N2Growth Blog

MAY 30, 2013

By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Management is your day job; leadership is your career. That is a variation on a comment I heard recently from an executive who was speaking about the responsibilities that senior managers have to lead their organizations through change. Think Google.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here are some insights and action items to help maintain the alignment between daily operations and your corporate purpose: Express the Widespread Impact of Their Work Make the Connection Clear : Employees need to see how their work contributes to the bigger picture.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2017

Organizations in practically every industry are struggling to attract and retain great talent, especially in senior and executive leadership roles. With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 22, 2016

Every year, businesses spend a combined total of more than $20 billion on leadership development, according to figures published by Forbes, as they continue to try and plug the leadership gap. Here, we take a look at five reasons why leadership and management development should be made more practical.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Great design.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. You will find it difficult to move between functional management roles. The post Executive Hiring For a P.E.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As you meet more people and learn about the business, validate or invalidate your hypotheses, which will become the basis of your future vision, strategies, and/or operational plans. Monthly all-team meetings help build camaraderie, and provide a forum for recognition, to discuss business performance and key projects.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 6, 2013

Within organizations the role of a Supervisor exists between the first line manager and the front line employees. The accountability and authority are different from that of a First Line manager. The supervisor offers assistance to the manager in situations where the work is broken into sections of shifts. Why it’s important.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

We’ve grown the site in so many ways and continue to rank among the top-rated leadership blogs each year. Our team has poured their time and energy into the editorial and web management side of running the site, but as we come into Q4 of 2021, we’re taking a step back to reevaluate our investment in Lead Change. Don’t worry, though!

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

Read more… Author information Bill Fox Bill Fox is a plane-flying project management and performance improvement consultant. Leadership Coaching Leadership Development improvement PDSA W. Connect with Bill on his member profile , his website , LinkedIn or Twitter @Bi11Fox. Edwards Deming'

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

your role shifts toward, “Let’s get our best people on the project. But now the question becomes, “As I mature in leadership, can I move from ME to WE?”. You want a climate of faith and hope, not fear, in leadership development. The Chairman and President left town while managers communicated the bad news.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 10, 2014

Author information Bill Fox Bill Fox is a plane-flying project management and performance improvement consultant. Leadership Coaching Leadership Development Entrepreneurship ideas Leadership Challenges' This was the case during my recent webinar with [.]

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2019

He has some very sound advice and ten good reasons why it’s a bad idea for a manager and an employee to call themselves friends. On reading the post, I was immediately reminded of a high-priced leadership development program that I once attended where we were presented with a different view.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Front Line Leadership . In my last post I introduced Part 1 of my two-part series on the the topic of Managing Millennials (the generation born roughly between 1980 and the mid 90‘s) – Treat Them Like a Celebrity. To recap my two keys to Managing Millennials: 1) Treat Them Like a Celebrity. Guest Post By Adam Tenenbaum.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 16, 2020

I was pleased when a local manufacturing Human Resources manager called me and asked for some Supervisor Leadership Development face to face. Situation: The plant brought on a new Operations Manager and the need for managerial-leadership skill development is recognized.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

His podcast series, “ Irresistible Leadership ,” serves as a compelling platform for thought-provoking discussions on the critical role of culture and leadership during times of adversity. Long before I got interested in HR, I spent 25 years in sales, marketing, business development, and product management.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2008

Keep in mind that job enrichment opportunities often exist outside the boundaries of your unit or group—and as a manager, you are in a better position to seek these opportunities out. Work with your management and within your own organizational network to identify special assignments, teams, or other opportunities within the company.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team Building & Leadership process that was created for a retail organization that was preparing for a new product launch. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 26, 2024

The sheer scale at which AI operates means that when issues do arise, their repercussions can be extensive. Comprehensive Review: Implement a thorough review process for AI projects, from development to deployment, to identify ethical concerns at each stage.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What is Leadership Feedback? Leadership feedback provides leaders, whether they are team leads, managers, executives or others in leadership positions, with information regarding their performance, behavior and impact. When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

The Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches ‘pay it forward’ project is officially in full swing, and I am excited to announce the next cohort of coaches who will join me in Phoenix in June! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Some years ago, I worked with a company that was on a sustained journey to improve safety in its operation. There is nothing more important for us than the safety of our people and the community in which we operate.” At their project portfolio meeting I found something interesting.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2017

Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead. What most leadership programs neglect to cover, but that new leaders quickly discover, is that leadership is massively freakin’ hard. The drive to produce results is incessant.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2012

Managers often end up in a situation when they are hired to take charge of a team/department that already exists and performs to a certain level. The history comes along, but is invisible to this new manager. They start operating within the confines of what they have experienced so far.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® framework was the product of over 50 years of pioneering research in leadership development and organizational behavior. One challenge with those discoveries is that many provided conflicting results regarding who leaders were, what they did and what the most effective style of leadership was.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2018

In The Mind of the Leader , authors Rasmus Hougaard and Jaqueline Carter of the Potential Project, report that there are three mental qualities that stand out as being foundational for leaders today: Mindfulness, Selflessness, and Compassion. They call it MSC Leadership. All three work together and enrich the others. Mindfulness.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 31, 2013

How as a manager do you determine the “just right” amount of context that is needed for on-time, on-budget, on-quality completion of goals and tasks? Contact Mike to develop team processes and managerial-leadership systems that will increase productivity and completion of great work. Anthony, Frank and contextual goals.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Global mindset is truly having the desire, knowledge, and skills to operate effectively in business today. It fills a strategic tactical need of operating in today’s business setting. We need to take it as seriously as we do other business operations. Run complex projects. Manage high-performing teams.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At my last company, where I was responsible for leadership development and succession planning, I once received a phone call on a Friday afternoon from one of my favorite managers. It went like this: “Dan, I just found out I’m going to promoted to a senior manage on Monday. My first reaction was, “Seriously?!”.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES.

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Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. So, if we want to communicate successfully, influence, or lead them, we must operate based on their perceptions. Let me take this idea one step further. their perceptions). Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Teams form and disperse based on projects. Someone who wants to manage others can still get there. Managing others is not for everyone. Employees play multiple roles—from individual contributor to peer to leader and back, sometimes in the same day or assignment. Roles emerge and evolve. Feedback comes from multiple sources.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 19, 2015

What is this leadership heresy? Management. Why Management Is Vital to Your Leadership. Your leadership depends on your credibility. In addition to relational health, the foundation of that trust is your basic management competence. The good news is, the basics of management aren’t difficult.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 20, 2015

But a recent Chart Your Course International project led by Greg Smith and Patricio Porras not only achieved success for Riverside Auto Group but outlined a blueprint that virtually every company can follow when trying to change its culture. Among the successes of this project are: Service department sales up 22% in less than one year.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

The Situational Leadership ® methodology is a “50 – 50 model.” It has been in active use for over 50 years, and it was created approximately 50 years after the discipline of organizational behavior and leadership development began. Because those organizations have come to realize it is an operational imperative.

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