N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

A leader who fails to understand this will never create the trust bond necessary to lead effectively. Follow Through : It takes no ability to simply do what you say you’re going to do. Nothing is more important for a leader than keeping promises and commitments.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Build up a reputation of being direct and forthright, so people don’t have to guess at what you’re trying to say. Guard your reputation. It takes many trusted actions and good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad choice or action to lose trust. Your strongest testimonial is your own personal example.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But, they don’t do much to build a leader’s influence, reputation or impact. 5 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Reputation as an Authentic Leader. Bonding over stories can be a great way to create common ground. What is authentic leadership? Authentic leadership is more than simply speaking up and sharing your truth.

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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 feigned humility is the height of insincerity, authentic humility is the most sincere form of confidence and strength.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

But there’s another person who often has just as much influence over your career: your boss’s boss. ” Show that you care about your company and that you are serious about your career. Find a common bond. Your supervisor still has the greatest influence over your career. What should you say? Sit in front.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I believe the behavior of strategy tourists offer us a very useful career guide. Get a consultant on board, preferable a firm with a good reputation, and launch a new strategy. Compromise over the important company issues, but dig in and fight forever over smaller topics that are important for you and your career.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. The following perspectives if kept top of mind will help in identifying and bridging positional gaps: Respect leads to acceptance. I know I am still working on it. Thank you for sharing.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 21, 2017

His career as a protection agent was done regardless of the planning and care he’d put into the job. You can rebuild your reputation and your leadership position. Kincaid forms a bond with the nuns and they rally around him. He would transport high-value targets and deliver them safely to their destination. They need you.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 19, 2011

Discussing a rival company's good fortune can be positive if it gets your people to work harder, but it's inappropriate when it soils other people's reputations. When was the last time your efforts to prove the boss wrong worked as a career-enhancing maneuver? You're creating parity, even a bond, between you and the other person.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Discussing a rival company’s good fortune can be positive if it gets your people to work harder, but if s inappropriate when it soils other people’s reputations. When was the last time your efforts to prove the boss wrong worked as a career-enhancing maneuver? Instruction is usually appropriate, to a point.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We all know developing a personal brand is valuable, since a strong reputation can put you on the radar for exciting career opportunities. Too many professionals over-index on “ bonding capital ,” to use a term popularized by Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam, and underinvest in “bridging capital.”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

On your next visit, refer to something they said; this will help them to know that you listened and create a bond because you remembered something about them. That story made the rounds for several months and damaged that exec’s reputation. Tell them what you did this weekend, talk about your kids and hobbies. Good stuff.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In today’s dog-eat-dog environment, a person’s word isn’t always his or her bond. However, if you cultivate a reputation for being completely reliable, you’ll enjoy more responsibility and success as well as better business relationships. And that’s a shame. All rights reserved.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 14, 2020

Reputation: You Can’t Run From Your Shadow. Honor: Your Word is Your Bond. Please leave a comment and tell us what you think or share it with someone who can benefit from the information. Additional Reading: Live with Honor and Integrity. Take Ownership By Taking Responsibility. ACTIONS Speak Louder than Words. Moral Character Matters.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Are we still subject to the stigma, well illustrated by Hillary Clinton''s much-publicized comment during her husband''s 1992 campaign, " I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies " instead of pursuing a legal career, that domestic-based endeavors and a profession were mutually exclusive?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2018

Affinity bonds us to people with whom we share some of our likes and dislikes, building emotional communities. For Sodexho and other companies taking a similar approach, the result is an enhanced company image and reputation. Experiential diversity is based on life experiences that shape our emotional universe.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2011

But even stuck in our current reality, you can still do some things to advance your own career. There is always some reputational risk when we make an introduction. There are clearly still major systemic changes that need to occur for women to achieve parity. Start by seeking out connections to both women and men.

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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. This story had a happy ending since Tom took stock of his career, shifted to a new job in financial management, and has been extremely successful.

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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. Thanks for sharing Una. Thanks again for stopping by Sami.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 7, 2020

Build bonds of trust. Reputation: You Can’t Run from Your Shadow. Choose your friends wisely and be aware of the impact they have on your behavior. Make everyone feel special. Bring out the best in people, treat them with dignity and respect, and make a difference in their lives. Construct valuable relationships. The Power of One.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

The best way is to start off on the right foot by not tainting your brand or reputation. 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. It will either serve you well, or be your undoing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

We're all taught that gossip — talking about someone when he or she isn't there — is not only rude but also possibly hurtful to feelings or damaging to reputations. You're going to dismiss all kinds of information that could be useful to you, your career, and your work," says LaBianca. And yet everyone does it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And, in fact, the more power we have, and the higher we ascend in our careers, the less self-aware we become. We tend to strengthen bonds only with people who see our positive qualities. Part of the problem, as hundreds of studies show, is that we think too highly of ourselves on all sorts of positive dimensions.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

And yet, within the hotel, the team found that our employees saw the laundry service as removed from our guests, physically and psychologically, and as a less-than-desirable career path. This mindset was generating a high risk of us not meeting the high expectations of our guests.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. Everyone involved had been fired, but cleaning up the firm’s reputation in Russia and in Europe had not been easy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

I met Tanya years ago, at a global corporation where she led a business unit and enjoyed a reputation as a formidable mentor. The pursuit of portable leadership cements the bond between individuals who aspire to it and organizations that promise it, stoking the former’s commitment even if the latter do not offer long-term membership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2008

Byte-bonding: When computer users get together and discuss things that noncomputer users don't understand. When the byte-bonded start playing on a computer during a noncomputer-related social event, they are "geeking out." CLM (Career-Limiting Move): Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve. There are obviously contextually and environmentally specific issues that would apply to any given situation.

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