N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

When strategically designed, assessments can lead executives to sharpen their strategic thinking, refine their interpersonal skills, and ultimately guide teams toward sustainable success. Consequently, leaders gain a roadmap to improve team cohesion and deliver results in alignment with corporate objectives.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

I watched teams turn ideas into companies and products into platforms. We raised money, built the team, and got real traction. Then, the market shifted, and we hit the wall. Ive treated every shift in my career like compound interest. I knew how to close deals, spot trends, and move fast. I was building.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Meanwhile, organizations investing in future-focused leadership development report 34% higher adaptability to market changes. Research shows that executives equipped with future-ready skills achieve 42% higher team performance ratings. The distinction between managing and leading emerges through mastery of specific capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

When guided by data-driven insights, these experience-focused initiatives can substantially improve team members’ feelings about their work. The Chief Employee Experience Officer harnesses these tools and emerging trends to meet employees where they are, ensuring the organization remains agile and relevant in a competitive labor market.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 26, 2017

It never quite felt that we were on the same team. They were sabotaging the team by taking on sole responsibility for team success. Five Ways Leaders Unintentionally Sabotage the Team and One Way Forward. Five Ways Leaders Unintentionally Sabotage the Team and One Way Forward. Treating the team like Tinker Toys™ .

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This holistic approach ensures the leaders we place can foster innovation, drive organizational change, and build resilient teams in the rapidly evolving life sciences landscape. Exceptional communication skills are indispensable for articulating vision, inspiring teams, and building relationships with stakeholders.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Building a championship team takes practice. From the greatest NBA season ever played by the ‘95-’96 Chicago Bulls (72-10 with a Championship) to the international dominance of the Spanish soccer team from 2007-2012, there’s one common thread…. As a leader, the best compliment is growth and improvement in your team.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Effective engineering leadership lies at the heart of a premier academic institutions ability to differentiate itself in a competitive market. We find that high-impact academic leaders tend to have a distinguished scholarly record, a proven ability to attract research funding, and a track record of building successful faculty teams.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 30, 2014

It’s from an amazing leader who worked on my team for several years, and is a regular reader of LGL. Many leaders go through their career (certainly once they get to a higher level) believing that their station or title in their company validates that their perspective is somehow best, or more insightful.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In this episode, David Giersdorf, a former senior executive in the global cruise, travel, and marketing services industry, gives the roadmap for leading through disruption. It’s optimistic, encouraging, and full of opportunities to help you navigate your company, career, team, and life through the fog of disruption.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

What do you do to help your team shift from busy to productive? Is your team doing what you asked, but they’re focused on counting the metrics, and how busy they are as opposed to the quality metrics of how well they’re accomplishing those tasks? 03:36 How do we practically ensure your team’s busy day is worth it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 16, 2014

Seb (8) is the self-declared Chief Marketing Officer (he loves to say CMO)… he tells everyone he meets about how I can help them become better leaders. We worked as a team. Career & Learning Developing Leadership In Children Energy & Engagement entrepreneur parent entrepreneur work life balance'

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Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 24, 2016

As the following story illustrates, inspiring identity is a crucial factor in team performance and can help organizations overcome tremendous obstacles. General Groves, a 250- to 300-pound crusty veteran career officer, began to pull together the people and the resources to make it happen. Inspiring Identity and the Manhattan Project.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Marketers want to change their customers’ minds and leaders want to change organizations. New research shows that gratitude boosts employee engagement, reduces turnover, and leads team members to express more gratitude to one another—strengthening team bonds. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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HR Digest

JULY 6, 2024

Across the globe, job markets aren’t as stable as they should be, and employees have been left with varying degrees of burnout and dissociation from their work. They have to do their jobs, that’s a given, but doing the work does not spark the same enthusiasm that they started their careers with.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When you succeed at something big, was it due to the market, the price, the positioning, the long hours, the social media campaign, the right leadership, the right employees? I’m amazed at how many leaders have the audacity to attribute the team’s success to their leadership. What am I not considering here?

