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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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance. Many leaders have risen through the ranks using tried and tested methods, but these approaches may no longer be practical in an environment that thrives on innovation and flexibility.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Data and analytics are vital in shaping executive team assessments, providing a foundation for evidence-based decision-making and long-term success. By doing so, companies can ensure a robust talent pipeline and increase their chances of long-term success.

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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. Resist the urge to label and box your talent and move on. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy.

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Lead from Within

MAY 9, 2024

” This question helps you define your long-term goals and the direction in which you want to lead your team. ” Leaders who resist change risk becoming stagnant and ineffective. Embrace change as an opportunity for innovation and growth, both for yourself and your organization.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Clichés such as ‘We’ve always done it this way’ stem from a historical resistance to change.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

To better understand the challenges of changing the mindset of employees at an organization, we should identify the factors causing this resistance to change. Thus organizations need to become more agile and adaptable to fast pace changes over a long period. First of all, there is a follow-up period to ensure a successful outcome.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Even the best ideas will go nowhere if you don’t anticipate the potential resistance of others. Anticipating resistance can’t be an afterthought. Leaders need to anticipate resistance early in the change or innovation process.”. Career Management. Schein : “The warning signs are never ‘cultural.’

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This content borrows from the great work of Ichak Adizes and his research into corporate lifecycles, and management. From my work and research, the continuum of change-acceptance and change-resistance is constant. Just four essential functions can define the fundamental role of management for any team, department, or company.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 20, 2014

Brian Sooy of Lead Change Group offers Positive Communication Leads to a Culture of Innovation. Overcoming Resistance to Change. Newton’s First Law explains how to overcome resistance to change. Managing Through Career and Life Changes. Do you encourage innovation? Follow Michelle @MichellePallas.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 5, 2018

Years ago, the guru of Quality Management, W. You who are reading this are almost certainly engaged in a system with short-term incentives based on numerical targets and metrics, either in your work life, your student life, or as a parent of a student in the educational system. Accept the short-term consequences of your choice.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2019

His employer went through substantial changes during the year—new ownership, new management team, new way of leading—and now wants leaders who are multi-dimensional. As many managers do, Darryl relies heavily on experience to quickly make decisions and formulate strategies. Think in terms of improving both economics and engagement.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members. A Virtual Learning Expedition is a live online experience that will bring senior managers to the next level.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

By supporting their executives through personalized coaching, organizations can ensure their leaders have the tools and skills to navigate complex challenges, drive innovation, and inspire their teams to achieve exceptional results. Another common obstacle in the executive coachee journey is time management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 22, 2018

When I, CrisMarie, was consulting with Blue Cross Blue Shield in the early 2000s, I was lucky enough to get certified in the Leading and Managing Organizational Transitions through William Bridges & Associates. In change management circles, this is called the Valley of Despair. This fear mires them in resistance.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Engineering and creating sustainable advantage is the focus of the new paradigm for strategy management, detailing how the intersection of intelligence and innovation come together to deliver and sustain superior financial performance and value creation. Alignment: When it comes to strategy, alignment is a critical success factor.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2023

Strategy 3: Foster Strong Leadership and Change Management Leadership plays a critical role in the success of EOS implementation. Change management strategies should be in place to address resistance and challenges that may arise during the implementation journey.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 2, 2019

We think that since ‘we’re management now,’ we need to interact more with upper management so they can see how brightly our star shines. Instead of long talking sessions, people learn practical tools and behaviors and apply them at work with co-workers. Resist the urge to intervene. Try this Quick Quiz.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Firstly, executive coaching has long been shown to bring ROI to businesses overall, with one study showing that executive coaching produced a 529% ROI and “significant intangible benefits to the business.” There are many benefits when executives lead with empathy.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

London Business School’s Gary Hamel and Management Lab colleague Michele Zanini have been fighting the good fight against bureaucracy for many years now, and they continue to wage war on it in their latest book, Humanocracy, in which they make a data-driven argument for uprooting bureaucracy and unleashing the human spirit at work.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Working remotely is not without challenges, but they are generally challenges that can be overcome with managerial support, just as the often stated difficulties in terms of promotions and other forms of career progression that often bypass people who work remotely, can be tackled with the right managerial culture. Forced to change.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2016

