N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. There’s also no guarantee of proficiency that a leader will operate at when skills and qualities are learned or developed informally.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 27, 2017

If you’re like the majority of the Western world, you’re probably motivated by greater and greater personal financial success, the yardstick most leaders use to assess their value. When our motivation is exclusively centered on elevating our own “success,” we create an environment of distrust, competition, animosity, and separation.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

54% say low performers contribute to a lack of initiative and motivation, resulting in a work culture where mediocrity is accepted. These workers leave for a variety of reasons, including limited career growth and pay. an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. But it’s not just the best workers.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Eileen McDargh contributed The Energy of Unexpected Gratitude. In fact, operating reflexively can be a liability in today’s disruptive workplace.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This has been truer in 2020 than any time in my career. Exercise (My adrenaline and energy grows when I sweat.). Engage with motivating people. We can easily get captivated by things of lesser importance which drain our energy.). Recognizing this is paramount to maintaining productivity and for preventing burnout.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 28, 2016

My willingness to engage with others about property values, the local housing market, and the value I bring to helping someone buy or sell a house is what motivates me to do this activity, when I would rather be sitting in the air-conditioning somewhere with a large iced tea, watching the clouds float by overhead. COMMUNITY DISCIPLINE.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

These were coupled with Frederick Wilson Taylor’s popular scientific management theory that focused on financial compensation and the concept that workers’ motivation resulted from payment for volume-based repetitive task work. Adjusting for each person and engaging them from a more equitable position takes attention and sensitivity.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. It’s like shadow-boxing against something that isn’t real; wasting energy on controlling the imaginary damage, instead of addressing the real problem.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Leaders’ jobs aren’t to motivate and inspire and engage their employees, leaders’ jobs are to teach people better mental processes by which they can eliminate drama (emotional waste), upcycle that energy and that time, and help others step into the power they already have to create a better workplace.”

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Kristen Ludgate, who leads 3M’s human resources team, talks to The HR Digest about the “15% culture” philosophy that has helped attract the industry’s most driven workers and how tough times can have a motivational impact on the workforce. All of this takes energy and drive, for sure, along with a willingness to learn, adapt and engage.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Ralph writes: “From the moment we start school and throughout our careers, we’re being sorted to determine if we belong in the advanced group. Active service requires investment of time, energy, and care.) Karin Hurt of Let’s Grow Leaders shared Stretch Goals: How to Motivate and Challenge Your Team. Development.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

However, like the Jesuits each of us wants to use our time, talent and energy to help make the world better than we first found it. Throughout my own career I have made it a priority to seek out bosses, coworkers, mentors and assignments that would help me grow. Some reading this may be familiar with the Jesuit order, many may not.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

In an in-depth conversation with The HR Digest, Lisa Chang, the Global Chief People Officer at The Coca-Cola Company, reflects on pivotal moments that shaped her career trajectory. This dilemma forced me to evaluate my career path and what mattered most. For me it is impact. It’s part of our Coca-Cola Magic.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

How a supervisor treats, talks to, engages, coaches, corrects, supports and otherwise makes an employee feel about the supervisor’s valuation of him or her is a huge determinant of how engaged and motivated that employee is. How effectively do you and your management focus on addressing root causes versus chasing symptoms?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 15, 2020

He suggests that the virtues of youth are that you have often boundless energy, combined with a lack of weariness in knowing what is ‘not’ possible. Many open businesses aimed at the older market, with the shorter horizon acting as a key motivator behind their efforts. Making the case for older entrepreneurs. Fear of missing out.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And to top it off, they have no technical experience to operate their own machines. I’m giving my time and energy to meet, greet or go to your presentation — hire someone who can do it for you or take the time to do it. See this post. Would you say that to a client? Stop acting like a child. Unported License.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 28, 2015

