N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Educational Institutions In the constantly evolving landscape of education, effective leadership plays a pivotal role in the success and growth of educational institutions.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2020. Entrepreneurial Leadership : The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff by Joel Peterson. Certain ideas about business leadership are held to be timeless, and certain characteristics of leaders?often

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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Budgets are under extra scrutiny even in organizations that have escaped major fallout. Some organizations view training—especially leadership development—as expendable. Because they aren’t sure how to measure and quantify the impact of leadership development , executives often lack hard evidence of a positive ROI.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Welcome to the February 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! For those of you who watched the Super Bowl this weekend, did you gain any leadership takeaways? It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! I cover both in the ABC problem solving strategy.”

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

When I was honest and took a longer look in the leadership mirror, I saw that I modelled some of that behavior. In our work with culture development, we clearly see a variation of leadership modelling; people in organizations act like their leader — despite all attempts to train them otherwise.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

To develop talent, you need to become intimate with your people; to know the essence of each individual. Talent development is not an event. Developing people simply must be a priority from the top down. Talent masters spend at least 25% of their time spotting and developing other leaders; at GE and P&G it’s closer to 40%).

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

That’s not in the budget.” Challenging these clichés requires strategies that recognize their power and actively counteract their suppressive nature. Challenging these clichés requires strategies that recognize their power and actively counteract their suppressive nature. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Don’t rock the boat.”

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2023

When you assume people aren’t motivated, you tend to fall back to strategies proven ineffective, wrongheaded, or even counter to what you intended. We get wrapped up in politics, we get wrapped up in budget and schedule. Because people are already motivated—but maybe not in the way you want. We get wrapped up in personal issues.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s see how many of us have been involved in this type of conversation: Strategy Consultant: “ Do you have a Strategic Plan? ” Strategy Consultant: “ Oh, great! ” Strategy Consultant: “ OK, thanks. Strategy Consultant: “ Umm, this isn’t a strategic plan. ”. It is not budgeting.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 25, 2024

To help determine whether this degree is worth it for you, consider these five career opportunities: School Counseling As a graduate student in this area, you’ll develop a strong understanding of the policies, budgets, laws, and leadership strategies that are transforming modern educational institutions.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

This essay explores the concept of resilience in the context of business and outlines strategies for building a sustainable business model that can withstand and even capitalize on change. This may require prudent financial planning, conservative budgeting, and proactive risk management strategies.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2021 that you don't want to miss: The Person I Drive Craziest in Leadership by @RonEdmondson. 6 Questions to Determine if Your Strategy is Old or Obsolete by @gavin_adams. The top 15 leadership blogs you should be reading in 2021 to become the aspirational leader. Got a Problem?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Strategy expert and author of Good Strategy, Bad Strategy , Richard Rumelt says that bad strategy “grows out of specific misconceptions and leadership dysfunctions.” To detect a bad strategy, Rumelt suggest looking for one or more of its major hallmarks: Fluff. Mistaking goals for strategy.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When it comes to leadership, the terms manager and leader are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. A manager is responsible for maintaining the status quo and ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within budget. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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LDRLB

JULY 3, 2013

Do you know what your organization’s strategy is? Strategy is a cloudy word, overused, misused, and full of misconceptions about what exactly a solid strategy consists of. Every leader wants to develop a clear and effective strategy. To do this, we first need to cover what strategy is not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Consequently, the executives gave the planning process lip service – and went about doing their own thing within their respective areas using whatever budget dollars allocated to them to sponsor improvement efforts using digital means. We fixed the problem by changing the reporting lines. The planning group began reporting to the COO.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2013

Well, unless you create and implement a targeted, robust, realistic, and measurable development plan, all that work will have been for nothing. The most common way to create development plans to address those gaps is to identify 1-3 key skills, or competencies, that the candidate is lacking that need to get better at.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Global Practice Chair, Strategy N2Growth. Most organizations, and even most strategy consultants, are using strategic planning frameworks built for business models that were designed during the industrial age. IT’S TIME TO INNOVATE STRATEGY. By Mark Hefner. These methods are antiquated in both efficiency and effectiveness.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As I watched the documentary, I was struck by how closely the story mirrored case studies from the business world, and how perfectly it illustrated the points I try to emphasize in the leadership and innovation class I teach at MIT. In fact, an original, revolutionary vision isn’t innovation at all (and it certainly isn’t leadership).

