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What Can Leaders Learn from Elite Athletes About High-Level Performance?

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Be like Roger. The Roger, in this case, is none other than Roger Federer, the tennis legend considered an exemplar of athleticism and sportsmanship. Indeed, executives often see themselves as industry or functional domain expertswhether in tech, health sciences, finance, or as an engineer, designer, or head of operations.

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The Key to Change is a People Focus

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Prussian Field Marshal Graf Helmut Von Molke the Elder , famously said that no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force. Some time into my career, I came across a concept that helped me to understand—and then counteract—this lemming-like behaviour.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2022

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Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

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In today’s post I’ll take a look at timing as key success metric… As the verse from the old Kenny Rogers song goes “you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em.&# So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

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I love the way you have clearly differentiated between strategy and tactics – so many people get them confused and end up playing checkers instead of chess… Thanks, Landon Creasy [link] [link] Roger Martin Mike: This is an excellent tool. It is as comprehensive for leadership traits as I’ve seen in many other assessments.

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

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. There’s also no guarantee of proficiency that a leader will operate at when skills and qualities are learned or developed informally.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

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Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. It transformed my business and career. I visited his church on numerous occasions.

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