Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Still Standing : What It Takes to Thrive and Innovate in a Messy World by Cherry Rose Tan In a world of disruption and uncertainty, Still Standing emerges as a beacon of resilience, offering the essential strategies for navigating the pressures of building and leading our organizations into the future.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I find that it’s especially helpful in times of struggle, difficulty and uncertainty—which makes it perfect for the world today. Everything can be taken from us, including all our freedoms, and in times of uncertainty it’s easy to feel that we have no options. These words say so much. But we always have a choice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

00:24:17] – Learning to Be Vulnerable as a Leader Simon shared a pivotal moment when he received tough feedback early in his career, pushing him to be vulnerable and open to growth. Leaders who understand their own emotions are better equipped to connect with their teams. [00:24:17]

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

Tiny Experiments : How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure Le Cunff Life isnt linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college degrees, ten-year career plans, thirty-year mortgages. What if instead we approached life as a giant playground for experimentation?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 11, 2014

Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning career moves confidence humilty new job Trust uncertainty' If you’re not feeling overwhelmingly confident at least look good. It just might increase your confidence.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Organizational resilience is a quality that becomes apparent when businesses face adversity, especially during times of widespread uncertainty and constantly changing regulations. The responsibility lies with these leaders to navigate uncertainty and foster a culture emphasizing adaptability and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

This example underscores how a well-orchestrated assessment process can transform individual promise into measurable leadership impact, fueling both career advancement and organizational success. Unearthing Leadership Qualities Through Regular Appraisals Latent leadership potential often remains undiscovered unless carefully brought to light.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Waiting for that last piece of the jigsaw puzzle or the exact alignment of the stars is what keeps most people tied to a job they hate or afraid to take the step that would get them to the next level in their career. Uncertainty creates volatility, but people react to it differently. Winners act.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Shift Toward Employee-Centric Business Models Amid rapid technological advances and economic uncertainty, forward-thinking organizations are recognizing that employees are vital to long-term stability.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 22, 2014

He needed more time, more resources, better systems, and the uncertainty of the restructure was distracting to everyone, including him. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Communication Energy & Engagement Everything Else' He confided, “I don’t think we can do this.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It’s optimistic, encouraging, and full of opportunities to help you navigate your company, career, team, and life through the fog of disruption. 6:05 – The anxiety of navigating through fog and uncertainty. 6:05 – The anxiety of navigating through fog and uncertainty. Leading Through Disruption.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Interviewing is certainly not a time for self-deprecating remarks or uncertainty. Authenticity & Transparency Career & Learning Everything Else best interviewing tips how to get hired. I have a mentor who tells anyone interviewing for a job, “this is not the time to be humble.” successful interviewing'

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Blog Post ). The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? How did you react?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 1, 2024

Monash University research indicates that the indecisiveness and uncertainty young individuals face regarding their careers can have adverse consequences, including helplessness, depression, stress, lack of purpose, and despair. The findings revealed prevalent feelings of career uncertainty and anxiety.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

If ignored or met with intolerance or indifference, these dissimilarities can be divisive, even lethal for career or business success. He abhorred dissent, uncertainty, and pens with red ink. All great experiences that engage us have an element of uncertainty at their core. Alternate points of view, not so much. Aaron Dignan.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2023

Assess and Take Action by @artpetty To be a successful leader, develop an “uncertainty mindset” by @CEOCoachBates Steven Spielberg And John Williams: The Art And Magic Of Collaboration from @JohnBaldoni See more on Twitter. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In an environment of uncertainty and disruption, a successful leader must become what Mike Thompson calls an Anywhere Leader. Because they are resourceful they never get stuck in uncertainty, but invent their way through setbacks and out of tough spots. Vastly Resourceful: Able to get the most out of whatever you have to work with.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Afterall, we got this far in our careers by following our instincts, practicing what we learned, and applying appropriate business strategies. Over the course of a career, we gain a myriad of tools and tips on how to lead. They’re at least partially designed to reduce uncertainty and stress. But are we leading?

