Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A , former executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, Steve Robinson explains that for Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, the most important phase in the purpose statement was, “ by being a faithful Steward.” The stewardship idea guides their marketing. It’s about relationships.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But what do you do in a context that resists change? Or, “What weaknesses make us vulnerable to losing customers or market share?” This approach invites commitment to change as a trial run. As a leader, you recognize that when the pace of internal change lags the pace of change in the external environment.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With purpose backed by passion and commitment, you can challenge and motivate yourself and others to accomplish hard goals. Taking multiple steps to iterate a prototype before declaring readiness to go to market may feel like a slowdown. She now advises aspiring growth companies on business development and marketing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2023

The Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. In the same way, when you first roll out new values or a major corporate culture change, you can make it safe to talk about resistance. Now, almost everyone can recite the values and define them. What’s going on?

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HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

Additionally, hiring temporary workers for short-term projects can help manage workload fluctuations without the long-term commitment of permanent employees. By involving employees in the decision-making process and addressing their concerns, you can gain buy-in and minimize resistance to change.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2019

It takes a lot of time and commitment to start a business. You might be trying to think of the best marketing strategies you can embrace. You may be on a budget, yet you want to market and grow your business. In this post, we are going to explore five affordable marketing strategies that you could use. Here we go.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Yes, the shifting markets, large-scale layoffs, and rise of AI tech are enough to bring fear into the bravest of hearts, but the role of the HR team can never be understated. There are various types of HR management tech available on the market so far and a uniting aspect to all of them is the automation of many basic tasks.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models. Beating your competition to the future will be accomplished by those companies with vision, talent, grit, purpose, agility, creativity, commitment and determination – not just those organizations with bigger budgets.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 28, 2015

There’s no long-term commitment. Who are our major competitors and what differentiates us in the market? Resist the urge to blame others for stupidity. ” “Karin, I just don’t think anyone on this team is ready to take on my role… and I can’t get promoted until I find a successor.”

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Joel tries to overpower resistance to change with facts and force. Increasingly, therefore, the management of people is a ‘marketing job.’ ’ And in marketing one does not begin with the question, What do we want?

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

As organizations adapt in the face of change, employees need strong leaders who can clearly communicate the new direction, align the company’s resources, and get commitment from everyone involved. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure. A general feeling of resistance to organizational change — a.k.a.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2021

This means employers have to now market themselves as viable options where people can build a rewarding career. One of the ways to add to one’s stature in the market is through a solid employee value proposition (EVP). Starbucks uses social media for advertising its commitment to diversity and its open work culture.

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Chart Your Course

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Employee engagement is defined as the emotional commitment an employee has for a job or organization, which then drives their performance. Companies with strong values typically draw employees who share those values, creating a dynamic of loyalty and shared commitment to the business’ brand and mission. Company Values.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 21, 2017

And by making these personal front counter connections, it only deepened my commitment to make sure we were providing them the best service we possibly could. They called themselves the “The Alamosa Fab 5” – a disgruntled and disillusioned clique that had banded together to resist their perceived injustices from the “corporate” suits.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

So getting back to culture, our favorite definition of culture, if you listen to the show for a while, you know, this comes from marketing guru Seth Godin, and he says that culture is simply people like us do things like this. What’s going on is that invisible barrier, that conflict. Let’s deal with it.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Instead of focusing on moment–by-moment market predictions, author Daniel Altman, looks at deeper, underlying economic factors that we frequently overlook in the short-term view. The people and leaders need to perceive the risks, grasp the opportunities, and commit to maintaining the same posture even as the parties in power change.”

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

Our Inside ROPE teams were comprised of colleagues in our company’s marketing, accounting, finance, engineering, support, purchasing, and other functional units. They may feel overburdened and resistant to shouldering new responsibilities. As a sales leader, I was responsible for assembling both “Inside” and “Outside” ROPE teams.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. Resistance from Within. The most significant hurdle by far is resistance to change from within. Resistance from the Supplier.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We all know we need to take time away from work but we often resist. They add a marketing department instead of outsourcing specific expertise or making sure they have strong operational processes in place. Creativity/Inspiration. Enjoy Retreat In Order to Advance by Eileen McDargh.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Adaptability Nothing is ever static at work, whether it is the overall market or the demands of a client. From reading about the latest news to enrolling in upskilling courses that can introduce new skills, a good manager needs to approach growth with an open mind instead of being resistant to change.

