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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. The two most common outcomes created by a lack of contingency planning are: 1.) watching things grind to a halt as you scramble to evaluate options, and; 2.)

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. I’m convinced a few of them did push-ups and sit-ups earlier right there in the room to get the blood going.

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How to Be a Pro-Vacation Manager in a High-Pressure Industry

Harvard Business Review

So, she chose Australia and let her manager know that she’d be gone for two weeks. The response was disappointing: “Don’t do that,” her manager had said, “it will reflect badly upon you.” They eventually helped her move up the ranks to associate and beyond. Create a contingency plan.

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When Change Hits “Upside the Head”

You're Not the Boss of Me

The trauma brought about by such change happens every day to countless people, people without contingency plans, or any idea how they are going to cope with what has happened to them. I think in our careers the same thing can happen. And yet we do, cope I mean, under many conditions and through many challenges. What about you?

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10 Communication Tips for Leaders

N2Growth Blog

The answer is that you’ll have reached the point where your interactions with others consistently use the following 10 principles: Speak not with a forked tongue : In most cases people just won’t open up those they don’t trust. So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator?

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What to Do and Say After a Tough Reorganization

Harvard Business Review

On a personal level, “you have genuinely lost some friends” from the organization, says Kevin Coyne, the co-founder and managing director of strategy consulting firm Coyne Partners and a professor at Emory’s Goizueta Business School. ” Then follow up with actions that demonstrate your support.