N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays. While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. Seven Attributes of the Most Innovative Cultures by Gordon Redding via @INSEADKnowledge. HBR: Why We Keep Hiring Narcissistic CEOs.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

This is a guest post by best-selling author and speaker, Jon Gordon about the value of developing positive relationships with the people you lead. For example, Doug Conant, the CEO of Campbell Soup, has written more than 16,000 thank-you notes to employees in the past seven years and created a very positive business in the process.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 7, 2011

Online attendees will be able to see my presentation as well as those of consultant and author Gary Hamel, Liane Hornsey of Google, Dr. John Fleming of Gallup, author Dan Pink, Vineet Nayar CEO of HCL Technologies and Suzanne Gordon of SAS Institute.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 28, 2012

David Gill, a professor at Gordon Conwell College, told me that we connect with the Divine when we “help people fulfill their dreams or overcome their nightmares.” (We also connect with others when our organization’s mission accomplishes these ends.). In subsequent meetings, Ms. Ford just announced its third full year of profit.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

This month we are featuring Chris Edmonds , Founder and CEO of the Purposeful Culture Group. When asked about one leadership lesson he learned from his first job, he said: “Leaders don’t need to be liked but they need to be respected for fairness, kindness, and consistency.” Ruth Gordon as Maude in Harold & Maude.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

Are you looking for the top leadership experts to follow in 2015? Maybe you need a leadership development expert or public speaker. Whether you need a leadership and management expert for yourself or your team, you’ll find someone great below. of the Center for the Development of Evangelical Leadership @GCTS_Charlotte.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment Gordon. Thanks for stopping by Gordon. Clogston Hi, Mike. Once again, you have nailed it. I agree fully that, at least on a subconscious if not conscious level we are constantly judging and being judged.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. My question is this…since when have fear and avoidance become prerequisites for success as a CEO? That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Leaders should also work to avoid SRT Leadership Traps – traps such as, getting in your own way, succumbing to paralysis by analysis, allowing your Board to be your customer and rushing the Reset. Rebecca Homkes is a high-growth strategy specialist and CEO and executive advisor.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

My name is Gordon Berridge , and I am the UK Partner and President at N2Growth , a global, multifaceted professional services firm. Over the years, I have partnered with many senior HR leaders, business line leaders, and CEOs while working in the executive search practice.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Remember the character Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street? His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him to the company’s management committee. He was surly and offensive to everyone, even mouthing off to the CEO (his biggest supporter), who finally called me in to “help Mike change now.”

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

It’s co-sponsored by the good folks at SmartBrief on Leadership. Coachable Moments tips that hundreds of my clients have used to raise their leadership game. Data Points that highlight some of the vital leadership behaviors that my exclusive research shows rising leaders and executives must master. Click Here.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of the rude, larcenous wheeler-dealer Gordon Gekko. His profit contribution was so vast that the CEO promoted him into management. He was surly and offensive to everyone, even to the CEO, who called me in to 'help him change now.'

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Tony Mayo

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

CEO Executive Coaching Fees My Protein Shake Recipe One more question. Gordon Livingston The unexamined life is not worth living. Box Leadership is the ability to get others to do what they do not want to do and like it. –Malcolm Forbes Our dalliances and detours define us. Resistance is futile.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Welcome to the April 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I read through this month’s Leadership Development Carnival entries, I felt a bit of the same. What unites them is their love of leadership and their ability to articulate their outstanding ideas. .” ” Find Beth on Twitter at @bethbeutler.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. Understanding and respecting other’s perceptions is such a critical part of being an effective leader that absent this ability I truly believe you cannot be effective in a leadership role.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Soup : A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon Soup , an inspirational business fable, shares a recipe for success filled with the essential ingredients to build a winning team and create a culture of greatness. Sales were declining, bankruptcy rumors were swirling, and employee morale had never been lower.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Soup : A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon. Only a few months into her new job, Nancy wondered whether or not she should have said yes to the CEO position at Soup, Inc. Leadership is not so much about what you do. It’s about what you can inspire, encourage, empower, and coach others to do. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Soup : A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon. Only a few months into her new job, Nancy wondered whether or not she should have said yes to the CEO position at Soup, Inc. Leadership is not so much about what you do. It’s about what you can inspire, encourage, empower, and coach others to do. About the Author.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

I am so happy that Larry James, CEO and President of CitySquare, will be our guest presenter at the December 7 First Friday Book Synopsis. Larry has most graciously agreed to substitute for me while I attend the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas, in my capacity as a member of the Education [.].