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CEO Insider

JULY 9, 2021

The last 12 months have been a time of immense uncertainty. The pandemic affected many jobs, uprooted career plans, and left people questioning their professional futures. Most of us, globally, were left wondering how to protect ourselves better and future proof our careers. Job displacements are, of course, nothing new.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react? You can, however, embrace uncertainty by adjusting your views as new information becomes available. Take, for example, Rasmus Ankersen.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Authentic leadership matters even more during times of stress, uncertainty, and change. NOTE: if this had been later in my career I would have taken her aside and politely given her some upward feedback — but I was a rookie at the time and lacked the psychological safety or skills to do that well, so I stayed silent.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’re changing jobs more than ever and pursuing multiple careers and projects simultaneously. Take a moment to consider how many jobs you’ve had and how many careers you’re yet to embark upon? A learned practice that ebbs and flows being fluid is a sign of strength in times of uncertainty. Today, it’s more akin to five.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The dilemma is that we all need to collaborate more to create effective organizations and vibrant careers for ourselves. It's never an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life and your career.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Every day, job seeking executives (“hiders”) ask my teammates and I at N2Growth for career advice. Acknowledge that uncertainty and treat each interaction as if it is part of a repeated game. Applied consistently and well, you can maximize the odds of winning the career game. What does that mean?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

What’s more, many of these C-suite positions typically don’t have a set career path, so women can use various avenues to get there, and CEOs should pave the way for them to do so in 2021. . There’s great value in resilient leadership. It’s crucial to pay power forward.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

An era of unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). Or clogged, as most successor candidates do not perceive the significant opportunity for career progression at their companies. Design leadership career paths around a few diversified, not targeted, experience requirements.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Incremental improvement is no longer sufficient in helping organizations navigate the complexity, uncertainty and volatility of today’s world. In his career as an executive at IBM, Cisco, and now as CEO of Anaplan, Frank A. Transform your organization with speed and efficiency using this insightful new resource.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2024

My own confrontation with vulnerability’s raw power came unexpectedly during a pivotal moment in my career. Lead with Empathy: Showing empathy is a powerful manifestation of vulnerability; it requires leaders to connect with their own experiences of challenge and uncertainty to relate to others.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

In times of uncertainty we easily revert to the familiar, when what we need to do is explore uncharted territory. Second, as the project grows, more and more people’s egos and careers become invested in making sure the damned thing succeeds. We are often controlled by habits and mindless behavior.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2020

VUCA Career Development for a VUCA Workplace by @Julie_WG. Radical Uncertainty: Why Your Projects Fall Flat and What to Do About It by @MarkDMcKinney. Creating Your Personal Reality by @LeadToday Steve Keating. The 10 Laws of Trust If you want to be a high-trust leader, you’ve got to be in the center—without being the center.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

Exploration Excellence: Excelling at having the courage to go into new areas – the unknown - and to explore and discover the new and the different by using low-risk iterative learning processes is the third key human skill.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

These professional risk-takers—poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectors—can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. More specifically, his success in his military and corporate careers was predicated on the people who worked with him, and for him.

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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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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Uncertainty is an adventure, not a challenge. Throughout my career in public service, I led from an aligned values position though mismatch occasionally occurred, and upheaval happened. They also display these typical characteristics: ‘Divine discontent’ – they know that things must change. Intuition is drawn on and trusted.

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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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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2021

Anxiety at Work : 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Stuff Done by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. As organizations around the world face health and social crises, as well as economic uncertainty, acknowledging and improving wellbeing in your workplace is more critical than ever.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

Chaos is characterized by uncertainty and a lack of control. Career-Development Plans : This is often overlooked but one of the most important activities to team members. Chaos is the opposite of stagnation but is also characterized by low performance and low growth. This can be a temporary state and brought on by external forces.

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