Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. A moral hazard exists when organizations and individuals are not required to bear the negative consequences of their failures.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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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.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Additionally, providers rely more heavily upon Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements than ever before; more people, more complex health care issues and payments that don’t cover the majority of operating costs. Employees will be engaged and productive if they feel the company and their leadership care about them.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

With two decades of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. Be sure to visit both her website and her blog.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 1, 2020

Decipher the Leadership Code. Many people are overwhelmed when they are studying leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Alain Hunkins has released Cracking the Leadership Code that helps you demystify leadership. Daniel Kahneman. Connection.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2022

Through that understanding the team and I can then develop new solutions that save time and money or create greater efficiencies or develop better processes. ” According to Clear, successful habits are developed gradually. Her dual-role leadership made a tremendous impact on strategy and performance. Break it Down.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

For example, Budgeting and establishing operating procedures could be core activities here; Staff – which contains a collection of core work activities that support staffing activities within a business area. Once fully documented, the value chain represents the transformation team’s recommended work environment.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 9, 2016

Whether the leader is brand new to leadership, or new to their team, or is a seasoned leader in a new company, the ability to quickly establish change can make or break the leader as well as their teams, and possibly the organization. For some leaders, doing one or the other is attainable, but doing all simultaneously can be a daunting task.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ironically, while we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity, we spend almost half—40%—of our time attention and energy on unimportant or irrelevant activities almost insuring that we miss the possibilities all around us. But you have to make a conscious choice to operate in this quadrant. Fuel it properly.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

The solution is machine learning —computers automatically discovering patterns and developing new knowledge by furiously feeding on modern society's greatest and most potent unnatural resource : data. Student essay grade prediction has been developed for automatic grading. Data can seem like such dry, uninteresting stuff.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

In a conversation with The HR Digest , she explains why DE&I is a new frontier and plays a dominant role in motivating employees at the largest insurer in America. At Allstate, we encourage our employees to join ERGs for networking and professional development purposes, and to engage with a population that may be different than their own.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 6, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. My final suggestion is that you take the time to review all mission critical plans to insure that the proper contingency plans have been put into place.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mayberry, former linebacker for the Chicago Bears and now keynote speaker and global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance, took the lessons he learned on the field and in the locker room straight to the boardroom. Those are: Lukewarm leadership buy-in. An emphasis on teamwork.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2016

What should we be doing now to insure we have a future? Each requires different leadership and you must maintain balance across the 3 boxes. The 3-Box Solution is a daily operational balancing act. U LTIMATELY our future is not in linear—incremental—improvements. It is in nonlinear—nonconforming, breakthrough—change.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Astute investors mitigate risks and help to insure operational success by adding value to the business model, and by filling gaps that may exist in any of the areas I mentioned in the opening sentence of the preceding paragraph. in today’s post I’m going to focus on what you want out of an investment partner post closing.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times. Great post Mike!

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HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2020

To get a workplace running smoothly, both the generations need to understand how the other operates. They should be taught the newer technologies and work tools that have developed and are introduced in the workplace. They would need medical benefits, insurance benefits, and financial planning. Security Needs.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Inspiring, humbling, motivating and instructional is how I describe the leadership book by Ron Williams , called, Learning To Lead: The Journey To Leading Yourself, Leading Others, And, Leading An Organization. People need to put themselves on a path of development, a path of getting better. Take a risk.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

It doesn’t operate in neutral. Diversity, in this context, isn’t a form of political correctness but an insurance against the internally generated blindness that leaves [our Congress, corporate boards, think tanks and churches] exposed and out of touch.” Sometimes we do have the courage to see. Our brain likes the familiar.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

For their study, the authors chose a set of major companies that achieved spectacular results over 15 or more years while operating in unstable environments. 10X Leadership Behaviors. They call these companies "10Xers" for providing shareholder returns at least 10 times greater than their industry.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Back then I was working in a position that paid well, with health insurance and a growing 401K. Inside, however, I felt the effects of being in a place where my values were out of alignment with the leadership of the organization. Here are a few of my favorite takeaways: Why Character-Based Leadership. Leadership Touchstones.

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

By hiring the right people, they reduce turnover, training costs and insure their team of Zapponians stay motivated and passionate about what they do. 2) Deploy a leadership strategy. There is unmistakable evidence revealing how leadership is exercised, formally and informally, throughout the organization. No excuses.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 29, 2012

This can keep startup CEOs up very late at night, pondering their next moves – unless they develop a critical “filtering” process that can make these decisions easier, and more effective. Timely and accurate financial and/or operational reporting. They all need to be done, but when, and in what order?

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2019

So if your company operate on a tight budget, don’t hesitate to hire a graduate. If you run a small business, it’s highly likely that you can’t offer such benefits as health insurance and retirement plan to your employees. Graduates will not decline your offer just because you can’t pay for dental insurance and vision care.

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