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Roundtable Talk

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership is about taking risks… When Christine and her partners launched SCC, most of her banking friends didn’t understand why she was walking away from her “promising career&#. Know when to let go… You can’t be great at everything, including all aspects of leadership.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

← Going green: start your own grassroots leadership revolution A lunch bag letdown of Olympic proportions → John Furlong and VANOC end on a high note: I laughed, I cried, I spent $10 bucks Posted on February 28, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 3 Comments The typical Canadian inferiority complex peaked mid-games only to be proven wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Apple, Facebook, Twitter, IBM, PepsiCo, P&G, Stonyfield Farm, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and former British politicians provided me with occasions for pointing to business strategy and leadership lessons, good and bad, that shouldn't be forgotten. Veer, soar, and return to the home base triumphant, as Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Venture capitalists exhibit some strange behaviors, but none is more bizarre than the near-inevitable scheming to remove a company's founder-CEO. The CEO, the VC reminds us, serves at the pleasure of the board. Let's dispense with the case where the founder-CEO has tragic flaws, like corruption or wild incompetence.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

Others are better qualified than I to comment on Andy Grove’s many contributions as a member of the founding team of Intel Corporation, as the company’s CEO and chairman , or as a U.S. At that time, the belief was that Andy intended to retire as CEO of Intel when he reached the ripe age of 55, only a few years hence.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

After yet another painful discussion about what to do, the late Andy Grove, then Intel’s president, turned to CEO Gordon Moore and asked , “If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what do you think he would do?” Preemptive self-disruption is becoming a new normal for the serious leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

That was a theory easily tested as our high-potential group included many women and men who explicitly aspired to become CEO or reach similarly high office, and who did not have kids. Ernst & Young Chairman and CEO James S. As Gordon M. Even among these subsets, women lagged men from day one.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

When Gordon M. David Farr, CEO of Emerson Electric, is noted for asking every employee a short list of questions such as "How do you make a difference?" How did the CEO motivate other senior leaders to spend time in Washington? In the office, small gestures create a similar friendly feeling. Consider one U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Penney''s CEO was a catastrophe — an assessment captured in the coverage of his ouster this week: "Former Apple Retail Guru Dumped;" "How Ron Johnson Made JCPenney Even Worse;" and my favorite: "I Am Become Ron Johnson, Destroyer of Worlds." Innovation Leadership Retail' Ron Johnson''s 17-month tenure as J.C. It''s true.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

To celebrate the launch, my publisher is enabling us to extend, for the next week, a range of complementary Next Level leadership development opportunities for those who can pre-order copies of the book through Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Fresh insights from global executives on what it takes to succeed in a competitive marketplace.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The CEO of a large, global bank once told me: “It is very easy for someone in my position to be very busy all the time. In 1990, Al West, the founder and CEO of SEI – the wealth management company that, at the time, was worth $195 million – found himself in a hospital bed for three months after a skiing accident.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The 10 areas are: context (external), leadership, planning, team management, process efficiency, customer care, partner management, results, improvement & innovation (the 8 internal dimensions), and finally value, a result of the interaction of the context and the internal settings. Deming Insitute Grant and Visiting CEOs in California.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2012

T HE WAYS we have thought about leadership have not always served us well. We have tended to think of leadership as something outside and above the rest. If leadership isn’t among, it will let us down. What is your approach to leadership? How has your leadership style changed? Best Leadership Books of 2010.

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Rajesh Setty

APRIL 1, 2011

Three Star Leadership Blog. 800 CEO Read Daily Blog. Great Leadership. John Maxwell on Leadership. Leadership Team. The Practice of Leadership. CEO Blog – Time Leadership. Linked 2 Leadership. Leadership at Work. Leadership & Learning. Leadership in Action.

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