N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Importance of Executive Management Coaching Today The importance of executive management coaching in today’s volatile business environment cannot be overstated. By investing in executive management coaching, organizations can create a culture of continuous learning and growth, fostering a pipeline of strong leaders at all levels.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Caught in the middle of all this were managers, the face of the organization to their teams. Over the past 15 months, managers spent a considerable amount of effort mediating and negotiating on behalf of their teams to their business and from their business to their teams. Virtual Presentation Skills. Leading in a Virtual World.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 8, 2024

And, if you’re like most managers we talk with, you wish you could do more. ” With those foundations in place, let’s give you a few of our favorite, creative peer recognition ideas. The post Creative Peer Recognition: How to Get Better at Team Celebration appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In more than 20 years of executive coaching, I long ago lost count of the number of conversations I’ve been in about the challenges of personal time management. Here then, is my highly abbreviated 10-point ultimate guide to personal time management: Accept that you can’t do it all. – Ten quick hits that you can put to work this week.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

As an experienced leadership coach, I’ve helped many organizations actively seek out and cultivate these unconventional leaders – individuals who possess a unique blend of creativity, problem-solving abilities, and the courage to challenge the status quo. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. People don’t have to follow you, don’t have to show up, and don’t have to bring their creativity or initiative.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 5, 2023

Innovation and creativity are important drivers of success for any business or organization. They also solve problems in creative ways, and stay ahead of the competition. Foster a collaborative environment: Creativity thrives when team members feel comfortable working together and sharing ideas.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2021

Recently we’ve had several clients ask us to help their managers get better at delegation. Strategic empowerment removes the guesswork and helps people focus their creativity and problem-solving where it will make the most difference. Heck, some are not even up to you. RELATIONSHIPS.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” When constraints are lifted, the sky’s the limit for creativity.

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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. But he lost his creativity when he joined the innovation team. A Minute to Think. A Minute to Think.

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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. Or if people think they’ll get in trouble for their creativity, they won’t risk it. ” is a powerful creative force.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Robert Kaplan on learning to ask the right questions: “Fortunately, the key to managing and leading your organization and your career does not lie in ‘having all the answers.’ Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn on creativity: “Regardless of exactly how you define creativity, the key thing is that we never create out of whole cloth.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

By collaborating closely with senior management on strategic initiatives, such a board offers a unique viewpoint that can significantly influence the company’s direction. Avoiding bureaucratic entanglements allows these young advisors to freely express their creativity and innovative ideas.

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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. Adizes’ generally addresses four management styles: Creator, Integrator, Administrator, and Producer.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2023

The secret to surviving and thriving in the automation revolution is in what computers can’t replace: human creativity, empathy, and critical thinking—especially in unpredictable environments. How often are your employees speaking up with creativity, empathy, and problem-solving? If you’re not sure, you’re not alone.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the demanding realm of leadership, effective time management is not just a skill; it’s a strategic advantage. Here are the best time management tips for busy leaders who aim to excel in their roles and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Set Clear Goals: Goal setting is a cornerstone of effective time management.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 29, 2024

Your leadership success depends on your skill at managing change and embracing the future Are you hanging on to a familiar way of doing your work or leading your team because it’s comfortable? Managing change is critical for your success—too much change, too quickly creates instability. But intentional change isn’t easy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Constraints are the gateway to creativity. For Managers: Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed or Overloaded Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. As a manager, you want to do what you can to prevent the snowball of overwhelm from picking up speed as it rolls downhill.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2022

So I’m pulling into the stadium and I can hear the cadence of the marching band coming around the track … Actually, I think this story will be more fun if I tell it to you this way: Communicating Clear Expectations is Not Micro-Managing, It’s Empowering. What’s your best secret for encouraging better results?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 24, 2024

Management is as much about what you shouldn’t do as what you should. A Gallup poll revealed that one in two employees had left a job to get away from a manager and improve their overall life at some point in their career. Avoid Micromanaging: Micromanagement suffocates creativity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 11, 2023

Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, “I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. What should I do?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 7, 2019

Have you ever watched a team member do something insightful, helpful, or creative and asked them why they hadn’t shared it with everyone else? To get your team’s best ideas, ask courageous questions. Their answer holds the key to unlocking your […].

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Alongside managing the technical aspects of running their company, leaders also have a responsibility for the well-being of those with whom they interact. Creativity: A creative leader looks at scenarios from a different or new perspective. E FFECTIVE leadership is an art. Such leaders have vision and a sense of innovation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

by @suzimcalpine Ten Critical Keys For Designing a Creative Culture by @PhilCooke Fifty Something with More Gas Left in the Career Tank But Need a Change?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 15, 2022

Jack Phillips shares ways for managers to show they’ve got things under control. And, to reduce micro-management and increase empowerment. ” Dr. Bob Nelson “You can be very, very creative with recognition– even without a budget.” ” Shep Hyken “our goal is to restore confidence.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

Or as one manager told me when she is perceived as negative, “It’s not that I’m negative, it’s just that I care so F-ing much!” If you’re talking to an “idea person”, they want to explore and build on ideas, not have their creativity and energy crushed before their ideas can breathe.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Source: Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation II. The true test of character is whether you manage to stand by those values when the deck is stacked against you. People running full speed toward their dreams know this feeling. But it’s fleeting.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 5, 2023

Successful Working Managers Relentlessly Prioritize, Invest in People, and Delegate “I’m a working manager – not that all managers aren’t working, but I have an enormous pile of my work, besides having to lead my team. What is a working manager? To manage this overwhelm, Mind the M.I.T.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Evaluate the creativity, reasonability and effectiveness of the compensation programs in existence. Tough, creative, smart, insightful, compassionate, and very accomplished. Carol is not only amazingly gifted and insightful, she is also incredibly creative and one of the deepest thinkers on the list. CHRO for HSBC.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2020

Your confidence is fuel for problem-solving and creativity In the past two weeks, we’ve been in several meetings and conversations with leaders responding to rapidly changing coronavirus scenarios. Regardless of the industry, as leaders shared responses and next steps, many of their […].

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Unleash your creativity: Have you ever been asked to “think outside the box”? If you are artistic and creative, that statement most likely gets you excited. This is the essence of creativity, although it goes well beyond problem-solving. To be a wildly successful visionary, you must not fear creativity.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This creates blind spots and limits our creativity. Encourage play, ask questions, fund creative hobbies, and host weekly blue-sky meetings, and embrace the mindset of “no bad ideas.” This is a tension—between farmer and hunter—that must be managed. Neurological Shortcuts Our brains are designed to be efficient. What to do?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over-involved managers frustrate people all over the world, telling them what to do, slowing them down, and getting in the way. Interestingly, we hear an equally common frustration from these over-involved managers. This leads to a negative feedback loop where the manager causes some of the very outcomes that lead them to micromanage.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

During this time of mental calm, we can often find the best solutions, rejuvenate and become creative. When my energy is low, my favorite technique to rejuvenate and unleash creativity is to close my eyes and allow my attention to gently float in my brain. It allows you to focus on the issue at hand.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

We see some of the best candidates coming from startups and thinking first about mobile technology, automated supply chain management, and data analytics. More clients’ opportunities require executives with social and emotional skills and higher-level cognitive capabilities, such as logical reasoning and creativity.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Creativity Can’t. by Ernie Schenck @joguzucoryqa via @CommArts Feel Like Running Away? Others are building it. Do you know the difference?

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