N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them? After all, some apps do not run on old antiquated operating systems. To run the numerous apps associated with leadership, we must update our personal operating system regularly.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 26, 2011

Relationships cannot be developed, nurtured or prospered when there is no trust to glue mutuality of commitment. Loyalty is the willingness—because of relationship commitments—to deflect praise, admiration and success onto others. Modest leaders see fiscal and operational constraints as safeguards—not hindrances.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

Trust them as mature adults and it will be generalized to all their other assignments. If you lead as a confident partner and not as a doting parent you’ll receive motivation, not movement; commitment, not compliance. That advantage requires a work force committed to success and enthusiastic about excellence.

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Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Without courage, there is no growth, there is no learning and there is no progress in or maturation of relationships. To trust means we believe the other person will behave and/or operate in good faith. We must be “just” in our actions and behave in a manner that is aligned with honorable values and commitments.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

1 This feeling of incongruity can be deeply unsettling, for example, when men set off explosives at a marathon race or open fire in a movie theater; that is not how our world is supposed to operate. An upfront commitment to be upfront in communicating change is essential. Defuse Fear of the Unknown.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And now, the peace of Christ is operating in us because of the indwelling Holy Spirit. With the help of the Spirit, I can handle conflict humbly, maturely, and responsibly. Southern Seminary) is committed to helping pastors and Kingdom leaders find success and joy in their life and ministry. Jason Davila (D.Ed.Min.,

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 27, 2013

There’s no question that given the faster-pace at which organizations have to operate – along with the increasingly short-term lens through which decisions are now being made – it’s becoming easier for leaders to fall into the trap of making all their communications one-way in order to expedite matters.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

When each individual comes up with different good ideas, the operating environment quickly gets complicated. Once a team or an individual commits to a good idea, their personal success and pride are on the line. Bobb Biehl once said that a sign of maturity is putting process between opportunity and response.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

In recent research conducted by Ernst & Young, the top finding was that organizations with greater risk management maturity—that is to say, those that do focus on strategic risks and have integrated their various risk management activities—outperform their peers financially. What does maturity look like in practice?

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Operating on that assumption, here are reasons we believe the Situational Leadership ® content has not only withstood the test of time, but it is also actually gaining traction with organizations serious about building leaders and driving behavior change. Consistency of the learning experience, regardless of delivery modality, is another.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 12, 2010

It is a function of the CMP actually being used, as affected by commitment (value) and skilled knowledge being applied.) All people who work DESERVE that from leadership. The term mental processing refers to discretion, judgment & decision-making.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program exemplifies StrategyDriven’s commitment to providing business leaders with high-quality, affordable solutions,” explains Nathan Ives, StrategyDriven’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Not only is this program cost effective to implement, but it yields real and immediate benefits.”.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The statesman keeps commitments, is motivated by service above and beyond self, and by making a lasting difference. It is my opinion that when you start to define your personal success by the value you add to the lives of others you have arrived as a mature human being who possesses true influence and has become a person of significance.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Many leaders will be operating more like the managing director of a consulting firm. Future leaders will work with their managers in a team approach that combines the leader’s knowledge of unit operations with the manager’s understanding of larger needs. Partnering with managers. Partnering with competitors.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

His hard work and diligence is evident in both his commitment and the success of his ministry. All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. Pete makes some really great points throughout the interview and I think you highlighted a few of my favorites.

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 27, 2019

Emotional instability – Part of being a mature adult is being able to manage your emotions and it’s critically important in a professional workplace. Don’t underestimate the destructive power of a toxic, unpredictable employee.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. It sounds like a supportive, mature environment you are describing; where ego isn't the main thing but doing the right thing is. That's consensus."

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities.

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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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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. If committed, the person turns the quest for knowledge into a life priority. 7) Purpose and Commitment. What is their maturity level? One determines what additional learning is necessary and desired.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

See also Rick Goings’s commitment at Tupperware Brands to increasing women’s economic empowerment in emerging economies as well as mature ones. Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In the first part of this series , I argued that the reason most mature businesses can't innovate is because they're not designed to innovate. In this final part, I'd like to offer one meaningful piece of advice: If you're going to take the innovation plunge, commit — and not just to an idea. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It is driven by shared purposes and depends on the maturity of people to be honest and truthful with each other and transparent in learning from mistakes and failures. How well does the company use these tools for innovation, decision making, business-process design, and operations not just internally but also in its eco-system?

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. When an employee sees you committing any act of dishonesty or two-facedness, they’ll assume that you’ll do the same to them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

To spread the new culture more broadly, management decided to form another cross-functional team (a "Little Big Room") to define tenets about how they would operate. A team of 16 curious, honest, and bold people — including production operators and leaders from HR, engineering, purchasing, operations, and training — were selected.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

It was decided that, given the company’s size, project selection should filter out new product ideas unless, at maturity, they could be expected to generate $50 million in revenue. What executives often fail to realize is when you make a commitment to launching a major new growth platform, the investment logic changes.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

When I ask corporate leaders why they are committed to preventing serious injuries and deaths among their workers, most say they care about their employees and don’t want to see anyone hurt. I was pleased with our meeting, feeling like she had made a real commitment. Improved operational performance will result in fewer injuries.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. When an employee sees you committing any act of dishonesty or two-facedness, they’ll assume that you’ll do the same to them.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

I have always believed asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. My clients hire me not solely on the basis of what I can personally do for them in a vacuum, but rather what the collective influence of my network and resources can accomplish for them when I operate outside of my own personal bubble.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

rubber trees take years to mature.". Eric looked back at the student and said, "Couldn''t you take some of that grant money and haul in some mature trees to test your assumptions?" For that reason, the "Lean" mentality is one of the most powerful tools in the innovator''s arsenal — in startups and mature corporations alike.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In the first part of this series , I argued that the reason most mature businesses can't innovate is because they're not designed to innovate. In this final part, I'd like to offer one meaningful piece of advice: If you're going to take the innovation plunge, commit — and not just to an idea. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

firms struggle more than ever to maintain this balance and in particular to maintain exploration as they grow and mature. This can be quantified by analyzing the extent to which the share prices of S&P 500 firms are driven by a firm’s present value of future growth options (PVGO) rather than cash flow from current operations.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most companies are still committed to full-time hires for all of the advantages that bestows — loyalty, retained knowledge, institutional memory, stealing top talent from the competition. In our 2018 EY Growth Barometer, an annual global survey of middle market company leaders, we found some movement away from part-time and gig hiring.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

The simple digitization of existing insurance processes (allowing quotes to go straight through processing, for example, and rapid product configuration) could yield strong improvement to operating profit margins. Their operating model and governance are suited to the organization’s digital maturity, size and capability levels.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2015

” PE firms typically take three types of value increasing actions — financial engineering, governance engineering, and operational engineering. We classify private equity as buyout or growth equity investments in mature companies. Private equity as we define it in this paper does not include venture capital investments.).

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. In the durability state, we found efficient, mature industries — think alcoholic beverages or tires and rubber.

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