Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

And I’m constantly hearing, “ahhh, I don’t think we can do it that way.” ” “Eh… we tried that before…” “THIS IS THE WAY WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE…” I’m frustrated and I’m getting the sense that I’m frustrating other people too. What should I do?”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Robust supply chain leadership ensures effective oversight and management of the end-to-end supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. Moreover, strong leadership in supply chain management ensures cost efficiency.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 23, 2018

So to get the most out of innovation processes such as design thinking, truly creative leaders also need to master the social dynamics of… [wait for the punchline}…humor! Much less attention has been given to the idea that humor might be acquired, learned and nurtured. In the beginning, there was humor and there was laughter.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 29, 2022

You care about your team and the work they’re doing. They want to know their work matters and that you (and your boss) appreciate all they do. So how do you help your team’s performance stand out? Better recognition does more than improve morale, it leads to better creativity, innovation, and courage.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 10, 2024

What do Uber, Apple, Netflix, and AirBnB share in common in terms of the successes they’ve achieved? Allen Adamson is an expert in branding, experience creation, and innovation strategy. Over the course of this episode, Allen and I discuss: What is experience innovation and moving past our assumptions of what our customers want.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And yet during times of stress, ambiguity, and change , when you need your team to be THE MOST resourceful, some managers clamp down, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. So how do you teach and encourage resourcefulness in your leaders and on your team? “Who is doing this well?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Navigating Workplace Conflict is Getting Harder: Here’s What You Can Do The workforce has been through unprecedented change in the last few years—for better and worse. Tired Workers in a Tired Economy Of course, the reasons are complex. Managers are relearning how to lead and support their teams. At what cost?

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

The really infuriating thing is that she had NOTHING to do with that project. And today, when our manager asked us for our ideas, that credit stealer immediately chimed in and shared MY idea as if it were her own. What a tragic loss of innovation, not to mention the drain on morale and engagement. It was 100% me.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

The Swedish audio streaming service went on an executive hiring spree to remain agile at scale, allowing the $2-billion music tech company to maintain its capacity and drive to innovate. . First, learning agility. In 2017, CEO and Founder Tim Chen decided to reshape its senior leadership by bringing in five new executives.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 28, 2021

You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Be deliberate about what work you do where. Learn, iterate and adjust. The trick here is to learn from your learning. Be deliberate about what work you do where. You figured out what worked best for you.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Generation Why : How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and Gen Z by Karl Moore Perhaps more than ever before, young people entering the workforce are searching for meaning and authenticity in their careers. Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Many organizations also do a pretty good job with formal recognition — taking time to determine who deserves the plaque, the award, and a celebration. a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. You’re right of course, but that’s their choice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

Achieve Success Together: How Great Teamwork Turns Talent into Performance Are you ready to learn how great teamwork can propel your organization into high performance? We know that effective collaboration and cohesive teamwork lay the foundation for innovation, productivity, and overall organizational success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

How do you scale your leadership, motivate your large team, and continue to get the results you need? How I Learned About Scaling Leadership the Hard Way. You’re team’s just not ready to do this without you. “Laura” (the person I had left in charge) just doesn’t have the influence you do. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

Of course, with the year we’ve had it makes sense that leading through ambiguity and change are hot on leader’s minds. If you knew your manager really cared about you, would you want them to give you meaningful performance feedback? A Manager’s Guide to Better Decision Making (May 2021). Learn more here.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. What good can I do as a person, an organization, and a society?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 19, 2024

In the world of leadership, success hinges on more than mere intention; it requires a set of core skills that are both learned and meticulously honed over time. Strategic Vision: Do you chart a clear course for the future? Emotional Agility: How well do you read the emotional undercurrents of your team?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s the board’s prerogative to chart a strategic course, oversee the operational ambit, and instill a culture of accountability—morphing it into a cornerstone of organizational governance. Such a board is not merely a governance powerhouse but a catalyst for innovation, decision-making sagacity, and long-term sustainability.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 10, 2023

