Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 23, 2021

5:24 – Understanding that no one has it all figured out and everyone is figuring out the journey as they go. 12:34 – If things are not quite right in your organization, real change starts with you. 20:55 – One of the biggest leadership myths Debbie and Kate want to change. It works—and it works better.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 21, 2024

Implementing the Seven Principles for Intentional Culture Change Transforming organizational culture is a complex and crucial process for businesses seeking to adapt to new realities and improve their internal dynamics. Their cultural contexts influence them, but they also have the agency to effect change within them.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This self-reflection and continuous learning enable board chairs to develop a growth mindset and adapt to evolving industry dynamics, ultimately positioning their organizations for success in an ever-changing business landscape. One of the critical benefits of board chair coaching is the development of practical leadership skills.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Leaders face an array of complex challenges, from navigating organizational change to driving innovation and performance. Through a combination of assessments, feedback, and one-on-one coaching sessions, leaders gain a deeper understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2024

Two of the most pressing are change management and the constraints of limited resources. Addressing these challenges requires a keen understanding and strategic planning. Understanding Resistance to Change Management: Stakeholder Concerns : Change resistance often stems from stakeholders’ fears and uncertainties.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Through a comprehensive evaluation process, executive leadership teams gain a better understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. This self-awareness enables them to make informed decisions, allocate resources strategically, and align their efforts toward collective goals.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leading effectively requires emotional intelligence, which involves being able to recognize, understand, and manage one’s own emotions as well as other people’s emotions. Inability to empathize: Leaders with low emotional intelligence may have trouble understanding and relating to the feelings and perspectives of others.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 11, 2019

One of the challenges you as leader are faced with is getting changes done in your organization. Especially influencing organizational culture, which is an arduous task, and many an attempt fails to bring about the desired cultural change. The lesson: appreciate the role emotions play in getting people to change! So why is that?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

How to Draw out Better Ideas from Every Member of Your Team. You’re a human-centered leader working to create a courageous, speak-up culture filled with psychological safety. A culture where employees feel invited and encouraged to speak up and share their ideas and express their concerns. Silent Ponderous. Silent Wounded.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 21, 2023

6 methods and ideas for change within organizations Organization development and change management keep running into, over, through, and around each other. Below are 6 methods and concepts of change and OD work that I’ve found useful, and I hope the ideas support your change and OD processes.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 9, 2022

Even in the best of times, the shifts and changes of that evolution often take a toll on people. The best leaders understand the nature of change exhaustion and act to reduce it, especially in times of great change and stress. But understanding how those changes affect your team is the first step in leading them through.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Using resistance to lead effectively. If you truly understand resistance, you seldom need to deal with it: You manage its cause before it even manifests itself! Understanding resistance. The leader understands the source of resistance and deals with it adequately. Dealing with resistance.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Resisting Feedback: Executive coaching often involves receiving constructive feedback. Resisting or dismissing feedback can impede your growth. Failing to implement changes or new skills in your professional life is a common mistake. Failing to implement changes or new skills in your professional life is a common mistake.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Resistance to Change: In a rapidly changing business environment, adaptability is paramount. If your organization exhibits resistance to change, clinging to outdated practices and processes, it’s a sign that your culture may need a reset. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In today’s complex and rapidly changing business landscape, executives need more than technical expertise to thrive. They understand the unique pressures and demands of leadership positions and can provide tailored guidance to help executives develop the skills and competencies needed to succeed.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure. Click to continue reading Navigating change is a reality every leader has to face, and yet despite this truth, 70% of change initiatives end in failure.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 19, 2021

One thing that I think we can all agree on is that the last 18 months have changed forever the way we live and work. Very importantly the dynamics of our teams have changed and leaders need to become very aware of this. But what exactly is reinvention and how does it differ from change?

