N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As you move higher up the leadership chain within an organization, this becomes even more difficult and requires leaders to learn the art of effective delegation while still leading by example and making the most of each interaction with the team. I would also say that as leaders, we ultimately learn more from our failures than our successes.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Brian Tracy on zero-based thinking: To simplify your life, zero-based thinking is one of the most powerful strategies you can learn and apply on a regular basis. Ask yourself, Is there anything I am doing right now that, knowing what I now know, I wouldnt get into again if I were starting over today? Heres how it works.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To be effective, they must not only earn the respect of their employees and communicate skillfully but also inspire team members to do their job effectively. A resilient leader is able to turn an obstacle into a learning opportunity that will further their knowledge and enable them to thrive. Workers feel privileged to be there.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

If you liked this article and you haven’t yet read our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Workplace Conflict, you can learn more and download the first few chapters here. Readers Choice Classic: How Do I Gain Respect When My Team Doesnt Like Me? Key takeaway: Clear, upfront communication saves time and frustration.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

I N MY early managerial days, I would often ask my bosses and peers how they learned the skill of delivering bad news. Almost always, their answer was: You will learn it over time, There is no compression algorithm for experience, or some variation of needing to put in the time. So, how do you decide when its time to take notice?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Learning from others mistakes and successes is the best way to guard against leadership hubris. You can learn from it. But you wont learn anything from the stuff thats vomiting forth, thats written for clicks, that delights in its nastiness, that takes pleasure in the hope it is inflicting pain. On Leadership does just that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2025

In short, if you want an engaged, courageous learning culture, psychological safety is the foundation. Why does this matter so much for learning? Learning is inherently risky it involves trying new skills, asking questions, and sometimes looking foolish before you get it right.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Curiosity Versus Continual Learning via @AdmiredLeaders LISTEN: @jamesstrock interviews @megan_e_gorman Author of All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money Interesting book and interview! It wasn't mine to keep. Deal with the monkey first.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 17, 2025

We started calling it a Couth Code after countless executives asked us the same exasperated question: How do we teach couth? Start Here if Your Team Isn’t Meeting Expectations Click on the image above to watch a quick “Asking for a Friend” video from the Denver Convention Center What Do We Mean By Couth (noun) kth at Work?

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 12, 2025

Photo by Quino Al on Unsplash 5 Things To Consider Before Choosing To Lead What do I have to offer? Some of the things you might have to offer are: A history of wise decisions Several people are following you A willingness to do what it takes A willingness to learn Leaders have to have something to offer their people.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

How to Turn Your Vision into Action with Three Simple Questions by @WScottCochrane Why Do Some People Have Poor Judgement? 1 of 3 by @jamesstrock Washington and Adams Cast a Vision. 4 Leadership Lessons on Scarcity, Dominance, and Delay by @BrianKDodd CEO Coaching: Idiots at the Helm? by @TerriKlass All Preparation IS NOT the same.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

H OW do successful people think? The key to doing well is thinking well. Ask yourself, Why have I chosen this, and why am I still doing it? Self-awareness allows you to do more of what youre good at and less of what youre not. It can also send up the red flag that lets you know youre about to do something stupid.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You can grind grain into flour by your own hand using a mortar and pestle, which human beings learned to do at the dawn of agriculture. Delegation of authority is letting your people do their jobs. To Empower Means GrapplingWith Yourself Do you recoil at the idea of sharing power, thinking, Never. Delegation.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

S UCCESSFUL enterprises are those that can command significant margins by doing a great job of understanding what drives their customers. But while many of us think about our customers this way, we haven’t learned to think about our talent in the same way. Start with a few people and see how it goes and what you learn.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2025

Lean Learning : How to Achieve More by Learning Less by Pat Flynn Navigate the chaos of information overload and supercharge your efficiency with Lean Learning , a groundbreaking guide that reveals a counterintuitive approach to success: winning by learning less. From an early age, were taught that more is better.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

As a leader, how do you avoid freezing like a deer in the headlights as chaotic change swirls around you? Here’s a graphic of a framework for doing that followed by an explanation of the four steps. The second step in the action framework, therefore, is to do what you can to reduce uncertainty by gathering data and insights.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2025

What do I know? Do they know it? What do I need to learn? See Also: Matrix Organization: Powerful Questions to Reduce Angst and Increase Trust My Boss Thinks I Need to Be a Better Team Player: Now What Do I Do? The Power of a Collaboration Checklist 1. Who needs to know it? Whos connected to this work?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

W ITH THE SUPER BOWL around the corner, what can business leaders learn from elite athletes about high-level performance? Heres how they do it. We dont have control over all outcomes, but we do have control over our process. Committing to high standards and constantly learning, striving, and improving is critical.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Episode 276: Do you ever feel like your attempts to manage up leave your manager more frustrated than satisfied? Learn practical strategies to present information that adds value instead of confusion. Press play now and learn how to master influencing your boss for better results and less stress!

