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The Most Misunderstood Aspect Of Great Leadership

N2Growth Blog

I was recently asked what I consider to be the most misunderstood aspect of great leadership; in other words, what makes great leaders great? If you want to become a better leader, I suggest you become comfortable with a leadership practice very few are… it’s called surrender. Control is about power – not leadership.

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Leadership and Surrender

N2Growth Blog

You’ll rarely encounter the words leadership and surrender used together in complementary fashion. Society has labeled surrender as a sign of leadership weakness, when in fact, it can be among the greatest of leadership strengths. Control is about power – not leadership.

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Active Listening: the Key to Leadership Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Even the military has morphed their ideals on leadership roles, shifting away from the highest ranked official and instead citing the individual or group who knows the mission and territory the best. Effective listening skills, make it possible to select leadership and those responsible for success.

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Recruiting vs Talent Management

N2Growth Blog

While my personal practice is focused on providing leadership advice and counsel to Fortune 500 CEOs, as the senior operating executive at our firm I also have oversight responsibility for our talent management practice. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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Leadership and Resourcing

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll look at the topic of resourcing as a key success metric for anyone in a leadership position. The essence of Leadership is not found in doing things yourself, but in teaching others how to do things better than you ever could. Leadership is about teaching, coaching, developing, and mentoring.

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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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Carefrontation — The Ultimate Leadership Trait

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. He went on to explain that this kind of feedback was confrontational and would only be accepted and processed by the recipient if it was delivered in an extremely caring fashion.