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

You need to proactively help him develop a strategy for remaining marketable and valuable, helping him define a viable pathway for his career. Embarking on a new career pathway takes courage, especially if it’s substantially different from what this individual once envisioned for himself. Foster collaboration.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 10, 2025

Practical Skills Solution With a significant demand in the UK employment landscape for higher technical skills, notable gaps have emerged in middle management, particularly in team leadership, strategic planning, and communication. I wanted a hands-on approach to facilitate my career progression and I knew Id get that from the CMI HTQ.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Dig deeper. the solution seems simple.

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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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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

A few years ago when I was managing a high energy, informal, friendly, and fun team, I could count on everyone to work well together–with one exception. When a team is predominantly staffed with a single behavioral style or closely related styles, the resulting team will have a culture that is heavily weighted toward that style.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

To do that, you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. Like Mark Zuckerberg, who built a site only for college students, we are looking for a small, protected market that you as an entrepreneur, can dominate. Why does it need to be a small market?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 27, 2017

Next month’s Frontline Festival is all about team building. What’s your favorite team building experience? What are your best practices for building teams? Aligning Marketing Vision and Management . Ways to Build Team Brand Awareness Follow Michelle. Submit your relevant blog posts here!

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Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 6, 2014

If the guys are big sports fans in your workplace, you might take the time to read up and follow the teams they like so you can connect on a topic they’re interested in. Katie Russell is a digital marketing specialist at E Pluribus Partners. Again, if you want to break into the “boys’ club,” do it by connecting with them in other ways.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I’ve written about these and other crucial tools for helping leaders improve relationships, gain executive presence and succeed in my new book, The Heart of a Leader: 52 Emotional Intelligence Insights to Advance Your Career. Onboarding meetings are one of few meetings without much two-way dialogue. 2) What motivates you?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Cultures of Growth : How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations by Mary C. A growth mindset culture can transform any group, team, or classroom to reach breakthroughs while also helping each person achieve their potential. Slow productivity is exactly what we need. Murphy Ph.D.

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Lead from Within

JULY 2, 2024

A team charter is a crucial component of team success, acting as a guiding document that outlines the team’s objectives, roles, and operational guidelines. In my role as an executive leadership coach, I’ve observed that teams with a clear and comprehensive charter exhibit enhanced clarity, collaboration, and accountability.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

It’s never too early to start thinking about your career, so we’ve put together a list of the best management careers in 2022. If you’re thinking of breaking into one of the best business management careers then we have some advice for you. What are the top management careers? An image of a man hard at work.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 24, 2024

This advanced recruitment methodology involves thoroughly evaluating the market, analyzing the company’s leadership needs, and assessing potential candidates meticulously. Hence, finding executives who can quickly adapt to these market dynamics adds another layer to the challenge.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

With candor and depth, Rometty shares milestones from her life and career while redefining power as a way to drive meaningful change in positive ways for ourselves, our organizations, and for the many, not just the few—a concept she calls "good power." Almost everything we do involves words.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. When this happens, I interpret this as meaning that our team isn’t working very efficiently. In terms of concerns, you may be concerned that the team is throwing good money after bad.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

Professional roles of introverts vs. extroverts Introverts and extroverts tend to migrate to career fields that play to their dispositions, says Moore. Balance in the C-Suite Numerous studies have demonstrated that diversity on teams brings better results. That’s no doubt coming. Click here to view the original article.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

The fast pace of technological advancements, business growth, and market changes demands technology leaders to possess agility in thought that enables them to anticipate changes before they occur. As they tackle complex challenges, leaders must demonstrate the capacity to think critically, analyze situations, and develop effective solutions.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I have spent decades advising CEOs, executives, and senior leadership teams globally in both Fortune 500 companies and emerging market enterprises. These insights stem from my work with diverse leadership teams across multiple industries, cultures, and business environments.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Finding the right leaders in an industry that demands excellence, strategic vision, and a deep understanding of financial markets can drive success and stay ahead of the competition. In a constantly evolving industry, these leaders can quickly adjust their strategies and approaches to meet changing market conditions.

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Career Advancement

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

At a team meeting, Valerie pitched a marketing strategy she’d been thinking about for a while. A fellow team member vocally outlined a number of holes in the plan, leaving Valerie feeling shaken. Trusting your people to provide input will make your whole team shine. Eisenhower~. Ask follow-up questions. Ask for solutions.

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