N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Importance of Executive Management Coaching Today The importance of executive management coaching in today’s volatile business environment cannot be overstated. By investing in executive management coaching, organizations can create a culture of continuous learning and growth, fostering a pipeline of strong leaders at all levels.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

Managers and employees are telling you t hey’re way more productive. How do you truly measure the ROI of remote vs. in-person work? In this episode of Asking For a Friend, Jack Phillips, author of High-Impact Human Capital Strategy and Chairman of ROI Institute about how to calculate ROI for remote work vs. in-person work.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 30, 2024

Here's how to bridge that gap: 1. Embrace a Strategic Mindset Transitioning from senior management to the C-suite requires a shift from operational to strategic thinking. Cultivate Leadership Excellence Leadership at the C-suite level transcends managing teams. This broad perspective is crucial for strategic decision-making.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 5, 2023

Innovation and creativity are important drivers of success for any business or organization. Here are some steps you can take to foster a culture of innovation and creativity within your team: Encourage open-mindedness and divergent thinking: Encourage your team to think outside the box and consider multiple perspectives.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 22, 2023

Such behaviors can lead to a toxic culture that stifles growth and innovation. How can leaders avoid this pitfall and create an environment encouraging growth, collaboration, and understanding? Such behaviors can lead to a toxic culture that stifles growth and innovation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?” ” #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When Your Company Culture is Lacking Great question! Create your team culture by encouraging innovation and alignment. Empower innovation. You can (and should) work to build a culture for your focus on influence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

Or as one manager told me when she is perceived as negative, “It’s not that I’m negative, it’s just that I care so F-ing much!” If you’re perceived as negative, try this… David Dye offers up some solutions in his article How to be Less Negative and Still be Yourself. What would YOU ADD?

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The book, Beyond Disruption , shows companies how to build a path beyond disruption, where economic growth and social good are not trade-offs that work against each other and divide us. It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2021

So, how do you delegate the right decisions and ensure your team understands the decision-making parameters? Recently we’ve had several clients ask us to help their managers get better at delegation. WHY this tool works: Strategic empowerment provides clear definitions and removes the guesswork about where to innovate.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team. “Errr, well, no, but …” The conversation after that “but” is at the heart of teaching your team how to think and act like an entrepreneur. Tell me about a time that you strongly disagreed with your manager. Tell me about the idea.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

“Hi Karin, I watched your #AskingforaFriend about how to encourage people to speak up more in meetings, but I’ve got the EXACT OPPOSITE CHALLENGE. If you need some pointers on how to initiate a challenging conversation read this article, How to Start the Conversation Everyone Wants to Avoid. That’s a start.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Most of the organizations I’m talking to and observing during the pandemic recognize the need to up their levels of innovation and agility. It’s a lot of things, actually, but one of the big ones is whether or not the organization has created a permission structure for innovation. What’s the difference between the two groups?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 6, 2019

The post How to Transform an Old School Culture to Award Winning Innovators appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Your values and mission are clear. Employees know what’s up and what to do next. They’re proud of the work that they do and […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 11, 2023

Many of these workers remain part of a remote team and have NEVER been in the SAME ROOM with their manager or co-workers. Today I share some quick tips on how to jump-start this conversation with your peers, build connections one person at a time, and share your I.D.E.A.s for better communication and better results.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2022

Most managers will say they want those outcomes and that they believe in an empowered team, but unintentionally prevent their teams from doing their best. One Big Reason Managers Disempower Their Team. The most common mistakes that disempower teams often result from a manager’s insecurity. Unclear Definition of Success.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s the ROI that comes from curated conversations and spontaneous interactions, those electric moments of innovation that happen when your team is in the same room. A side conversation can lead to the next big idea or micro-innovation, and a shared laugh can forge a bond stronger than any Slack thread.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

How to Scale Your Leadership For Lasting Results. What does that mean for your managers and front-line employees? How do you balance responsiveness with productivity? How do you distinguish the truly urgent and important from the noise? Teach your team how to think. What does “regular” mean?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 4, 2024

