Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 15, 2019

In the earlier organization, one would have been one of the best performers; but in the new culture and with an increased span of control, the same person may find it difficult to perform at similar levels as before at least in the beginning. Your performance may dip during the transition to the new organization.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 26, 2012

I’ve never understood leaders who make heavy investments in personal and professional development early in their careers, who then go on to make only minimal investments in learning once they have reached the C-suite. Control is about power – not leadership. Forget span of control and think span of influence.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

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. He was responsible for ten hospitals spanning the West Coast to the Indian Ocean and health care for eight hundred thousand patients.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business. Each of these career steps led to more and more responsibility befitting a rising—not a failing—executive. I don''t have the skills to be an executive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

By now we know that career development is a primary driver of employee happiness and that promoting employee mobility leads to better cross-functional communication and retention of top performers. This should take place at each stage of an employee’s career. This requires education and training through their promotion.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

HR systems emphasize long-term relationships and high performance, with big investments in selection and development, amortized over a long career. Traditional work analytics focused on regular full-time employees, and seemed to show that this change reduced senior scientist spans of control.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Following are 8 things I suggest you reflect upon should you desire to continue to develop as a leader: Never Stop Learning : I’ve never understood leaders who make heavy investments in personal and professional development early in their careers, who then go on to make only minimal investments in learning once they have reached the C-suite.

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