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 10, 2022

Successful organizational change can be a challenge for leaders. Even when leaders see the need and benefits of changing a process or a platform, the entire team must ultimately buy-in and make a commitment to adapt if the changes are to have a lasting and positive impact on productivity and results.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 3, 2024

Successful CEOs understand that a happy and engaged workforce is essential for long-term success. Ignoring Innovation: CEOs who resist innovation and technological advancements can quickly fall behind their competitors. Ethical leadership is not a choice but a responsibility for CEOs.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

I have seen the impact of change initiatives in organizations, and often, the outcome differs from the original intent. Developed by psychologist Daniel Wegner, the ironic processes theory provides insights into why change efforts sometimes fail and how we can overcome these challenges.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 31, 2023

A Game-Changing Blueprint for Empowering Middle Managers Designing and delivering a top-notch middle manager program is all about delivering relevance and value. First, you must understand who your middle managers are and what they're grappling with. Understand their pain points. Recognize their needs.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Align on a Vision: Ensure everyone understands the end goal. My team’s results are not where they need to be. It’s been a rocky couple of months. We are struggling. But my manager now wants to bring in all kinds of help: people from HR, training, and even my peers. Worst case scenario? What are your thoughts?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

The first step in leading change is to identify The Gap. In leading any change, you will encounter barriers. If you don’t understand where they come from and address them, you make things more difficult. Change requires loss, and we don’t like that. Resist the Allure of a Quick Fix. Reorder Values. It is a choice.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

To successfully prepare a business for the future, leaders must possess expert change management skills. While the idea of embracing disruption and meaningful change may seem straightforward, the reality is that organizational infrastructure and interpersonal relationships can make it complex.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 17, 2023

Resistance to change and innovation: Resistance to change and innovation can prevent leadership from achieving success. This can involve a fear of change, a reluctance to try new ideas and approaches, and a lack of creativity and innovation. Leadership is a critical factor in achieving success.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 1, 2024

It’s time for all leaders to recognize the game-changing insights about AI that can shape the future of their businesses. Effective leaders understand that integrating AI doesn’t mean sidelining their workforce; instead, it empowers employees to focus on higher-value tasks. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As executive search consultants, we focus on understanding and optimizing businesses’ intended transformations and how they are shaping strategic responses to industry-level changes. Not surprisingly, the biggest challenge he faced was changing his colleagues’ mindset to get them on board with the changes. Boris Dragovi?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Understanding the Role of Executive Coachee Programs in Enhancing Leadership Performance Executive coachee programs are crucial in enhancing leadership performance among top executives in today’s competitive corporate landscape.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

While working, you perceive change on a continuum from cooperation and learning — to resistance and a pain in the ass. . Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. .

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Lead from Within

MAY 25, 2023

By understanding the mistakes and learning from them, you can set your team up for success. If your team doesn’t understand what’s expected of them, it’s nearly impossible for them to succeed. It helps team members understand what they’re doing well and where they need to improve.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

These transformations typically involve a profound change in how a business operates, encompassing people, process, and technology. Additionally, organizational complexity can conceal active resistance, and many organizations lack the expertise to govern such massive changes efficiently. This raises some pertinent questions.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Difficulty in managing change: Change can be hard for some people, and when it comes to implementing changes within an organization. As a leader, it’s important to anticipate resistance and have a plan to address it. Here are nine leadership challenges that most leaders will face and how to overcome them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The world changes. Both leaders shared a lack of humility and resistance to feedback. These characteristics will stunt their leadership if they don’t change. Leadership growth requires feedback and continual learning. It’s no exaggeration to say that if you’re done learning, you’re done leading. People grow.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

If you want to scale your leadership, you’ll want to ensure that employees at every level understand what success looks like in their role, but also the daily behaviors needed to make it happen. As your team is growing resist the urge to solve problems FOR them and teach them how to think. What does “regular” mean?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In the realm of teamwork and collaboration, this form of feedback becomes a bridge that connects individuals, fostering open communication and shared understanding. F EEDBACK — often described as a cornerstone of growth — possesses the potential to really inform and shape our professional and personal growth.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 14, 2023

It can be easy to become set in your ways and resistant to change when you have been in a leadership position for a long time. Your leadership style is not effective: If you find that your leadership approach is not getting results or is not in line with the organization’s priorities, it may be time to consider a change.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 24, 2021

“… changing is a continual process and stability is an illusion or a memory of one moment during the process of changing.” ” -Steve de Shazer ‘The Death of Resistance’ Change and the metaphors you use will impact how you see and navigate change. Are all metaphors bad?

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