Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2021. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases not listed here. Juliet shows all of us how to reclaim time for thinking and make room for what truly matters. Will the next rogue wave sink your ship?or

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are high standards for how boards uphold their fiduciary responsibility today and contribute to a future-proof organization for tomorrow. That’s because these impactful placements can shift the tides of overall board composition and ultimately future-proof the organization. Who Is Responsible for Board Recruitment?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to disruptions is a key factor in ensuring your organization’s long-term success. Anticipate What Will Be: Anticipation is the first step towards building resilience. This involves developing robust plans and processes to address these challenges effectively.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

V ISIONARY THINKING is the ability to see the big picture, envision what the future could look like, build a plan to achieve that vision, and lead yourself and others down the path of execution. Who knows, maybe one of your visions could be the next Amazon.com. Some of them came to fruition.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2020. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Entrepreneurial leadership is a mindset. It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership. But over time, I’ve learned what to do—and how to think—when things don’t go as planned. Five Types of Leadership. I’ve relied on more than one rescuer.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There are several areas of your leadership and work where you can invest to give yourself the best chance at that bigger responsibility: your knowledge and wisdom, the results you achieve now, relationships you build, and opportunities to speak up. Get to Know Your Business How does your business make money? Give it time.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Read this month’s article to find out why and what you can do instead.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And it seems no matter what we do, we are frustrated by our inability to control it. It doesn’t matter who (or what) you are—man or mouse—disruption is a way of life. If our emphasis in life is to hang on to what we have, what we are, then one day we will find ourselves running on empty, living meaningless lives.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 17, 2019

Over the next decade, today’s connected world will be explosively more connected. The tired practices of centralized organizations will become brittle in a future where authority is radically decentralized. Most leaders—and most organizations—aren’t ready for this future.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Leading executive search firms provide unparalleled support to a Board of Directors during their search, rigorously work to deeply understand exactly what type of placement can elevate the Board, and tirelessly support it as it works to achieve future goals. What do executive board search firms do?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

So, the question remains: when these top executives want to optimize their performance, become more self-aware, and improve their margins even further, how can they do so? Executive coaching and talent development, in general, have been around for a few decades. What Is Executive Coaching?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2021

Welcome to the January 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Julie Winkle Giulioni shared How to Navigate Year-End Reviews for Employees.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

We’re in what Laura Gassner Otting identifies as Wonderhell. and What to Do About It , Otting presents the ride of your life like entering an amusement park—Wonderhell. Just when we thought we could rest on our past, we are invited into a future of new opportunities. Who am I to take this next step? Who do I think I am?

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In that follow-up zoom call, I try to be as helpful as possible in sharing any data I’ve collected from pre-event surveys or attendee interviews I use to prepare for their event. And, while I speak about Leadership and Workplace Culture, I realize that other topics are timely and meaningful based on an organization’s specific situation.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2020. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Life's Great Question : Discover How You Contribute To The World by Tom Rath. Life is not what you get out of it. it's what you put back in. This is Life's Great Question.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Our September Festival is all about Bold and Innovative Leadership. Self Leadership . No one has the words “Bold” or “Innovative” printed on their business cards; but Bill Benoist of Leadership Heart Coaching shares that when you look, these leaders are all around us. Team Development .

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Guest post from Kristin Harper : The first 90 days of a leaders’ tenure set the foundation for their future success. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. In today’s leadership and strategy methodologies, leaders and organizations need to have five strategic rules of leadership clarity present in order to achieve greater outcomes of effort within their organizational designs. Identify the Poker’s Bluff; disrupt existing conditions.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2019

Leaders are responsible for the strategic planning of the organization’s next steps, while their subjects are responsible for the implementation of the plans prepared by the leaders. Leaders need to develop effective ways of communicating these instructions for this to happen. Learn How to Maximize Visual Communication.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 12, 2020

That is a tough statistic to try to wrap your mind around, and I was interested in Piet’s opinion on how did we get to this point and how there could be some solutions to solve this talent management gap. A CEO should spend more time thinking about the impact of human talent upon the strategy and make it a leadership imperative.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

What would you do if your customer base tripled almost overnight and their lives depended on you scaling up your leadership and your organization to meet the sudden surge in demand? So, how did they do it? Roger Castle is their chief development officer and Kim Belcher Morris is their director of major gifts.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The following post is a preview excerpt from the Introduction of the New Leadership Literacies by Bob Johansen. Perhaps the future was more clear back then, the insights more obvious. But the next decade will be extremely complex, messy, and threatening. Leaders will need to develop new literacies in new ways for a new future.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Part three will explore the idea of openness and justification for a rationale of compromise; and how these impact the successful conclusion of senior executive hiring. Confidence in What Is Essential.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 1, 2019

In the realm of leadership, these moments can seem like a waste of time. On the other hand, what might happen if you rolled into your next hard stop in a new way? The question isn’t “if” you’ll hit a hard stop; the question is “how will you respond when you’re stopped in your tracks?”. Do I slam on my breaks?

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HR Digest

JANUARY 12, 2024

The year demands that the pulse of innovation beats strongest within the corridors of a dynamic and future-focused HR strategy. The year demands that the pulse of innovation beats strongest within the corridors of a dynamic and future-focused HR strategy. Leaders must shift focus from how to work to why employees should stay.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” What should she focus on, now that she’d met those goals? Now that Haleigh had developed both of them, she was ready to start exerting her influence throughout her organization. Learn how to influence the key stakeholders above you.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

No matter how resistant we are to obstacles, learning curves or outright catastrophes, the landscape in which we work is constantly in motion. Now more than ever, businesses are dealing with the impacts of significant world events that have altered how they operate today. What is VUCA Leadership?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. This meets the need to slow down and not overreact.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

T HE leadership we need now can be found in the entrepreneurial mindset—the characteristics found in entrepreneurs. As if the changes in technology haven’t left many wondering what to do next, the reaction to the COVID-19 virus has left many leaders in a kind of limbo. Different situations call for different faces.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

F Futurist Bob Johansen tells us in The New Leadership Literacies , that over the next ten years the world will become explosively more connected. To help prepare leaders for the future, he offers a list of five new leadership literacies. Looking Backward from the Future. Clarity is simple.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Without question, one of the common tasks organizations everywhere have to deal with is leadership development. But what measures should organizations be taking to not only create effective leadership development programs, but to support these new leaders to ensure a successful transition into these new roles in the organization?

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Most books aren’t honest enough about how hard it is to reset ,” adds Homkes. Homkes’ book is a timely, comprehensive, and essential read for business leaders looking to take the next step toward ensuring high growth for their companies. Reset, or how to change, is the heart of SRT. “Uncertainty is here to stay.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. The extension process within the Crisis Leadership & Performance-Driven Execution framework’s Leadership GPS System evolves from the new reality in business analytics and organizational design. Inquisitive Analytics: How will our capabilities allow it to happen?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching and Consulting provided Emotionally Intelligent Leadership – Unexpected ROI at Apex Corporation. Anne writes, “Apex Corporation began the journey to emotionally intelligent leadership fifteen years ago.

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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. This guide delves into inspiring examples of leadership feedback, each tailored to nurture high-performing teams. What is Leadership Feedback? When is Leadership Feedback Usually Delivered?

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