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 26, 2025

Its one of the many ways we help leaders not just learn but transform following our leadership programs and keynotes. Its a small, focused way to build on what youve learned and actually see results. Its how you move from Thats a great idea to Im doing it. Do they seem more engaged? Think of it like a leadership lab.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Learn from leadership expert Simon T. Bailey [00:00:00] – Setting the Stage for Resiliency Simon and host David Dye open the conversation with a powerful idea: people are learning how to be resilient by watching their leaders. Each new wave is a chance to apply what you’ve learned and approach challenges with confidence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Ignoring it can erode trust and productivity, but learning how to resolve conflict can strengthen relationships and team focus. [03:11] 07:15] – Deescalation Strategies Learn how to step into heated situations with calm and clarity. Questions like, What do you want me to know?

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The key is learning to step out of the storm, focus on what matters, and help your team do the same. And neither do you. Learn to say, Ill get to this after I finish my current priority. just not do? Who do I need to keep happy today? Lets break down the biggest distraction trapsand how to escape them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Do you think mastering your leadership path means always having the answers? Learn how to shift from a traditional, bottleneck leadership style to one that inspires trust, builds resilience, and drives high performance. Don’t miss this episode—unlock your full leadership potential and learn to lead with radical humility.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Here’s what to do about it You think you’re listening, but you’re missing so much. Here’s what to do about it – where she shares three simple steps for strengthening your “listening muscle”. You will learn that the more you practice listening completely, the better listener you’ll become and the more benefits you’ll reap.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Here’s what you’ll gain from listening: Learn why asking “Do you understand?” Mastering An Essential Communication Skill [00:00] Introduction to Communication Skills You’re about to learn one of the most powerful communication skills that can save you time, reduce frustration, and elevate your leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 8, 2025

AND, you’ve inherited a quiet team, what to do next? Im starting to wonderwhat if this has nothing to do with me, but its now my responsibility anyway? Theyve learned to survive by staying quiet. But I cant do it alone. Respond with RegardVisibly Even more important than asking is what you do next.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 31, 2025

They dont always talk the most, but when they do, everyone leans in. And maybe, youve wondered how do I become more like that? Grow from experience : Wisdom comes not just from experience, but what we learn from those experiences and what we DO with those experiences. Learn from others: Research. But do reflect.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

Fearful moments like this can lead either to paralysis that delays decisions and freezes actions or to panicky impulses to do something. Or we might try the opposite and rush to act, so that were doing something anything whether it might help in the long-run or not. And much of it is underpinned by the US dollar.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2025

What Youll Learn in This Episode: The brain science behind how people retain and internalize key messages. Learn how recency, repetition, recall, and emotion play a crucial role in strengthening your leadership communication strategy. [05:54] Learn how repetition and multiple formats ensure long-term retention. [12:26]

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

You see a problem and do something to remove it. Managing blindspots is learning to accept them as inevitable and, in some respects, positive because they force you to remain vigilant. After it has been eliminated, conditions are no longer the same. This can only be achieved by improving communications throughout the organization.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Once we learn to harness the energy of fear and minimize its dark side, we can enhance our performance in the direst of times. It sounds deceptively simple, but Ive benefited from doing this for many years now. So, denying fear or trying to block it out is futile. And unnecessary. The door is open. Ive been expecting you.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Yet when the pursuit of ambitious goals is transparent and supported, problems arent setbacks; they become learning opportunities and avenues to pivot and persevere. They catch people doing a great job: Most people appreciate being recognized for their efforts, contributions, and strengths.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2025

Just Because They Should Know, Doesnt Mean They Do A few weeks ago I shared a (as it turns out, quite popular article and video) on building a Team Agreement or what we like to call the Couth Code. So why do people default to text or Slack for difficult conversations? We “learn” from others. Start here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Listen in to discover: Practical ways to incorporate fun that enhances learning and productivity. 02:52 – 04:05 | Early Lessons in Leadership Phil recalls his first leadership experience as a camp counselor, where he learned the value of making tasks enjoyable.

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