N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

response to Syrian chemical weapons dominates this week’s news. Thankfully, most of our problems are simpler than the President’s, but the Syria puzzle exposes the risk of one leadership tactic–leaders who draw red lines are likely to get stained in the process. By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: ”Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?” Check out this great interview with Author, Mary Schaefer: Chapter Title: "Why is Character-Based Leadership Important?"

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 12, 2020

The Rocket Chemical Company had a small lab and just three people, but they could see a major opportunity in front of them. 2,500+ Expert Contributor management and leadership articles. In San Diego, California, in 1953, a new startup set its sights on the Space Age. Expert advice provided via StrategyDriven’s Advisors Corner.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. “What makes a great CHRO, great?

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

a leadership coach?who Breeden believes that there is a significant flaw in leaders who embrace beliefs without understanding and managing their side effects. Dopamine is our bodies’ pleasure chemical. share this view with Jake Breeden ,?a who wrote Tipping Sacred Cows: k ick the bad work habits that masquerade as virtues.?His

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 6, 2014

Of the 8 core principles of More Human leadership , it’s #6 - Measuring, monitoring and managing with the right metrics - that presents the biggest “nuts and bolts” challenge to any leader. The answer, as this leadership short story shows, is to think green. Lead well! The Maxwells And The T-Shirt.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 8, 2018

Guest post from Larry Ackerman: Change, and the need to keep pace with it, has been a dominant leadership challenge for at least three decades. Taking this approach to leadership is the secret to staying relevant, no matter how much change is going on in the outside world.

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CoachStation

MAY 13, 2020

Communication is key to effective leadership. Unfortunately, many managers do not develop this skill to the level required. As I have highlighted in previous blogs, the skills of asking the right question at the right time and effective listening are two of the most important leadership attributes to develop.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 28, 2016

Most managers and politicians make the mistake of relying on rules. More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. As managers (and politicians), try making fewer rules. It is a habit.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Paul Zak, the author of The Trust Factor , has shown that “when someone is tangibly trusted by a stranger, the brain synthesizes the signaling chemical oxytocin” and “ the more trust one is shown, the more the brain produces oxytocin.” Enables self-management by permitting colleagues to craft their own jobs. T RUST BEGETS TRUST.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 22, 2017

Though many managers and organizations struggle with providing feedback, I’ve been able to boil feedback problems down to three different categories -- what I like to call the “Feedback Trifecta”. That’s because honest feedback is difficult -- even painful -- to give and to receive.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2016

This is another installment of excerpts from my book manuscript of “More Human: A Journey To The Heart Of Great Leadership”. This excerpt tells two very contrasting stories about a job of leadership that is never, ever, easy – having to let people go. He wanted it done, and I wasn’t going to let him down, two weeks into THIS job.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Webster’s Dictionary defines a “leader” as a person who has commanding authority or influence”. If a leader only has authority and is unable to influence others, then his leadership will be short lived. What are the critical methods to leadership influence?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2013

StrategyDriven is proud to announce the launch of a risk management resource forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help leaders effectively address their most pressing operational risks. You just finished reading StrategyDriven Launches Operational Risk Management Resource Forum !

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. They are what makes the practice of leadership hard and rewarding.

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Center for Creative Leadership

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It’s a common myth that working harder is the best way to deal with the pressures of management. It also turns on your body’s stress response, releasing a tsunami of chemicals and hormones. Adequate sleep can result in enhanced attention and creativity — 2 capacities needed in positions of leadership.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 6, 2016

For example, the chemical company DuPont began as a gunpowder company, and Mitsui of Japan began as a drapery shop before it moved successively into banking, mining, and manufacturing. Weddle and the leadership team at Edward Jones walk the talk. In fact, each of the 27 companies had changed its business portfolio at least once.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A budget doesn’t tug at the heartstrings (although missing budget targets can cause some managers to rip hearts out). He even helped the company expand its leadership development programs to include role descriptions, personal feedback, and coaching on how to strengthen spirit and meaning. He linked hiring and promotions to them.

