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. Instead, another startup, employing a similar technology strategy, but running months behind, gained traction. Unfortunately. They aren’t.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

. “A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books”- Chinese Proverb. Technology has helped us to connect and communicate, but these are superficial connections. Technology has helped us to connect and communicate, but these are superficial connections.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. In this book, General McChrystal offers a battle-tested system for detecting and responding to risk. Play Nice But Win is a riveting account of the three battles waged for Dell Technologies: one to launch it, one to keep it, and one to transform it.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

An Eye-Opening Revelation. That’s been one of the most eye-opening revelations for many of the supervisors we’ve worked with over the past few decades. Great things happen at the intersection of people and technology. Prioritize people over your technology. Develop a people rhythm. Lift your nose from your device.

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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. Whether you are an individual trying to build a more sane and humane flow of daily work, a team that wants new levels of efficiency and effectiveness, or an entire organization changing your culture toward thoughtfulness, this book will lead you there.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases. Leadership isn't easy.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Individuals or partners develop a plan and iterate as new information arises. Models are developed, scrutinized, and refined. Probably not: we'll encounter them no matter the breadth of our collective intelligence and experience, despite the models we develop, and regardless of the plans we base on those models.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2020. It is about investing in the development of other people. When it comes to improving customer experiences, trying out new business models, or developing new products, even the most experienced managers often get it wrong. They fly blind.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 11, 2020

Johansen spends a good deal of the book applying FST to the future of business, technology, our lifestyle, and our sense of meaning. Johansen looks at business development. Faith is grounded in a sense of humility and openness to learning in an uncertain future. It is a valuable and cautionary book.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As if the changes in technology haven’t left many wondering what to do next, the reaction to the COVID-19 virus has left many leaders in a kind of limbo. As the characters in the book show, your face will shape how you awaken. What follows is an excerpt from the book of the awakening of one entrepreneur, Allan Young.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. If you are a regular reader of this blog and feel it has added value to your growth and development as a leader I would greatly appreciate your vote.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Clearly the difference possessed by all great leaders is that they refine, develop and build from their foundation – they don’t ignore it or take it for granted. Your post are always eye-opening. Opening up all your senses. I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2019

Many business leaders are perplexed by the task of leading in an ever-increasing technological world. Yes, we are leaders of people, and yet it feels as if technology and other digital demands keep us from investing in our most valuable resource, our people. Prioritize the Person, as Well as the Technology. “I Listen deeply.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Also, start-up companies in the Fujitsu technology accelerator program work in the satellite locations as well, creating a company-startup mashup. He is published widely in academic management journals and magazines, and has published three previous books on design thinking and innovation, coworking, and activity based working (ABW).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you believe you possess a fully developed competency in a section give yourself 10 points. They understand the need for talent and are effective at recruiting, deployment, development and retention of tier-one talent. If you possess no competency whatsoever give yourself 0 points. Section X: Results.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

I’m a huge advocate of refining initiatives that allow any level of talent to be developed to the maximum potential. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. I’m just not a believer in attempting to label someone as a leader, and develop them as such when they are clearly not.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

David Sax, author of The Soul of an Entrepreneur , says that a startup myth has developed that has “increasingly defined what an entrepreneur was supposed to look like, how they behaved, and what they did. So, we study what these people did to try and find the perfect checklist or formula that brings us the same kind of success.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

There is the talent, and then there are the people managing and developing that talent. The first part of the book discusses how to become a 10x company and attract 10x talent. And of course, this means openness to feedback. In addition, it demands a new kind of 10x management. There are really two sides to this idea.

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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. Communicate more effectively.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market. 1: Open adjacent product areas: For the people across the 147 countries around the world who learned about colors and the alphabet from Sesame Street, there's one more lesson that the beloved TV program can offer. It created a new one.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Developing effective conflict resolution skill sets are an essential component of a building a sustainable business model. If the issue, circumstance, or situation is important enough, and there is enough at stake, people will do what is necessary to open lines of communication and close positional gaps.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The advent of technology that enables remote work combined with the ever-increasing rate of employee turnover in many industries has led to a transformation in the very fabric of organizational culture. I N THE PAST DECADE, the corporate world has seen a seismic shift in how it operates. This is crucial.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 29, 2011

Jim has a new book out (“ As One “), you can find him on Twitter @DeloitteCEO and Jim is a frequent presenter at conferences such as World Business Forum and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mike Myatt : Your new book ‘As One’ is receiving rave reviews. What inspired you to author a book at this time?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 14, 2011

Their world has been defined by technology and shaped by the Internet— iPod, iBook, iPhone, iChat, iMovie, iPad, and iTunes—and for many of them, life is pretty much about "I," says Tim Elmore in Generation iY. Generation iY is an eye-opening book. This is an important book for parents and other adults that lead them.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2022. In this book, he shares the four research-based “smart choices” the best leaders make to scale their influence and results. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. If we play the villain, we will not create genuine bonds.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2020

Carse, wrote a book entitled Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility. We are stewards. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. I N 1986, Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University, James P.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? How did the brick and mortar book stores let Amazon get the jump on them? An important part of effectively using change is to keep our eyes open for opportunities to think and innovate.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

He wrote this book because too often we don’t. Nieuwhof notes that technology doesn’t create disconnection, it just reveals what is already going on inside of us. Technology just makes it worse. ” When you search for an explanation as to why you have a hard time trusting or opening your heart to people, you can make progress.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

N EW TECHNOLOGIES are shifting the way we work and interact. Jobs are being eliminated, and industries are being disrupted as we try to come to grips with how this technology is changing us and how we can use it. There is so much in this book that will help you perform better in all of your communication.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Advances in technology have allowed countless individuals to pursue interests that extend beyond the standard classroom, on their own time, and often for little to no cost. Alan has spent his learning budget on books about agile development and software team management. percent from the previous fall.”.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Courage closes it, explains Margie Warrell, PhD , author of the new book, The Courage Gap: 5 Steps To Braver Action. This is not another book on why courage is important; it is a research-backed, step-by-step guide to teach us how to close the gap between thinking and doing, hesitation and actionthe courage gap. Share your discomfort.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There are some people who seem to be born with great leadership skills, as well as those who developed them later in life. Leaders who are more open and honest with their teams will empower employees to openly speak about issues that are affecting their performance. The answer is both.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2019

For example, you might think that designing a product to solve your book closing is not possible. This is exactly the situation I found myself in recently as I was mentoring a group of high school students to create their own business and develop their entrepreneurial flair for a competition called Young Enterprise. The Other Person.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He is the Senior Pastor at CrossPoint Church , one of the fastest growing churches in the country, is the author of the bestselling book Plan B , and is one of the the most candid, insightful and humble leaders you’ll ever have the opportunity to listen to – we all have a lot to learn from Pete Wilson.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If you’re a CEO with clouded vision and desire to change the view from the top it is critical that you maintain open lines of communication through a variety of channels and feedback loops. Everyone sits in open cubicles which are all roughly the same size. All good leaders maintain a connection and rapport with both line and staff.

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