Lead from Within

JANUARY 1, 2025

Missing the Horizon New leaders obsess over daily operational details while broader strategic imperatives drift away. Less Talk, More Impact Inexperienced leaders often overwhelm their teams with constant updates and directives. Instead of clarity, this creates confusion and reduces team autonomy and ownership over outcomes.

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Management Delegation McKinsey Micromanagement 147

Rich Gee Group

JULY 19, 2024

This book provides a fresh perspective on productivity and efficiency, challenging conventional business practices and offering practical advice on streamlining processes, eliminating unnecessary tasks, and creating a more agile and dynamic workplace.

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Operations Bureaucracy Company Agility 195

Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

As a person who provides advice and counsel to leaders I can tell you I’ve rarely come across a successful person who hasn’t been truly passionate. Passionate professionals thinking clearly will seek independent outside counsel and advice to continually gut-check and refine their thinking. Are you operating in a vacuum?

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Advice Objective Positioning Execution 419

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2011

This book combines several of his best pieces in one volume, and is a must read for anyone looking to understand organizational, operational, or cultural management theory. Lone Survivor - This book chronicles the story of Operation Redwing as told by SEAL team leader Marcus Luttrell – the lone survivor of the operation.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Thats Gary Vaynerchuks advice, which I love. And when were consumed by self-consciousness, we operate at a fraction of our potential. Finally, dont worry about your zit everyone else is worried about their own zit. We all have an inner voice adept at pointing out our insecurities. Our blemish. Our accent.

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Tips Stress Open-book Energy 314

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Posted in Change Management The following statements are often heard from those giving advice to those leading organizational change initiatives: “The first requirement is to have top management on board.” “Top Top management buy-in is essential for change to occur.” Significant change will only occur if led from the top.” “The

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Strategic Planning Advice Consultative Planning 311

Leadership Freak

MAY 3, 2019

“Practice operating from the place that you are the cause in the matter of everything in your life. Then go ask your team; ‘What’s it like being on the other side of me?’”… Continue reading →

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Advice Operations Team 164

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The amount of capital required to run a business is based upon how the business is operated. Therefore if leadership operates the business without consideration for capital constraints, or irrespective of capital formation issues, then the blame should fall squarely on the shoulders of leadership. Thoughts?

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Brand Entrepreneur Marketing Execution 379

Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

T HE BIGGEST CHANGE being brought about by AI is not human replicas, but the emergence of digital operating models. The operating model is how that is accomplished. The goal of the operating model is to deliver value at scale, to achieve sufficient scope, and to respond to changes by engaging in sufficient learning.

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Operations Industry Learning-by-Doing Core Competence 357

Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten about this calibration was summarized so well by Don Lancaster – “Most ‘impossible’ goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite sized chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.”. our means).

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BHAG Company Short-term Long-term 391

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

Practical Implementation To implement this initiative successfully, senior management must endorse it wholeheartedly, ensuring that the junior board has a clear mandate and the freedom to operate creatively within the organization.

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Organization Fashion Retail Innovation 417

Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

By taking the right actions to improve operations now, we could position ourselves to improve performance later, while the reverse would also hold true: short-term results would validate that we were on the right long-term path. At the end of the book, he leaves us with some sound advice. He did both.

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Short-term Long-term Fixed Costs Efficiency 339

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Like everyone else, you’re adopting the same survival mechanisms, galloping along on the same treadmill, and defaulting into the same operational cycles. Later his son, Yo-Yo, took up the father’s advice to play a Bach suite from memory every night before going to bed. “You’re firmly caught in a trap without realizing that you are.

Advice 370

Advice Consultative Operations Blog 370

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. The last sentance in your comment is sage advice. Thanks for sharing Peter.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I really resisted all the advice that well-meaning supporters gave me as I launched my business. A- Authenticity: Identify your values, operating principles and define your brand. And possibly, this would not feel as old news to this crowd as it did to me, but I wasn’t certain. Ask yourself: What does success look like?

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Goal Process Resistance Open-book 450

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

AND then, I became a large team operations leader. Last piece of advice about personal and employee growth. 27:55 Last piece of advice. Is it familiar, yet novel? One hundred percent. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication.

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Development Team How To Wiseman 549

Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command. When McRaven retired in 2014, he had 37 years as a Navy SEAL under his belt, leading men and women at every level of the special operations community. It can—and should—be harnessed into a force for good.

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Books Norton Leadership Crisis 375

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. My advice is to actually work at becoming very discerning.

