N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Talent Trends: Emerging Leadership Skills for the Future The continual development of digital technology and automation in today’s corporate world demands a new paradigm in leadership. These traditional soft-skill qualities must now be enhanced with new hard skill sets to future-proof one’s leadership style.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue,” he adds. And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership. Transform your leadership communication style to inspire with the 3 Cs: Credibility, Clarity and Connection.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Find out what they had to say and get our top strategies to help. Communication.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. They also worry about how their service impacts the lives of their customers.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. You may have a leadership dysfunction problem. Communication. Even more so from afar.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

I T SHOULD go without saying that the health and well-being of employees have a direct impact on the success of an organization. Yet, it is unusual for an organization to put it on the high-priority list along with profitability and customer service. The solution is to build it into the culture of the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

As organizations become increasingly digital, CMOs are expected to spearhead digital marketing, AI, social media, and analytics initiatives. As disruptors in the organization, they hold the onus to align the company’s brand mission with a creative yet commercially viable business strategy.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: The higher one rises in an organization, the more one must be a generalist. Lesson: Moral Hazard.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Through focused conversations, targeted assessments, and personalized strategies, executive coaching helps entrepreneurs identify their blind spots, enhance their leadership skills, and make informed decisions that align with their vision and goals. Moreover, entrepreneurs often face a unique set of external pressures.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shamis: One of the most gratifying experiences in writing a leadership book is the introspection youallow yourself in the process. Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability. And in a competitive marketplace, it cost us dearly.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The Good Fight : Use Productive Conflict to Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track by Liane Davey (Page Two, 2019) Liane Davey shows you how to create the productive conflict your organization needs to get along and get stuff done. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. instead of adversaries.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

While the concept of thought leadership is well established among individuals, it is less so among organizations, which is a gap a recent study from INSEAD attempts to plug. The researchers first gathered data on follower counts and company revenue to evaluate the link between opinion leadership and business success.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Now, imagine if you could level up that title with a Masters in Executive Leadership. So, graduates are well-positioned to lead organizations toward success on the global stage. Fosters Networking Opportunities One of the coolest perks of this business leadership program is meeting new people. Sounds exciting, right?

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LDRLB

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s usually an individual endeavor focused on fitness, friendships, or finances. When it comes to business, great things can also happen when we apply the catalytic energy of the New Year to our teams and organizations. Strategy #4: Savor Surprise – The unexpected is a natural part of innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). The problem is leadership on autopilot. Where are we?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

M aking any progress, process transformation or change across American communities and throughout the global business communities as usual is always hard and usually requires a significant investment of resources – people, finance and effort. Follow me on Twitter @SkippersBiz. Photo by Ted Etyan and edited by N2Growth.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

An MBA holder can become a Financial Analyst, Business Consultant, Leadership Trainer, or Corporate Strategist. They can also become business consultants, offering advice and strategies to help companies grow. These professionals can use their business knowledge and experience to help organizations reach their goals.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Establishing and growing a successful business organization requires the collaboration of various aspects. Some of these elements include but are not limited to proper financing, great strategies and ideas, and passionate employees. In addition, leadership entails guiding and supporting others […].

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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. They are the ones that put the needs of others, as well as the needs of the organization, ahead of their own. Identifying leaders?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

Teams have also played a central role in my life by ensuring that I received the support needed to achieve two cherished goals: leading sales organizations at several of the nation’s largest technology firms and climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. General Business'

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Making sure we have diverse marketing, design, engineering, product supply, finance, research and innovation working together early in the process is certainly smart. When creating an innovation team, we often put a lot of thought and effort into bringing the right functional expertise together.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Most would call it work.

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Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2023

Women’s leadership programs have been a crucial topic in recent years, with much discourse over their effectiveness in the workplace. On one hand, women-focused programs provide the skills, community support and resources women need to succeed in leadership roles.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I am proud to teach Situational Leadership ® every day. Even as 14+ million managers have gone through the program in some form or fashion, it remains a comparatively untapped resource and strategy for many of the urgent leadership challenges in our world today! Application Questions. Look back if you are a Situational Leader.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

In the video, I describe a time-tested tool, Kurt Lewin’s Force field analysis that we use quite frequently in our leadership programs. Talk about them as part of your 5×5 communication strategy. Do you need to adjust your day-to-day actions so you can best model the change you want to see in your team and organization?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

When you have an organization devoted to a person, you have a cult. When you have an organization devoted to a set of principles and values, you have a culture. Fill leadership roles based on measured performance rather than just rough judgments and personal considerations. And no one needs to understand that more than the CEO.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. At every level of the organization, EI’s pivotal role is to help the leader: Manage self. But you can use your leadership to begin the healing process. Manage others. Manage work.

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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. 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.

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Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Any trail that has remained popular for over 1000 years can teach us how to build longevity in our organization. While I was walking the Camino, I thought a lot about my career and the leadership lessons I had learned. This week, my third book, The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (AMACOM) comes out.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

(Terry’s Note: Hi all – Today I’m introducing a new series of posts, written by guest writer Adam Tenenbaum , called Front Line Leadership. Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Here are five smart charitable giving strategies to keep in mind: 1. At this time of year, charitable organizations like Goodwill, the Salvation Army and community shelters need old coats, sweaters, jeans, boots and other items of clothing. Using some of all of the above strategies, gifting doesn’t have to hurt your wallet either!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. If you check your ego at the door and give a thoughtful, introspective evaluation of your ability, it is likely that you’ll learn something about your leadership abilities or lack thereof.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 20, 2013

It begins with a willingness to be deeply accountable for a body larger than yourself - for a team, an organization, a community. Imagine how strong your organization would be if everyone were deeply committed and accountable for its success. So how are today’s organizations and institutions doing? It seems benevolent.

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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. I’m often regarded as a thought leader, but I don’t run an organization, and don’t have any desire to. Marshall Goldsmith : Not to be a leader.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It makes me nauteous to get mired in a ton of details and administrative activities – believe me, I’ve tried to get more organized on my own at ton of times over the years and well… I just can’t putt! Without them, we’re sunk! Wishing you memorable quality time with your loved ones.

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