N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. In today’s post I’ll share 6 leadership characteristics that require zero talent or skill. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 6, 2017

Conflict is inevitable in any human enterprise; how we handle that conflict is where leadership comes in. Stephen Covey points this out in his book The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Covey coaches that instead of being reactive, successful people are pro-active. leadership Click To Tweet. Change the mixture.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Trust is perhaps the most important principle in leadership. Covey , someone I admired greatly, said, “If your ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step you take gets you to the wrong place faster.” In fact, I have come up with a set of 4 guiding principles that have been successful for me many, many times over.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

In Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People&# he put forth a simple decisioning framework that helps to distinguish between those activities that are truly priorities, and those that just appear to be priorities.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. I appreciate it.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 19, 2016

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. The essence of leadership lies within who you are and how you behave. In fact, leadership and character are one and the same. You don’t just arrive at great and sustainable leadership with a rub of the genie’s bottle. Trust is the pillar your leadership should stand on.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

He was doing one of the critical things that I think all new managers should do any time they move into a new leadership position – talking to key people and listening to what they have to say before making decisions about direction and focus. As Stephen Covey says , “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. The “ings&# are just a small but very important aspect of leadership.

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Mark Sanborn

MAY 11, 2021

Stephen Covey famously said, “Begin with the end in mind.” Clean, concise and clear are the operative guidelines to any text you use. Mark Sanborn is an award winning speaker and Leadership Expert in Residence at High Point University, the Premier Life Skills University. Both are powerful truths about how to craft your message.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 24, 2016

Top 26 Can't Miss Leadership Audiobooks ​These best 26 leadership audiobooks will help you kick leadership butt, becoming the leader that your family and friends always knew you can be. Enjoy these top leadership audiobooks! Good to Great by Jim Collins Jim has written many research-backed leadership audiobooks.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2020

The Key to Business and Career Success and as a nationally syndicated columnist on leadership, I share my views on the traits of effective leaders. Stephen Covey, the late motivational speaker, writer, and advisor, once wrote, “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate; we merely coordinate or, at best, cooperate. About the Author.

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CO2

APRIL 13, 2014

The situations I asked about were operations, finance, staffing, marketing, strategy, town hall meetings, one on ones etc. I had worked with one of the best leadership training guru I know and the guy who helped developed the Wilson Learning Styles Model and Covey’s 360 to come up with an assessment model based on my research.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Stephen Covey similarly described this concept using the metaphor of a ladder, stating, ”Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall” (Covey, 2011). Leadership and Management. What promises are we making to our key stakeholders?

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 15, 2010

She was wearing down with all the doing that needed to be done, and understood that in order to have the time necessary to do what Stephen Covey calls the Quadrant II activities (Those that are important but not urgent). She made sure her staff knew her expectations in terms of the work outcomes. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. It only makes your current game better.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

According to research – including studies by the London Business School 1 and the Franklin Covey Institute 2 – the majority of business professionals use their time inefficiently. He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. Britta K.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance.

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CO2

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

“Begin with the end in mind,” the late Stephen Covey reminded us. Weekly Operational Meetings. Weekly operational meetings should be kept under 90 minutes. The post Effective Meeting Models appeared first on Elements of Leadership. Meetings shouldn’t feel like death. They should feel timely and purposeful.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. Covey (Stephen Covey’s Son). Covey (Stephen Covey’s Son). He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002).

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Stephen Covey, in an interview with Forbes.com said, “Once you unleash the creative energy inside of people it affects every aspect of their life.&# It is not enough to say, after it is too late, “I knew that.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

How many times have you walked out of a theoretically important meeting—a leadership offsite, a C-suite pow-wow, a sit-down with the board—thinking, That was a great discussion, but I’m not sure we really accomplished anything ? In the words of Stephen Covey, “Begin with the end in mind.”

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 5, 2009

Reply Paimeiitguy May 7, 2009 at 9:54 am Hi there, Came across your post by way of Wally Bock’s Three Star Leadership Blog. Covey Thanks for coming by! Your earlier clients might not have had the benefit of the whole you, but it sounds like your current ones are fortunate to have you in their corner. Great post!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Covey visited the nuclear powered submarine I commanded, the USS Santa Fe, he told me it was the “most empowering workplace he’d ever seen.” When Dr. Stephen R. ” It was a bit ironic for me, because I’m sour on the word empowerment and I’m sour on empowerment programs.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

which argued that operational excellence alone is not strategy, and that the truly enduring companies create a unique customer experience. We live in a world that seems short on leadership and long on complex problems and organizations. Today, I realize that at least two-thirds of the gems in my "Great Articles" file emanate from HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Or the danger, as Stephen Covey put it, of mistaking the urgent for the important? Any tool is only as good as the person operating it. But I'm convinced the very structure of social media — the skills it requires — is prompting us to develop valuable leadership strengths. We move faster.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The problem with many sales organizations is that they still operate with the same principles and techniques they were using in the 60′s, 70’s and 80’s. It’s because you don’t get it…It’s not about you, your company, your products or your services. It’s about meeting customer needs and adding value.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Thanks for encouraging and challenging the leadership community. Leadership Freak, Dan Rockwell Mark Oakes Great post, Mike. Love what you do Mike.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Covey writes in The Speed of Trust , “When trust goes down (in a relationship, on a team, in an organization, or with a partner or customer), speed goes down and cost goes up.… As a leader, it’s your responsibility to use good judgment to take risks, to operate with principled motives, and to hold positive assumptions.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2012

Covey says in his book, The Speed of Trust , it is the one thing that changes everything. Once you have talented people operating in a high-trust environment, a spirit of candor is essential to advancing the agenda. Focus on Inspiring Trust. As Stephen M.R. Encourage Candor.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader… It has been said that a politician is concerned with winning an election, and a statesman is concerned with future generations. We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington.

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