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 25, 2017

Leadership is about influencing people in a specific direction, but sometimes that direction needs to change. When I picked up Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, I thought it was going to be all about what the title suggests – developing successful business strategies, (possibly with some kind of nautical theme).

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. But try as I might, keeping meaningful personal connections with those 900 people (and that number was growing every day) wasn’t a sustainable strategy, and it nagged at me.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2023

The type of recognition and rewards offered will depend on the organization’s culture, values, performance management program, and budget. Develop a Structured Program A structured employee recognition and rewards program is essential for ensuring consistency and fairness in recognizing employee achievements.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 22, 2012

These are the folks who don’t know the difference between strategy and tactics – those who view strategy as a needless constraint. Ironically, sticking to a well-conceived strategy makes decisions easy. Many have never lived through strategy’s positive effects. This isn’t budget sandbagging; it is prudent management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s not as common as you might think for a project with a clear plan to come in at or under budget. For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. In addition, you can develop mental habits and skills to notice cognitive biases and prevent yourself from slipping into them.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2013

There are administrative chores like budgeting and logistics. There are people development tasks like encouraging, coaching, and what we’ll politely call correcting. The exact nomenclature for this last set of responsibilities can vary from organization to organization, but what we are talking about is finding the right strategy.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 18, 2011

BTS USA, the global leader in strategic alignment and execution, and The Conference Board announced the results of a strategy and leadership development survey completed at their Leadership Development Conference held in May 2011.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

HR strategies for business growth focus on the hiring and retention of the right talent, but they can also involve active participation in key business decisions by bringing in a grounded angle to the discussion. Employee Hiring and Retention Undeniably, HR strategies for growing businesses begin with hiring and retention.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2023

Their expertise can span various domains, including strategic planning, leadership development, marketing strategies, and overall business growth. It’s essential to evaluate whether the potential gains outweigh the financial investment, especially for startups and small businesses with limited budgets.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. When it comes to leadership, I can share the issue of expectations is no small matter. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 16, 2014

Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership brings us a timeless list of great advice in his post 15 Timeless Work Habits For Career Success. Ali Anani , one of the most frequent commenters in our LGL community, shares his Slideshare model, Phenomena: Race Strategy. This is a four blocks-based strategy, the acronym of which is RACE.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 5, 2014

Most organizations suffer a major disconnect between strategy formulation and its execution. Consider the following: 90% of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor execution. . 60% of typical organizations do not link their strategic priorities to their budget. to remove the barriers to execution.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

While technical competencies and leadership acumen are essential in any executive role, nonprofits often require additional skills specific to their sector. While particular skills, such as leadership, strategic thinking, and communication, are essential for any executive role, specific competencies are necessary in the nonprofit sector.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Most modern organizations claim to be strategy-driven. The Oxford dictionary defines strategy as “a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim.” Walk into an organization and ask to see their strategy and you will likely be given a one-line “mission” statement and a document filled with words and diagrams.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They have a deep understanding of the intricacies of nonprofit leadership and are equipped to navigate the complex landscape of mission-driven organizations. This consultation is the foundation for developing a customized search strategy tailored to the nonprofit’s requirements.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

The impact of autonomous, interconnected vehicles extends well beyond automobile (and related) production to impact road construction-related firms and industries — from asphalt and paving companies to heavy equipment to laborers to local municipal and federal highway budgets. All of this requires thinking many steps ahead.

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