N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. Over time, many fear-based leaders unknowingly train their team to think: “Why even try if there is no upside? Remember that respect is earned, and fear is imposed. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. If no is the ultimate outcome, then options and discussion are a great place for leadership training. While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. How sad is this?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It is important to identify swings and trends so that innovation can remain a strength of your business. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Training plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Instill discipline.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

By the way, employee performance and morale at Wal-Mart is near all time lows… Diversity mandates just don’t work… Talent begets talent and blending occurs naturally when good decisions are made for the right reasons. This is perhaps the greatest gift of immersing oneself in diversity training and education.

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HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. Innovation in talent management and workforce panning strategies is required to help companies make profits again. Figure out what assets should be best utilized for training, onboarding and retention activities. Quality Hires.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Many managers proudly describe the team-building initiatives they've pursued to create a sense of staff cohesion and morale. Others talk about scheduling team meetings to clarify roles and responsibilities within the group or the staff members they've sent to training programs. Don't get me wrong.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. ” A team leader keeps an underperforming employee because of the time and money spent on their training. A leader thinks that their moral values are universally accepted by their team, without checking in for differing opinions.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. ” A team leader keeps an underperforming employee because of the time and money spent on their training. A leader thinks that their moral values are universally accepted by their team, without checking in for differing opinions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

They can help ensure that industry participants, regulators, technology innovators, and customers are being kept safe, without trampling on people’s privacy and human rights. A moral hazard could even develop if employees become too reliant on AI crime-fighting tools to catch criminals for them.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Adaptive performance manifests as creativity, problem solving, grit, innovation, and citizenship. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed. Employee Morale and Output.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. My leadership training is from the Marine Corps. In Benjamin Franklin's own words, "I conceived the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection. Good is the enemy of great.

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