N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for. So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

There is no evidence I am aware of that it makes them better at helping other people. Maturity comes from understanding how much you don't know and aggressively seeking sound answers rather than pretending to have them when you do not. I believe also you have just kicked the elephant in the room. Thanks for stopping by John.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

What skills do today’s executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? George developed and taught for many years the popular second-year MBA course Authentic Leadership Development (ALD), which he has compressed into a five-day Executive Education program at Harvard Business School.

Education 8

Education Globalization Execution Development 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

In innovation circles, empowerment is now a familiar theme; project teams working highly autonomously have been behind many of the world’s most innovative offerings. This, I believe, is why creating innovation platforms is so valuable. Yet it also matters to these businesses to keep launching innovative new offerings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

An “innovation engine” is an organization’s capability to think and invest in long-term opportunities along with the competence to drive continuous innovations for top-line growth each year. This is your bench of corporate innovators: your intrapreneurs. They all, however, exuded high self-awareness and sense of purpose.

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Self-aware Innovation Engineering Outsourcing 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. ” Self-awareness: PMs must be self-aware so as to remain objective and avoid projecting their own preferences onto users of their products.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. Unless I pointed out the topic, many of the IT people were generally unaware or just tangentially aware.

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