N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Sound leadership actually prevents the need to rescue. Your role as a leader is to develop talent to the highest levels of independent and autonomous thinking and execution. In fact, they won’t allow dependencies to exist…rather they mandate independent thinking and decisioning. Learn to ask effective questions.

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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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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

He often uses objects that help people remember his points. He spends more than half of his time on the road visiting stores and connecting with employees and customers. He tells stories that move him and in so doing move the hearts of others. Chick-fil-A has won numerous awards for its exceptionally high level of customer service.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. ” Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. It is essential to build in a framework of virtuous and ethical principles.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

It’s tempting to think leadership also follows a continuum, one anchored by bad and great, with good somewhere in between. This deeply rooted belief reassures us that leadership follows a predictable pattern, and that through hard work and experience one can progress along the drawn line. Leadership is not one-dimensional.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2011

Shows why typical approaches to leadership problems often fail, while biblical wisdom succeeds. Covers both day-to-day dilemmas and larger questions of management, accountability, and vision. Dig into her life and try to determine what her key traits, such as character, talent, attitude, energy, and drive, look like.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2011

The Times calls it "the admissions equivalent of speed-dating": nine eight-minute conversations about an ethical dilemma, on-the-spot decisions, even health-care policy that aim to capture who candidates are, not just how smart they are. "We The technical term for the process is the M.M.I., or the multiple mini-interview.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. Many books have been written on the subject of leadership. They came from training, team building and people management perspectives. Most companies have revenue-sales as their primary objective and measurement. 7 Plateaus of Work Ethic.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Goals require measurable objectives, with realistic dates and percentages for successful accomplishment. Unclear objectives produce more failures than incompetence, bad work, bad luck or misdirected work. Goal attainment leads to ethical behavior. The tragedy is both economic and humanistic. Cost containment. Training is vital.

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