Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

Reduced Global Competitiveness Failing to address cross-cultural challenges compromises your ability to operate effectively across different markets. This is an open discussion about the norms and ways in which the team will operate. Occasionally, invite other leaders or executives to share their stories and examples.

Leadership 291

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Commitment Diversity 291

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2023

Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) implementation can be a transformative journey for organizations, enabling them to achieve operational excellence and drive sustainable growth. Strategy 2: Create a Detailed Implementation Plan A comprehensive implementation plan is crucial for the successful execution of EOS.

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Strategy Succession Metrics Objective 108

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Providing board members with a comprehensive framework and clear instructions on participating in the evaluation will help gather honest and unbiased feedback. These indicators are measurable and specific metrics that provide objective insights into the effectiveness of board operations.

360-Degree Feedback 388

360-Degree Feedback Strategy Objective Diversity 388

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

To get your head around how to make Exciting Outcome-Focused Behavior or FEOs part of your normal way of operating at work, you need to understand that your work tasks have nothing to do with whether you love them. What makes a work task or activity lovable is how you think about the result you want to achieve.

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Motivation How To Learning-by-Doing Goal 248

N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Whether they are held monthly, quarterly or some other cadence, the comments from participants tend to be the same. I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford. What a waste of time.”.

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Review CFO Operations Efficiency 374

Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2023

Innovation is key, especially when operating environments are changing quickly. If a leader is not effectively communicating successful and not fostering a sense of collaboration and participation, it can lead to misunderstandings, low morale, and a lack of trust and respect. Do you want to retain your competitive advantage?

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Leadership How To Leadership Styles Competitive Advantage 133

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 129

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Going beyond five annual priorities diminishes focus and jeopardizes effective execution by tending to overwhelm those responsible for implementation. Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark’s Top 5 priorities in 2003. Why five priorities? Here is an outstanding example from Chief of U.S. Navy accomplished.

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Tips Team Document Brainstorming 290

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

If there is one maxim which describes the frustration many C-suite executives and senior level managers feel when trying to trying to get a strategy executed, it is: “People know what they are supposed to do. Strategy execution therefore merits special attention. They just don’t do it.”.

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Execution Strategy How To Learning-by-Doing 70

Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

What is your personal operating system? Next to knowing one’s core values, the most important attribute an entrepreneurial leader can possess is a predictable, reliable, and intentional personal operating system. If that operating system isn’t yet as reliable as the leader wants, refining it to that point should be a priority.”.

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Leadership Entrepreneur CFO Objective 270

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, or what most think of as "fighting fires.". Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard. Strategy forumulation needs to be a continual process - not an annual event.

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Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 101

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

Chief Executive Officer, N2Growth. Individual Accountability and Growth: There are few endeavors where participants are so quick to admit mistakes. By Brian Layer. March Madness resumes tonight and in a pressure packed weekend of excitement, the Sweet Sixteen will shrink to the Final Four. Follow me on Twitter @brianlayer.

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Team Chief Executive Officer Crisis Management Crisis 418

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

They operate in a fog, unable to focus or concentrate. Lack of Participation: It is hard to keep attendees of a virtual meeting interested. Lack of participation may indicate despondence more than disinterest, especially if the lack of involvement is unusual for this team member. Deadlines come and go without them noticing.

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Absenteeism Participative Licensing Human Resources 263

CO2

OCTOBER 9, 2015

As a leader, you must trust your executive assistant (EA) absolutely and without question. Executive assistants must understand that if they breach this trust even the smallest bit, operating in the grey, they have crossed the line and should give their resignation or you will need to let them go immediately.

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Execution Brand Participative Learning-by-Doing 60

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

We rarely discussed the kind of functional skills (marketing, operations, and finance) that are taught in typical MBA programs – those were considered table stakes for this level of management. Scott will teach the first day, and each participant will receive their own Next Level 360 assessment feedback report and autographed book.

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Freedman Executive Coaching Participative McCarthy 230

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

I recently participated in a panel discussion about the future of the recruiting industry, and quite frankly, I was surprised with many of the prevailing attitudes and thoughts surrounding the topic at hand. Executive search firms desiring to remain competitive must focus on increasing their value added benefits in order to stay in the game.

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Talent Management Management Long-term Maturity 336

Decker Communication

APRIL 27, 2022

Three years ago, our CEO, Ben Decker and I were working on a keynote speech for a senior executive at a cloud platform provider. The executive entered the conference room and shared his theme for the keynote: “Digital Transformation is culture transformation , plain and simple. How wrong we were!

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Incubator Storytelling Agility Training 105

The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

” The department, division, or executive leadership team models behavior patterns that set the tone and examples for their organization. Meetings are mostly data dumps, this week’s firefighting, and operational/technical problem-solving. Organizational behavior reflects leadership team behavior.