These interviews covered aspects of the innovation and change these futurists predict, to the timeline and ever-accelerating pace of this change, to suggestions about how the industry could cope with the change to come. In fact, the opposite may happen: the CEO could be the roadblock to the whole transformative process.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

What Exactly Does Leading Change Management Mean? The key to understanding change management is acknowledging that nothing can be done overnight. Long-term, sustainable change comes from having a vision, putting steps in place to reach that goal and continuously fine-tuning the process.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2013

7 Principles of Leadership Development: Managers as Mentors. Management and Team Leadership Is Telling People What To Do. Enabling Innovation. Resistance to Change. Long Term Implementation of Quality Teams Within Organizations. While not comprehensive, they are my favorites. Thinking Differently.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 23, 2012

They do this while unknowingly increasing the skepticism, dis-engagement and change resistance of the employees. Like a carnival barker asking desperate Executives, managers, organization development and human resources staff to “ Step right up and try this magical elixir that that will cure all that ails ‘ya!”. “We What can be done?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

As human beings, we resist change and wallow in safe spaces. Thinking long-term will help you define your version of success. Follow the latest innovation in your space. Talks to your peers, mentors, and managers about advancement opportunities in your space. Establish goals and timelines. Socialize professionally.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 27, 2014

Magazine which recognized me as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts , putting me alongside such leadership heavyweights as Sir Richard Branson, Vineet Nayar, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Peter F. In those moments, it’s easy for us to resist the forces of change, insisting on sticking to what we know.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? In this article I explore three barriers to entrepreneurial action: resistance from within the firm, resistance from within the supply chain, and resistance from the customer.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Organizations are always looking for new ways of doing business, new products, new innovations—it’s an important part of almost any successful business strategy. Try not to get frustrated with those who are resistant and fearful. It takes time and patience, but the investment pays off in the long term. Lead with respect.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 26, 2021

At a time when the careers of many of us are in significant doubt due to the uncertain economic circumstances posed by Covid-19, the ability to successfully transition from job to job, or even career to career, is hugely important so that we avoid the kind of career interruptions that are so harmful to our long-term success.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Empathy, flexibility, recognition and communication will go a long way to establishing you as a leader who creates trust. The long-term is here today.” -- Blair Sheppard, Global Leader, Strategy and Leadership for the PwC network and author of, Ten Years to Midnight: Four Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic Solutions. “The

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Skip Prichard

JULY 8, 2019

Build A Culture of Innovation. Innovation. The buzz word of the decade that is used, overused, and abused, creating what Alf Rehn calls “innovation fatigue.” I had the opportunity to speak with Alf about his new book Innovation for The Fatigued: How to build a culture of deep creativity. I mean, it does make sense.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 3, 2013

Working with managers, teams and various sizes of companies …we all feel stuck and that nothing is ever going to change. When consulting and working on long-term projects with teams, the initial meeting is used to determine: Where is the team right now? Photo Credit. I often hear: We are the way we are and nothing will change.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Quality learning opportunities also help ensure that people want to stay with the business for as long as possible. For example, the goal for your training could be to teach new recruits how to use a lead management system. Learning how to manage these common challenges will help you make the most of your learning experience.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Empathy, flexibility, recognition and communication will go a long way to establishing you as a leader who creates trust. The long-term is here today.” -- Blair Sheppard, Global Leader, Strategy and Leadership for the PwC network and author of, Ten Years to Midnight: Four Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic Solutions. “The

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 30, 2020

I’ve written a few times about the virtues of offering staff flexible working options, and it’s interesting that it’s largely taken a pandemic to force the hand of managers who have so often resisted such approaches out of hand. Will this transition endure? ” Leading a virtual team. “The limits on teleworking).

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Empathy, flexibility, recognition and communication will go a long way to establishing you as a leader who creates trust. The long-term is here today.” -- Blair Sheppard, Global Leader, Strategy and Leadership for the PwC network and author of, Ten Years to Midnight: Four Urgent Global Crises and Their Strategic Solutions. “The

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