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Shaking-up Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The point I ask you to ponder is this: Leadership teams often espouse the need for change and innovation, but rarely apply this thinking to themselves – why? Leadership teams who view themselves as a protected class are leadership teams not living-up to their obligations and responsibilities. Thoughts?

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival.

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Being a Good Leader is Tough Stuff

Lead Change Blog

These priceless individuals value results and the bottom line. They value traditions while encouraging innovation and creativity. They value traditions while encouraging innovation and creativity. The leaders people want to follow balance bottom-up and top-down decision-making. Some days I succeed, fail on others.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure. Successful leaders focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Do Women Bring More Happiness to Families, Greater Effectiveness.

Michael Lee Stallard

My brother and I grew up in a neighborhood of boys near Rockford, Illinois. The bottom line here is that if you are a leader you would be wise to make certain women are well-represented throughout your organization. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. why is everyone smiling?

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a valid reason for supporting such a regressive concept. Any such argument in my opinion is rooted either in flawed business logic or politically correct rhetoric (usually one in the same).

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

Study Up – Make sure you take the time to study the details of your business or project plan for the year ahead. A good example of this is how a “good&# tendency to a “ hard charger &# can turn “bad&# if you end up going overboard, getting too impatient, and steamrolling over people. THEN , dive in.