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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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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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Leadership – No Talent Required | N2Growth Blog

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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.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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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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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

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Nothing can claim more tainted professional reputations, destroyed friendships, and polluted corporate cultures than gossip. 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.

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99 Simple Things That Will Help You Build Trust and Credibility

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Build up a reputation of being direct and forthright, so people don’t have to guess at what you’re trying to say. Always operate with self-awareness and integrity. 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.

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

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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. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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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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