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? That’s exactly the question that Los Angeles Regional Food Bank CEO Michael Flood and his team had to answer and act on this year. So, how did they do it?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. Entrepreneurial leadership, then, describes the way such a leader behaves. As founding dean and professor at the Yale school of management, he taught a course on entrepreneurial leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 10, 2019

We are pleased to present this excerpt from The Leadership Killer by Bill Treasurer and Captain John Havlik. Leadership is hard. Sure, leadership can be attractive and rewarding, but that doesn’t mean it’s obligation free. Leadership is a role, a part you play in front of many audiences. Lenovo, and eBay.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

(Terry’s Note: Hi all – Today I’m introducing a new series of posts, written by guest writer Adam Tenenbaum , called Front Line Leadership. Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 2, 2020

I described an experience early in my career while serving as national sales manager for one of my company’s operating divisions. A few days after I shared this experience, I received an email from one of the attendees, a senior leader at a bank, who wrote: Your presentation last Thursday evening was very impactful.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Giannini, a son of Italian immigrants, founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco with the vision that banks should serve more than the fortunate few. . Rushing into the shattered city, he managed to have $80,000 in gold loaded onto a horse cart covered with vegetables before fire consumed the bank building. In 1904, A.P.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

I moderated a panel last week at a Social Media Club of Portland event that featured local startup Simple , a digital bank that is taking on a trillion dollar industry without a single brick and mortar branch. There’s certainly a lot of more human leadership at work here, but it still begs the question – how do they do it?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

" Thanks again for your contribution to the leadership community. the janitor, night watchman, leadership team, etc., Hundreds of thousands of jobs are being shed by GE, Chevron, Sam’s Club, Wells Fargo Bank, HP, Starbucks etc. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Geoff Snyder Great post Mike, very true. one mouth.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This role is no longer confined to technical oversight or incremental operational improvements. Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s no secret that you need capital to operate and grow, but then comes the question how do you get it? For the unlucky ones, you need money to operate and grow, but where do you get it? Tap your community bank. So why are community banks the new hot spot? Look for a community bank that specializes in your field.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Astute investors mitigate risks and help to insure operational success by adding value to the business model, and by filling gaps that may exist in any of the areas I mentioned in the opening sentence of the preceding paragraph.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2019

For example, there are about the same number of bank tellers despite the introduction of ATMs and internet home banking technologies. Acquaintance with how systems think can be helpful in troubleshooting, understanding limitations, and explaining the operation of cognitive technologies.”.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

They note that the idea of tightly aligning an organization's people, tasks, structure, and culture is not new; it plays out differently because the conditions under which those management principles operate has changed. What About Leadership? Does the essence of leadership really change in the digital age? I liked the metaphor.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. However my question to you is this: What is leadership without action? Sound harsh?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

From this leadership, we developed a culture of fact-based decision making. As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Though not his actual title, Reggie Thomas was our executive who looked for ways to make our operation better. But inspirational leadership goes deeper.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

For example, Budgeting and establishing operating procedures could be core activities here; Staff – which contains a collection of core work activities that support staffing activities within a business area.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

Banks, by Paypal, Venmo, and ApplePay. You need people on your team with both strategic and operational skills—two very different kinds of people. And you need leadership that has a longer time horizon so you can invest in relationships. Taxis by Uber & Lyft. Hotels by AirBnB.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2017

Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead. What most leadership programs neglect to cover, but that new leaders quickly discover, is that leadership is massively freakin’ hard. Leadership can be a lonely endeavor.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

And to top it off, they have no technical experience to operate their own machines. info@ sales@ enquiries@ but no abuse@ or postmaster@ or webmaster@ and banks with no spoof@ Badly handled data privacy and no privacy@ email address Domain name ownership behind a privacy firewall. If you aren’t proud of it, don’t own it.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

Staying updated with Artificial Intelligence advancements, automation, and FinTech is essential for optimizing financial operations and planning business growth. Advanced leadership, strategic thinking, and strong communication skills are vital for navigating financial negotiations, driving profitability, and managing regulatory complexities.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

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. The CEO of Connecticut's Farmington Bank told George that its Main Thing is to "Drive economic development in central Connecticut.".

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. Our life cannot be measured from the bank balance but by service.

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Women on Business

MARCH 9, 2013

I started my firm because I saw how little good advice businesses were getting from consultants that operated on a volume billing mentality. If you need something visual, think about Bank of America and Countrywide. Why did I start? Some things have a long sales cycle and that can frustrating, but sometimes it is necessary.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

For example, in the mid-1990s, Chase Bank witnessed a nine digit windfall predicting mortgage outcome. Organizations of all kinds benefit by applying predictive analytics, since there's ample room for operational improvement; organizations are intrinsically inefficient and wasteful on a grand scale.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2019

They recommend that we “Err on the side of too little research, too little data, information, and knowledge—invest the effort instead in the requisite variety of people who carry the tacit data banks and the powerful processors around between their two ears.”. Agree on the Right Agenda. Do not preset the agenda.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 24, 2013

A Leadership Vision for America: Rebuilding a Divided House. The complaints are not so much about the leadership capability of the current president as they are about the political system in general. An organization without a clear vision or goals is like a river without banks—it stagnates and goes nowhere. Ken Blanchard.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2012

The new economy doesn’t operate that way. Yes, that mindset worked for me when the bank’s hungry wolf was at our door. The tactic that works best to defend or build share in the short term is price cuts or special discounts. Be forewarned, this tactic destroys profits. But their leaders are farsighted.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Jerry Anderson, CCIM We are closing a $4million office building next week as a direct contact from my Twitter tweets about distressed real estate situations and the FDIC taking over banks. link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] I Think Not.

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

Photo Source: Clay Banks, Unsplash It is critical to understand the importance of an effective onboarding and induction process. You should also learn about the industry the company operates in and the competitors they face. Does onboarding and early support really matter?

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

Dimension, Time, Cost Operator: Seeing Problems Differently. we ended with personal 2 week achievement plans based upon the Nine Windows coaching…Creating over 30 ideas in this companies Solutions Bank. Partner Separation. Bright :: Blurry :: Blind. Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows. What do you think?

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CoachStation

MARCH 14, 2023

Photo Source: Clay Banks, Unsplash It is critical to understand the importance of an effective onboarding and induction process. You should also learn about the industry the company operates in and the competitors they face. Does onboarding and early support really matter?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization.

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Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. I followed up with the authors to learn more about their leadership philosophy. There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. 5 Leadership Frequencies. What Leaders Tolerate.

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