N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

In today’s post I’ll look at the topic of resourcing as a key success metric for anyone in a leadership position. The essence of Leadership is not found in doing things yourself, but in teaching others how to do things better than you ever could. Leadership is about teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

You might call this a North Star tactic , calling on people in an organization to habitually look up from daily minutiae to reorient themselves to their ultimate destination.”. It helps too to look past typical metrics to see what is actually happening long-term. Look Beyond Near-Term Targets.

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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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HR Digest

MAY 17, 2024

From assessing readiness and developing communication strategies to spearheading training initiatives and tracking the impact, HR’s role in change management and their contributions are essential for ensuring a smooth and successful transition. This is where HR’s expertise and strategic guidance come into play.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Ask how your plan and its component pieces will measure strategic objectives against metrics and outcomes, time and resources. Keeping your strategic objective constant, ask whether different tactics can lower the cost or raise the prospects of success. Then ask everyone to challenge you, your logic, your goals, or your tactics.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

They use the term ‘metrics’ out of context. Their metrics are arbitrary, and they jerk the chains of sellers with figures that are unsubstantiated. Metrics are easily skewed and do not reflect the overall customer satisfaction. There’s this thing that websites do. They arbitrarily disable accounts.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

The following six healthcare resume and job search tactics will help you obtain the results you seek: 1. Write a captivating summary, do not use an objective, to showcase your strategic leadership abilities and implementation successes. You just finished reading 6 Proven Tactics to Design an Effective Executive Healthcare Resume !

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 6, 2021

2] But in today’s dynamic environment, even retrospective metrics and measurements offer limited value. For example, traditional diversity metrics (e.g., Doing so will require organizations to develop education and career paths that allow workers to grow with the organization rather than falling behind.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The book " Leadership Conversations " by Alan S. Feedback conversations maintain alignment, address changes and unexpected developments , and resolve issues in order to follow an effective path toward the agreed-on objectives. For more on the new role of leadership, go to: [link]. A Leadership Paradigm Shift.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Magazine » December 06, 2010 How to Drive Change with a Leadership Point of View Every so often, The New York Times will run a long feature on the CEO of a large business.    I love those articles because they’re great opportunities for data mining on leadership.  A strong leadership point of view is memorable. 

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Innovative service is different from business as usual—it never follows the current of the latest fad, gimmick, or “me too” tactic. Are metrics so restrictive that employees feel leaders are “pulling up plants to determine if they are growing?” Employees may feel vulnerable due to past practices.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Filled with relatable case studies from top-performing individuals and companies—including Tim Cook, Starbucks, and Microsoft—Briceño lays out crisp, clear tactics for constant learning that will take your team to the next level and create a culture of high performance. Common habits that suppress individuals and teams from improving.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2011

In today’s post I share my thoughts on how to develop a sound pricing strategy… While the topic of pricing is certainly not rocket science, it has indeed been a thorn in the side of business people since the dawn of commerce.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 12, 2023

The book delves into key areas such as developing a growth-oriented company culture, crafting robust strategies, executing flawlessly, acquiring top talent, nurturing employee motivation, fostering accountability, and differentiating one’s brand in a crowded marketplace. Culture is critical for sustained business success.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. “In a world crying out for effective leadership, I think we need to begin with an obvious source: ourselves.”

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. Or they can pursue an accelerated training approach, one requiring considerable feedback and clear development goals. No one turned a head.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. When Edison developed a commercially viable light bulb, he was able to convince Morgan to advance him $30,000 for the Edison Electric Light Company. Moreover, it’s hard. “I

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It isn’t about checking a few boxes on environmental stewardship or finding more humane tactics to squeeze out more profit. The results of John Ratliff’s healing leadership have been dramatic. “Truly human leadership measures success by the way human lives are enriched and healed.” ” -Sisodia and Gelb.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 29, 2019

How did you develop the list? . So, in writing the book, I decided early to break each short chapter into a specific offending behavior, policy or tactic employed by business and offer specific examples that everyone could relate to. You share numerous common pitfalls that drive customers to leave. Blame it on stiff competition.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2013

You attitudes and behaviors are the biggest differentiators for leadership success. The four well researched core emotional intelligence metrics of: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management are directly correlated with successful or failing leadership. Ask yourself, do I…?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. But Bernstein and his team observed that when managers were not watching, employees secretly developed and shared better ways of doing the work. The first type is known as tactical performance. Overdoing Tactical Performance.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. oriented approach to develop and execute winning processes and strategies that will cover the life?cycle By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. CREATE YOUR FUTURE PICTURE OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR MIND.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

To do this, we examined how 49 enterprise leadership teams spend their time and also looked at their perceived effectiveness on critical behaviors of a senior team. That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The real-time feedback means we will learn very rapidly how communications or engagement tactics have been received, thus optimizing our actions in days rather than weeks, as might be the case with traditional approaches. Developing these sorts of metrics will not be quick or easy. Build a Dashboard.

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HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

Training and Development HRIS systems provide training features to equip employees with the necessary information and track their progress. These features can include online training modules, course management, and certifications, enabling organizations to develop and maintain a skilled and knowledgeable workforce. What is an HRIS?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Doctors are working harder than ever and spending more of their time documenting clinical metrics and measuring patient satisfaction. The concept of self-perceived capability emerged from the service profit chain framework that one of us (Len) developed in the 1990s. Develop Strong Clinical Teams. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

A few years ago my company started tracking a customer service metric, based on specific customer feedback. When we first started we more or less just “put it out there”, explaining the mechanics of the metric, the way it was compiled and scored, and setting a company goal. Here’s a specific example. Popularity: 9% [ ?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. It must be actionable through tactical implementation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wasn’t nearly as dazzled by Jim’s statistics and metrics as I was his outlook on life. Never confuse power with leadership. Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

” Copious data indicates that more women in leadership delivers better business results. Companies know they need to retain, develop and promote more women to better serve women customers, clients and investors. CohnReznick is methodical about tracking the retention and advancement of its women, just as with any other metric.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

“Asking for a promotion makes you feel vulnerable,” says Sabina Nawaz , the global CEO coach , leadership keynote speaker, and writer. Show your manager that “you’re working hard to develop someone else,” he says. That tactic often has a negative impact on professional relationships.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

In 2016 the leadership team of a national retail organization asked us to help boost their frontline performance. To ensure this front line could focus on learning, we eliminated high-pressure motivation tactics, including sales commissions, high-pressure conversations, sales-based promotion criteria, and public shaming.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

Sure, there is always a great deal of tactical design execution work in any large business, but keeping designers solely in the trenches as a service function erodes much of the value they can bring to a company. These efforts were decimated after several subsequent CEOs pulled the plug.

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