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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinates…game over. Only those leaders who can quickly recognize and adapt their methods to the situation at hand will be successful over the long haul. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If a leader’s primary obligation is for the care and well being of those under their charge, then I would suggest that you cannot be an effective leader over the long-term without love, compassion and empathy. Should the traits mentioned above be more formally cultivated in leadership development programs? I Think Not.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

In The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters , Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther point to several personal traits that expose us to greater risk from natural disasters. But the emerging challenge of reducing risk exposure for coastal residents creates new opportunities for firms that can innovate and provide new solutions.

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Whose Capitalism is it Anyway?

Harvard Business Review

Exactly how capitalism is changing (and the inevitability of its metamorphosis) is the subject of Chris Meyer and Julia Kirby's masterful new book, Standing on the Sun. We already know the answer: the kind of innovation that comes from collaboration, not competition. So what replaces competition, what drives growth today?

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Improve Your Ability to Learn

Harvard Business Review

As a rule, organizations have favored other qualities and attributes – in particular, those that are easy to measure, and those that allow an employee’s development to be tracked in the form of steady, linear progress through a set of well-defined roles and business structures. They rebound more quickly from stressful events.

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Statesman vs. Politician | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

mid-term elections staring us right in the face, I thought it would be an interesting time to examine the difference between statesman and politician. Share and Enjoy: View Comments Lori Meyer Thank you for this interesting and important look back at some of our country's founders. However, I have recently changes my tune.

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