Leading Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

It uncovers profound insights into the structural and functional challenges organizations encounter, offering a transformative lens for leadership in this era of complexity. The Leadership Imperative Leaders play a pivotal role in fostering these connections. Organizations, being complex systems, are no exception.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

You Might Be Too Rigid: 5 Questions to Test Your Leadership Flexibility by @gavin_adams 4 ways to help your team move past apathy by @suzimcalpine Culture is Everything by Kevin Stone @XPastorOnline Want More Influence in Your Office? by @wallybock Are You Fighting the Right Leadership Battles? Deal with the monkey first.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 4, 2025

If your leadership team makes decisions behind closed doors and then announces them as mandates, dont be surprised when your employees push backor worse, disengage entirely. If the CEO and leadership team arent visibly invested in a new strategy, dont expect the rest of the company to be. Buy-in starts at the top and cascades downward.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 17, 2025

” You might call it “Leadership Expectations” or simply a Team Agreement. Our SynergyStack Team Collaboration System includes a set of 48 habits that would be a great start to choose from. Contact us at info@letsgrowleaders.com to learn more about our SynergySprint Team Retreat or leadership development program.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This involves providing insights into AI’s potential and limitations, developing tailored strategies to manage these risks, and fostering a culture of ethical AI use. Establishing Ethical AI Frameworks to Mitigate Risks Developing and implementing ethical AI frameworks is crucial for mitigating risks.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today, organizations face multifaceted challenges that demand agile and decisive leadership. The increasing demand for interim executives reflects a broader shift toward flexible leadership models. For example, consider a technology company undergoing a digital transformation.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Santa Claus asks, What do you want? Leaders get further when they know what the people around them want.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In Voyager, women finally had a realistic representation of female leadership aboard a Star Trek vessel, one that was determined and decisive but also empathic and willing to listen. In fact, she’s almost a prescient paragon of what good leadership looks like in the 21st century. Someone who sees the system.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

E LEVATING your leadership game is a mindset. In Peak Leadership Fitness , author Timothy Tobin writes, “A leadership mindset is essentially the belief in yourself and your abilities as a leader. A negative leadership mindset is rooted in self-doubt, uncertainty, and lack of inquiry. You are in control of your mindset.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If the main characters (your leaders) are poorly developed or behave unpredictably, the story won’t hold up no matter how compelling the plot. See Also: Leaders Coaching Leaders: How Leadership Development Leads to Sustained Culture Change 2. Ensure your leadership team models the behavior every day.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This time of disruption demands that organizational leaders take an honest look at their teams and how they function and then apply accurate data to inform new ideas, explore strategies, and pursue professional development to position themselves for success. Systemizing communication. Understanding the influence of power.

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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. Most leaders do not have titles.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

At least three things seem to be critical for executive leaders and their leadership teams in a BANI operating environment: agility, seamless, no drama collaboration, setting the early warning radar system to high. Use them to identify key change drivers and develop what if strategies to address possible futures. Stay hydrated.

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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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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Today, we will explore some of the key strategies we’ve noted at our firm that have proven successful in maximizing the attraction and retention of top leadership talent. Understanding the Modern Recruitment Landscape Recent technological advancements and evolving workforce demographics have revolutionized recruitment processes.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This time of disruption demands that organizational leaders take an honest look at their teams and how they function and then apply accurate data to inform new ideas, explore strategies, and pursue professional development to position themselves for success. Systemizing communication. Understanding the influence of power.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals. How do they affect Leadership? First, leadership is more complex.

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QAspire

JULY 18, 2024

Everything that is found in documents, systems, process flows and tool kits is “explicit” knowledge that is useful to sustain the business and keep the “status quo”. The Key to Unlock Tacit Knowledge It starts with leadership commitment. Developing people and seeing them grow was even more gratifying.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant. We put out fires.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Outside of the SEALs, he’s run meetings in the White House Situation Room, negotiated international arms treaties, and developed high-impact corporate strategies.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2021. The Five Graces of Life and Leadership by Gary Burnison. Five simple qualities that captures the essence of outstanding leadership today. The Net Promoter System shines as their guiding star. With Amy Herman’s Fixed.,

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Redefining Healthcare Leadership Through Executive Search Within healthcare, success hinges on clinical excellence and the caliber of leadership guiding each organization. Unraveling the Complexity of Healthcare Leadership Recruitment The search for strong healthcare leaders extends beyond standard recruitment methods.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In fact, the human biological alert system cant tell the difference between a saber-tooth tiger encounter, a critical table tennis match at the US Open, or a high-stakes sales presentation. This activates your parasympathetic nervous system, engaging a calming, rest and digest mode. So, denying fear or trying to block it out is futile.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Importance of CIO Leadership in the Modern Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, digital leadership has emerged as a critical factor for success. To start, it is essential to clearly define the specific traits and skills required for effective digital leadership within your organization.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in August 2021. the undercurrents of radical, systemic change?are Being adaptable and flexible have always been hallmarks of effective leadership and a fulfilling life. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 11, 2025

And isnt that the essence of human-centered leadership? Because the first step in human-centered leadership is remembering what it means to be human. Why This Works This team building activity taps into empathy and shared experience. That beneath the deadlines, meetings, and to-do lists, most of us yearn for deeper connection.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2023 curated just for you. Come Up for Air : How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work by Nick Sonnenberg “There just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done!” Sound familiar? You can, too.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

You can’t build a business if you are not alive, so creating a system of true balance was necessary. The person who had shared the vision for Alkemy Partners, who had been a sounding board and a support system, was no longer by my side. But I also realized I could not do it alone. I needed help. I took this as a vote of confidence.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2021. In The Aristocracy of Talent , esteemed journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge looks outside western cultures and shows what transformative effects it has had everywhere it has been adopted, especially once women were brought into the meritocratic system.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 14, 2025

Artificial Intelligence is methodically eliminating leadership positionsand your role could be next. Organizations implementing AI management tools eliminate mid-level leadership positions at accelerating rates, with projections indicating 37% of current management roles become obsolete by 2026.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 27, 2025

The one who shows up with Connection, Clarity, Curiosity, and Commitment aka the Four Cs of productive collaboration that ground our book Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict and our SynergyStack Team Development System. In our leadership development programs, we talk about being interested and interesting.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The number one reason why your best employees may be quitting reveals a startling truth about leadership oversight: high-performing talent leaves when organizations fail to recognize and activate their full potential. As a global executive leadership coach, I’ve decoded the patterns behind organizational transformation.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

As we approach 2025, inclusive leadership has transformed from a commendable goal into a strategic necessity for organizations aiming to thrive in a rapidly evolving global market. The Evolving Landscape of Inclusive Leadership The connection between inclusive leadership and enhanced business performance is more evident than ever.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Source: Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work II. Roger Martin on our personal knowledge system dynamics: “Personal knowledge systems are highly path-dependent. When a person starts in a given direction, that direction is likely to be reinforced and amplified, not diminished or altered.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We discovered through a rigorous analysis applying 70 years of Nobel-prize winning economics that Mobsters have leadership teams and structures that enable their success despite continuous efforts to disrupt them. Relentless offers five transformative leadership lessons that leadership training programs must incorporate and promote.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2024 curated just for you. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. The result?

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