N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

True self-confidence is reflected in a person’s deeds and actions, and not in their ability to boast. While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. True leaders possess a quiet confidence that attracts attention like a magnet.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2021

A finance expert who wants now to expand into marketing or customer dealings can choose from a myriad of short courses that deal in the same fields. . As people advance in their industry, they may need to develop leadership, finance, or accounting skills, which they can acquire through these EMBAs or short business courses.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class).

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CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

If you have not had the opportunity to view or read any of Simon Sinek’s material regarding marketing and to ‘ Start with Why ‘, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes doing so. Sounds simple, but what Sinek found is that most companies do their marketing backwards. How – This is how the business fulfills that core belief.

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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

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Talking to anyone else wouldn’t resolve the issue, it would merely be self serving indulgence at someone else’s expense. Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. Michelle said: RT @mikehenrysr: RT @mikemyatt Workplace Gossip [link] #LeadChange [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I have consistently espoused the value of walking the floor, dropping in for meetings on an impromptu basis, proactively engaging key stakeholders, and any number of other items that focus on raising your awareness. My suspicion is that your choices have made you an effective leader and one well regarded by your team.

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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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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

I want to be clear that I’m not advocating for form over substance, extreme self-indulgence, narcissism, or masking insecurity by the trappings you surround yourself with. I actually prefer to play to the middle in that I am neither understated nor overstated, but I am comfortable with who I am and my approach to the market.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

3 May Dear all, On a recent episode of the FT ’s Working It podcast, Ann Francke discussed how to turn around a toxic workplace culture and the importance of holding senior leadership to account. Here are CMI's highlights from 2022 and 2021. You can listen back here.) Catch up here. You can learn more in FE News. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: You make some great points – the best of which is being aware of how social media/networking impacts your family. Recently I spoke to a group of high-school marketing educators about the current state of social media marketing. Thanks for adding to the discussion Becky.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis. This awareness helped cement my corporate world exit strategy. Learn more about Shann at the end of this post. Don’t get me wrong, big bucks rock!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

who serve as inspiration to us all by the daily difference their leadership makes in our lives. You can nominate your unsung hero by leaving a comment explaning how their example of leadership touches the lives of others. He is also founder of Orphan Epidemic, a nonprofit created to bring awareness to orphans all over the world.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think. Dan [link] Liz Strauss Mike, You're always pointing to game changing ideas and true insights into how leadership can affect growth. It only makes your current game better.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Many startup CEOs adopt this “visionary entrepreneur” leadership style. For example, a digital marketing director at Daniel’s company wanted to gain greater visibility and impact beyond her area of focus. That’s not what I had in mind. Don’t get me wrong — Daniel’s intentions are good.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But commitment guides bravery more than an inherent belief in self-ability! Self-doubt only belongs in the evaluation phase and kept out of the implementation phase. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Perhaps this is an issue of confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As the year draws to a close, I'm reflecting on what I have learned about leadership from my clients. Over the last twelve months, I have seen the best and worst in leadership. One day, it will form the basis of a masters in finance, and you should all grasp this opportunity to learn with open hands."

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I earned my MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business in 2000, and since 2007 I’ve been an Instructor and an internal coach back at the GSB, helping hundreds of students develop their leadership and interpersonal skills. Practical leadership and management skills. Practical leadership and management skills.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

It is the ability to develop a keen external awareness that separates the truly great communicators from those who muddle through their interactions with others. It has been my experience that the number one thing that great communicators have in common is that they possess a heightened sense of situational and contextual awareness.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings. strategic hires). day, scale-focused workshops and related activities.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. The key is to look beyond just the obvious places like marketing. And even if you’re successful at overcoming those obstacles, it’s very hard to keep up the momentum. Disclosure:Anheuser-Busch is a former client.)

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Our research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Business Review, The Economist, CEB (formerly the Corporate Executive Board), Intel, and TNS Global, finds that corporate leadership has lost confidence in the CIO as a strategic partner and views IT as a commodity rather than a difference-maker. Victorio M.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Intellectual elitists are by-in-large braggarts that acquire knowledge (or feign possession thereof) for public acclaim and their own self-promotion. If you acquire knowledge, yet choose not to use it for the benefit of others then you’re not a leader, you’re self indulgent. are all critical to your success.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Being able to discern and debate subjective positions with objectivity is an art form that must be present for effective leadership. Understanding and respecting other’s perceptions is such a critical part of being an effective leader that absent this ability I truly believe you cannot be effective in a leadership role.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 10, 2012

To progress, we need to pay attention to the worldwide grassroots leadership movements and locally grow skilled grassroots leaders who are ready, willing and able to help others make a difference in the lives of all Americans. . Agno: Can't Get Enough Leadership: Self Coaching Secrets. Boris Groysberg: Talk, Inc.:

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

While the technology supporting sales process have clearly evolved, the traditional sales strategies proffered by sales gurus 20 or 30 years ago have not kept pace with market needs. Otherwise you will likely miss substantial opportunities without even being aware of it. Thanks Roland… [link] Ryan You are absolutely right.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. “Before you respond to a request or knock on a door in a marketing capacity, you need to establish that the company can pay you and will pay you,” he says. This is especially difficult when clients don’t pay you on time.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition. 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.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Changing jobs is an often used and effective way to develop new leadership capabilities. Introduction Execution of Great Moves is one of the key strategies to support our Leadership Excellence Strategy. Many executives have said that this is where they learned some of their most valuable lessons of leadership. “I

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

He had no idea that the ad they’d just run to launch their latest mass-market device was so completely male-oriented. But since the most senior leadership teams are male-dominated, a lot of what happens in companies ends up reflecting that, including how they look and sound. He’d thought it was nice!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Related Post : The Leadership Vacuum Share and Enjoy: View Comments John Mike, I believe you are correct in that the key 'qualification' for being effective at helping others is experience and of course that is a word open to considerable interpretation. I believe also you have just kicked the elephant in the room.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance. Drawing on his self-described “gender-more” aesthetic when assembling outfits, the black 30-year-old mixes conventional men and women’s clothing pieces into a single look. My interviewees seemed well aware of this stigma.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

But it is also a complex market, with a reputation for corruption, uncertainty, and bureaucracy. Ravi Venkatesan, the former Chairman of Microsoft India, offers inside advice on how your firm can overcome the unique challenges of the Indian market. The old way to market a business was storytelling. by Thomas H. by Thomas H.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In contrast to startups, which often experiment until they gain their footing in the market, established businesses are notoriously slow to change. In order to adapt to a climate charged by automation, market shifts, and globalization, companies need to evolve to meet changing priorities and conditions. .” About the Author.

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