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That’s Not How We Do It Here!

Leading Blog

It is the story of Nadia bright and adventurous meerkat who is part of a mature clan with over 150 members. The story parallels the evolution of organizations of all types as they grow and mature. They begin to cope with their size by cementing in systems, structures and policies, that inadvertently kill speed, agility and innovation.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

This paper is about rethinking the practice of leadership and reforming the way we approach the development of leaders and leadership in our organizations. It is time to reimagine leadership: what it means in theory and what it means in practice, how we choose leaders, how we develop leaders, and what we ask of leaders. Next Practices.

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

One vaguely controversial, age-old discussion is around the numerical age and corresponding maturity of CEOs and how age, which translates to experience, can impact the trajectory and level of success of a company. . As we grow and learn, our neural networks become more developed. So, what’s the takeaway for investors?

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. A company with a robust value system that resonates with all employees and customers will draw more people to its product.

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The 6 Conditions Required to Scale a Creative Leadership Culture

Great Leadership By Dan

This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system. These new organizational designs simply cannot boot up on the Reactive Operating System most leaders are running.

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Research Shows How Stress Accelerates Aging

The Horizons Tracker

Research from USC highlights how this can accelerate the aging of the immune system, which in turn can have numerous consequences, including heightening our risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Age-related changes in the immune system play a critical role in declining health,” the researchers say.

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Transcending Skill (A Mastering Leadership Excerpt)

Lead Change Blog

Mastery in anything, from sports to the arts to leadership, requires well-practiced capability mediated by a highly mature interiority—a well-honed Outer Game arising on a highly evolved Inner Game. Most efforts to develop mastery in leadership focus on the outer game of competence with little focus on the inner game of consciousness.

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