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. Ignoring Frontline Management’s Role Your front-line managers are your culture carriers.

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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. Follow Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. Engaging in risk management and scenario planning is also paramount.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. These leaders specialize in transformation management, guiding organizations through significant changes while maintaining operational stability.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 4, 2025

This post was adapted from Endless Customers: A Proven System to Build Trust, Drive Sales, and Become the Market Leader * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

They must also be adept at navigating the intersection of clinical care and management expertise, balancing delivering high-quality care with financial sustainability and operational efficiency. Another challenge in healthcare executive search is the need for candidates with a unique blend of clinical expertise and management skills.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Pretty much everyone whos paying attention agrees that AI is going to massively disrupt life and work; they just dont know exactly how yet as the development and deployment of the technology races ahead. So, is leading through a VUCA environment still an important skill set to have or develop? and globally.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Kilmann explains that his interest in conflict stems from his personal experiences growing up in a family affected by conflict and his academic studies on conflict management. He and his colleague developed the TKI assessment to measure the different ways people approach conflict, and it has become a widely used tool in organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To meet these challenges, we leverage our healthcare sector knowledge and a rigorously developed methodology that goes beyond reviewing a candidates CV. N2Growths extensive evaluation process ensures that the leaders we recommend can manage these dynamic forces in tandem.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 14, 2025

While 68% of executives dismiss AI’s impact, artificial intelligence already executes core management functions with unprecedented efficiency. 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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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

Welcome to the April 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 Ken on Twitter @RapidStartLdr. Jennifer V.

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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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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I sought out the best medical advice, educated myself on AFib, and made the necessary changes to manage the condition. You can’t build a business if you are not alive, so creating a system of true balance was necessary. We expanded our reach, developed new programs, and continued to evolve alongside the industry we served.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 27, 2024

They need sophisticated systems that identify, celebrate, and strategically leverage unique talents. Implement Advanced Development Frameworks Traditional development paths often fail to engage exceptional talent. Organizations must fundamentally reimagine how they recognize, develop, and empower their exceptional performers.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

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. When we start to calm our nervous system and move ourselves out of fear and into more rest within interactions, we start choosing different behaviors and words.

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Rich Gee Group

MAY 7, 2023

Enter Systems Thinking – a cool way of approaching problems that's all about seeing how everything connects. Instead of focusing on one part of an issue, Systems Thinking helps us understand how all the parts fit together. Ready to become a Systems Thinking master? For example, imagine you're trying to lose weight.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

“People who use the power they have to manage their own powerless feelings are bound to stray from their responsibilities.” The authority to solve complex problems and challenges will reside in the system of stakeholders, not in the leader. Source: Acting with Power: Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe II.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 4, 2025

Studies, like those by Gallup, reveal a striking disparity: while most managers believe they regularly give praise, team members often report feeling unseen and unappreciated. Systemize Recognition: Use tools or schedules to remind yourself to celebrate successes. Praise can be public or private, verbal or written. The result?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Elliott Parker on building resilience: “Resilience is the ability of a system to absorb disturbance and still retain its basic function and structure. Resilience is developed and maintained through learning, optionality, and redundancy. Resilience is never the result of top-down, hierarchical management.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You investigate and it turns out that they’re spending time with the same three low-level managers because they have a good relationship. Busy Day Example #3: The Check the Box Manager This busy day example is one of the most dangerous. Development plans, check. Or perhaps stop doing them altogether? Weekly one-on-ones, check.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Anyone can develop the skills necessary to be an effective leader. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 ways that you can develop strong leadership skills during your adolescence. Joining clubs and teams is a great way to develop leadership skills. Leadership is not a quality that is innate in some people and not others.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This mindset can be developed with effort and curiosity. Leaders won’t perform at their best if they do not focus on their development to development activities that advance their skills.”. Any leadership development journey begins with a baseline established through self-awareness. Principle 4: What you consume matters.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 9, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton Developing ethical leaders and building ethical cultures have become critical business priorities. As if that weren't already challenging enough, managing ethics well also requires systems thinking and a broad understanding of ethical responsibilities. Why is ethics such a challenge for organizations?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Initially, the CTO focused primarily on managing IT infrastructure and overseeing hardware and software decisions, ensuring business operations ran smoothly. However, as companies embraced digital transformation, the role expanded beyond technical management.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

When it comes to leadership, the terms manager and leader are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. A manager is responsible for maintaining the status quo and ensuring that tasks are completed on time and within budget.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But how do the best organizations develop great leaders? Through the following strategies: Identifying and promoting potential leaders: The best organizations have a system in place for identifying and promoting potential leaders. In conclusion, developing great leaders takes time, effort, and dedication.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 12, 2023

” Digital Healthcare System Integrations Implementing digital solutions in healthcare is challenging due to the lack of integration between various software applications, databases, and devices used by various health providers. Some of these have occurred rapidly, forcing executives to adapt or be left behind quickly.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Roughly speaking, we have two thinking systems. Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize for his research on behavioral economics, calls them System 1 and 2. I think autopilot system and intentional system describe these systems more clearly. The autopilot system corresponds to our emotions and intuitions.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

With this cybersecurity background, I was recruited to run another security company that had developed a clever computer card implementation of the emerging virtual private networking standard. With this impressive implementation, it had managed to enter into an agreement with a much larger, high-profile player in the industry.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Niccolò Machiavelli on resistance to change: “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

You also can’t spot and avoid the kinds of codes and conduct that threaten your values if you never even develop a strong sense of what it is that you value. Sometimes compassion means looking in the mirror to see how you or a dysfunctional system lead to the poor judgment or wrong behavior. A consistent system.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This executive role focuses on developing and implementing human resources strategies to manage the workforce and create a positive organizational culture. In today’s dynamic business environment, the CPO plays a pivotal role in talent management, recruitment, and retention.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

Their role is not just to react to security threats but to proactively develop security frameworks that can align with the company’s business objectives. With more sensitive information to manage, the task of protecting it has become even more challenging, requiring CISOs to navigate this complex landscape with agility and foresight.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A few years ago, I wrote “Avoid These Infuriating Phrases in End-of-Year Feedback” to encourage managers to stop making stupid comments when giving a performance review. This heartfelt post came from years of listening to high-performing employees vent their frustrations about the stupid things their managers said.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

Quinn on the connection between changing a system and understanding it: “Kurt Lewin argued that we cannot really begin to understand a system until we try to change it. As soon as a change agent introduces a variation to that system, he or she will quickly learn about the scripts that are holding that system together.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Why is management so focused on getting employees back into the office? I think management is afraid of people goofing off. They’ve developed good communication and management practices with their staff. They love WFH, but they run into trouble frequently and require regular check-ins with management during the day.

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