N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Balancing Technical Expertise with Leadership Skills Soft skills are still critically important…even for technology leaders. In today’s rapidly evolving IT industry, striking the perfect balance between technical expertise and leadership skills is paramount for aspiring tech leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

These are ingrained prejudices that we may not even be aware we harbor, yet they significantly influence our interactions, judgments, and decisions. A key aspect of this process is to develop a comprehensive understanding of diversity, inclusive leadership, and effective communication to convey these ideals.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

If you think leadership is about you, your ego has led you astray. Leadership has little to do with you and everything to do with those you lead. If you think leadership is about the bottom line, think again; it’s about the people. Leadership lives and dies by its ability to engage, influence, and care for the people.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 26, 2020

While traveling the world seeking answers on global leadership perspectives, we stopped in the Netherlands. I met with Ronald van Weegen , a seasoned senior executive in both Leadership Development and Human Resources. Key Leadership Takeaways: Anytime in your career, be self-aware of your personal ambitions.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. No surprise that all six values rise and fall on leadership. Here are six leadership values that impact culture: Leadership Cares. Leadership Alignment.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2024

At its core, the role of an athletic director is one of immense responsibility and influence. An effective athletic director must have strong leadership abilities, overseeing the entire athletic department and guiding its staff and athletes.

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Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

Renae Asks: I’m trying to use my time wisely, and that means being strategic in the leadership training opportunities I pursue, as well as the ones I set up for the team I manage. Joel Answers: Let’s start by demystifying what leadership actually means. To many, leadership is an elusive role. Make yourself available as a leader.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to the same study , expenditures on leadership development programs have decreased by about 10%. Leadership development is the most ignored aspect for several reasons. Organizations in the United States spend over $170 billion on leadership based-training programs, but those funds are not utilized to their full potential.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2020

” Rules for Balanced Leadership. David Ulrich, co-author of The Leadership Code – Five Rules to Lead By , shares his model of five key “rules” for balanced leadership: Strategist – Shape the Future. Human Capital Developer – Build the Next Generation. When I really gave myself the time and space to.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The culture of a team is strongly influenced by both designated and informal leaders; the people on a team who may not have a leadership position but nonetheless inspire respect, and influence others.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 8, 2020

It is undoubtedly true that some people have different talents, and a few of them happen to have more natural ability for a leadership role than others. Leadership by itself is no different than any other talent, it is a skill developed through repetition and hard work. However, this is only partly true.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Understanding the Importance of an Executive Director in an Organization’s Success An organization’s success can be influenced by the strategic leadership and guidance provided by its executive director. This individual plays a pivotal role in shaping the vision, mission, and overall direction of the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Board of directors coaching provides a tailored and results-oriented approach to supporting directors in their leadership roles. As a consulting professional specializing in leadership advisory and executive coaching solutions, I have worked closely with top executives in some of the world’s largest companies.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In our 2020 Global Human Capital Trends research, only 11% of organizations said they were able to produce information on the state of their workforce in real time, with 43% telling us they produce it either ad hoc or not at all. [2] Nor can it tell organizations if they’re placing diverse leaders in positions of influence.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The following guest post is from James Clawson , one of those external instructors we partner with in a program we’re doing for a global, Fortune 500 client called “Change Leadership”. Theories of leadership abound to the point of confusion. Given the shape of the model, let's call this the “diamond model of leadership.”

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Looking back on your career, what educational influence was the most important in enabling you to become a leader ? I was fortunate to grow up with an educational influence in my household. What kind of leadership experience helped you reach the very top of the corporate ladder?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 15, 2023

The bottom line is that any personal difference is worth including in your organization’s diversity plan if it can influence how people interact and work together. Get to know the humans you are recruiting as humans. Written by: The post Expanding the Word Diversity to Be More Inclusive appeared first on N2Growth.

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Experience to Lead

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Diversity and inclusive leadership have been hot topics for decades. The Inclusive Leader Experience is a virtual, music-inspired leadership program focusing on five key factors that are central to building inclusivity within teams. Five Traits of Inclusive Leadership: 1. Builds Alignment and Extends Influence.

