N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 26, 2020

While traveling the world seeking answers on global leadership perspectives, we stopped in the Netherlands. I met with Ronald van Weegen , a seasoned senior executive in both Leadership Development and Human Resources. I asked Ronald to reflect upon his professional development and overall experience in life and provide us the one thing that he would recommend to younger executives on their leadership journey.

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Self-aware Leadership Human Resources Advice 223

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 26, 2020

Winston Churchill said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” This is reason enough to be interested in history. Yet, I know many people equate history with a bad high school experience. And if the history being suggested includes the Alamo, many would say, “Oh, I saw the movie with John […]. The post Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 26, 2020

When you are sitting in your office or working with your team, you often wonder, “How do I beat the competition?” or “In what ways can we scale and grow the capacity of this business to make more profit?” … If you do not think these things, I am jealous of your practices. Recently while working through a merger, I was in several meetings with both organizations’ executive teams.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2020

It’s a new year and it’s time for another long hard look at your employees. What did they do that you liked or hated last year? Were there arguments among managers? Were junior employees left without leadership? Were there petty squabbles among employees that set deadlines back? Now is the perfect time of year to bring more cohesion to your workforce.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 26, 2020

The modern workplace suffers from no shortage of distractions, which can be incredibly stressful in the way it prevents us from doing what we need to do. Indeed, the recent State of Work report from Workfront highlighted how ‘work was getting in the way of work’ The biggest culprit, in their eyes at least, were meetings, which respondents reported took up far too much time and were insufficiently useful.

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Stress Analysis Report Software 94

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 26, 2020

I wish the book, What To Do When You're New , would have been published twenty-five years ago. Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. The book, by Keith Rollag , is all about how to be comfortable, confident, and successful in new situations.

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Restructuring Learning-by-Doing Stress Books 65

Leading with Trust

JANUARY 26, 2020

The turning of the calendar page from one year to the next is an opportunity to start the new year with a clear and focused plan for your team or organization. Yet, if you’re like many leaders, you not only find it hard to establish a clear strategy for the year, you find it difficult to keep all your team members aligned and moving forward to achieve the goals.

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Team Micromanagement Goal Strategy 118

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 26, 2020

A couple of years ago I wrote about a startup, called Immersive Rehab, which used virtual reality (VR) to help people recover after a stroke. They were part of a number of startups operating in this field. The promise of the technology was underlined by a recent study from North Carolina State University, which highlighted how VR can prove effective at encouraging physiotherapy participation.

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