Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Robyn McLeod provided The Do’s and Dont’s of Inclusive Leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

by @workwithpassion - Alaina Love VIDEO from @artpetty: Leadership Caffeine 60-second leadership tips: frame your day for success How Really Good People Can Be Really Ineffective by @stopyourdrama - Marlene Chism 11 Ways to Build Trust by @JonGordon11 Cultural Monoxide via @LeadershipMain VIDEO from @artpetty: Leadership Caffeine 60-second tips: (..)

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 4, 2021

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. Follow Jennifer on Twitter at @NashCoaching.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2025

Source: Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation II. Joel Kurtzman on leadership: The leader is not separate from the group he or she leads. People running full speed toward their dreams know this feeling. But its fleeting.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Understanding the Digital Frontier’s Impact on Leadership Needs The rapid advancement of technology has created a landscape marked by constant change and disruption. Visionary Leadership: Exceptional executives have the foresight to anticipate industry shifts and envision how technology can transform business operations.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Josh Linkner on walking and creativity: Researchers isolated walking from all other factors to determine the impact of strolling on creativity. The results: creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when the person was walking compared to sitting. Source: Detach: Ditch Your Baggage to Live a More Fulfilling Life II.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

International crisis management specialist Ben Ramalingam writes in Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity , that between the two extremes is the “sweet spot” where we experience a healthy level of stress. We develop this naturally from early on through play-fighting. But in between is the Challenge Zone.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Building a team with this mindset encourages a positive work environment where creativity flourishes. When team members are willing to take risks and stand up for their beliefs, it cultivates an atmosphere of innovation and creativity. She frequently speaks on compliance, leadership, and risk management.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

That is why leadership is essentially the management of dilemmas, and why tolerance for ambiguitycoping with contradictionsis essential for leaders, and why appreciating the coexistence of opposites is crucial to the development of a different way of thinking. Source: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership II.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This matters to effectiveness in the business domain, too, where such practices are often ignored or dismissed, even though they support ones centeredness and capacity to maintain focus, be creative, and make good decisions, even under great pressure. The takeaway? The reality is that this is not the key to productivity.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Michael Doctoroff on conflict: Conflicts, when properly controlled and resolved, can be a powerful tool for developing creative business plans and objectives. Source: Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 18, 2022

This conversation came up when we were looking at curriculum design for ongoing training for one of our long-term leadership development clients. The post Too Many Ideas: How To Help Your Team Stay Focused and Creative [VIDEO] appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. What do you think we should do?”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges I call that leadership: creating the conditions for good work, choosing the right people and setting them standards of achievement that they can understand, and rewarding them when they meet them. (By By things, I mean the buildings, information systems, or anything else physical.)

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Understanding these leadership pitfalls is essential for fostering a thriving workplace where top talent can excel and feel valued. As an executive leadership coach, I’ve seen how leadership behaviors impact team dynamics. Constant oversight and control erode autonomy and creativity, leading to frustration and disengagement.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2024

His unique style is both entertaining and offers a novel way of learning about leadership and self-improvement. He is the founder and president of his own leadership consulting firm, Kaplan DeVries. He invented a 360 survey, the Leadership Versatility Index, that earned a patent for its unique way of assessing leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The importance of this role in high-performing organizations cannot be overstated: research from various organizational studies shows that effective operations leadership is one of the most reliable predictors of sustained performance and competitive advantage in business.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 7, 2025

The gap in your leadership style is costing your organization millions in lost talent and unrealized potential.Recent Deloitte analysis reveals 82% of senior executives overestimate their leadership capabilities, while only 34% of their direct reports rate them as highly effective.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Building on the shoulders of such philosophical giants and the subsequent research over millennia, science has further defined, assessed, and developed the concept of character to apply findings to organizational leadership. The conditions that we thought of as a strength are actually operating like a vice.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Many people think leadership in the AI era is all about understanding technology or staying up to date with trends. The most successful leaders are those who embrace uniquely human skills—empathy, creativity, and adaptability. Consequently, leaders who thrive will use their creativity to think beyond the immediate problem.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Understanding the Core Values of N2Growth Based in King of Prussia, PA, N2Growth is a global leadership consulting firm known for its cutting-edge developmental methodologies. Our leadership and coaching solutions are trailblazing and underpinned by a robust philosophy driven by a core set of values.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