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Budgeting Chemicals Wilde Productivity 69

Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

An interesting aspect about praise is the chemical reaction it causes in us. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership. Release Dopamine.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Much of what I practice in both leadership and technology roles, I first learned early in my career. After college, I joined the Career Development Program at Air Products & Chemicals. The emphasis was on gaining a broad experience, enabling better management and leadership decisions. Experience & Culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2022

” Values-based leadership. This is important, as many multinationals utilize local partners to manage their rela­tionship with the host government, built goodwill with local people, and provide training and other benefits. Global reach. Focus on operational efficiencies. Recognize an added value.

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Management Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2011

Instead of the medieval pursuit by alchemists of a magical chemical conversion process to change one element into another, modern practitioners are focused on the magical and easy transformation of people and organizations from one level of performance to another.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

A moderately good accountant who is great with people outside the firm and skilled at managing very smart people? And not many people remember that Jack Welch has a PhD in chemical engineering. Leadership' In fact, even when all other things are not equal, your people skills often make the difference in how high you go.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In other words the business is growing and changing and there is a need for increased structure to support and manage the change. The brain craves certainty, and when you feel uncertain, the almond shaped structure in the brain called the amygdala releases chemicals into the blood stream that you experience as fear, anxiety and doubt.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2023

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. In that job, which he held for 14 years, he won widespread credit for pushing an ambitious sustainability agenda, no easy task at one of the world’s biggest chemical producers.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Research is showing that the heart can learn and send out dopamine (a pleasure chemical that influences behavior) and oxytocin (a chemical associated with the feeling of love). What this means to you So what does all of this research mean to leadership and organizations? The manager let that person go due to business reasons.

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BPM Chemicals Emotional Intelligence Blog 185

ReImagine Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties. I had my master’s in HR and was acting as HR manager at an R&D lab, with over 500 constituents. Those in charge expected me to push more employment-related tasks to employees and managers. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage.

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Human Resources Resources CIO Chemicals 100

Deming Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2018

On several occasions in my 30+ years of employment in the aerospace industry, I have witnessed industrial chemicals in full use right up to their respective expiration dates, and then banned from use and tagged for immediate disposal with the passing of the expiration date. Legally, they become useless at a nano-second past this date.

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Quality Chemicals Deming Wireless 38

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Favor developing general managers. There is a decline in opportunities for executives to develop general management skills to equip them for the most senior general management roles. These were my top 3 recommendations: 1. This is due to two phenomena.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 7, 2017

It’s easy during these times for leaders to end up mentally drained and emotionally overwhelmed by the high-speed, explosive challenges that come with managing things like people, budgets, time, energy and other assorted resources. Or any other part of our lives that’s bursting across the skies. Move, move, move.

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Constraint Entrepreneur Delegation Chemicals 79

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

They have to go to the trainings, and then report up line to their managers annually to account for why that needle hasn’t budged. It’s more than simply clumsy leadership. Demonstrate the leadership and clarity that will drive not only [your] own investment returns but also the prosperity and security of [your] fellow citizens.”.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Working out releases chemicals that give you a mood lift. THE LEADERSHIP GAP. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. A Leadership Manifesto: A Guide To Greatness. The Deception Trap of Leadership. Get physical. Dance up a storm. Find the turning point.

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Learning-by-Doing Energy Stress Chemicals 167

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

After the several recent catastrophic industrial accidents within the United States, including the devastating explosions at a Texas fertilizer plant and Louisiana chemical plant, StrategyDriven wanted to help industrial and utility leaders reduce the risk of similar accidents at their facilities.

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White Paper Industry Risk Management Chief Operating Officer 60

The Practical Leader

JANUARY 23, 2012

Good Company is an inspiring and uplifting read for those of us working to bring about a values-based leadership revolution. I can hear these old world managers (the anti-leaders) now: “that’s not the reality of how the business world works. Good guys finish last.” And everyone else is worse off.

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Company Parcell Books Review 53

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. There are all sorts of strategies in today’s business – at the top is corporate strategy, followed by a slew of functional and sub-functional strategies ranging from marketing to waste management. Leadership.

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