Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

So why does maintaining practices that yield a high-performance state of mind matter so much for leadership? It means identifying key skills that will benefit your overall leadership effectivenesssuch as inviting more input from your teamand then practicing in a deliberate manner. They Eat Right Dont forget about nutrition.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Bottom line…success equals focus. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

How many times have you put up with, or overlooked certain weaknesses in people because of their considerable strengths in other areas? The sad thing is they don’t just exist on the golf course… My bottom line is this…real leaders don’t accept mediocrity - they constantly seek improvement. Know the type?

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 31, 2014

It’s been almost 4 years now since my cable TV company was sold, and my wife and I packed up and moved from Stamford, Connecticut to Portland, Oregon. I still wanted to practice and study my vocation of leadership. So for me, as one of the founders of Built Oregon, it’s a grand leadership experiment.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

And the bottom line is that trust is anything but soft. Customer satisfaction occurs when a companies products and services live up to brand promise thereby improving reputational value and trust. Customers are willing to speak up, organize, and boycott when their expectations aren’t met. What is trust?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2017

For my part, I’m in the process of trying to eliminate the term “thought leadership” from my vocabulary. This week, after months of reflection, I’ll be instructing our team to remove all references to thought leadership from our materials. Thought Leadership was once a term reserved for a limited few.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was recently asked what I consider to be the most misunderstood aspect of great leadership; in other words, what makes great leaders great? If you want to become a better leader, I suggest you become comfortable with a leadership practice very few are… it’s called surrender. Control is about power – not leadership.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Success Mindsets : Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership by Ryan Gottfredson. How Innovation Works : And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley. It speeds up in some sectors and slows down in others.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Management teams are always looking at the bottom linealways. Lets do the math Im not saying this to scare youIm saying it to wake you up. Over the years, youve moved up, earned those raises and promotions, and you deserve every penny. The minute you embrace change and start innovating is the minute you outpace the competition.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. Mentorship Unlocked : The Science and Art of Setting Yourself Up for Success by Janice Omadeke What is a mentor? What if you could wake up every morning excited about your purpose, knowing you're fulfilling your greatest potential?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Practical ways to engage your team (or leadership book club) as you read Courageous Cultures together. One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. And, you don’t get better at leadership or building culture just by reading a book.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The operational advantage created through effective KM should allow an enterprise to effectively address current needs as well as to strategically drive innovation and forward planning. .

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2012

Here's some new research on innovation and a guest post by By Rich Wellins, Ph,D., Senior Vice President, Development Dimensions International (DDI): In the past year, innovation has risen to the top of the business agenda. It seems not a day goes by that the major media writes (or broadcasts) stories in innovation.

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 17, 2012

Top Row: Steve Jobs, Herb Kelleher; Bottom Row: Steve Wozniak, Tim Cook, Colleen Barrett, Gary Kelly. He was – if you refer to technology and innovation. However, if you refer to people or organizational leadership, I believe there are better examples. There are many problems with hero worship in leadership, including: 1.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Guest post from Shoya Zichy: Innovation is critical to an organization''s growth and competitive advantage. Yet in a recent survey of 5,000 only 1 in 4 people believe they are living up to their creative potential. If you chose more items on the left, your inborn styles is that of a "structured" innovator.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Bottom-line: There is no secret sauce. Any culture with an over-emphasis on “ knowing your position ” creates problems that get in the way of relationships, causes resentment and, as a direct result of this, can interfere with progress and innovation. And indeed they are. Our problem is age-old: putting what we know into practice.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bottom line – If you’re a leader then you need to watch this interview. I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. His leadership is remarkable! Thanks so much for your comment Bridget.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2024 curated just for you. When he assumed command of the USS Texas, the ship ranked at the bottom of its squadron and faced recurring safety issues. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Now, he is sharing it with the world.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2019

Guest post from Tabitha Laser: What is leadership? Since joining the workforce more than 25 years ago, and serving as a leader for numerous organizations, it’s apparent that leadership means very different things to different people. Not just from the bottom up, but from the basement. So, how can we fix this conundrum?

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. From blue ocean strategy to Michael Porter’s five forces, Vijay Govindarajan’s reverse innovation to Richard D’Aveni’s hypercompetition, great thinkers and their ideas directly effect how companies are run and how business people think about and practice business.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. To do this effectively, I sought to understand two things: Elucidate the emerging leadership traits and competencies that are most relevant today.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important. THEN , dive in.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

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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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Too much emphasis on money, the bottom line and externals like the corner office and wearing the right brand of shoes.She has learned that life is full of either/or problems to solve and both/and paradoxical tensions to perpetually manage. a leadership anthology co-authored with Warren Bennis, et al., Her first book, Yes You Can!,

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2017

Smart leadership creates an environment where yes is not viewed as a weakness, but as an opportunity. The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. No is not all it’s cracked-up to be. It means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. I reached out to every leadership blogger I could– talking with them about their approach, their challenges, and most importantly, what they were doing that led to success.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? Both – some people are born with innate qualities that predispose them to being leaders, and other people while not naturally gifted with leadership ability can acquire it. So, what’s the answer?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. Who : Leadership trust - Does leadership trust its employees to take risks without fear of being punished? But what does this mean? How does the organization enable teamwork?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? As I’ve said many times before, things don’t always have to boil down to either/or types of decisions – not everything must end-up on the altar of sacrificial decisioning.

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