N2Growth Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Organizations, particularly startups, require changes in executive leadership talent in the business lifecycle to capitalize on growth potential. Sometimes CEOs are late to make the necessary executive team changes, which comes at a cost. Today, I’d like to share some examples and critical considerations for companies that fit in this category. NerdWallet is an example of when the rapidly growing company missed profitability targets and subsequently changed its leadership team.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 1, 2022

Some of the most important tasks in life may not be spectacular or exciting; to help us keep at them anyway, here are six ways to help us find magic in the mundane. The post Run of the (Tread) Mill – Finding Magic in the Mundane appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 1, 2022

As a leadership and executive coach, I get to work with leaders around the world. Cultural differences emerge in many discussions, but when the topic of fear comes up people all over the world tend to react the same way: they become overwhelmed by the sense of uncertainty and the unknown. Part of my job involves coaching leaders in overcoming those feelings.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 1, 2022

I first heard the expression, “A typical job interview is a conversation between two liars,” on a call to Buenos Aires in 2014. It’s not just job interviews.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 1, 2022

As Daniel Kahneman illustrates in Noise , AI-based systems can be effective in reducing the variability in decision making, but they nonetheless suffer from the biases introduced by the quality of the data used to train the algorithms. For instance, one recent investigation showed that lenders were 80% more likely to reject Black applicants than similar white applicants.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 1, 2022

Today brings a new book that provides workplace leaders an urgently needed methodology for helping companies to reduce worker loneliness, and it delivers a blueprint for building strong, high-performing workplace teams. The book is, Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated To All In , by Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen. “72% of workers suffer from loneliness.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 1, 2022

The following is an excerpt from One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership (you can get your copy here). This post focuses on the importance of making decisions. Enough with all the thinking already! Now you need to drive action. Ideas are great but someone has to put them in motion for them to be worthwhile, and deciding to do that is no easy task.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 1, 2022

The introduction of robots into the workforce has been well documented in terms of their impact on jobs and employability. One aspect that seldom gets discussed, however, is the role robots might play in terms of workplace inequality. Research from the University of Pittsburgh attempts to plug that gap, and argues that robots have the potential to alter the marital status and even marital fertility.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 1, 2022

When we owned a small manufacturing company I had to learn the language of the field. I obviously had heard the term bottleneck, but I never really understood how damaging it can be. That is until a bottleneck began to destroy our profit as a company. A bottleneck can put you out of business. I have also learned that the term bottleneck matters in the field of leadership.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

You’ve no doubt seen the video by now. Holding his phone up in the dark outside his office in Kyiv last Friday night, Ukrainian president Voldymyr Zelensky filmed himself and his top advisors to let his citizens and the world know he’s here, they’re here, and they’re not going anywhere. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve watched the video mesmerized by the courage and resolve as he says again and again, the Ukrainian word for here, “Tyt.”.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 1, 2022

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, author Jennifer Moss quoted a survey of 3,900 employees and business leaders in 11 nations that found nearly one-third of respondents expressed the desire that organizations act with more empathy. As we outlined in our L&D Trends 2022 report, an increased emphasis on soft skills — also known … Soft Skills are the Super Skills of 2022 Read More » The post Soft Skills are the Super Skills of 2022 appeared first on The Roundtable.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2022

Even well-meaning bosses can inadvertently dismiss their employees’ feelings.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 1, 2022

Most people learn life’s most valuable lessons too late in life. Here are 31 facts that will radically improve your life if you embrace them: Your mindset matters more than you think. Watch what you believe because your beliefs have a way of becoming your reality. If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can’t do something, you just may be surprised by what you can.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2022

A 3% increase in unemployment rate was linked to a 1% increase in the number of people in pain, according to an analysis of data from 1.3 million people in 146 countries.

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Cooperperson

MARCH 1, 2022

“Where the mind is, there is the treasure” It’s 2:00pm. You’ve had a full morning of back-to-back meetings. You had hoped to return to your desk an hour ago to “get some work done”, (as if you have not been working today). Meetings took longer than you thought they would. Your next appointment is in an hour. Even though you’ve spent endless hours during “quiet time” (weekends, nights and holidays) getting organized and determining priorities, you can’t figure out what to do with this precious ho

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2022

They’re in a unique position to drive retention and engagement.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 1, 2022

For some time now there have been campaigns to ensure the toys children play with better reflect the modern world, especially in terms of the roles depicted. Girls are encouraged to play with construction toys, boys with dolls, and so on. New research from the University of Sussex highlights how difficult these stereotypes are to shift in children, however, especially boys.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2022

How looking at past mistakes with a different mindset can help us make better decisions.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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David A Fields

MARCH 1, 2022

Could a single, 60-minute step improve the quality of your consulting firm’s projects—for your clients and for your internal initiatives? Yes. Let’s say your consulting firm has won an engagement to transform Log Manufacturing, Inc. As often happens, you’ve been tapped to apply your exceptional ability to clarify complex situations (i.e., see the forest for … Continued.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2022

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