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What’s the Secret to Strong Leadership?

Great Leadership By Dan

Connection At its core, leadership isn’t about control, power, or a job title. Leadership is a relationship between two people. The quality of their relationship is built on the quality of their connection. Communication and leadership are joined at the hip. They accept obstacles as part and parcel of the process.

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How to Improve Your Managerial Skills

Strategy Driven

With that being said, here is how to improve your managerial and leadership skills. Competent managers are able to keep the metaphorical ship afloat, but if you aim to become a successful, well-liked, and impactful leader, there is more to be done.

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Unleash The Power of a Leadership Mindset: How to Develop and Cultivate It

Experience to Lead

It’s all well and good to talk about leadership and aspire to show it, whether it’s in our families, social situations or work environment. However, unfortunately, it’s not something we can just click our fingers and magically possess the know-how and right qualities. What’s the Real Meaning of a Leadership Mindset?

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. Thanks for commenting. Thanks for provoking thought!

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

When you think of Apple you immediate think of a company that has built a strong brand around quality design. Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base.

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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

Good Company is an inspiring and uplifting read for those of us working to bring about a values-based leadership revolution. The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. Critics of this book will likely try to dismiss it as left wing propaganda describing an unrealistic utopia.

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Volkswagen and the End of Corporate Spin

Harvard Business Review

Other managers see parcelling out information on a need-to-know basis as an operational maxim, important to maintaining efficiency. In response to its quality crisis in the 1990s , the pharma giant significantly adjusted its culture around clarity and communication. Novo Nordisk was an early convert to radical honesty.