N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Keep in mind that not all critics are overt in their resistance. Senior leadership must champion any new initiative.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2016

Laura Barnard of PMO Strategies takes a realistic look at change management and change resistance with ideas for doing change WITH people instead of TO them. According to Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership Strategic success takes more than smarts and a clear vision. Follow Laura. Beth Beutler of H.O.P.E. Follow Beth.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Many leadership qualities have been observed throughout history. Identify Areas of Growth and Improve Your Leadership Skills. Download My Personal Development Plan Template Today. What is Leadership? Leadership is the act of guiding a group of people or organization to a desired goal, result, or higher level.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. What is your recipe for maintaining your personal resilience?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Episode 38a – Overcoming Resistance to Change, part 1 of 2 explores the three different types of resistance frequently encountered when implementing a business change, how to recognize each type, and the actions change leaders can take to overcome each of these objections.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

A recent study by the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) shows that 73% of change management professionals surveyed also have other, non-change-related job duties. Using change management methods, HR can truly take on the role of facilitator of organizational success. Project Management.

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HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

As HR leaders, managing budgets and finding ways to cut costs without compromising employee satisfaction and productivity can be a daunting task. This is where strategic planning and a data-driven approach come into play. Change management is essential to minimize disruptions and ensure a smooth adoption process.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Once upon a time, a manager had a frog named Fred working on his team. After returning from a strategic planning retreat, he passionately exclaimed to Fred, “We’re going to open an air courier division! On the first day of flying lessons, the manager could barely control his excitement.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You could have been in the game for decades, or perhaps it’s your first time taking on a manager’s role. Either way, understanding that true leadership means leaving room for growth is crucial to becoming the best leader you can be. Learning how to manage these common challenges will help you make the most of your learning experience.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 22, 2014

I may also find that a leader is struggling to manage an organizational change and it becomes obvious that they aren’t reaching out to the people who will make it a success. So develop a strategic plan for your relationships just like you’d plan for anything else and then take action on it. Tweet This'

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2014

So while thinking – and strategic thinking, in particular – is a key leadership responsibility, it often gets pushed aside in the midst of the day-to-day challenges of running the business. She is an AthenaOnline management expert and a faculty member of the Institute of Management Studies.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Upon scrutiny I often find that they have – on paper – excellent and well thought out strategic plans. Regardless they are resistive, contrary and fighting the system at every turn in the road. Although management engagement is somewhat higher, at 35% it is nowhere near world class levels. Just What Is Engagement?

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 19, 2013

In this 1-1/2 day workshop, you will learn the steps and tools you can use to plan ahead to reduce obstacles and also deal effectively with inevitable resistance when it happens. By the end of the workshop, you will have developed an Irresistible Change Plan that is unique to you, your organization, and your initiative.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. ” People are naturally inclined to resist change. The irony is… what you resist will persist. This is Part 4 of 4. Assess, correct, assess.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Principles provide a broad context for strategic action and guidelines that can be communicated and taught at all levels of the organization, eventually becoming part of the organization’s culture. Here are the five principles that guide Advantage Strategy: #1. Priority on People. How many times have you heard this one? That is the good news.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

If you resist, they will go on to the next warm body. I stated that I wasn’t interested in his projects and needed to end the call. People who hound and use you in business are out for whatever they can get, from whomever they can get it.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. ’ This is where your leadership ripples are most strongly felt, no matter how big or small your ‘pond’ may be. This is Part 3 of 4.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2022

What advice would you share with the middle manager, who may feel the organization has no strategy or that it doesn’t apply, to use the Crux to make her team stand out? Nevertheless, my own experience is that if an organization resists real strategy, looking only at goals, it is very hard to use any concepts to generate good strategy.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. Do they resist it? How do you influence hiring managers to slow down and find unicorns? Leadership Tip: slow down hiring. In the U.S.

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CO2

AUGUST 8, 2010

— David Whyte from Where Many Rivers Meet ©2007 Many Rivers Press We can have faith that tomorrow will come or we can resist that temptation. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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CO2

JANUARY 10, 2014

Short-term planning typically happens on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. The purpose of short-term planning meetings is two-fold: to see if you are on target with your long-term strategic plan , and to pre-decide how you will act should certain assumptions come to pass with regard to environmental changes.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2011

StrategyDriven Consultative Selling Knowledge Center focuses on the consultative selling tools and techniques executives, managers and sales professionals can use to improve their organization’s sales effectiveness; helping them increase their product and service value and convert more potential customers into buying clients.

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CO2

APRIL 18, 2012

What do you need to do to share your strategic plan? Creating a strategic plan is quite an undertaking for a business. A great strategic plan should have focus and clarity around vision, mission, objectives, strategies and actions. 1) Call an all company meeting around the communicating the strategic plan.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 16, 2019

If you’re practicing even one of them, start working immediately to replace it with a positive habit before your leadership weakens and suffers major damage. This shortsightedness causes others to similarly focus on tasks instead of the visioning and strategic planning that will move the organization and its mission forward.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

If your ideas are met with choruses of “that will never work,” “we can’t take that risk,” “let’s just stick with the plan,” your teammates are likely falling prey to a common decision making bias that former Rotman dean Roger Martin refers to as Underestimating the Risk of the Status Quo. Leading teams Risk management Strategic planning'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2018

Whereas many similar diversity programs target only managers and HR , we have managers, administrative, and scientific staff participate together in mixed groups to capture multiple perspectives. Invite non-managers to foster communication across the organization. Many workplace diversity trainings tend to target only managers.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Is it the responsibility of your company’s most senior managers, or should it be a more distributed responsibility? What frameworks and information do your leaders require to ask good questions, have better conversations, and make robust strategic and organizational choices? What Do Enterprise Leaders Do?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

They have an even harder time admitting that the answer might be new leadership. As a venture begins achieving a solid foothold in the marketplace, it needs different leadership capabilities to create maximum shareholder value. As the company grows, its management skills need to evolve. Resistance to change must be overcome.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Each strategic shift, of course, was carefully explained and justified by changing market conditions or opportunities; but the net result within the company was a performance-sapping sense of cynicism. Strategic plans will always need adjustment, learning, and iteration, and there will always be new opportunities and approaches cropping up.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

For a number of years, Allan has reported to a highly visionary manager, and they made a great team. Allan has ensured consistent execution of his boss's strategic initiatives — and is quickly falling into what I call the "first lieutenant syndrome.". As you seek to display your "strategic gears," think for a minute.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

One of the things that surprised me most about security at Facebook is the level of attention and support that we receive from the company’s senior management team. The system was an important development for our team because it gave us a clear, direct metric to demonstrate our value to senior management.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Every CEO should be cultivating these behaviors to maximize innovative thinking: The most innovative leaders: Manage Risk. Innovative leaders scored 25% higher than their non-innovative counterparts on managing risk. Insight Center. The 21st-Century CEO. Sponsored by Cognizant.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

But to strategists focused on the big picture, this seems like resistance: “Don’t they see the brilliance of the strategy?” ” So they get defensive and begin working on overcoming the “resistance.” Here the “Ikea Effect” can be particularly helpful.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. Management of the organization seems tired or complacent.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet.

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