N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Self-awareness refers to how much people are aware of their thoughts, actions, and feelings and how aware they are of their interactions with others. There’s also no guarantee of proficiency that a leader will operate at when skills and qualities are learned or developed informally. Our Locations.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

During the televised LeBron-a-thon, I lost count of how many times he used the words, me, my, mine and I to say nothing of referring to himself in the third person. During the televised LeBron-a-thon, I lost count of how many times he used the words, me, my, mine and I to say nothing of referring to himself in the third person.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

If being more systematic is for you, can use a list of values, go to an interactive workshop that will help you to get clear about them, take an electronic assessment, or use a “card sort”. Refer to them when you have to make an important decision. The authors of those workshop materials are Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2011

Below is the gist of my response; This person hired me to facilitate a 3 day workshop on Instituting a Successful Change. The follow-up reported the project is operating fully and the resistance has been minimal. 3 ideas for change based activities: Transition Phase Solution Focus. Solutions Future Focus Process.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Backed by a lot of research and some interesting case studies, the authors offer a wealth of provocative ideas on how to operate in the age of the internet. If you’ve been trying to figure out what it takes to lead and thrive in the information economy, you need to take a look at this book. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 30, 2010

How: The meeting leader clearly states the ground rules for how the meeting will operate – cell phones off, radios down, stick to the agenda and no side conversations. A clear Why keeps people engaged. There’s an emphasis on using the processes and documentation that will keep everyone on the same page.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

Standards Matter: In reading the reporting, I get the feeling that no one was setting the standards by which an institution as important as Arlington should operate. It appears that the standard for the day to day operations of the cemetery were at the level of “good enough” when they should have been perfect.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Accept Help:   The rescue operation appears to have been a model of private and public sector cooperation and coordination. Put Yourself in Their Shoes:  One of the most impressive aspects of the rescue operation is how much attention was paid to the overall health and well being of the miners and their families.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

My four Legends books include “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” “The Classic Television Reference,” “Houston Legends” and “Non-Profit Legends.” Business dilemmas, solutions and analyses are framed first in the field of reference (pop culture teachings of their youth) and then reframed in modern business context. Helping others.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

All of the good leaders Ive interviewed and worked with over the years consistently say that one of their goals is to create an operating environment in which people feel safe to speak the truth and share what is actually going on. I have the feeling that the disaster in the Gulf will be fodder for leadership case studies for years to come.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Leaders are more effective when they build mastery in their operating realm. At the peak of his career, that base of knowledge enabled him to be a leader of the institution and drive the agendas of his party, his president and himself. Be Clear About Your Passion : From a professional standpoint, Byrd appeared to have two primary passions.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

He operated at the highest levels of IBM and was considered a candidate to be the next CEO. The arrest was a complete surprise to Moffat and everyone who knew him. He had been a straight arrow, give everything to Big Blue kind of person since joining the company in 1978. For most of us, the new year starts in September, not January.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  Since new members of the House will be up for reelection in two years, they’re operating on a similar time frame.    A long time ago, in a more bipartisan age, I helped organize a week long orientation program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for the freshman congressional class of 1986. 

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Leverage Experience:   Once an operating rhythm was established, Allen and his team ended each day with a meeting with Gulf Coast state and local officials to review progress and plan the next day’s efforts.   The local officials had veto power.    When the earthquake hit Haiti, the situation was similar to Katrina.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Summer, when the road warrior, business travel divas deign to disrupt their routine to fly with their families on vacation. The rest is still right on target and current.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2010

But almost all of these are family businesses, operated by a husband and wife and several hired hands. Instead, managers tend to refer to development. By contrast, Syma Toys has over 1,000 employees and revenues of $28 million — a big enough enterprise to dedicate separate teams to design, manufacturing, and sales.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  He was deployed to a forward operating base near Kandahar and told me that while he was there you were pretty much guaranteed of being shot at with AK-47’s or rocket propelled grenades whenever you left the base.   He had ambitions of going Airborne with the Army but figures his injuries have ruled that out. 

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

A company must get its sales, marketing, research and development, operations, and even customers and suppliers to work together. Over the last 20 years, I have found the best way to do this is to assemble the key stakeholders of a process in a multi-day workshop. Yet teamwork across organizational boundaries is unnatural.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Too often, we must operate in a multi-tasking, reactive environment — one in which we are connected virtually around the clock. Physical fitness refers to the keeping the body fit and operating at peak. Social fitness refers to how we interact with others across situations.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

"  Whether they’re stated or not, most organizations have operating principles.  His primary concern is not the sifting of sensitivities but the protection of the American people and the vindication of their rights." 

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Company culture refers to the principles an organization works around and the values and attitudes that make up the company and its members. Setting good company culture examples is a task for the leaders of the organization to establish from the first day of operation. Image credit – Freepik) What Is Company Culture?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

First, when I made reference to “making space”, I was really talking about making space in the selection pool, not at the table. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who has served in the capacity of a senior executive who hasn't been party to these types of meetings, workshops, seminars, strategy sessions, etc.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This premise equally applies to the environment businesses operate in today. Human error is a very real consequence of people operating in the real world. Learning a lesson requires you to put something in place and monitor its effect, rather than just have a lesson repository that people don’t refer back to.” he says. “

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

For example, the champions created a common terminology for innovation across the company so that everyone referred to the same types of innovation (e.g. product vs. operational) and referenced the same stages (e.g. ideation” and “rapid prototyping”).

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

He appears to have removed himself from the day to day management of football operations. He publicly owned up to accountability for the team’s lackluster performance at the end of last year. He fired his lackey and hired a professional general manager. You have to give him credit for all of that. 

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

In contrast to “transformational” and “authentic” leadership, which has been criticized for being fuzzy and wishy-washy , “fitness leadership,” as we refer to it, offers a more concrete approach. During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Fred Smith, the Founder and CEO of FedEx, once described to us his understanding of The Main Thing—which he refers to as the "theory of the business." Every successful business has, at its heart, a theory of the business—an underlying set of supporting objectives and a corporate philosophy that gives people a foundation on which to operate.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

It refers to the practice of creating valuable content, such as articles or podcasts, that draws customers to you directly (as opposed to spending a lot of time on cold calls or paying for advertising to lure them in). At one recent workshop I led, we discovered that one executive had been a ball boy for the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Huggy Rao and I like to refer to scaling challenges as the “ Problem of More ” because they always involve getting some existing seed of excellence to take root in more people and more places. The language of “more” pervades discussions of the topic. The average order size is 1,500 pounds. What is adding needless friction?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Try to enlighten them, and they convert it all back to their old frame of reference, with questions like “Do you still talk to X?” They want you to be there for them and those whom they refer to you. X doesn’t really value your time or would have asked in advance if you could be periodically referred.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

During a recent interview I was asked how I felt about the coaching profession - I jokingly referred to myself as a coaching heretic, and went on to say that I really don’t like the word “ coach &# as a descriptor for what I do. I find this especially true when coaches work with executives in operations. Its about results.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Do not hesitate to talk to HR or those who have a greater understanding of the topic to better understand how to communicate sensitively , whether it is in reference to pronoun preference or inclusionary language. Train Employees and Conduct Workshops If your employees are still asking “Why is communication important in the workplace?”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2015

Yet most companies are using the same old methods: strategic plans, goal-setting, streamlining operations, reducing inefficiency. They also include also include “balance” referring to employee well-being and illustrating the importance of a positive and supportive workplace.

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