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Shaking-up Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The point I ask you to ponder is this: Leadership teams often espouse the need for change and innovation, but rarely apply this thinking to themselves – why? This attitude precludes the advancement of change initiatives and cripples innovation. Leadership is not a right of entitlement, but rather a privilege that must be earned.

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Ethical Leaders Bolster Creativity In Their Teams

The Horizons Tracker

This can make the cost of ethical failure much higher than it would otherwise have been if unethical behavior was not flushed into the open. Indeed, ethical leaders could be construed as those who always follow the rules and comply with company policies, with creatives those more inclined to bend rules and challenge norms.

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The Toxic Leader

N2Growth Blog

Yet rather than being weeded out, they seem to survive and thrive in an institutional ethic that values by choosing short term greed over longer-term value and culture. One, let’s call him the ‘seagull’, has produced great performance short term by moving in changing everything, slashing costs and people, then leaving.

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Unlocking Excellence: The Role of a Chief Procurement Officer

N2Growth Blog

By utilizing this knowledge, the CPO can streamline procurement processes, cut costs, and create value for the organization. The CPO must engage with suppliers to establish mutual trust, foster innovation, and drive continuous improvement. Another key CPO responsibility is building strong and collaborative relationships with suppliers.

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Overcoming Leadership Myopia

Michael Lee Stallard

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. Goodnight told employees that there would be no raises either and asked them to help reduce costs. Employees responded by cutting costs in excess of six percent.

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When Good Employees Do Bad: Six Surprising Behaviors that May Precede a Scandal

Leading Blog

For example, if a company claims it welcomes innovation and risk taking, but then only rewards employees who toe the company line and reinforce the status quo, sooner or later people will simply stop asking questions, innovating, and stretching themselves. Instead, they will conform in order to please their bosses.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name. I Think Not.

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