N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 3, 2011
This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. There are even some business theorists that warn against undertaking complex restructurings because of the great risks involved. This isn’t rocket science, rather it’s just plain-old, good leadership.
The Practical Leader
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Provide strong leadership within your own team and practice upward leadership. We’ve long defined leadership as an action, not a position. I’ve written extensively on upward leadership or leading your leader. When you have a weak boss, upward leadership takes courage, skill, and Emotional Intelligence.
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The Practical Leader
APRIL 19, 2023
Sometimes ineffective leaders aren’t bullies, but their extremely weak leadership fosters a poisonous or bullying workplace by failing to deal with conflict or not addressing dysfunctional team dynamics. It’s easy to see bad or bullying leadership in others. It’s tougher to recognize our leadership shortfalls.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 7, 2018
In a work culture with too many meetings, we often look for tactics to get out of meetings. Mark’s boss was leading meetings to discuss restructuring the research business, and hadn’t been including Mark on the invites. Only then would he be able to get a seat at the table, and even take over leadership of the meetings.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 21, 2018
Job personalization is best applied when there are clear inflection points: when career trajectories are stalled, during corporate restructuring, or in recruiting for open positions. I’ve also found that it works best with individuals who bring new and growth-minded perspectives.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2014
He talked with HBR about why a company’s culture is more important than its strategy — and some of the innovative tactics that CEOs have used to help create a high-performing culture. That’s the fundamental problem that prompted Microsoft to announce its big restructuring last summer — it recognized it had too many separate divisions.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. For me businesses are as much or more about the people than they are about the products and markets …so those tough restructuring calls (or sometimes the shut it down calls) are the hardest things ever. Without integrity – there is no leadership.
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