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Development Team Short-term Teamwork 98

HR Digest

MAY 25, 2023

HR digital transformation is the process of changing operational HR processes to become automated and data driven. According to Deloitte’s 2017 Human Capital Trends report: ‘ It’s about HR teams taking up the dual challenge of transforming HR operations on the one hand, and transforming the workforce and the way work is done on the other. ’

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Human Resources Technology Goal Human Capital 109

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

I’ve spearheaded many such initiatives over the years, including the modeling of all the leadership jobs that were used in merger selection of the executive team. Provide each participant with five index cards. If a formal model exists, use that for additional input and invite participants to update their cards if desired.

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Team Call Center Participative Wilde 388

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

As leaders, we operate within a web of people relationship systems, and the health and power of these relationships are dependent upon the level of trust we carry within ourselves. The book requires reader participation. These three threads are used to weave a tapestry of self-discovery and personal humanizing leadership growth.

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Leadership Self-aware How To Chief Operating Officer 247

The Practical Leader

JULY 21, 2021

The session was focused on operational and tactical issues. Use anonymous surveys, third-party assessments, or other safe ways for participants to voice concerns and have real conversations about what they feel are the biggest issues to be addressed. Planning and budgeting focus on maximizing capital and operational dollars.

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Strategic Planning Planning How To Review 126

HR Digest

JULY 8, 2022

Nearly 60% said that they feel they are aware of every aspect of business operations. Nearly 89% of candidates who participated in the Paradoxes Inc. A KPMG-Forbes survey of 549 top executives from six continents showed that almost one in three CEOs worry that their CFO isn’t prepared for the challenges ahead.

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Technology CFO Succession Finance 106

HR Digest

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Walgreens and CVS employees are mostly not unionized , which makes a largescale walkout difficult to execute. But there was no reported reprisal from leadership, which emboldened more staff to participate in walkouts. Image Credit: cvshealth) The largest drugstore chains in U.S.

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Fraser Participative Health Care Retail 52

CO2

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

” “Is there alignment between our stated and operating values?” ” Participation: “Why am I the only one talking during meetings?” And follow up on execution by inquiring about progress instead of demanding compliance. ” “Are team members repeating mistakes without consequences?”

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Power Drucker Self-aware Ethics 78

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 17, 2014

Hoopla is also used as a way to quickly get input on the performance of various processes throughout the operation. Their first book, Ideas Are Free , was voted the Reader’s Choice by Fast Company magazine and selected as one of the 30 best business books of the year by Soundview Executive Books.

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Open-book Participative Magazine Innovation 232

Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2019

She was the chief operating officer of a large company, and this was the leadership conference for her company. Once I invited a fellow consultant to assist me with a group of senior executives of a long-term client. You are away, so you do not participate. no wig and no hat. She had heard me rave about the CEO of this company.

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Leadership Chief Operating Officer Class Influence 255

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip.

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Blog Reputation Participative Brand 419

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2012

Research by the Corporate Executive Board has found that 40 percent of "engaged" employees do not align their behavior with organizational goals. Employee engagement, and the participative management practices that go with it, are not a panacea for every business problem. Engaged Versus Aligned. This represents a huge lost opportunity.

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Participative Energy Bottom-up Organizational Behavior 249

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In 2004 the Corporate Executive Board’s research showed an 87% decrease in the likelihood of departure for highly engaged employees. They are not willingly, enthusiastically, and repeatedly saying ‘yes’ when asked to contribute and participate. After all, some apps do not run on old antiquated operating systems.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 302

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 4, 2023

Intriguingly, it also has an operational team largely made up of Chartered Managers. Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. None of the executive team have their own offices.

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Chief Operating Officer Management Leadership Crisis Management 98

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

The business world doesn’t stop just because you need to optimize your operations. In fact, your business must be positioned to implement new capabilities and modify operations on a dime, regardless of what is going on behind the scenes. The business should be deliberate in establishing a common project management language.

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Management How To Constraint Project 150

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. I am basing myself in Perth, Western Australia, but seeking Non-Executive Directorship roles either with a National or International focus.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

This is particularly true in today’s complex and uncertain operating environments in which a culture of solidarity and knowledge sharing become critical drivers of staying relevant. But while self-deprecating humor can reduce social distance and make leaders seem more collaborative, participative and open, it must be used with caution.

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CEO Bond Agility Tools 291

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. An important element of a great leadership development program is the opportunity to network and learn from other talented participants.

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Leadership Development Development Committee Leadership 249

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 22, 2018

No matter how brilliantly researched, planned, and executed, you will meet resistance to change. The twelve suggestions operate, to a degree, on a layered basis; so if you did not read my May post, you might like to go back to that one and read it first. So what does that mean for your people?

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Resistance Process Planning Participative 180

Coaching Ourselves

AUGUST 1, 2022

Amrop is a Leadership Advisory and Executive Search firm operating globally in 51 countries. The focus was on developing participants and their skills, in addition to creating new connections. Using CoachingOurselves discussion guides, participants met for four sessions over four months.

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