N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Insurance executives face unique challenges and opportunities with emerging technologies, including AI, evolving regulatory environments, and global economic uncertainties. Strong strategic leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, are also crucial in navigating the complexities of the insurance sector.

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Insurance Execution Long-term Diversity 235

Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. Overconfidence: The Illusion of Certainty The Trap: Executives often overestimate their knowledge and predictive abilities, overlooking potential uncertainties and risks. For more information about his work, visit www.marksanborn.com.

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Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 56

Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. The unknown can easily create a sense of uncertainty, resistance and even fear. For instance, a business wants to expand its social media marketing. Part of being a leader is managing change. As Martin Luther King Jr. Create a vision.

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White Paper Human Resources Consensus Case Study 231

Leading Blog

MARCH 24, 2017

Sid Mohasseb writes in The Caterpillars Edge that “to realize an improved future you must purposefully leave the past behind, and embrace the uncertainty ahead—constantly and without fear. The world will not wait while you contemplate, take time to gather enough data to be exhaustive in your analysis, and then build consensus around actions.”

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Agility Uncertainty Competitive Advantage McKinsey 157

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The following seven leadership best practices identify what organizations in the top 20 percent of financially performing companies are doing differently from the bottom performers and how much more likely they are to be successful compared to organizations that are not using the identified best practice. .

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Human Capital Conference Metrics Talent Management 103

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Political uncertainties and the absence of strong leadership contributed to social fragmentation. This instability meant that Japan was unable to iron out a national consensus on its reform plan, or implement reforms in the long run. Both countries’ uncertainties in political leadership are also alike.

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Consensus Class Uncertainty Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The changes that India struggled to cope with, such as slowing domestic growth, increasing globalization, and an uncertain political and regulatory environment, describe global markets today. No one has a perfect model for managing this level of uncertainty. Decisive leadership characterized all the firms that emerged as winners.

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Globalization Bottom-up Class Consensus 14