Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome to the August 2020 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. ” Find Joel on Twitter at @JoelGarfinkle.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. Having the experience to successfully code switch in the heat of battle offers a different ‘way to play’ in the innovation sandbox; one that allows leaders to change their lens of leadership whilst achieving greater results and outcomes. By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 2, 2021

The authors point out that present-forward thinking innovation at most organizations is mostly incremental improvements to what they are already doing. The authors offer a three-step process to help leaders develop visionary strategies and bring them to life. Develop Your Vision. Convert Vision to Strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A high premium is placed on collaboration, with the understanding that pooling diverse perspectives encourages innovation and creativity. The best leaders can influence their team’s behavior and work ethics, promoting a positive atmosphere that encourages productivity and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

N2Growth, as a premier executive search and leadership advisory firm, recognizes the transformative influence a skilled Commercial Leader can wieldone who interlaces strategic vision, operational excellence, and people-centric leadership into a cohesive path toward profitability and innovation.

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Decker Communication

MARCH 27, 2025

This seemingly small narrative intervention represents the intersection of two critical business imperatives: retaining top talent and developing leaders who can navigate uncertainty. Rather, they were led by individuals who excelled at contextualizing setbacks within larger innovation narratives. A reframing had taken place.

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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. T HE contemplation of character has engaged great minds reaching back to Confucius, Aristotle, and Plato.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That requires better strategic thinking, creativity and innovation, and greater agility and responsiveness. In short, today’s leaders need to be even more flexible and adaptive. How to do this involves four key steps: We need to expand our definition of the term ‘leader’. We need to re-think leadership development methods.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 7, 2012

To become a successful customer focused business, your leadership must develop a holistic strategy that impacts every department, and revolutionizes the way you do business. It’s generals that craft military tactics, so it must be your executives that develop a business strategy. Remember to keep your long-term goals in mind.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

Everything Connects by Faisal Hoque and Drake Baer is a book about how to create an innovative, sustainable organization. From their ongoing work they have concluded that organizations with a focus on long-term value creation share three principles: 1. The disciplines in a sustainably innovative organization form a single entity.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 22, 2014

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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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

Key Trends and Considerations In the last three years, there has been a noticeable shift towards shorter, more performance-driven executive terms. Another trend is the rise of interim or acting executives, who are appointed for shorter terms to address specific challenges or transitions.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. The Long Game : How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark. Your personal goals need a long-term strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Executive leadership team coaching goes beyond traditional training programs by offering a personalized and tailored approach to leadership development. This enhances individual performance and drives collective success by empowering teams to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an ever-changing business environment.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Welcome to the October 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Development. Bill recaps, “The effects of team building are often short-lived. Bill recaps, “The effects of team building are often short-lived. Development. Resilience. Engagement. Inspiration/Creativity. Communication.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Developing a Strategy. Strategies are iteratively developed in the context of the company’s audience, challenges, and opportunities. Executing strategies skillfully begins with recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing talent. The experience of achieving short-term results motivates teams to strive for even more.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Importance of Finding Innovators in the Life Sciences Industry In today’s rapidly evolving life sciences industry, finding innovators has become critical for organizations seeking to stay ahead of the curve. Finding innovators in the life sciences industry The importance of innovative leadership cannot be overstated.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

A well-written contract defines or explains each term or condition only once. Lesson: A profitable company may be chronically short of cash. Consequently, a business may be short of cash until payment is received. Those who are adverse to theory may thrive in business as long as the parameters familiar to them remain in place.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When cultural change abounds, the irony I frequently observe is organisations engage in less leadership development, rather than more. While prolonging life is an excellent outcome, few realise that this also increases the demand for longer-term support services, not reduce it. We need to re-think leadership development methods.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 5, 2017

Welcome to the July 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jane Perdue of The Jane Group provided How to develop deep diversity with 9 learning styles. John Hunter of Curious Cat submitted Technological Innovation and Management. Stewardship is about using what you have in service to others.”

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The term is often thrown around to depict all-encompassing fairness, and yet, many fail to understand its rich and intricate layers. This nurtures overall employee engagement and paves the way for innovation, creativity, and shared vision toward company goals.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 9, 2017

With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching. You aren’t likely to be affected by any team bias or prejudice, and probably find it easy to remain objective about the organization’s short-term and long-term needs.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive . The short explanation is that when people feel good and positive, they will perform better. Executives prefer to control employees to deliver the highest possible output in the short term.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nurturing investments leads to lasting growth and stability, surpassing the fleeting advantages of short-term thinking. From a personal standpoint, how much do you invest in: Personal development? Career development? Research and development? So, ask yourself, are you investing in your future? Health and wellness?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

“This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” The authors believe that companies and investors in every part of the world should take a look at Africa and its place in their long-term growth strategy because Africa is a 1.2-billion-person

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This proactive approach helps organizations stay nimble and ready to pivot and innovate when faced with new challenges. A robust succession plan also builds a culture of continuous learning, where employees are engaged, curious, and motivated to develop their skills. With succession planning , you’re not leaving your future to chance.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Develop hypotheses, search for patterns, look for outliers, create alternative scenarios to explain the information you’re receiving. Within many organizations, highly innovative, potentially game-changing ideas are born regularly. Experts tend to be more productive, and hey tend to develop better solutions. The 6-I Approach.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2020

These are things in your control, like how you set goals, behave, develop, network, present yourself, and manage your sleep. While studies seem to indicate that exercise matters a little and diet has no measurable effect on high performance, I think that may be short-sighted. And the two certainly play into long-term performance.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity. Initiative, innovation, and risk-taking lose out because they tend to harm metrics. The long-term is sacrificed for the short-term. Impressive.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

In business, the adage "penny wise and pound foolish" often describes a short-sighted approach to cost management that undermines long-term success. However, this short-term focus can lead to long-term losses. Investing in Employee Development Investing in employee development yields substantial returns.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That mindset is “about the application of creative thinking and prudent risk-taking to build innovative, long-lasting organizations in any sector of the economy.” Donaldson and Karl Weber extract relevant lessons for leaders in Entrepreneurial Leader. The thread that runs through his career is the entrepreneurial mindset.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

One of my mentors once cautioned me about treating people as furniture saying that “individuals are not inantimate objects to simply be moved around and discarded, but that people require a constant investment of time and money to develop to their full potential.&# Don’t hype…stop complaining…fix the problem.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

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. The report went on to show this has been a long-term downward trend rather than a temporary decline due to the Great Recession.

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