N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This deep understanding allows them to develop a customized search strategy and target individuals with the technical expertise and leadership qualities required for success in the technology industry. The complexity of the IT landscape necessitates specialized knowledge and skills beyond traditional leadership attributes.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Transpersonal Leadership is a concept that my colleagues and I at LeaderShape Global have been developing for over 10 years. A Transpersonal Leader operates beyond their own ego and personal drivers and balances the needs of all the organization’s stakeholders. The Transpersonal Touchstone Explored.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Then it’s no surprise that you’re not moving up in your career.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2011

In example after example, what is holding companies back is consistent, courageous leadership. I think we are seeing too much of this core issue and what we end up with is operational complexity and lack of innovation and forward momentum. Robert Herbold, former COO of Microsoft, says that lack of courage is what destroys companies.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. “Our conceptualization of ‘managing your boss’ recognizes that employees can feel empowered to take action to establish a good relationship and to make the relationship operate smoothly,” the researchers explain. Consequently, employees may feel disconnected from evolving expectations.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. I have only raised my voice in the workplace twice during my career and both times I have regretted it tremendously.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

Goals, objectives, measurements, and career paths move up and down within the narrow, functional “chimney walls.” Systemic Epidemic: HR Systems Reflect Leadership Values Many HR systems control and enforce rather than coach and enable. The most effective HR leaders are valued advisors and key members of the leadership team.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 28, 2014

One of the things I enjoy about my work is having conversations with people about the nature of leadership, and the challenges and opportunities leaders face in this continually evolving, interconnected business environment.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thoughts on Project Leadership and Choices I love project management as a subject not only because it gets so much work done, but also because project management manifests how people operate. I have written before that Projects are a great opportunity to practice leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

having fewer options to assess based upon the new found time constraint. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.)

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

LEADERSHIP Leadership skills aren’t just about being a boss or a manager. And when leadership skills are valued and encouraged in the performance evaluation process, employees are more likely to take ownership of their work, seek out new challenges, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2018

” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may be searching for fulfillment while juggling demands at home and intense financial pressures to earn. How should you address a mid-career crisis? Mid-career malaise runs deep. “The constraints are actually helpful.”

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

It talks about the 4 underlying key leadership styles and visionary, operator, processer, synergists that determine which stage an organization settles into. What I’ve discovered is again and again, is it’s actually the underlying leadership style inherent in the business that has the biggest impact.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Shapiro: One area where it’s very useful is in identifying the constraints terrorist groups face. So looking at what their “talent pool” was back then can help reveal the constraints the current incarnation, the Islamic State or ISIS, is likely under now, and help you understand where you might clamp down on them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Shapiro: One area where it’s very useful is in identifying the constraints terrorist groups face. So looking at what their “talent pool” was back then can help reveal the constraints the current incarnation, the Islamic State or ISIS, is likely under now, and help you understand where you might clamp down on them.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Second, it at least feels as if this sort of behavior and the career consequences that result seem to be occurring more frequently now. Maybe that is because of more public scrutiny and the operation of social media. We seldom hear of powerful women who can't control their urges.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership by John Hamm. Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

” This reflects an endemic lack of self-awareness in leadership, and the costs are significant. When we dig into the roots of a leader’s unproductive behavior, we look for what we call the “operative narrative ,” the “tape” playing at an unconscious level that’s driving unwanted behavior.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Apart from nicer offices and bigger paychecks, the perceived difference is that leadership usually stays hands-off on the execution side of things and focuses mostly on strategy. A way to sum up this thought would be: “Leadership develops the vision, management executes it.”. The Five Levels of Leadership…and Management .

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2011

This year my organization decided to give an award for "excellence in leadership," and among the elements of excellence we expect to see in the winner, we're putting one criterion front and center: the nominees' commitment to gender diversity in their leadership ranks.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

But it seems every time a leadership role opens up, women are not on the slate. They can put themselves forward for leadership roles when they are qualified but have been overlooked. In our work with leadership development programs, we focus on a "small wins" approach to change. Those actions put more women in leadership roles.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. And they faced big constraints. The parallels with business are clear: Stars are a crucial but perhaps fragile source of innovation and competitive advantage. Harness the power of competition.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. Eriksson, Banfield and Walkingshaw ’s book Product Leadership has a section that has a lot more detail on this topic). and of course the compensation and benefits.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Turning down an international posting can have negative consequences, especially early in one’s career, when family considerations are assumed to be less of an issue. While we are just beginning to collect hard data on career outcomes, research shows that employees often feel pressured into saying yes. Career Transitions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. The leadership team had to work through vestiges of VA’s rule-based past. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? The HITECH Act also included constraints — many about timing. Insight Center. Transforming Health Care.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 30, 2012

Here are the 5 best bargains in the world of business: Leadership heads the list. This is a corollary to leadership but it is also a core value that must permeate the entire organization. The fact that giant companies don’t operate this way opens the door for the smaller competitor. People with the right mindsets create magic.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 25, 2012

After leaving the C-Suite almost twenty years ago, I pursued a career as a strategy consultant. Secondly, the fresh fruit and vegetable industry operates by a unique cultural factor – Sell It or Smell It. Quite honestly, I wasn’t sure the world needed another consultant. Trouble is. In my mind, that’s a big mistake.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. Leadership requires attention to detail and a commitment to quality, but rarely does it require perfection. While leadership doesn’t require being perfect, it does require doing what is needed and necessary.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot. Now, as you move toward digital production, those constraints change.

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