Reclaiming Your Time: Strategies for Busy Managers As a manager, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the workday, from leading team meetings and managing projects to resolving conflicts and making crucial decisions. So, let's dive into how you, as a manager, can carve out time for your own development.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

That’s what Brand Positive co-founder Sean Pillot de Chencey teaches in his book Influencers & Revolutionaries: How Innovative Trailblazers, Trends and Catalysts Are Transforming Businesses. He outlines what businesses should do and also makes recommendations for leading in this era of change. What’s your definition of innovation?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Their curiosity and love of learning drives them to do more and do it better. They love what they do, and they love solving problems. In addition, it demands a new kind of 10x management. There is the talent, and then there are the people managing and developing that talent. They work well on teams.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

Management Transformed Managing in a Marathon Crisis Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis is a CMI research project exploring the extraordinary challenges and new ways of working that emerged in 2020. In August 2020, CMI polled nearly 2,300 senior leaders, managers and employees.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Tools like task managers, calendar apps, and project management software can streamline processes and reduce time spent on manual tasks. Such tools become indispensable in managing extensive projects efficiently, providing a visual overview and detailed progress tracking.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Featuring commentary from the leaders themselves describing how they handled each situation, it helps managers better understand not just what emotional intelligence is, or how to measure it, or how it is linked to bottom-line results: it also shows how real leaders used their emotional intelligence to deal with real situations.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

I was excited for the opportunity to add value and prove what I could do. Oh, we’re not doing this anymore. Can you do this instead?” Healthy organizations always adapt, innovate, and shift their goals. As priorities shift and your leaders ask you to change course, engage with them about the decisions. That’s life.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Do you want to be ‘destined to fail’?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 6, 2020

Understanding the difference and managing both is key to dealing with a crisis successfully. There is no script for managing it. In a true crisis, you are faced with rapid, real-time innovation under stress “embedded in fear.” Dutch says what crisis management needs is not answers but an effective process.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Guest post By John Sweeney: Innovation is foundational to business leadership. We empower individuals across disciplines to evaluate, orchestrate, strategize, create and hire, but most importantly, we empower others to innovate. But for innovation, responsibility begins and remains at the highest levels of leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Steve writes: “ Leaders and great managers are keenly aware how to motivate and bring out the best in others, regardless of their experience. Karin and David share: “ You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Bernd Geropp provided How I learned to delegate.

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Chartered Management Institute

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Article: Highlights – 5 September Thursday 05 September 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Today’s management challenges: happiness, generation gaps and “cocky” employees With the summer now winding down, the days are about to get darker and your focus may be shifting to maintaining morale.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. As leaders and team managers, understanding the value of collaboration and employing the right strategies can be the key to unlocking your team’s full potential.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

You’re great at focusing the journey and laying a course, especially when winds are uncertain. Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. So how do you assemble a great team? How do we know? Our biggest takeaway?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 5, 2021

However, we all know that no manager is perfect, and sometimes this communication breaks down. If you’re unsure of the strategic priorities, ask your manager with an approach like this. And, the sad truth is that many managers think they ARE asking because they have an open door. Which is great, but not enough. A- Actions.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The end result being local people who have not received the full value of what is possible, exacerbation by limited budgets, gaps in resourcing—especially staffing, and a dispersed geographical area to manage. What is needed by the authority is a can-do, customer-focused attitude that delivers innovation and is outcomes and impact-focused.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 9, 2022

Of course any new processes and structures come with their own set of problems. Manage expectations. So work to manage expectations and guide people carefully through changes. Try to help your team learn to view change positively, as an opportunity for building and using new skills in the face of high demand.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

For managers, leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. Unfortunately, this can be an overwhelming process for new managers to undertake without support. With leadership training, managers can study the core competencies they need to adapt and grow for their entire career.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 15, 2015

When it comes to disruptive innovation, the common and natural tendency is to view it from the lens of organizational growth and evolution. But can the power of disruptive innovation also be applied at the individual level to drive personal success and growth, and if so, how exactly do we go about doing that?

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