N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

How many times over the years have you witnessed otherwise savvy professionals self-destruct because they wouldn’t engage out of a fear of conflict? Real leaders don’t play favorites, don’t get involved in drama, and they certainly don’t tolerate manipulative, self-serving behavior.

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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 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It was this taste of disappointment that led me to share my personal process for finding and implementing game changers – I call it SMARTS(C) ( S imple- M eaningful- A ctionable- R elational- T ransformational- S calable). The way I view the process it’s something like this. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The reality is that we need to demonstrate an awareness of our differences if we are to truly gain the benefit of introducing people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and subsequently ideas into our workplace. This is a leadership issue in which diversity, and the awareness of it, will play a key role in the development of future leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

But in fact, your cognitive style — that is, the way you prefer to perceive and process information — can have a dramatic impact on how you manage your time. Yet even seasoned, cosmopolitan managers often have oversimplified ideas about how other cultures operate. Finance skills. Cultural skills.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

.” In a two-part study, we observed that venture capitalists adopt markedly different stereotypical notions of female and male entrepreneurs during their decision-making processes. ” “She is extremely cost aware — this is not how you grow a company.” ” “ He is looking for a company to buy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011. Stumpf testified that he personally became aware in 2013 when, after two years of ineffective solutions within the business unit, the volume of fake accounts was still increasing.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Chief among these was something called the Double Jump (and its cousin the Triple Jump, operating in much the same way). It's the same terrain leading up to it, but the whole time the rider is aware of the challenge on the horizon. The concept is simple. Two jumps are placed a significant distance apart. The result is up to us.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Yes, it can be self-serving. According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. Navigating these domains requires awareness of two important dimensions. The organization then changed its official processes to match these improved methods.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

For example, the California Data Collaborative is a data pooling effort among a coalition of water utilities, cities, and water retailers to create an integrated, California-wide platform to provide accurate technical analysis and better inform water policy and operational decision making. These include: Situational awareness and response.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

As gerajohm commented, "The best executives I have met have had a great understanding of how to use technology to gain competitive advantage and improve operations. One commentator said, "About 10 years ago, IT people suddenly became business process experts. They also worked with the CIO to help them to understand the business.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I also know all too well that, like all strategies, superconsumer strategies can be hard to implement, because of internal processes, misaligned incentives, and organizational structures that are difficult to navigate. Self-awareness makes it easier to be selfless.” Adapted from. ” Inspiring Creativity.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you dig-in your heels and prepare to defend your position to the death, all the while not really caring about how many casualties are incurred in the process? Consequently, the art form you appropriately point out takes on either a healthy or unhealthy advance of this crucial process.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Stale methodologies and disciplines simply die a slow and very painful death, and it is my contention that the overwhelming majority of sales processes I see in today’s marketplace are just that…stale. Otherwise you will likely miss substantial opportunities without even being aware of it.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition. Operational Statistics. It’s a whole new world.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

What if you upgraded your IT network to a new operating system that promised faster, better and leaner results — only to find that the vast majority of your leaders did not have the necessary competencies to use that new system? Self-awareness allows leaders to summon the patience to manage the complexities of the matrix.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

There is a real elitist attitude that pervades the industry which tends to be process oriented rather than client oriented. It’s not about the process, it’s about results. Coaching isn’t about esoteric definitions, scripted questions or canned processes. In my opinion this is a huge mistake.

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