Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

thanks for this report. a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. It changes the game. Courtesies Aren’t Gratitude. thanks for the update. thanks for coming to the meeting.

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Follow-up Creativity Middle Management Learning-by-Doing 609

Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

In Wellbeing at Work , Jim Clifton and Jim Harter report that beginning in the late 1950s, Gallup sought to discover and quantify the difference between the best possible life and the worst possible life. If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust.

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Crisis Career Stress Policies 432

Career Advancement

MAY 10, 2021

Take risks, stepping outside of your comfort zone and proposing innovative ideas that you feel could benefit the company. Tell your boss about your career aspirations and map out a plan toward achieving your goals. As you do these things, you’ll build a great deal of momentum in your career, which will continue propelling you forward.

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How To Mentor Career Proposal 346

Lead from Within

JANUARY 7, 2025

The gap in your leadership style is costing your organization millions in lost talent and unrealized potential.Recent Deloitte analysis reveals 82% of senior executives overestimate their leadership capabilities, while only 34% of their direct reports rate them as highly effective.

Leadership Styles 153

Leadership Styles Self-aware Leadership McKinsey 153

Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The more people you have thinking strategically, even at the frontlines, the more innovative and dynamic your company will be. One of my favorite developmental activities is “bring a friend staff meetings,” where my direct reports could bring one high-potential manager to the table to experience the thought process.

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Management How To Game Theory Tactics 479

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This body of research has recently been pulled together into a comprehensive report that examines the work of the future. The report begins by rebuffing many of the scare stories about work being automated away, and reminds us that roughly 63% of the jobs performed today didn’t exist a generation ago. Gradual change.

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Report Technology Innovation Policies 133

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

That means highly sought-after executive talent won’t hesitate to seek new jobs with more career advancement opportunities, more extensive benefits packages, unheard-of salary increases, and more. This trend seems to be replicated in Australia, reporting only 19.6% Increased Demand for Diverse C-Suite Talent.

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Trends Globalization Diversity Restructuring 395

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating. Focusing solely on skill development Early in my career, I worked as a corporate trainer. There is no one way to be a leader. And it opens the door to greater diversity in the leadership ranks and pipeline.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Executive Coaching 427

Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile. This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process. According to the Small Business Administration, about half of all businesses fail within five years ( PDF ).

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Management Due Diligence Open-book Competitive Advantage 329

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Until…there’s too much of it, and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person. If ignored or met with intolerance or indifference, these dissimilarities can be divisive, even lethal for career or business success.

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Sull Power Uncertainty Diversity 314

Decker Communication

MARCH 27, 2025

The most sophisticated companies understand this implicitly, which explains why many leadership development programs now focus heavily on what they call “narrative competence” the ability to create compelling stories about complex market forces, client relationships, and individual career trajectories that withstand tumultuous periods.

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Uncertainty Storytelling Power CTO 114

Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Read the full report Key Findings Management apprenticeships deliver at every level and need to be a key part of the skills mix across the UK, both now and into the future. Productivity Gains 7000 Apprentices contribute to higher efficiency, better leadership, and workplace innovation.

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Management Long-term Report Training 92

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Human Resources Globalization Resources Diversity 476

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.” ” It’s tricky to be quick and clever in a scene like that. Ask your team what they love to do most and look for creative ways to use their gifts.

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Resources Team How To Outsourcing 509

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2019

“Oh, sure,” your workers may think, “I’ll trust you … just as soon as you stop monitoring our e-mails, stop drug testing, or stop requiring to-the-minute time reports.” For instance, consider how challenging it is for new managers to delegate important tasks to their direct reports. It will take courage to let employees do their jobs.

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Team Delegation Follow-up Consultative 289

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The role of chance A second study , by Audencia Business School in Paris, also found that chance plays a considerable role in our careers. The majority of the participants (62.17%, or 424 respondents out of 682) reported having experienced a chance event that significantly influenced their careers.

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Career Influence Participative Restructuring 115

Lead from Within

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Meanwhile, organizations investing in future-focused leadership development report 34% higher adaptability to market changes. Leaders who master emerging competencies consistently outperform their peers in organizational innovation and talent retention.

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Skills Marketing Leadership Competitive Advantage 128

Career Advancement

APRIL 27, 2020

Lily, who worked in an architecture firm, felt her career was stagnating. Even though others continued advancing in their careers, she couldn’t seem to rise above the level she was at. Do they frequently introduce innovative ideas at meetings? She’d believed she was a rising star, landing promotion after promotion , until—WHAM!—she

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How To Reputation Influence Career 229

Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2019

Schulze's principles are both versatile and utterly practical to leaders of every age, career stage, and industry. You don't need a powerful title or a line of direct reports—you have everything you need to use them right now. Innovation is broken. As the co-founder and former president of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co.,

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Books Leadership Handbook Competitive Advantage 253

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But often, these top-tier executives don’t know where to go to achieve this critical perspective and guidance at this stage in their careers. ” Other studies have reported that ROI figures between 500% and 700% are “commonly reported as being a reliable ROI for executive coaching.”