In their search for innovative solutions, businesses actively seek a variety of unique ideas. million contributors to understand how organizations unknowingly influence the ideas they receive. However, focusing on a specific set of ideas also means the company might miss out on fresh and innovative ones. Why does this happen?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

How do you ensure that they not only get the recognition they crave, but their performance shines so strong it’s difficult to ignore? Better recognition does more than improve morale, it leads to better creativity, innovation, and courage. Talk to your manager, know what matters most, and be sure you help your team nail that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 30, 2023

Try These Proven Approaches to Build Consistency & Momentum as a Sales Manager “Hey, Karin, as a sales manager, how do I keep sales from stalling without micromanaging my team? shares practical advice you can use as a sales manager, to keep your sales team focused and productive. Start with the sales process.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2024

The best know how to navigate this dynamic landscape effectively, drive innovation, and inspire their teams to thrive. Recognize that AI can enhance human capabilities, leading to more innovative solutions and improved efficiency. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

It can be overwhelming for your team and manager when you share too many innovative ideas at work all at once. How can you help them ensure their ideas at work are welcomed in their new role? Are you a manager, senior leader, CEO, or team leader ready to cultivate a Courageous Culture at your organization?

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HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2024

How to manage remote teams effectively? Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Here are some hard-won lessons I’ve learned to manage a remote team and turn that scattered crew into a high-performing unit. Absolutely.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the world of business, leadership and management are often depicted as two distinct circles. For CEOs and executives, understanding when to embrace leadership and when to lean into management is crucial for success. A remarkable leader doesn’t always make an exceptional manager, and vice versa.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 13, 2019

Get innovative ideas by asking for what you need. I keep getting ideas about how to arrange the office when we’ve got big issues to deal with–like how we keep our […]. The post One Huge Leadership Secret to Get Innovative Ideas You Need appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 25, 2024

Great leaders understand that fostering a cohesive workplace is not just about managing people; it’s about inspiring and guiding a unified team towards shared goals. If you seek innovation, embrace it yourself. Recognize that different viewpoints can lead to innovative solutions. Celebrate achievements, both big and small.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In a recent HBR article, Robert Kabacoff shares his research of 60,000 managers in 40 countries. Managers can learn to be more strategic through understanding, exposure and challenge. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy. How Help a Manager Become More Strategic.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are innovative practices coming to light all the time that benefit business owners and encourage employees into more productive outputs, and agile project management is the recent one gaining traction. Key Features of Agile Project Management. Devolution of management responsibility. Read on to find out more.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When it comes to leadership, the terms manager and leader are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. A manager is responsible for maintaining the status quo and ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within budget.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. The most resourceful leaders I know learned how to do more with less because they had to. A few “How can we?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

“I’ve always had trouble “selling” my (or our) job to higher management. How do I ensure that management knows of our achievements and realizes how much work the team does? This helps demonstrate your leadership skills and your ability to build and manage high-performing teams.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2022

A seeming no-win scenario is also a chance to distinguish yourself, earn people’s trust, and innovate. We would love to hear from you: how have you or another leader you respect navigated seeming no-win scenarios? The post How to Lead Through a No-Win Scenario appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Own the UGLY.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 25, 2019

Guest post from Alf Rehn: Some say we live in the golden age of innovation, an age ruled by transformation and revolution. Instead, I would argue that we live in the age of innovation crisis. We’ve never spent more on innovation, yet as many CEOs are starting to notice, the returns are diminishing, and the trend is down, not up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 28, 2021

You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. You had more choices on how to structure your day, when (and with whom) to engage. How to Build Your Return to the Office Plan. As You Return to the Office, Make a Deliberate Plan. You figured out what worked best for you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 20, 2023

Second, when your peers are on board, it’s more likely that your manager will take the idea seriously. In our research for Courageous Cultures, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Read more about how to engage others as you share your I.D.E.A.s

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