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4 Ways to Promote Productivity

Lead Change Blog

These employees have to be led in a systematic fashion to ensure that all efforts are channeled towards a common goal. defined leadership as “the process of influencing people to direct their efforts towards the achievement of group goals.” Koontz Et Al. Communication. This is basically the lifeblood of any organization.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Thanks for sharing your insight Sarah.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Superbosses : How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent by Sydney Finkelstein Although Superbosses may differ in leadership styles, they share a playbook that leads to extraordinary success founded on making other people successful. A deep life is a good life.” ( Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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From Yurt to Beer Cooler: Adventures with Duct Tape

Mills Scofield

” There were to be no limits to our design, creation and iteration of these products – except, of course, they had to be made out of duct tape. In true Brown fashion, we had an astrophysicist, a philosopher, two biomedical engineers, and an international development major (me). Our initial reaction was to go large scale.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

One Size Fits All Leadership Style : Great leaders are fluid and flexible in their approach. They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. Leadership is about performance…Intentions must be aligned with results for leaders to be effective.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation. Whenever you are being pitched a product as a solution I suggest you exercise extreme caution. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

Radical flattening of organizations is a fashionable recipe for dealing with accelerating change and uncertainty. Agility is not just for senior leaders but for managers at all levels, who can implement many of the prac­tices with their teams and cultivate agility by adopting the relevant mindset, capabilities and leadership style.

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