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Executive Coaching Execution Self-aware Company 322

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. The report highlights the work done by Smart , the freelancers cooperative founded in Belgium before spreading out into seven other EU countries. Different needs.

Career 127

Career Diversity Trends Long-term 127

Women on Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE; Research from the Zenger/Folkman, a leadership development consultancy, reveals that women are rated as better overall leaders by their peers, bosses, direct reports, and other associates than their male counterparts. Paranoia or extreme risk aversion is clearly detrimental to a rising career.

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Self-aware Teamwork Review Report 256

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The Unaware CEO : These CEO’s will take any report or piece of information at face value. I Think Not.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 417

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 1, 2013

demands for greater productivity, more innovation, and doing more with less have made leading at the frontline more challenging than ever. Some of the key findings include: One in four organizations report a loss in profit due to frontline leader failure.

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Skills Development Survey Quality 277

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In survey after survey, year after year, employees express their dissatisfaction with how they are being supported in their careers. At the same time, managers across industries, regions, and levels uniformly report a moderate to severe lack of competence, comfort, and confidence in themselves in regards to this critical job expectation.

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Customer Loyalty Human Capital Career Webinar 241

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In Game Changer , authors Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg report that “Tech and digitization have disrupted the very foundation of all ventures, business, government, or otherwise and in doing so have handed over controls to those who have the exceptional skills to provide efficiency and meaningful growth.”. They work well on teams.

How To 332

How To Learning-by-Doing Open-book Skills 332

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They also report that leaders do a better job of soliciting their ideas and opinions (63 percent, +10), encouraging them to offer suggestions for improvement (75 percent, +6), and creating a climate that allows for constructive criticism (59 percent, +5). But those that do are making a mistake.

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Company ROE Career Human Capital 264

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. They are the ones who have earned the trust, loyalty and respect of their co-workers. They are the ones people turn to when things get tough. " Ron [link] mikemyatt Hi Ron: Thanks for the comment.

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

Let’s explore the detrimental effects of viewing employees as costs and how a shift in management and reporting can realign incentives to foster a more skilled, motivated, and efficient workforce. This reluctance stifles innovation and prevents the workforce from acquiring new skills essential for adapting to market changes.

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Short-term Long-term Decentralization Incentives 195

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Your direct reports are closest to the action and in the best position to provide information on what's possible in their work. Determine what targets would encourage strength building that is directly linked to business goals and the individual’s career development aspirations. Exercise caution here! Make the rewards worth it.

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Tips Goal Report Metrics 238

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

More than 40% don’t respect the person they report to. More than 60% don’t feel their career goals are aligned with the plans their employers have for them. They are built to change and innovate. More than 50% say they have different values than their employer. More than 70% don’t feel appreciated or valued by their employer.

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Maturity Bottom-up Price Team Building 385

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 29, 2022

Professional sport provides perhaps the most visceral example of career transitions in modern society, as the athletic potential of performers is usually limited to perhaps a decade, after which their physical strength wanes and they’re no longer able to maintain their competitiveness. Past our peak. ” An aging society.

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Career Succession Self-aware Emotional Intelligence 129

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2023

As we grapple with the lingering uncertainties of the pandemic, our expectations concerning careers continue to evolve, reshaping the world of work in 2022. Are we still inclined towards lifelong careers, or are multiple jobs and even multiple careers becoming more appealing in the contemporary landscape?

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Career Industry Uncertainty Analysis 114

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

New research from the University of Essex suggests that focusing too much on your career and not having enough fun can actually make you less happy. On the flip side, those who aimed to have more freedom in their lives reported feeling 13% happier. They also said they slept better and were more satisfied with their lives. ”

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Career Report Stress Participative 120

Lead Change Blog

JULY 7, 2015

A major news anchor is suspended for “enhancing” his reporting experiences. Dan points out that “bad decisions can ruin an organization and kill careers. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shares Starting a New Job? Presidential candidates distort the truth to gain an edge. If so, you are not alone.

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Leadership Development Development Innovation Leadership 150

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

link] Timing is Everything « LAB report [.] I think I have understood the power of good timing, but have not used it enough strategically. Thanks for improving my awareness. link] mikemyatt No thanks necessary Brad…I'm glad you found this post useful. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Lead from Within

JUNE 11, 2024

In my experience as an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed talented individuals losing motivation, a trend that can significantly impact a company’s operational excellence and innovation. Vague Career Pathways: A clear career path is vital for employee motivation. When these are lacking, they may feel stifled.

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Motivation Trends Career Environment 188