N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

We have a social media practice at N2growth, I use social media, and all of the CEOs I coach are participating at some level in social media. Not only does social media work, but it works even better when the participant has a bit of cache. Great participation.&#. “The blogs are 50 percent of website traffic. .

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

He refers to the dates on a tombstone and points out, “what matters most of all was the dash between those years.” “Topping out” (little further advancement) can cause a mid-life crisis or big career changes. ” The first lines of The Dash describe a man giving a eulogy at a friend’s funeral.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2020

Since the 1970s and the rapid growth in female participation in the labor force, it’s long been known that despite two pay checks coming into the home, the woman would still do more than her fair share of the domestic chores. It’s a notion that sociologist Arlie Hochschild refers to as the second shift. Unequal divide.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

When I ask this question at my leadership seminars, participants inevitably reply with a host of answers – one-on-one meetings, social events, email, and so on – all of which, by the way, are absolutely correct! Given that my talk happened to take place on Valentine’s Day, the reference to ‘love’ seemed timely!

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Responsive leaders may employ these and other techniques, skills and actions all in service to a deep understanding and appreciation that the people within the organization underpin the organization in both triumph and crisis. Archbishop Tutu told this story to over 500 urban young people participating in a symposium on forgiveness.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Much like the astronauts of Apollo 13, they showed grace and calm under pressure, maintained their discipline, drew on their training and supported each other to get through a crisis. All of this enabled the miners to participate in their rescue, the rescuers to care for the miners and the families to stay connected with their men.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 29, 2015

Few participants are taught how to best utilize each other's respective expertise. Where one participant keeps other collaborators away from the client's view. Ego fiefdoms, where one participant assumes a demeanor that harms the project. Customers recommend and freely refer business to the institution. Circumstances.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’ve never been a fan of what I refer to as “make-work” disciplines. link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? only to fail in miserable fashion.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2016

In practice, however, organizations are reluctant to communicate as long as an issue is internal in nature and the extent of the crisis seems limited. In each case, the organization failed to self-disclose a crisis, and as a result, each faced enormous negative publicity that continues to draw critical attention from a broad public.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Moral hazard refers to the problem that, if you shield an actor from the consequences of irresponsible decisions, you only encourage more bad behavior by that actor and others and ultimately make things worse. Leaders worry about Spain, Portugal, and other debtors following Greece into a broader crisis. Of the $48.5

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

My four Legends books include “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” “The Classic Television Reference,” “Houston Legends” and “Non-Profit Legends.” Business dilemmas, solutions and analyses are framed first in the field of reference (pop culture teachings of their youth) and then reframed in modern business context. Learning from history.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’ The participants were told they had been selected for a pilot program before the business was to be opened to the public. The Sincere Company.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This is referred to as the ‘measurement inversion.’ It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate. The more positive results are shown, the more universal will be participation. Make-good efforts cost more on the back end than doing things right on the front end.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Do you participate in it? Seek balanced two-way conversations that give each participant the opportunity to take part. Resist, at all costs, any temptation to participate in idle gossip or rumour mongering. I like your reference to “strategic stretching&# and the arrival of the 6th sense during casual conversation.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Inviting others to participate in decisions. Giving also produces a lot of serotonin in our brains – much needed if there is a crisis or problem. No matter at work or home this list is a very useful reference that many of us need. Celebrating successes. It is much too rare that we stop to enjoy what has gone well.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Despite state and federal efforts to curb the crisis, there is no sign that the epidemic is letting up. Inevitably, the effects of this crisis touch multiple aspects of people’s lives: their families, their communities, and, of course, their workplaces. Whichever way the data is sliced, things look bad and are getting worse.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 1, 2010

Ie: You are the standard and the reference for how everyone else will be measured! And finally, from one of our LinkedIn participants came this response: “Unclear, but I will give a very funny true example that a business contact told me about the CEO of the company where he used to work.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 18, 2010

The brilliant generational and balance expert Linda Duxbury of Carleton University refers to baby boomers as “boiled frogs&# … put a frog in a pot of boiling water and slowly increase the heat and they’ll actually cook themselves to death. That’s the boomer approach to work (they term it “team playing&# ).

