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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The best definition I’ve found for gossip is: “Gossip is talking about a situation with somebody who is neither a part of the solution or a part of the problem.” 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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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Social and societal stigmas are definitely in play when it comes to love and leadership. Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. It’s as if it has been socialized out of them over time.

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How to Build Team Culture One Test at a Time

RapidStart Leadership

If you weren’t hurting at the bottom, you definitely are by the top. You can talk about building team culture by working together as teams, developing team rituals, going out socially, maybe attending a team-building event. Those sorts of things are good to help bond you together. But it’s not over. It’s a start.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture. You have a decision maker with advisors.

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You’re Never Too Experienced to Fake It Till You Learn It

Harvard Business Review

It’s how they develop and grow (just as children do, first imitating their parents, then their peers). The new assignment meant managing people who had been her superiors and overseeing functions, like finance, in which she had no expertise. Further Reading. HBR Guide to Office Politics.

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What Good Is Impact Investing?

Harvard Business Review

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. What follows are edited excerpts of our conversation: I sense that in the discussion about impact investing there have been those who have tried to narrow the definition. And your idea is “No, no, no.