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

These types al represent “choices you can make about how you want to operate in the world.”. And a good piece of advice: “Rejection is just an opinion. Baker offers much more specific advice and examples throughout but let me mention two tools that have proven effective that Wayne Baker and Adam Grant have developed.

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Decentralization Advice Resources Participative 357

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This blend of mentorship and practical advice not only helps entrepreneurs overcome immediate obstacles but also sets the stage for lasting personal and professional success. The result? Entrepreneurs feel more confident, capable, and ready to advance their ventures. At N2Growth, we get that the path to success is rarely smooth.

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Power Entrepreneur Long-term Trends 396

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? Here’s his advice for uncovering a blind spot and putting that information to make you stronger. Making Your Blind Spot Work for You Mike offers some great advice on getting real and getting better.

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Motivation Self-aware Groupthink Construction 291

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

While my personal practice is focused on providing leadership advice and counsel to Fortune 500 CEOs, as the senior operating executive at our firm I also have oversight responsibility for our talent management practice. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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Talent Management Management Long-term Maturity 360

Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

For example, when I was leading a 2000 person sales team, we consistently held operational excellence rallies where our highest performers were not only recognized for their contributions, but also served as teachers of best practices. What advice do you have for someone whose team is growing fast?

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Video Team Influence Report 444

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Associate Director of Operations on the team, “Greg” was an absolute rock star and was the obvious successor for that role. What’s your best advice to gain respect when your team doesn’t like you? The problem was I had zero sales experience. Thirteen out of fourteen of my direct reports were men.

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Team Influence Retail Course 462

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” What’s your best advice for helping your team become more resourceful? ” It’s tricky to be quick and clever in a scene like that.

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Resources Team How To Outsourcing 509

Leading Blog

JUNE 17, 2019

In 1992, I was the G3 (Operations Officer) for one of the Army’s 10 Divisions – forward deployed in Europe. military operates, where mission orders are issued along with the commander’s intent, thereby giving subordinates the freedom to operate within that framework. When No Trust Exists. In the U.S.

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Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles Delegation 333

Lead Change Blog

JULY 24, 2019

After some lengthy interviews with each director and extensive desk research on the business finances, operations, and history, I introduced the notion to them last week that their business was grounded, barely standing still, and as far from a legacy company as they might get. The ending?

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Strategy Development Finance Learning-by-Doing 322

Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

At that point, everything you do is operating from a place of weakness and not your strengths. You need to reflect on what just happened, seek advice from others who witnessed it, and figure out whether you played a role in what happened….

Kaplan 285

Kaplan Politics Advice Operations 285

Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2020

Each of these 12 primary Contributions is categorized within the three basic needs of all teams: Create, Operate, and Relate. “If This is one of the critiques of the “follow your passion” advice—that it presumes you are the center of the world , and pursuing your own joy (not service of others) is he objective.

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Definition Diversity Objective Advice 318

Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. My advice is not to simply store a list in your memory and pull certain items out when needed. Certain values and approaches may not resonate as well for some as for others.

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Tips Due Diligence Biotechnology Entrepreneur 422

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Associate Director of Operations on the team, “Greg” was an absolute rock star and was the obvious successor for that role. What’s your best advice to gain respect when your team doesn’t like you? The problem was I had zero sales experience. Thirteen out of fourteen of my direct reports were men.

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Video Team Retail Influence 439

Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

The best leadership advice, after all, helps slow the game, so that you can better anticipate, understand, and label the nuanced dynamics of different situations in the moment and then guide them to better outcomes. Listening is actually being alert to the whole ecosystem in which you operate.”

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CEO Crisis Guidelines Gordon 489

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. Your article and your advice are very applicable for our churches as much as they are for the business world. I truly appreciate your advice. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

Blog 419

Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

A highly decorated member of the special operations community earning the Bronze Star with Valor for actions during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan, Jim is a true American hero. To serve amongst special operators has taught me many things in leadership. Mike Myatt: What do you see as the primary role of a leader?

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Leadership Servant Leader Leadership Styles Learning-by-Doing 375

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. David Dye of Trailblaze provides advice on how to manage your focus so that you achieve results, get to the top of the mountain…withoutbreaking your ankle. . “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

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Follow-up Bottom-up Teamwork Porter 450

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2025

Edinger also provides invaluable advice and techniques for how to move your sales team from transactional interactions and toward consultative relationships by: Helping your customers with problems they dont see. Question: What is the first step a business leader can take to start applying your advice tomorrow?

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Energy Micromanagement 73