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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

They examined some of the best people management practices at organizations known for innovation and found several ways that those companies develop and manage their human capital. In summarizing their findings, here are 10 human capital practices that drive innovation: Use Technology to Collaborate and Share Knowledge.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 7, 2013

Welcome to The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition! Each of the leadership bloggers below were asked to submit their best (i.e., I'd say that's pretty darn efficient leadership development. Believe it or not, this is my number one leadership/management related post.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This anonymity encourages even greater openness and honesty, removing potential biases or personal dynamics that may influence the evaluation process. Anonymity further enhances confidentiality, providing an additional layer of protection to the identities of individual board members.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

Influencing productivity. “So if you have a good worker who spends time at a good firm, there’s going to be some sort of ‘human capital’ that is added to this worker. “The better-managed firms are the ones who were growing in terms of employment,” they say.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. Systemic Epidemic: HR Systems Reflect Leadership Values Many HR systems control and enforce rather than coach and enable.

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CoachStation

MAY 3, 2015

Highly engaged employees are nearly six times more likely than disengaged employees to use challenging goals to improve performance, and more than seven times more likely to agree that their senior leadership team encourages innovation and creative ideas. (1) It is not about caring, but more about doing.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2011

Guest post by LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture (learn more about LaMae at the end of this post). LaMae Allen deJongh, Managing Director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture. Experience tells us that when employees are unhappy they look for new jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Done well, D&I actively recognizes that it is diverse backgrounds, worldviews, ideas, and cultural lenses that influence innovation, productivity, employee retention, and, yes, revenue. One sure-fire way to increase retention is by creating a culture of leadership.

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Career Advancement

JULY 1, 2019

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” Braxton Asks: To prepare my high-performers to take on more challenging roles, my company wants to hold a leadership training event.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

  Dan McCarthy  presents  A View from Inside the Leadership Pipeline  posted at  Great Leadership  where he provides a summary of research from CCL and his recommendations on how to manage high potentials.   Without further delay, let's get to it! . 

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

In a world that is often described as VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and ambiguous), there are major tectonic shifts that demand a new mindset of leadership. Weave Ecosystems for Human Engagement: One of the biggest leadership challenges is to create an environment that taps into intrinsic motivation of people.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

Having joined the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, she is now out to raise the bar for leadership talent across the organization. The HR Digest: Leadership Development programs are one of Rockwell Automation's core strengths. Karen Keegans | SVP & CHRO, Rockwell Automation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 17, 2020

The concept of hero leadership came into its own in 1978 when James MacGregor Burns published his Pulitzer Prize winner, in which he described the transformative leader. This allowed the impact of their leadership to become more profound. Pandemic response. In this instance, the picture appears to be somewhat brighter.

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Steve Farber

MAY 15, 2015

You are judged and influenced by the company you keep, and who you know defines what you know. We know that leadership is a decision not a position, and we have to work really hard to get better at it. Social Capital–the strength, connection, and relationships between those individuals. What Makes Your Work, Work.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 14, 2019

Industry influencers who were interviewed named employee engagement as the number one way to improve the customer experience, followed by walking in the customers shoes and reviewing the service values of the company. A recent OneReach report found the best way to improve customer service is to focus on the employee experience.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

What are the components of innovation capital? One’s innovation capital—or ability to convince sponsors to support a novel idea—comes from three interrelated innovation-specific factors: . Human capital: who you are as a leader of innovation . Social capital: who you know with key expertise and resources.

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ExactHire - Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The following blog post is part 3 of a 3-part series , which is adapted from a speech given by Harlan Schafir (CVO, CEO of ExactHire and Human Capital Concepts) at the Collective Alternative Executive Speaker Series on September 17, 2015. or possibly, “I didn’t dictate the style of the leaders who led me! Productivity was the focus.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

 The HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community is no stranger to this tradition. Over the past couple of weeks many of my blogging colleagues have taken the time to reflect on what they feel was their (and others') best work from the past year and share it with their readers as they bid adieu 2010.

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills. Provide leadership training or executive coaching to help them get ready to handle the increased responsibility. Help them improve their perception, visibility, and influence so they can go further. he wondered.

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