketing: 5 Rules to Win Back Trust, Credibility, and Customers in a Digitally Distracted World by Stephen Denny and Paul Leinberger. “Leadership in this digitally distracted world demands a new kind of leader. Everything begins with the collapse of trust.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Benevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition by Michael Feuer and Dustin Klein What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? In today’s dog-eat-dog environment, a person’s word isn’t always his or her bond. Do what you say you will, period.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space. I think it''s safe to say that it''s the latter.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond. Consider Ann Berkley's experience when she was named Vice President of Marketing for a major division of a large consumer products company.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

” Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job , agrees that having to cycle through new managers is “one of the world’s most frustrating things.” Here are some tips. ” Discover the new priorities.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

They struggle to see how their labor contributes directly to the performance of the corporation, or how it helps the progress of their career. ” Whether in marketing or sales, it often feels like jobs are contingent on external circumstances, the whims of executives, strategic pivots, and shareholder demands.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? Thanks for sharing Una. Thanks again for stopping by Sami. [.]

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