N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Be honest – is it truly an attempt to increase your efficiency that guides you to play to your strengths, or is it pride, ego, arrogance and laziness that precludes you from being disciplined? Remember that being efficient is not always the same thing as being effective. Wishing you memorable quality time with your loved ones.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 22, 2013

At the end of the day, in today’s hyper-competitive global economy, talent just might be the only remaining sustainable competitive advantage. Even if you’re already conducting talent review meetings, there may be some ways to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Hold your leadership team accountable. Take notes.

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HR Digest

JUNE 8, 2023

Imagine having the ability to unravel the secrets behind employee turnover, decode the efficiency of your recruitment strategies, and breathe life into your training and development initiatives.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

All staff should be comfortable using your chosen system to process orders efficiently and accurately. The mentor gets an opportunity to hone their leadership and communication skills, which can be beneficial for their own career growth. Money handling is another critical skill for your front-of-house staff.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 13, 2017

They help employees harness their natural abilities, guide the development of their skills, and support them along an internal career path. Further, this talent shortage is delaying promotions, which keeps people stuck in their current jobs because they’re the only ones who can do that job. How can you create a rising tide of talent?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A person could either take several minutes to explain the evolution of technologies, mediums, shift in content paradigms, engagement practices and market dynamics that came together to make the Internet a more valuable and efficient space, or they could just utilize &# social media&# as a descriptive aid to make the connection.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape expected to continue for 2015, leaders face many challenges , requiring aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. Six times more likely to use analytics to predict future leadership talent needs.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 13, 2021

In the last five years, Public Works leadership have taken many actions to build a sustainable future. The continuous challenges of recruitment, onboarding, and retaining mechanics led the Public Works leadership to reevaluate their approach to staffing. Background. The process started by reevaluating the role of mechanics.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What I do vehemently dispute is the assertion that a particular nuance is reasonable justification for flawed business logic to prevail. Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. Thanks again for the comment Mark.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A Career Builder survey of more than 6,000 hiring managers, worldwide, reveals some eye-opening global stats about just how much a bad hire can wreak company havoc. Utilizing more than a decade of human capital management, sales and leadership experience, Greg Moran is Founder and CEO of Chequed.com.

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Center for Creative Leadership

JANUARY 10, 2019

While it’s easy to think of these symptoms as merely the side effects of a successful career, poor cognitive health is detrimental to leading effectively and can result in serious physical health conditions and career derailment. The good news is there’s something you can do about it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The following fundamental concepts of influence, which if properly understood and implemented, can help anyone become more efficient, productive and successful: 1. i.e. Will my employees ever respect/lean on an assistant manager rather than the manager? What are some ways that influence can be possessed by my leadership staff?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. I have found that highly productive executives and companies clearly understand the value, leverage, efficiency, and economies of scale that are generated by assembling highly focused, motivated, and productive teams.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The business will run at a much higher efficiency this way; the 12% boost in productivity we discussed earlier will have an even bigger impact at this stage. You can use online resources such as SalariesHub.com to find out more about what employees expect from a position or a career. Fewer (Costly) Errors. Healthier Team.

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Chart Your Course

MARCH 29, 2016

Providing staff with a device like the Apple iPhone 5c also allows them to download productivity apps that help them stay organized and get work done more efficiently. Offering flexibility in daily schedules rather than mandating specific in-office hours also shows workers that management cares about their work-life balance.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The more communication that is happening between departments and colleagues, the better everyone will be in their efficiency to get work done. Yes, any employee would enjoy a day off from the usual grind of work in order to learn about things that would benefit their job and career. Give Them Regular Training.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2018

This will help them to reinforce what they are doing and increase the efficiency at your workplace. Ask questions about teamwork, career growth, and leadership to measure movement on all directions. If you pick employees as a way of acknowledging their contributions, you should tell them why you chose them. Be Specific.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Drawing from her own career journey, Esparza underscores the significance of taking initiative, prioritizing well-being, and balancing professional success with personal fulfillment. Providing opportunities for my team members to take on leadership roles and contribute towards achieving our shared goals is a cornerstone of my approach.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

It’s really this simple…if it’s not a priority for you to efficiently and effectively engage with your stakeholders, then you need to reevaluate your priorities. Social Media doesn’t make things more complex, rather it reduces things down to the ultimate level of simplicity. Best wishes Sir.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The movies can be a rich source of leadership inspiration and help us identify role models and examples of leadership skills and characteristics that we can choose to develop. Back in 2008 I wrote a post called “ 20 Best Leadership Movies; Break Out the Popcorn ”. Here are their answers. There is no try."

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

They moved with the most efficient best practice as they unfold. We did not formulate our own style but tweaked it to our leadership style and vision plan. My suggestion is to stay on course and adopt an uncommon management and style that facilitates your vision plan. It was not a Caterpillar, Goodyear or US Steel.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. ” Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2018

There is a tendency for organizations to focus on training for people in leadership positions. However, staff who are at the incipient stages of their career may need it more. Other ways to support your staff include giving them flexibility, so they have time to de-stress and don’t feel overworked.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Career Advancement

MAY 20, 2019

Most importantly, the ability to not only fire up an audience but to empower them to think strategically about their careers. The best speakers catalyze lasting change by helping audiences devise a clear plan of action for stepping into leadership roles. Ask questions of your professional speaker.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

During the last five years of my corporate management career, I had a great deal of leadership development. Along with many other executives, I attended talks by noted management authors, I went to (often lengthy) team-building exercises, and I participated in discussions on different leadership styles.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

To help these employees prepare for leadership roles in a thoughtful, efficient manner, companies often institute formal high-potential (HIPO) programs. But when we looked at the participants in the HIPO programs, 12% were in their organization’s bottom quartile of leadership effectiveness. Overall, 42% were below average.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

As companies introduce software bots and digital self-service, and as they transform assembly lines, they must bring along their key employees, leaders, and customers as they redefine jobs, career paths, workforce management, and social contracts. But the most automated carmakers are not necessarily the most efficient.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Regardless of where you are in your life and your career, I can promise you one thing; you will consistently be faced with challenges and obstacles along the way. My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning? You will face physical, mental, financial, relational, and resource challenges among others.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

First the bad news: most of those employers aren’t doing much to provide their new hires with the training and support they need to get their careers off to a strong start. More than half (52 percent) of respondents who graduated in 2012 and 2013 and managed to find jobs tell us they did not receive any formal training in those positions.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If as a leader you don’t take the time to get to know your team members on a very personal basis you simply won’t build the trust necessary to successfully weather the seasons of leadership. Does this effectively and efficiently support our values, vision, and strategy? Does this add value to our core business?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As an example, a recent job posting on the website of a global healthcare company seeks an individual for a sales operations leadership position who can do the following: Strategy: •Contribute to the 1- and 3-year business vision as a member of the executive leadership team. First, they face many decisions.

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