Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A leader, on the other hand, is focused on creating a vision and inspiring others to work towards a common goal. In this blog post, we will be discussing the key differences between a manager and a leader, and providing five ways to identify which one you are.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Lead from Within

JULY 17, 2023

Effective leadership requires a combination of skills, knowledge, and qualities that help to inspire, motivate, and guide a others towards a shared goal. It’s about working together as a team to achieve a common goal. Leaders who rely solely on their control risk alienating their team and stifling creativity and innovation.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This includes empowering people to become high-performers, resolving conflict, crisis management and strategically achieving an organization’s goals and outcomes. By driving your management team towards success, you can optimize and implement effective organizational strategies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. It's like going to the food bar hungry. I Think Not.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As leaders, we need to help people shift their mindset to consider the new possibilities for creativity and innovation that remote work brings instead of wishing they were back at the office. The perspective now is far different. Remote work looks to be a long-term reality for many of us.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? " If the goal is to get somewhere the mouse is efficiently ineffective. Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Directive, brightest-person-in-the-room leaders build co-dependence on them as the chief problem solver and crisis manager. This weakens the team’s crisis/problem-solving competence and confidence. Increasingly, their teams back off and look to the leader for solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While I believe bonus structures to be a key component of successful compensation plans, if current employees are generally happy with the existing comp plan and are hitting performance goals there may not be the need to add another layer to the comp plan. While many tend to favor this structure, it is far from perfect as well. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. And what are your strategic goals? For our manufacturing organization mentioned above, what value is there in pursuing next practice innovation in their payroll process?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? My goal is to simply help them leverage their success into becoming significant individuals over the course of our dealings. The politician in pursuit of his/her goal will live in infamy or insignificance.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose. Take Facebook or Twitter.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Five Keys to Better Decision Making in Meetings Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals Blogs I Like Get Uncomfortable! Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

The goal of a sound brand exposure strategy should be to increase your demand, which in turn allows you to pick and choose your opportunities, which in turn further increases your demand…the goal is not to seek every opportunity in the marketplace, but to have the right opportunities seeking you. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

If you approach conflict from the perspective of taking the action that will help others best achieve their goals you will find few obstacles will stand in your way with regard to resolving conflict. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Let me begin clearly stating that it is not my goal to be perceived as a word-basher. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

He had a CEO of his own ego that kept him focused on the larger goals and visions – those that exceeded self-interest. link] mikemyatt Hi Stan: Just having the goal of becoming more humble is a great start. On a more serious note, I find Abraham Lincoln to be the poster child for that rare balance of humility and confidence.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

WRONG …The simple truth of the matter is that the time needed to attain performance goals varies depending among other things the age, size and competitive positioning of the company, the industry, sector and vertical, etc. is most often times incongruous with the long-term best interests of shareholders. But hey, what do I know?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

True influence is rarely built upon the backs of others, but rather by helping others achieve their goals. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

If you approach problematic relationships from the perspective of taking the action that will help others best achieve their goals, you will find few obstacles will stand in your way with regard to resolving conflict. The Importance Factor : Don’t allow yourself to get sucked into succumbing to conflict for the sake of conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

A goal is a specific target and the objectives are the attainment components/benchmarks/hurdles which will lead you toward achieving said goal. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill. I like Mike's framework.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. And many young leaders lose focus on the team goal and focus on either being popular with their team or following the rules. is who they are going to put in charge? Great reminder Mike. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

When COVID-19 initially hit, most leaders were in crisis management mode. Continue to think boldly and innovatively about your company or team’s mission, strategy, and priorities. The adrenalin that the initial crisis brought is not sustainable and COVID-19 fatigue is real.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed. If you’re a leader who has created a fear based culture I can guarantee you two things: 1.) your employees won’t give you their best, and; 2.)

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. I think the focus on 'No' is a management flash in the pan that may limits further damage to the 'Trust' tapestry. No is not all it’s cracked-up to be…Still don’t believe me? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Their goal is often what can the customer do for them versus what they can do for the customer. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? You definitely nailed it.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

When COVID-19 initially hit, most leaders were in crisis management mode. Continue to think boldly and innovatively about your company or team’s mission, strategy, and priorities. The adrenalin that the initial crisis brought is not sustainable and COVID-19 fatigue is real.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

When COVID-19 initially hit, most leaders were in crisis management mode. Continue to think boldly and innovatively about your company or team’s mission, strategy, and priorities. The adrenalin that the initial crisis brought is not sustainable and COVID-19 fatigue is real.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. The sharp focus and direction on your objectives and goals can only be maintained with constant monitoring of your procedures and processes. Legal compliance and precautions plan is annually updated, with measurable goals.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. Consensus isn’t the goal. Good input is. Good input is."

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. What are you so busy doing that you don’t have time to build better relationships with precisely those individuals and groups who can help you achieve your goals and objectives? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

" My goal is to use the tools to help people engage their world, not disengage. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

However the goal is not to do it quickly, it's to do it well. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Being rewarded for helping to meet organizational goals boosts people’s feelings of competence and engagement. Create meaningful and purposeful goals. Make sure that the goals you set for your team, individually and collectively, are clearly tied to your organization’s central mission and purpose.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Setting goals that are too low. Faster innovation. Total Quality Management is customer-focused and strategy-directed. Focusing upon esoteric techniques, rather than true reasons for instilling quality. Saying that something is being done when it is not. Failing to engage customers and suppliers into the process. Higher sales.

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