N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. That’s because while business coaching experience might help leaders develop the skills they need for their job, executive coaching goes far beyond this and doesn’t actually touch the technical skills a leader might need for their role.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

My negative emotions drove me to try controlling everyone, and I saw insubordination in anyone who resisted. Save as draft” is a wonderful metaphor for pausing a compulsive act so you can re-evaluate after the emotion has subsided. Leveraging the information in emotion goes beyond doing what I feel like doing.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Most of the time we operate in 4th Gear so we need to learn to use it well. Too many people operate without a reverse gear. There are two types of people— responsive and resistant. You hire responsive ones and fire the resistant. Resistant people, on the other hand, are exhausting. Resistance is basically pride.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking. Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

It’s not worth stressing over if it gets in the way of developing the great relationships you need to get work done well. Stop striving and resisting. The effort it takes to strive and resist keeps us from seeing the people right in front of us who can help. What are you pushing uphill against?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 5, 2010

Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. Is it possible you are resisting for the same reasons? Sure, there might be some resistance as you change to incorporating more inquiry into your leadership style.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Without an accurate idea of the status quo, one can never truly develop a new roadmap to their hopeful and anticipated future. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Thank you for the reminder!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

If we listen to our heart first, are we able to increase our emotional intelligence and improve our interactions and relationships with others? Should we begin to give emotions more credibility at work? Even seasoned leaders (and those who operate more from the head) seem to have difficulty with that one.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 15, 2010

The major benefits are: Self correction: People who are consistently coached well can develop the capacity to correct themselves, without you there. Can you imagine the day when they are no longer expecting you to figure stuff out for them because they’ve developed the capacity to do so themselves? Thanks for adding these thoughts!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. we resist reflecting. As you reflect and practice new and better ways of interaction with others, what you’ve learned can be applied to developing healthier relationships.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 13, 2010

All of the above statements came from clients and readers recently. .&# “I didn’t know that developing as a leader would be so personal.&# “The things you write about leadership apply to our personal lives as well as our work lives.&# All of the above statements came from clients and readers recently. Either way great post.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Because organizations are increasingly focusing on early talent development to attract and retain young talent, it’s important to understand the best way to accelerate their growth as leaders. We examined data from 72 executive coaching engagements we conducted from 2008 to 2014.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

That’s because the primary obstacle is invisible: the internal resistance that all human beings experience, often unconsciously, when they’re asked to make a significant change. This same phenomenon operates not just individually, but also organizationally. ” Human development is about progressively seeing more.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

What if you upgraded your IT network to a new operating system that promised faster, better and leaner results — only to find that the vast majority of your leaders did not have the necessary competencies to use that new system? Resist the urge to escalate problems to senior management. Ensure that teams are more diverse.

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