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 27, 2010

Lesson #5 – Max out the reference requests. Ever wonder where asking for 3 references came from? " 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. My former boss used to get us to ask for 9. 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons turning into a groupie gift exchange.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

What Trichet said was that state-of-the-art macroeconomic theory was almost entirely useless in dealing with the crisis that began in 2007. Buuut "atomistic rational agents [the figures that populate DSGE models] don't capture behavior during a crisis." It captures what's happening when a systemic crisis is unfolding," Trichet said.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

Dr. Henderson kept playfully referring to Project #26. " 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. This really rang so true to me. One of the key elements in assuring success with a change project is to take a hard look at your list of competing projects.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 1, 2009

They make us want to participate. Those off-the-cuff references only work if you’re willing to let them fly. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? A lot of other people talk about it too. And that’s a good thing. But simple acts of acknowledgement are very powerful.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

It’s all part of a plan for President Kennedy to make the most critical decision in his life—how to respond in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives.

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 27, 2010

I just got through the background/reference check stage and I start on Monday. " 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. with a major bank! Follow us @ExecRoundtable Leaving #adweekcdn #genesimmons and wondering "what the hell was that?"

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches). Great leadership is timeless.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 1, 2009

So, if you are preparing to make a change in your company or department and you want the folks to not only accept it but participate in it, check out where they are in terms of focus, commitment and capability. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic

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You're Not the Boss of Me

APRIL 4, 2010

Of course there is a growing trend now toward “ engaging ” employees so that their level of participation and meaningful contribution will increase happily for both the organization and the people who work in it. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? I happen to like that notion very much.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It has always been about making the space bigger so that more people can participate. The issue isn't getting more people to participate, it's getting the right people to participate. And, I’m working toward learning how my own biases serve to get in the way of that. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Gwyn.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Participate in in-fighting and blaming, look out for oneself, have a personal agenda, sabotage projects. Are teams allowed to participate in flexible work options that encourage their productivity? As leaders, you will not only oversee many of these experiments but you’ll participate in them, too. Team behavior.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

Getting people to improve processes across boundaries typically requires a crisis or constant pushing from a senior leader. The immediate challenge the team will face is getting the participants back at their home organizations to buy into the redesigned process. Too often, the sum of the parts doesn't make for a high-performing whole.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Since the global financial crisis, a new wave of “constructive,” or friendly, activists (typically referred to as engagement funds) has tackled the same corporate governance issues, but with an explicitly low-key, humbler approach. At the time, activists were seen as bullies and pariahs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

But to qualify for hospice, patients must have a life expectancy of no more than six months, and, unless they participate in the current Medicare Care Choices demonstration, must forego their right to curative treatment. And even if they do, the resulting advance directives may be inadequate, even inaccessible, in a health crisis.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

“Ninety percent of the Corps and service units [told us that they] were providing all of those basic services people need to survive in crisis,” Seiler explained. Almost 1,800 families enrolled in Pathway of Hope and 80% were referred to services and other community resources. The results corroborated their concerns.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2011

We are all participants in, not just observers of, these systems. Most mathematical models do not take this element of self-reference seriously and anyhow chaotic systems, by definition, cannot be predicted. Any system that involves human behavior, like economics or finance, is inherently self-referential.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

Performance assessment is a cooperative thing In order for a performance assessment to be effective, both the leader and the individual must participate. It is part of the leader’s job to create working environments that invite participation and interest. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Managing a police department is a tough job, and the legitimacy crisis currently facing American policing has made it even tougher. Allow your officers to participate in the formation or revision of such policies. ” These problems largely stem from the very real fear of becoming the next viral video or being fatally ambushed.

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