Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Communication. The economic feature is obvious.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2024

The first step is to identify the key roles within the organization that are essential for its smooth operation and determine the necessary competencies and skills for each role. Creating a detailed profile for each role makes it easier to evaluate potential successors and identify the essential qualities for their success.

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Experience to Lead

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s explore why leadership development is important, as well as the benefits and challenges of effective leadership development. Immersing yourself in leadership opportunities won’t just make you a better leader, it will also encourage others to do the same.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

By engaging experts to guide the search process, organizations can focus on their core operations while leaving sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates to those who do it daily. Hiring a senior finance leader is a critical decision that should take time and effort.

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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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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Here are a selection of tweets from January 2020 that you don't want to miss: Teaching By Heart: A Guide For Great #Leadership This It is a remarkable book and a perfect means to refocus your leadership development this year. Competing in the Age of AI Networks and AI are reshaping the operational foundations of firms.

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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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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The conditions that we thought of as a strength are actually operating like a vice. Making the Necessary Course Correction Although it won’t happen overnight, these key steps will promote the needed paradigm shift to develop positive dimensions of character: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 23, 2013

By John Baldoni , Chair, Leadership Development, N2growth. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy when we see characters who find themselves in difficulty because they have strayed from their moral center. Beware of bright shiny objects! That could be a lesson contained in J.R.R.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. The primary step involves an objective assessment to determine operational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 6, 2013

Turnover is killing your profitability and morale. A supervisory-leadership development process, that focuses on supplying new and experienced supervisor with the tools they need to be effective in their role. If you have a department with high turnover usually the supervisor is the constant. What is it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. Those folks had deeper issues going on and probably needed a therapist more than an executive coach.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

” I’m thinking about the handful of managers I had over the years who were the epitome of a jerk at work — the bullies who crush courage with their toxic leadership behaviors or who seem to be lacking a moral compass. Those folks had deeper issues going on and probably needed a therapist more than an executive coach.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Successful leaders inspire, encourage, build trust, and boost morale. As a leader, it is important to be proactive in addressing issues that may be affecting morale, such as poor communication or lack of recognition. They act as mentors, coaches, and guides to others, empowering employees to reach their full potential.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Building a Moral Framework for Machine Decisions: With AI making more decisions in the business, ethical considerations are becoming crucial. Leaders should work on creating ethical guidelines for AI operations to ensure fairness and transparency. Hold beginner workshops on trends like AI, automation, and cybersecurity.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2012

Gayle Beebe has written a book on how effective and moral leaders develop and more importantly, how they must continue to develop. He writes in The Shaping of an Effective Leader : Our understanding of leadership does not come to us all at once. Leadership development is a process.

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Lead from Within

JULY 31, 2023

Innovation is key, especially when operating environments are changing quickly. Effective communication is crucial for good leadership. If a leader is not effectively communicating successful and not fostering a sense of collaboration and participation, it can lead to misunderstandings, low morale, and a lack of trust and respect.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 12, 2018

They do not fret about their own importance because to be able to operate this way they understand their own egos, and for the purposes of good leadership they operate beyond their ego. Knights is an author, lecturer, and thought leader in leadership development. He is Co-founder and Chairman of LeaderShape Global.

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Lead from Within

JULY 18, 2017

But operating without a conscience limits your influence over others, and even over yourself. When you operate without a clearly defined sense of ethics and morality, you will lose respect. Operate from the inside out. It’s easy to stray from your moral compass when you’re distracted, discouraged, disenchanted.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Morale sunk, and our productivity did, too. Fortunately, Akamai’s VP of Human Resources, Steve Heinrich, recognized what was happening and brought in Chuck McVinney, a management consultant with expertise in teamwork and leadership training. You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional.

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Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the dynamic world of business, leadership feedback stands as a cornerstone for team excellence and organizational growth. Constructive critiques and affirmative recognition pave the way for heightened team morale and a company culture of continuous improvement. When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. 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. The fact is, global business is the new norm.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 13, 2019

Every team needs to know the standards under which they will operate and collaborate. An appreciation of successful resolution will help build morale and encourage people to continue following core values and meeting high standards. The best leaders give their employees tools and techniques for mediation and conflict resolution.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 23, 2016

Boost Morale With Activities. Research has shown that almost anything that management does for employees will benefit their morale and increase job satisfaction. Do a ropes course or a team retreat to build camaraderie and morale. Co-Operation. No shipping charges. More information . Crash in Piranha Valley.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Toxic personalities will put a damper on morale, attempt to intimidate and/or manipulate co-workers for personal gain, and can even chase away a company’s best talent. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Here are "9 Signs That Your Next Company Cares About Its Employees."

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

If gossip pervades your organization and you are not aware of it, then you clearly don’t have the pulse of your organization, your public statements about the importance of culture and morale will seem disingenuous, and you’re likely guilty of being what I refer to as a disconnected leader. Put simply, good leaders don’t tolerate gossip.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2016

And top-down, hierarchical leadership styles can still be effective for managing an organization, especially those that mass-produce specific products. And when this happens, the Achilles Heel of top-down leadership is exposed. So it does work.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

Hewlett-Packard, a company that started out as an example of moral leadership with “The HP Way” in 1939, has proven itself vulnerable to an unscrupulous CEO when Mark Hurd recently resigned. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? What is my moral responsibility in this circumstance?” “Am There are 5.5

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The moral of the story is this…A lack of delegation creates operational bottlenecks, delegation confused with abdication creates organization chaos, and effective delegation of authority vs. tasks creates personal and operational excellence. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike.

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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. Organizations can use such phrases to curb dissent, cultivate an “us versus them” approach, and deflect responsibility.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 21, 2023

With two decades of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the nonprofit arena, and the insurance industry. Was the Zappos agent trained to do that?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2015

We live in a time flush with high efficiency, cost control, and lean operations. Machine: 1; morale: 0. The culprit was the myopic view of leadership driven by a “make the numbers” through operational excellence not customer intimacy. Then, the steam-driven drill slammed into rock-hard reality.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. While a business cannot scale without growth, a business can grow without being scalable.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I know this is a leadership blog; however, I am an avid dog lover and wanted to share this small story with a quote that lies close to my heart. The quote is by Gandhi and states “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.&# Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

My clients hire me not solely on the basis of what I can personally do for them in a vacuum, but rather what the collective influence of my network and resources can accomplish for them when I operate outside of my own personal bubble. That humility boosts employee engagement and morale.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

Think of your leadership job as a liberator…removing obstacles that keep employees from using their personal power. What are the barriers to responsible freedom in your operation? The job of the leader is to release power. Below are four empowerment obstacles often the culprits to power release. 1) Purpose: Focus on What Matters Most.

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