Leading Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

Organizations are born, they mature, they age, and they die. They begin with an innovative idea—even developing beyond all expectations—but eventually they begin to show signs of aging. Claudio Feser writes in Serial Innovators, “Some firms become blinded by success and begin to resist external views and challenges.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Surrender fosters collaboration, encourages innovation and enables possibility. When what you seek is to build into others more than glorifying self you have developed a level of leadership maturity that values surrender over control. Controlling leaders create bottlenecks rather than increase throughput.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Embarking on your own AI journey While your goal is to be innovative, relevant, competitive, and forward-looking, your approach should be to bend but not break your team and your operations. Learn more at solrashidi.com. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Moreover, depending on how a business is positioned, where it is in its maturation lifecycle, or what its current financial condition looks like, will dictate which factors may be most important to measure. Complicating matters further is the reality that each industry, sector, vertical, and micro-vertical all have unique business drivers.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 26, 2021

When people acquire new skills, master new capabilities, and become more mature, their personal and professional lives are enhanced. Listen in as David and Kay make the pioneering Kolb Experiential Learning theory accessible and available to everyone who wants to continue developing throughout life.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. EBRD has always been one of the leading innovators in the space of sustainable investing and also FinTech. Probably, yes.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

Furthermore, you are likely just as familiar with my position that a static business, which doesn’t constantly innovate around the changing needs of the marketplace is the same thing as a dying business. The reality is in maturing and complex market environments clients’ demand more from their service providers. I think not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. Ask any CEO if they have a process for retaining and developing talented people and they’ll quickly answer in the affirmative. They are built to change and innovate.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Surrender: fosters collaboration, encourages innovation and enables possibilities. When what you seek is to build into others more than glorifying self you have developed a level of leadership maturity that values surrender over control. Controlling leaders create bottlenecks rather than increase throughput.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. Sourcing Innovation Collaboratively. Partnerships pursue development, more like a fine wine.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

Creative leaders, on the other hand, are less self-centric and are much more about developing the capacity and capability of others and the organization. They are approachable and skillful in working with people, listen well, build high-performing teams, mentor and develop capability in others, and empower their people.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

I took my findings from the conversations and created a simple format of learning based on spending time in the spaces and with the people I admire in design, business development, and social change: 12 experiences and apprenticeships in 12 months. My hopes turned to action and my convictions matured and grew into values.

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2014

Enlisting the help of others is critical. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. The section on building relationships is especially helpful for understanding how an entrepreneurial leader ultimately makes it all work. General Business'

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

New research from ESMT Berlin has found that people judge the potential of an idea differently depending on how developed it is. The study aimed to understand how open innovation platforms affect idea generation and whether the factors people consider for success change as ideas evolve. The long-term implications?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It is my opinion that when you start to define your personal success by the value you add to the lives of others you have arrived as a mature human being who possesses true influence and has become a person of significance. I concur that it is of no use to sit in judgment of others, and applaud you for the maturity that position displays.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll share two a few tips on deciding which tasks, and to whom, the art of delegation should apply… As a CEO it is critical to develop a keen understanding of your value to the enterprise, and to further develop an awareness of activities that are dilutive to said value. I Think Not.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 22, 2013

People cannot be taught, coached, developed and/or trained to work at a level of complexity above what they are capable of doing. The only way that people grow into their potential is through; maturation (growing older). maturation of innate ability to handle complexity and make sense of longer time-spans of work. What to do?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

Guy Raz interviews innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists to create a narrative of their journey from spark to movement in a highly successful podcast on NPR and now a book entitled, How I Built This. It’s inspiring and helpful.). * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 15, 2020

Discover how to identify your organization’s brand champions and internal advocates and leverage their passion and talent; and enable an OPEN (Ordinary People | Extraordinary Network) circle of collaborators to innovate, solve complex problems and achieve a common goal. How should we deal with it?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for. So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator?

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the journey of your career, the phrase "Put on your big-boy pants" (or big-girl pants) is more than just a call to maturity; it's an invitation to step into the realm of personal growth and professional excellence. Pushing beyond these boundaries is essential for skill development, innovation, and leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mike Myatt, leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards and author of Hacking Leadership , offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy for leaders to create a roadmap for identifying, refining, developing, and achieving their leadership potential—and creating a more effective business that is financially solvent and professionally desirable.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. Ask any CEO if they have a process for retaining and developing talented people and they’ll quickly answer in the affirmative. They are built to change and innovate.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

However, as an organization matures, its leadership requirements evolve, necessitating a thoughtful transition to ensure sustained success. While this control can drive innovation and maintain the founding vision, it also introduces complexities in planning and executing effective leadership succession and transition.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Only the mature and those who have a measure of success truly learn the niche to proper branding. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Thanks Deborah.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Rather asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. Know what you want and focus your efforts to that end : You must develop a clear picture of what it is that you want to accomplish, and then apply laser-like focus in the pursuit of your goals. Its easy to ask for help when you first make a decision and develop it as a habit.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When people acquire new skills, master new capabilities, and become more mature, their personal and professional lives are enhanced. Listen in as they discuss how an ideal process of learning is also the way you change, make decisions, solve problems, and innovate. But what’s the best way for each of us to do that?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. Why are some of the world’s most successful companies able to stay ahead of disruption, adopting and implementing innovative strategies, while others struggle?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This framework involves a systematic approachidentifying leadership gaps, assessing candidate readiness, designing tailored development plans, and positioning top talent to assume critical roles. For enduring success, this framework must incorporate elements that foster continuity and innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The authors argue that employers often target older workers when they downsize, and highlight the reduction in funding from the Australian government for the DOME (the Don’t Overlook Mature Experience training organization) program as further evidence of the under-appreciation of older workers in society. ” Employment gaps.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Creativity and innovation are two essential elements of business which enable almost any company, start-up or mature, to succeed.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Courage to innovate and grow. With a track record of emotional maturity, you will buy yourself a lot of goodwill. Choosing Courage will help us to achieve greater impact without regret. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Courage to see the right thing done.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

He is extremely mature emotionally and described his ability to separate from the emotions of a situation. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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