N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Regular board evaluations and leadership assessments provide valuable insights into the board’s dynamics, functioning, and overall effectiveness. This can be done through individual interviews or focus group discussions, where the facilitator encourages open and honest conversations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2020

You’re also committed to MBWA (or in today’s pandemic-constrained world, Management By Clicking Around- MBCA). Everyone knows that when you ask, you sincerely want to know and are committed to taking action on what you learn. In fact, most open-door policies are a passive leadership cop-out. You have an open door.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

The consultant will interview key leaders and staff, run focus groups, and gather input from a variety of sources. What’s too often a sad comment on the organization’s lack of leadership is how frequently the consultants present ideas or solutions that have been inside the organization for years.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Creating a renewed focus for each person to be working for shared values and commitment to the organization, teams, the community, stake holders, and each other. The methods and processes worked! Resolution.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

From top leaders to freshers and interns, every employee needs to be clued in on the company culture and equally committed to pursuing it. In companies that have a positive work environment, employees are more motivated and committed to come to work every day and do their best with every task.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The CPO works closely with executive leadership, department heads, and HR teams to align these strategies with the organization’s goals and objectives. These policies outline the company’s commitment to fair employment practices and guide employees and managers.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2024

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group. Are you willing to lose people over it?

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As someone in a focus group quipped, “The most dangerous place in this organization is at the exit door around quitting time. It’s a good time to reflect on the vital connections of leadership and love. Management is “head work,” and leadership is “heart work. ” Leadership is emotional.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We launched a new culture framework in 2019 to articulate what our culture is – and what we aspire it to be – with a focus on building on our strengths and committing to stretch ourselves into the future. We led focus groups, created advisory and steering teams, and engaged our executives in workshops and feedback sessions.

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HR Digest

APRIL 1, 2023

This is equivocally true, especially since about 69% of employees are willing to commit long-term to an organization with an excellent onboarding process. Focus on Culture and Values An effective onboarding program should include a focus on the company’s culture and values.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. But you should pick a longer time horizon for calculating ROI on your leadership choices. What Leaders Tolerate.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

.” Four Steps to Balancing Agile Leadership and Innovation Management Agile organizations are knowledge-creating cultures thriving on controlled chaos. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Ola Snow, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cardinal Health, brings her 20+ years of life experience, offering a glimpse into the company’s commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. What kind of leadership experience helped you reach the very top of the corporate ladder?

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership is in place. Consider using a focus group. Any steps you would add?

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

And because of its ongoing commitment to culture, Zappos continues to perform well, even weathering an acquisition by Amazon—without doubt an extraordinarily different corporate culture. Many leaders are uncomfortable with the emotional side of leadership, but without that connection, their organization will not thrive.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 22, 2011

As a result, employees—who, at best, feel marginalized—lose all trust in leadership. The good news is that executives can easily circumvent the trust-busting failures of leadership during M&As. Additionally, employee surveys and focus groups can be beneficial. Here are seven such failures and how to avoid them: .

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2016

By jumping on these online requests immediately and illustrating your commitment by setting an appointment, you are already showing your professionalism that in most cases goes far beyond the competition. Do yourself a favor and organize your day, manage your time and make a commitment to immediate follow through.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Kellogg Company has taken great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). We seek (and listen to) qualitative feedback from our employees through our global opinion survey, focus groups and roundtables with our Business/Employee Resource Groups (B/ERGs).

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HR Digest

AUGUST 14, 2023

Use surveys, interviews, or focus groups to gather their insights and opinions. By actively seeking feedback, you not only demonstrate your commitment to their development but also gain valuable insights for future training programs. What did they find valuable? What could be improved?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group. Are you willing to lose people over it?

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 5, 2013

You will need people to follow your leadership and that requires an established relationship of trust. I’m not saying it will come to that, but that’s the level of commitment you need to have before you introduce major change. Change Leadership Ministry Organizational Leadership' 4 Reasons Change Is Difficult.

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Management Craft

JULY 25, 2011

This work is sometimes done in the form of focus groups, interviews, or team training sessions. Emotional commitment is critical for all employees in all industries. The opposite of emotional commitment is detachment. If employees have not “bought” into leadership, it is because leaders have not “sold” it to them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2013

Yet, here we are in 2013 with organizational leadership models that continue to deny the social nature of organizations and wallow in inertia. Our leadership practices remain authoritative. And, a paltry 38% reported that their organizations had effective leadership running the show.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’ve been in leadership for very long at all you’ve probably seen dozens of leaders in the organization change. You will need people to follow your leadership and this requires an established relationship of trust. Leadership in place. Use a focus group. Are you willing to lose people over it?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

They have a leadership problem," I listened carefully. I featured Ronn, a former P&G executive (and current executive coach and entrepreneur), in several places in The Little Black Book of Innovation , most notably for his rant against the evils of focus groups. It's time for leadership to step up.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If you want your business to be a success, you need to make a long-term commitment to it, so you’d better make sure it’s something that you truly feel passionate about. See if you can't put a small focus group together, preferably strangers.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

For example, if the decision has been made to invest in front-line leadership training, now you can entertain the “How will we get there?” What competencies should we focus on? And then, someone else starts talking about the need for focus groups. The second type of decision is: “How will we get there?”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Picture, for example, a Muslim who prays in his car because he doesn’t want to advertise his religion, a mother who doesn’t put up pictures of her children so that coworkers won’t question her commitment to the job, or a gay executive who is unsure whether he can bring his partner to company functions.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

We host focus groups with employees to understand their thoughts and concerns and actively listen to their feedback on how and where we can improve our efforts. A critical component of the DEI strategy is our commitment to measurement and metrics. She is a frequent public speaker on talent strategy and leadership topics.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

You also need to make sure you have the wherewithal to commit to growing and sustaining your Social Nation, and you’ve got to make sure that you have buy-in from within your company. And that’s just for starters. Sure, it may sound intimidating, but don’t give up yet.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. And yet black women’s advancement into leadership roles has remained stagnant , even as the number of them in professional and managerial roles has increased. Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2012

They believed in the project, the committed cast and production team, and themselves. Preview audiences were leaving Spider-Man confused, so the co-producers conducted focus groups, asking early questions about specific aspects of the show. Any turnaround effort is a profound test of leadership. But listen to customers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

To find out, Oliver Wyman surveyed 850 financial services professionals from around the world (both men and women), interviewed over 100 senior female executives globally (C-suite and board members), and held focus groups with Millennial women working across a number of financial institutions in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

To get serious results from a network, you need commitment and a continuity of relationships among the participants. Network members readily participated in focus groups and collaborated with Gilbert’s group to develop new programs and store designs. Informal leadership Managing people'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Leadership commitment and support. A successful health promotion program starts with a commitment from company leaders, and its continued success depends on ongoing support at all levels of the organization. There are a few simple ways to start doing this.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

’ I commissioned focus groups. To test the premise, I staged a focus group dinner meeting at a prominent inner-city church, eliciting ideas and insights. Building corporate cultures and successful businesses means making and sticking to commitments.). Its CEO (John Y. ” Song by Frankie Avalon.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers.

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