N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference. Putting political agendas and peer pressure aside (as great leaders do), leaders should not make their choices based upon public opinion.

Politics 375

Politics Blog Leadership Diversity 375

Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world. No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall.

Leadership 309

Leadership Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Crisis 309

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Expect to Do Some Heavy Lifting by @artpetty How to Facilitate – as Opposed to Dominate – Your Meetings by @suzimcalpine 5 Important Lessons I Learned Growing Up from @wallybock Leaders, Objectivity vs. Detached Coldness by @KateNasser How Writing Your Obituary Can Help You NOW!

Self-aware 340

Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Crisis Class 340

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s hard to escape this view of leaders and leadership. It can, however, be edified through examining tangible illustrations of leaders and leadership from history. Let’s examine the qualities of some prominent leaders from the past to reveal the sort of leaders and leadership that are needed to tackle the problems facing us today.

Company 268

Company Wilde Charisma Morale 268

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. ” Neither For nor Against Apathy Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. .”

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

Lead from Within

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here are some leadership strategies for creating a respectful workplace: Define your culture: Clearly communicate company values, mission, and expectations to employees. Provide opportunities for skill and training development: Offer ongoing training and development opportunities for employees. Serves people.

Strategy 161

Strategy Leadership Active Listening Diversity 161

Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2019. Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business Kevin Kruse. Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. and learn how to decide better.

Books 280

Books Leadership Library Crisis 280

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 13, 2012

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development Workplace Issues [link] In the midst of a crisis we humans are far more willing to be led. I think it’s human instinct to take direction when the barn is burning and someone emerges that seems to have a plan.

Crisis 281

Crisis Leadership Development Planning Development 281

Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Make wellbeing part of career development conversations. Friendships mitigate division, bias, gossip, and office politics. Your organization’s ability to bounce back from a public health crisis, or any crisis, depends on how resilient your employees are.” Remove abusive managers. Social time builds friendships.

Crisis 348

Crisis Career Policies Stress 348

Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 13, 2023

His focus was so strong that it ultimately helped to bring about one of the most significant political movements of the 20th century and the eventual independence of India. Gandhi’s story is a powerful example of the importance of focus in leadership. Overall, the ability to focus is a key component of successful leadership.

Leadership 108

Leadership Resistance Goal Crisis 108

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Leadership. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader. by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. Ever since the Tylenol tampering recall of 30 years ago, the performances of companies in crisis have come under public scrutiny. In the CEO Afterlife.

Crisis Management 268

Crisis Management Crisis CEO Management 268

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The way he dealt with these experiences, defined his leadership. In every such crisis the temptation to indecision, to non-action, is great, for excuses can always be found for non-action, and action means risk and the certainty of blame to the man who acts. He referred to life as “The Great Adventure.” Letter to his son Kermit, 1915).

Leadership 276

Leadership Letter Learning-by-Doing Quality 276

N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Not someone or something else, but your thinking, your philosophy, your vision, your approach, your attitude, or your development. That said, there is one aspect of business often-overlooked by change agents when it comes to innovation, and it also happens to be the area that offers the greatest potential returns – leadership.

Leadership 375

Leadership Innovation Discount Crisis 375

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The country was suffering an existential crisis, as well, amidst an OPEC oil embargo coinciding with Vietnam War and Watergate fatigue. September 11th, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Great Recession, the COVID pandemic, and polarized politics have created our own existential worries. Hands-on, value-driven leadership.

Waterman 247

Waterman Bureaucracy Bottom-up Real Estate 247

Coaching Tip

APRIL 20, 2016

There’s a leadership crisis in American politics and business—a crisis that extends around the world. We find the training and managing of leadership is broken. But most leadership models are stuck in the pre-information age ,” argues Scott Miller. What’s the problem? Ninety percent of CEOs in the U.S.

Leadership 70

Leadership Politics eBook Short-term 70

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2014

When a leader departs in this manner, he or she leaves behind an organization in crisis that also now finds itself leaderless. Mary Schaefer writes: Identify the new face of the organization immediately and develop relevant, timely messages for them to deliver. Develop a Clear Plan. Identify The New Face Of The Organization.

Crisis 298

Crisis Planning Politics Energy 298

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.

