The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In projects where I am not the leader or where timing isn’t tight, this isn’t insurmountable. These leaders often realize they’re typical of many technical team and project leaders who were promoted for their technical skills, experience, and ability to get things done, not their people leadership or “ soft skills.”

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Art Petty

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Unless you work around the military, aviation, or in crisis management situations, chances are the answer is never. Increasingly, I see what I interpret as the skills to assess, understand, project, and act based on that analysis as a critical set of behaviors for leaders at all levels. That's a mistake.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

To this day I’m amazed at how many CEOs still own tasks, roles, projects, and responsibilities that should be delegated to others. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? 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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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 7, 2015

Too many projects, too many priorities. Innovation is something other companies do. Project deadlines are seldom met. Frenzied work environment, but nothing gets done. Gossip has gone viral. More silos emerging. High stress and anxiety — at all levels. Abundance of consultants. Autonomy is distant history. Long payables.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

I am working on a consulting project where we have run into "Crazy", We had started down the path you outlined here, but we appreciate the clarity of your message. Agree wholeheartedly about positive conflict, though [link] mikemyatt Hi Bob: Thanks for your comment and I'm glad we're in agreement. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The use of a project vision is what many projects are missing. The timescale for a project vision is shorter than at the organizational level, but it should be used to create the future-picture of what the project's results should look like. Thanks for presenting this concept so well. I Think Not.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

When it comes to belt-tightening, the astute CEO will target those areas or projects that don’t detract from the vision/strategy or the company’s competitive differentiation. At best, they are managers. CEO’s justify across-the-board cuts because they think it is fair. It may be, but it isn’t smart. At worst, they are expendable.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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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. One of the reasons I think some organizations end up charging sub-par leaders with mission critical objectives is that leaders of projects are all too often chosen based on position in their hierarchy.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management. MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

a 12 month project. 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? As we grow, I will create this type of pay structure. I Think Not.

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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. I think your approach makes most sense in project teams.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. So, people management is applying common sense on common people. I’m not an MBA. Nor am I a writer. I have recently started blogging.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy).

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

→ View from the corner cubicle: leadership lessons from Tomer Strolight Posted on March 4, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment TorStar Digital is one of Canada’s fastest growing, most innovative media companies. Decide who is most crucial to your project and focus your energies on securing their buy-in.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. With strong will, and relentless enthusiasm, he pursued his goal and achieved it. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

As mayor of Rio de Janeiro, I brought this belief to the government and introduced many technological innovations to modernize public management, in spite of skepticism and an incorrect perception about spending on technology. The integrated management is based on software developed by our own IT department.

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Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The burgeoning Ebola crisis hit home for Americans the other week with the death of a Liberian man in Dallas. These developments unraveled the projected confidence of leading physicians and officials of the Center for Disease Control that the disease was a low-risk threat to our country with its advanced medical systems.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

When Emma Cookson, the Chairman of the New York branch of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), an award-winning ad agency, and her team concocted an innovative marketing program called Homeless Hotspots , they genuinely had no sense of the furor that they'd be facing when the project launched. How we reacted was a validation that we meant it.".

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I began to realize that regardless of my client’s size or market focus, from early stage to small business to enterprise, I was constantly having to deal with the same challenges in thinking and planning, before we could focus on the project objectives. As humans we are Natural Born Gravity Machines. I Think Not.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 11, 2009

When you are trying something new and the risk of failure is high In any enterprise, innovation is crucial to growth and sustainability. If a project being contemplated carries with it a high risk/reward ratio, it also requires full involvement by the leader. As such, risk is an inherent part of business life.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Do you believe leadership is more than just a spot on the org chart, or a specific title, or funding a project, or answering a key question, or having responsibility for particular decisions? and we can't change him," we are perpetuating a culture of dis-innovation, of failure. And we know better than to let that happen.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The product’s former innovation and dominance has somehow missed the mark in today’s business climate. Damage control, crisis management mode. In moving forward, one must review those junctures where leaders and their companies recognize when a business is in trouble.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection. Good is the enemy of great. Get Your Leadership BIG On! I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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