If you can't motivate people to change, you can't change the organization. One approach has been to empower any member of the surgical team to call a halt to the operation so the team can reassess how the procedure has been handled and to point out deficiencies. And if the organization can't change, there is no long-term success.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. Purpose is soul-enriching, not soul-sucking.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Like smart investment managers, smart people managers figure out how to shift their investment of time and energy from some parts of their portfolio so they can invest more in other parts where there is more potential for improvement. Or they maybe they just lack the motivation to do their job.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Moreover, building rapport is easily achieved assuming your motivations for doing so are sincere. As much as some don’t want to hear this, there is an “I&# in team because teams are comprised of individuals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2008

Your best employees, or A players, boost company performance, both directly—by working harder at their jobs—and indirectly, by their ability to inspire and motivate others. Therefore it’s critical to invest the time and energy to keep them satisfied and engaged. Highly motivated employees are often prone to overwork.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Inspirational Motivation (IM). Inspirational motivation. To inspire and motivate are attributes that all leaders must possess. This active element indicates that, like most things that impact on wellbeing, it requires time, energy, considera- tion and a deep sense of caring for others. Intellectual Stimulation (IS).

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Bottom line…check your motivations. A mouse running on a mousewheel can perfect their stride and reduce the amount of energy it takes to get "moving." When you ever so efficiently cross something off your to-do list has it moved you farther away from, or closer to, putting points on the board?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Is your spouse willing to make significant career or personal sacrifices that might be required to support you and the business? What are your motivations for wanting to own your business?

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 21, 2010

RS: How do you find the time and energy to manage two careers – as heart surgeon and Internet marketer? Each heart operation costs around $2,500 to $3,000. RS: I know you don’t get paid for performing these operations. Deep satisfaction that comes from helping people is another motivator. MS: One word.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. It transformed my business and career.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former Operating Partner at Blackstone, Chief Human Resources Officer for Unilever. Kevin Koch – President & CEO , Koch Enterprises, Inc., Former CEOs / Advisors.

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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. I had the energy and motivation, you know what it’s like to commit mentally and emotionally. Operators are the symbolic opposite of visionaries.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who are highly motivated to be successful often put themselves last when it comes to down time, relaxation, exercise and living a healthy lifestyle. When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Energy levels are also affected.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Early in your career, these behaviors demonstrate that you are driven. It is what differentiates you from less motivated colleagues, yielding early recognition and promotions. Early in your career, the primary measure of your performance is how well you manage yourself. No longer are technical abilities quite as important.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 1, 2019

I will be SVP of Operations and increase my salary by 15%" or "I will launch a new line of products and increase my client base by 20%". If you're especially motivated, add timing and deadlines to each task. It doesn't have to be a literary classic — just use bullet points. Then hone it down to a single mission sentence. "I

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2011

The odds are you may find yourself among the Stalwarts at some point in your career, no matter how high-revving your internal drive is. Few leaders think about the motivation, inclusion, and explicit career management of the solid performers. Achievement is a complicated blend of intelligence, motivation, and personality.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

You can’t drive your vehicle on an empty tank, nor can you lead your life or teams with zero energy. I follow 6 principles on a daily basis, which I know has made a significant impact on my career success. My energy levels are based on the foods and beverages I consume. Burnout is real, and it impacts more than yourself.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

I'm not especially proud of that, but I also know that some of my motivation was practical and human. I was operating from a sense of deficit and I felt relentless hunger to fill that void, both financially and emotionally. She called me "Sweetheart," she gave me a huge smile, and her energy lifted me up.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

How do you motivate someone much older or much younger than you? As people work longer and delay retirement, internal career paths have changed. Organizational careers don’t look the way they did before,” says Peter Cappelli, professor of management at the Wharton School and coauthor of Managing the Older Worker.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Even though self-awareness — knowing who we are and how we’re seen — is important for job performance , career success , and leadership effectiveness , it’s in remarkably short supply in today’s workplace. At the end of the day, perhaps that’s where our energy is best spent.

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