Blog 418

Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. I know all but one of the other nominees and would highly recommend any of them as a high quality source of leadership information.

Blog 366

Blog Leadership Depreciation Brand 366

The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. However, their overall leadership scores are generally well below those of other less technical groups. So weak STEMM leadership effectiveness is especially critical.

Leadership 59

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Goleman Crisis 59

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. Still, our stalemate provides an important leadership lesson. The checks and balances our founders developed created a firewall against passionate governing and called for cooperation to get things done. Leadership is difficult in a representative government.

Policies 345

Policies Cooper Maturity Crisis 345

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 14, 2024

When our situations clash with our self-perception, we experience a disconcerting condition known as “identity threat,” extensively explored in various fields like marketing and political science. This way, they can support employees in navigating inevitable moments of threat, preventing a full-blown identity crisis.

Diversity 112

Diversity Survey Crisis Management Tools 112

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 10, 2022

In the spring of 2020, when leaders at all levels and in all sectors were communicating about the emerging pandemic and those messages varied widely in content and delivery, Tom Friedman interviewed Dov Seidman for an article on the critical role of leadership. Great leaders trust people with the truth. Communicating in Times of Uncertainty.

Short-term 396

Short-term Uncertainty Compliance Article 396

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

M ANY OFFICES that were shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic had inherent problems even before the crisis. Finance and development providers should be rewarded for sustainably managing what exists already, rather than pursuing new ventures. Traditional offices were often unfair, uncomfortable, uncreative, and unproductive.

Positioning 229

Positioning Supply Chain Real Estate Business Model 229

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

Leadership 353

Leadership Blog Brand Consultative 353

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

Leadership 419

Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

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. But what do you think…?

Management 52

Management Crisis Crisis Management Case Study 52

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Here’s the thing – the foundational elements of leadership require no skill or talent whatsoever. Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted.

Blog 412

Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 412

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

The following may sound familiar: Organizational developments did not always have an impact, as expected. The current crisis is teaching all of us the necessity of organizational flexibility and adaptability. How do we manage the social, economic, and political impact that has been contrived on a global scale?

Planning 243

Planning Globalization Long-term Construction 243

Skip Prichard

MAY 17, 2021

Leadership experts Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren , in The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership , argue that leaders must balance between analytic logic and intuition. The first job of all leadership is to protect people.”–Lewis, The first job of all leadership is to protect people.

Short-term 113

Short-term Leadership Long-term How To 113

HR Digest

JULY 19, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and uncertain business landscape, leadership skills play a crucial role in creating a high-trust work environment. Trust in leadership is associated with increased employee retention and drives better business results. Be Transparent Transparency is a fundamental pillar of trust-building.

Skills 59

Skills Leadership Self-aware Stress 59

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

Blog 366

Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. His leadership is remarkable! And I agree 100% that leaders everywhere need to find ways to motivate people that go beyond money and benefits. Thanks so much for your comment Bridget.

Blog 360

Blog Leadership Brand Crisis Management 360

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2023

“Given the profound consequences of loneliness and isolation [on individual and societal health], we have an opportunity, and an obligation, to make the same investments in addressing social connection that we have made in addressing tobacco use, obesity, and the addiction crisis.”

Policies 195

Policies Competitive Advantage Media Health Care 195

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

Leading Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

Choosing "is a risky prospect, fraught with personal, political, and cultural risks for the organization and its leaders." Sullivan writes that "Leadership''s primary responsibility is to define the purpose of the business. Acts of small leadership can thus have outsized impact. Feel a sense of responsibility to the community.

Crisis 282

Crisis Politics Resistance Morale 282

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The most productive leaders I know have the ability to be extremely nice, very civil and always polite while maintaining the ability to be direct, focused, and candid. Context, fluidity, and other nuanced behaviors are positive traits to embrace so long as they don’t serve as an excuse for a lack of discipline.

Blog 418

Blog Leadership Brand Consultative 418

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Home About Overview News Careers Contact Blog Services Branding/Identity Executive Search Leadership Development Overview CEO Coaching Executive Peer Groups Strategic Growth Consulting Innovation Management Personal Branding Reputation Management Social Media Consulting Pro Bono Services Clients Intermidiaries Downloads Blog Contactus N2growth Home (..)

Blog 419

Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 419