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Leading with Trust

JUNE 23, 2019

New markets emerge overnight, or business models appear out of nowhere that put other organizations out of business in a snap of a finger. Freaking out, making rash decisions, or retreating into a shell to resist change will further erode trust in leadership. Volatility has to do with the speed of change. Trust requires risk.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

Cisco studied which characteristics of leaders on collaborative teams are most important, and we found that the most critical attribute was a leader's willingness to follow through on commitments. But are your resources truly applied as optimally as possible to your market opportunities in a way that best serves the total business?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Resist the temptation to just advance a broad number of disparate initiatives, and alternatively focus your efforts on the completion of a few high impact objectives. The simple reality is that if you continue to add new responsibilities to an already full plate, all of your obligations will suffer as a result.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Market declines, increased competition and industry culture shifts all play an enormous role in how an organization functions. Continue to stay positive, committed and consistent with your goals, while taking time to ensure everyone is on the same page. Shifting to new approaches is often met with resistance.

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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. Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. Zappos is one example.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 6, 2011

Assuming I have gotten an individual to commit to changing for the better and changing something, I often have a hard time convincing successful people not everything needs improving. Successful people have a glaring tendency to over commit. Leaders see their favored market position weakening as competitors develop new products.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I am not talking about a business or marketing plan. It has the highest resistance to adapting to changing circumstances. The jump from one inspiring idea to the next ends up artificially propping up the emotional commitment of people to the company and their relationships together.This is not sustainable.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 16, 2011

This approach overlooks the fact that crisis need to be viewed as business issues closely connected to a company’s identity and position in the market-place. To preserve and rebuild trust companies need to focus on four dimensions: transparency, expertise, commitment, and empathy. Third, crises are not only threats.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Agility, innovation, disruption, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment, and above all else a bias toward action will lead to the creation of change. If your entity doesn’t innovate and change in accordance with market driven needs and demands it will fail…it’s just that simple. The Critic …The Critic opposes any and all change.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 24, 2016

Indeed, thanks to the transition from managing task workers to leading knowledge workers, being able to tap into the collective insights, experiences, and talents of those you lead has become a critical factor to determining an organization’s capacity to adapt and respond to the changing needs of today’s global market.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Lesson #2 – “Never be the brightest person in a room” In the face of today’s more competitive and faster-paced global market, it’s easy to appreciate why creating a collaborative enviroment is critical to an organization’s ability to adapt and innovate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The caller then announced that he had a time commitment and that I had one minute to state my case. If you resist, they will go on to the next warm body. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 8, 2017

Look for documented instances where goals have been met, sales and revenue earned, detailed performance statistics, initiatives you’ve undertaken, and key areas where you’ve demonstrated your loyalty and commitment. When you’ve amassed this mound of information, you’re almost certain to feel worthy to make a case for yourself.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A move toward the Advantage Strategy Paradigm begins with the adoption and commitment to a set of principles that guides all executives in the decisions and actions they take related to developing, planning, and executing strategy. Focus on Advantage. All strategy work is supposed to be focused on getting better results. Engineered to Win.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Through executive coaching, executives can learn to deepen relationships and develop better accountability for actions and commitments. We are a global executive search firm and serve over 50 markets worldwide with executive search consultants in strategic locations around the globe, ready to assist you no matter where you are.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re not committed, passionate and intentional in your focus on something besides yourself, you might be in a leadership role, but you’re not a leader. They resist at all costs letting that dreaded public display of compassion slip out.

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Experience to Lead

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I use data-driven learning for employees’ performance data, financial data, work analysis, and benchmarking data to keep pace with market trends. Individual learners should be able to adapt to the material if they’re committed to learning it. Try one small change at a time to overcome your resistance. Learning Trends Quiz.

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