That fear then hijacks your creativity and decision-making, keeping you stuck in a loop of hesitation. Every setback is a chance to refine your approach, develop resilience, and move forward with even more clarity and confidence. The key is to redirect your focus to what you do want. What didnt? What can I do differently next time?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Developing future visionary leaders is essential for sustaining organizational growth and maintaining a competitive edge in dynamic markets. Investing in their development is not merely prudent it is a strategic imperative. This evaluation should transcend routine checklists and focus on substantive performance metrics.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

James Kouzes and Barry Posner emphasize this point in Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership. To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. But good leadership goes beyond that.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Navigating the complexities of leadership and management styles requires more than conventional wisdom; it requires a deep understanding of how different management styles impact an organization. Ichak Adizes provides a valuable framework that categorizes leadership into four distinct styles, each with unique strengths.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 28, 2025

Traditional leadership approaches are destroying innovation potential at an alarming rate, with 76% of employees reporting their best ideas die in bureaucratic approval processes. The insights that follow reveal why conventional leadership approaches fail and what successful organizations do differently.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To get better executive leadership support, ask for what you need. You have lots of great reasons to want better leadership support for your team. How do you ask for the leadership support you need without looking needy? Is it appropriate to ask for this senior leadership support directly? Ask for exactly what you need.

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Leading in Context

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post will explore the interesting relationship between leadership mindset and competency. What happens to our leadership capability when our mindset is out of date? Which is most important? How we think about something impacts what we do about it.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2020. From distorting the past to limiting creativity to reducing happiness, experience can cause misperceptions and then reinforce them without our awareness. Leadership is a relationship, and humility is the foundation for all healthy relationships.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Those in leadership are often scared of losing their edge. Creativity and Productivity In our lives, we go off instinct, and one of the most popular ways to manage others off instinct is to micro-manage. Think about what might happen if you did the opposite. Once trust is established and a bond is formed, loyalty is close behind.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Articles of the Year. Every year we take a really close look at our human-centered, practical leadership content that is resonating with you. These are your favorite leadership articles of 2021 based on views and shares. What leadership articles would you like us to write about more in the coming year?

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Traditional qualities like decisiveness and charisma are no longer the sole markers of exceptional leadership. By offering personalized guidance and strategic insights, I help leaders harness these traits to transform their leadership approach and achieve greater impact.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2020. Steding presents his proven leadership process for achieving peak performance by accessing the untapped/unseen intelligence of deep imagination as well as the superior creativity and intelligence of the connected team. Scott and Lynda Gratton.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2021. It makes us smarter and more creative, and it can even bring us closer together. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive edge, the need for effective leadership at the executive level becomes paramount. Executive management coaching goes beyond traditional training and development programs by offering personalized guidance and support tailored to the specific needs of each leader.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like most business leadership roles, the C-suite isn’t exempt from this shift. The transformation already underway from the last two decades of innovation is driven by passionate, creative, and tech-savvy youth. . It’s an exciting time to leverage our youth’s skills, creativity, knowledge, and innovation!

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

How to reclaim your creativity, conquer busyness, do your best work, and be your best self. It’s time to reclaim your energy, creativity, and brilliance – it all starts by finding your minute to think. 3:55 – The importance of self-awareness and progress in your leadership development.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Value of Executive Leadership Team Coaching in Today’s Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the value of executive leadership team coaching cannot be understated. Strong leadership has never been more crucial as organizations face an increasingly complex and volatile environment.

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