N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

A CEO’s ability to perform effectively is so closely tied to their ability to form a clearly articulated vision, evangelize the vision and then to execute on their vision, that no real discussion on executive leadership should take place without an emphasis on vision.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Leadership change carries a cost. Let’s explore some areas where the cost of leadership change is evident and essential. Another cost of leadership change can be hiring or firing of certain leaders. There is a renewed call to raise the standard of leadership and embrace change in thoughtful, proactive, and real ways.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 20, 2011

It involves the essence of good leadership – in fact, it’s inspired by the very definition of the word “leader&# : Showing The Way. All because you decided to lead, instead of just manage. It’s the process of: Connecting the goals with the values of the business.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

I receive emails and questions after presentations like, “How can I manage up, I have a lousy boss?” Jimmy Collins, retired president of Chick-fil-A and author of, Creative Followership, doesn’t wait for people to ask him about lousy bosses. He said things like: “Seeking Leadership roles […]. He asks them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

Fortunately, you don’t have to experience every leadership mistake personally in order to grow your skills. Switching from individual contributor role to a leadership role is stressful. With the right planning and attitude, you can avoid all of these leadership failures. Leadership errors and misjudgments are especially painful.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 25, 2013

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.”

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

That’s the nature of our vocation called leadership. But there’s an interesting question that bears some deep thought here: “While all these other things may change, do the fundamental lessons of great leadership remain timeless?” 6) Trust the facts, for if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 30, 2013

One of the primary themes of Lead on Purpose is leading effectively regardless of whether you are in a position of authority – in a ‘management’ position. However, I was recently introduced to a new tool that will help managers and leaders of small to large groups direct their teams more effectively. The tool is called ThEME.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Guest post by Tom Salonek: Hundreds of leadership books suggest various theories and exercises designed to awaken one’s inner leader and other mystical secrets to unlocking one’s rightful leadership potential. You’re not leadership material Tom,” he told me, quickly adding that that was “Ok” because I was a great programmer.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. Phil Collins asked to be given the mike and a chance. Leadership Development' Tom Brady’s heart did not show on the draft board.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 11, 2013

In the landmark book Good to Great , Jim Collins studies what drives average companies to take a quantum leap and become extraordinary. These leaders, whom Collins calls “Level 5,” channel their ego ambition away from themselves into the larger goal of building a great company.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Here is Collin Powell’s 13 Rules of Leadership. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. But now the question becomes, “As I mature in leadership, can I move from ME to WE?”.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 9, 2012

” Jim Collins Weak leaders rely on cannonballs. “Shoot bullets before cannon balls.” Wise leaders shoot bullets first. During difficult times weak leaders look for big solutions, giant leaps, and dramatic success. Wise leaders take small steps before making giant leaps. Shoot bullets: Bullets are miniature cannonballs.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

learning » Leadership thinking [.] truth and leadership [.] link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. Feel free to share any buzzwords that happen to be pet-peeves… Related Post : The Lost Art of Brevity Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Principal (le?)

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 10, 2014

A couple years ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 8, 2011

Building a great team around you is one of those leadership skills that can make or break you. It’s one thing to get all the “right people on the bus&# (to steal a Jim Collins phrase), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 23, 2020

In respect to leadership, the core element upon which everything else is built is TRUST. Here’s a picture of what TRUSTworthy leadership looks like in turbulent times—and, as it turns out, it looks like this in “normal” (whatever that ends up being) times, too. What does your team’s attitude reflect about your leadership?

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

The Top 20 Leadership Books: What To Give First To A New Manager. They are ideal for leaders and managers of all types of small to large businesses and organizations. Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager?” The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 29, 2019

“What ultimately constrains the performance of your organization is not its business model, nor its operating model, but its management model.” (The The Future of Management, Gary Hamel) Factors of organizational success: Jim Collins… Continue reading →

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H. Maxwell · Kenneth H.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. In Lincoln’s Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk, we see how Abraham Lincoln’s suffering from depression throughout his adult life developed humility and determination.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 23, 2021

The reason I’m writing is to say, thank you, thank you for bringing some light into my leadership management journey. I can’t say I’ve met anyone with your level of understanding for authentic, compassionate leadership. So if you have a leadership or management related question, you can send that to me.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 27, 2020

In the words of Good to Great author Jim Collins, every institution has to wrestle with a vexing question: What should change and what should never change? Per Gallup, “During tough times, employees need managers who reset priorities, involve them in reestablishing their goals and constantly clarify their role relative to their coworkers”.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” While inherently obvious, it should not go unnoticed that the use of the word no is 100% negative.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Upgrade from Leadership to Impact appeared first on Engaging Leader. Management Influence 2.0: Leadership Influence 3.0: Team leadership' Market conditions changed more quickly, and became more complex and harder to predict. Also, information was no longer the domain of the corporate brass; everyone in the […].

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

As an up-and-coming preparing for management, I'm working to grasp these core concepts. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. The tips mentioned above will help you build a formidable organization, make better use of your time, and insure operational performance gains across the enterprise.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The social media management application guides itself by six core values. In the spirit of helping you think about your leadership goals for all of 2019, not just the year’s first day, I created three dates from a random number generator. Mathilde Collin , CEO of Front , disconnected from technology in order to enjoy her honeymoon.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

How to Stop Procrastinating and Manage Your Scarcest Resource by @JesseLynStoner. Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins’ Top Ten To-Dos for Young Leaders by @pauljsohn. Beware of these three leadership traps from @wallybock.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Who is your favorite leadership role model? Thought Leaders Share Their Favorite Leadership Role Models. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership suggests A. John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement suggests the late W. This is the theme of my book, Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Best-selling author Jim Collins on how Peter Drucker’s writing shaped 20th century management and leadership. Leadership collins drucker' Note: VideoMonday is now VideoTuesday. It’s also new DVD day at your local Best Buy).

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LDRLB

JANUARY 6, 2012

A fantastic case for a better management perspective, mainly that little things like progress can affect big things like profitability. Perhaps the most under-rated book on evidence-based management. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

magazine’s June 2012 issue featured a compelling article about author and leadership expert Jim Collins , who has studied leadership for 25 years and penned four best-selling books. The second takeaway is the list of 12 questions that Collins says leaders much grapple with if they truly want to excel.

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Art Petty

JUNE 3, 2020

Art Petty and Wally Bock talk about some of the later books in Jim Collins' Good to Great Series: How the Mighty Fall and Great by Choice. The post Leadership and Management Book Talk—Exploring Two Books from Jim Collins appeared first on Management Excellence by Art Petty.

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