N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. only to fail in miserable fashion. Beyond the character test, the first prerequisite for leadership is the willingness to lead.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 20, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article Mile 22 finds CIA operative James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) leading a paramilitary team on a mission to extract a valuable asset out of Southeast Asia. And, of course, lots of leadership lessons in Mile 22. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Mile 22. Be on the lookout for the hidden dangers of leadership.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

O NCE AGAIN we see that despite our rhetoric, what we are is reflected in our leaders and leadership. As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. “To Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2018

Despite this, I do have my limits when it comes to technology. I’m reminded of this when I head to local, traditional networking events , pick up a pen and paper or simply take a quiet stroll with my four-legged friend; sometimes, life without technology is absolutely blissful. Sometimes, it really can get too much. Wrapping up.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teamwork/leadership. One of the top skills required by all those starting a business is leadership and teamwork. Being able to think of solutions in an analytic fashion and solve problems are the must-have skills of any new business owner, and in the modern age, this cannot be done with big data. Technology.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine the value of loyalty as it relates to leadership. If relationships are the currency of leadership, it is important for leaders to note that loyalty serves as the cornerstone of any healthy relationship. Leadership and loyalty go hand-in-hand.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

While some companies talk a good game with regard to competitive strategy, in my experience very few businesses actually address the issue in adequate fashion. That’s nice, but how much time do you spend evaluating people, entities or technology that might not be competition presently, but that could be down the road?

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

We updated health and safety procedures, employed technology to streamline billing and appointment scheduling, digitized our designs, added retail elements, and provided respectable wages for our artists and employees to let them know their importance to the business. There is something for everyone at Club Tattoo!

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2018

Invest in Technology. It may be hard to predict exactly what jobs will be in demand in the future, but it’s a safe bet that they will involve high levels of technology. We all know what an old-fashioned office looks like, but that traditional design has come under fire by newer entrants to the workforce.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 10, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article We first saw Tom Holland as Spider-Man in the film Captain America: Civil War. He and his team are equipped with weapons fashioned from alien technology. Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Spider-Man: Homecoming. Someone else will swoop in and take over your leadership position.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : I don’t specifically work in the area of strategy or leadership, but my work often affects those areas as what I do is help people change behavior. Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Now I applaud the store for the use of technology to create a more accurate account of inventory, but to run a business you actually have to talk to your customers! The bottom line is that technology should assist the sale, not create it. What wasn’t great? He did all this barely looking up from his IPAD.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Core, transaction-driven systems within the company should be designed to create the management information needed by leadership. Senior leadership needs education and training on how to use these data analytics and data warehousing systems as they are developed. Management information should not be an afterthought.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 24, 2019

Today, as cycles of technology, market conditions, and competitive environments continue to accelerate, responding in an agile and flexible fashion to that world requires clarity, more than ever before. We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. However, how do you get better in the face of increasing complexity?

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 7, 2017

For almost 10 years, I’ve been writing about leadership and in that time, perhaps one of the most significant shifts I’ve seen has been the willingness to recognize that the key to our success as leaders stems from the relationships we foster and nurture with those we lead.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2016

Yes, I did it the old fashioned way — I bought books and read them. As a leadership and strategy consultant, I challenge myself to explore subjects that have nothing to do with business. As Peter Drucker, famous business guru, once said: “ innovation is nothing more that the re-application of existing technology.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 3, 2012

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: The Top 5 Leadership Mistakes: which one would your team members say you make? So which of these leadership mistakes would your team members say you exhibit? For more on this topic from Harvard Business Review [link]. Ineffective Feedback.

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Management Excellence

APRIL 11, 2011

As technology finally begins to catch up to our long-standing vision for how it can positively change our work lives and our businesses, it may just be time for us to rethink our stone-age approaches on how we work.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 30, 2015

She’s a supermodel, the host and executive producer of Project Runway, a judge on America’s Got Talent, and she runs a fashion line. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg – 3 names that are synonymous with technology. She’s a busy person. Someone who needs to be connected. You can do this. What happened?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

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.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 20, 2020

In some form or fashion those that occupy positions of visible formal authority in organizations need to be able to say and do the right things — NOW ! Leadership: What you do when you (and pretty much everybody around you) have no idea. Without question, this is a time for leadership! Another formidable challenge is time.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2013

For some people, the old-fashioned idea of being “disciplined” is a turn-off. Strategic Use of Technology. High-performing organizations give more emphasis than lower-performing companies to using technology to impact the business in strategic ways (109 percent more, according to our analysis). Disciplined Approach to Business.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 22, 2020

Battling COVID-19 starts with the most old-fashioned way to avoid illness: physically avoid people. The time for us to rely on our technology is now. Social Connecting in the Era of Social Distancing. Invisible threads are the strongest ties.” Friedrich Nietzsche. Social distancing. It’s all we hear in the news these days.

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Leading with Trust

MARCH 10, 2020

What technology platforms will you use, and when, to replace face-to-face meetings? The reliance upon email and IM in the virtual world easily leads to misinterpreting a person’s intent, usually in a negative fashion, so be proactive about using the phone and webcams to make communications more personal.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

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. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others.

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CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

Often when you read leadership books, blogs, or journals, you will be inundated with views on how leaders build trust. Consistency in others is demonstrated by a strong track record of success and acting in a predictable fashion. How will this inconsistency reflect on your leadership? Are you driving for that expectation?

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 21, 2012

But is this really the best way for leaders to guide their organizations which employ a growing multicultural, multi-ethnic makeup thanks to shifting demographics, not to mention communication technologies that allow for collaborative efforts to stretch past conventional geographical boundaries?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

I also believe that if HR is solely charged with the recruiting efforts for senior management and executive level positions you’ll end-up with a very weak management and leadership team. You may have technology or a product that gives you an edge, but your people determine whether you develop the next winning technology or product.&#.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

When it comes to tradition, the challenge today is how to motivate the next generation to work in old-fashioned (read: unsocial as in media and societal interactions) work cultures. The paradigm shift to tap their creativity and technological savvy is not unlike moving from landlines to iPhones.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’re still on the fence, I would request you try and answer the following question: If you can engage those with whom you conduct business, or otherwise desire to interact with in a meaningful and value added fashion why wouldn’t you do so? Thoughts? Also, It seems like a ton of time needs to be devoted to it all.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

We’ve all watched many a blog launch in prolific fashion only to die a slow public death weeks or months down the road. For those of you in leadership positions, particularly at the chief executive level, blogging is an incredibly powerful platform, which should only be ignored at your peril.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. For example, he worked purposefully to fashion an image of himself as a hardworking, hands-on inventor (he once reportedly smeared soot on his hands and face before an interview to bolster that reputation). [1] Innovation Capital.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 27, 2013

Unfortunately, as social media sites mature, we’re also beginning to see more meltdowns, feuds and fights erupting between public individuals, people whose actions often inspire others about what’s acceptable or fashionable to do while in the public realm.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. 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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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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