Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s a common leadership frustration that we’ve experienced and hear from leaders regularly: “My people lack a sense of urgency. As with so much of leadership, the first step is to examine yourself. That’s not a lack of urgency – it’s a rational approach to managing multiple priorities. Respond with Proportion.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

However, failure rates are well documented. 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. C ONDUCTING your own orchestra. Running your own ship. Self-employment.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 6, 2025

Leadership is about stepping up, even when its uncomfortable. Be firm but empathetic, and always document the conversation. Final Thoughts Managing a toxic employee isnt fun, but neither is letting your team fall apart because you avoided the hard work. Ignoring it and hoping it will go away doesnt work.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Strategic leadership means leading for today, tomorrow, and beyond. When I taught a college course in strategic management, the notion of strategy as a fluid process rather than a static document created confusion for some of my students. When environmental changes accelerate, a strategic leadership approach becomes essential.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The greatest threat to your organization’s success isn’t your competitionit’s your leadership style driving top talent out the door. As I challenge C-suite executives through talent retention transformations, one truth remains constant: leadership behavior, not compensation, determines whether top performers stay or leave.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. No surprise that all six values rise and fall on leadership. Here are six leadership values that impact culture: Leadership Cares. Leadership Alignment.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

In every forward-thinking organization, the need for thoughtful planning around key leadership roles is undeniable. This process allows organizations to be prepared for both expected and unexpected leadership changes by identifying and nurturing potential leaders who can step into critical roles when the time comes.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development Team Dynamics “The key to sustained happiness, health, and longevity is flexibility.” –Ev Duran There is a parable here in Afghanistan about a mule and a well that speaks to the value of flexibility in our lives. He and his wife, Stacy, enjoy life with their daughter and son in California.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Make sure in these cases that you document all the conversations, so you have established a pattern of behavior and the steps taken to address the situation, and the employee’s failure to change. Beth Miller is an accomplished author, speaker, and solution provider; her insight and expertise make her a sought-after leadership influencer.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Leadership transitions can pose a major challenge to any organization, especially in a turbulent environment. This volatility disrupts normal business functioning and poses significant challenges to leadership continuity. Foresight and proactive management must command the planning process.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. To do this effectively, I sought to understand two things: Elucidate the emerging leadership traits and competencies that are most relevant today.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 26, 2011

And there you are, with all the accountability of being a manager or executive with significant targets to hit, and staff to manage, with not much else to do but push down those orders. Because they recommended great policies and procedures. Because they were at our table.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 19, 2013

They must be thought through, and documented. Choose them wisely, and keep them to a small and manageable number. Leadership' There are 10 things every leader must do to foster this culture: 1) Roles & responsibilities are clearly (and properly) defined – What are the expectations of every position, and why do they matter?

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Leading Blog

MAY 21, 2021

B USINESS is not a discipline, but an endeavor made up of disciplines such as accounting, communications, economics, finance, leadership, management, marketing, operations, psychology, sociology, and strategy. Lesson: A profitable company may be chronically short of cash.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Overall, virtual executive coaching empowers leaders to enhance their leadership skills and significantly impact their organizations. Virtual coaching allows executives to tap into the expertise of top leadership advisors, regardless of geographical boundaries.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Still, our stalemate provides an important leadership lesson. The founders anticipated passion but they also established a legacy of compromise in the creation of the document itself. Leadership is difficult in a representative government. The government shut down, like all human problems, is a leadership issue.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Is inspirational leadership the holy grail of leadership? I define such a pinnacle – the holy grail of leadership – as that which engenders the highest levels of employee engagement and commitment. So, by that definition, then yes, hands down, inspirational leadership is the summit. Leadership expert John C.

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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. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. Document your process When results begin to pour in, map out the process. You might ask yourself.

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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. Leadership is the driving force of strategy. Document your process When results begin to pour in, map out the process. You might ask yourself.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 22, 2014

In order to create real, measurable, and meaningful change, it is also important to supplement those formal, documented meetings with continuous, informal coaching that is delivered as things happen." Read Beth Armknecht Miller''s guest post over at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 19, 2020

A few weeks ago, I received a nice comment on LinkedIn about one of my blog posts from David Hoey who shared that he’s been a regular reader since 2010 when I wrote about the leadership lessons offered by the Chilean mine rescue. Perhaps that’s one more leadership lesson we can all draw from their story.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2012

However, one thing I have not shared with readers of Great Leadership is what an actual succession plan looks like. A concept, idea, prediction, or hope, with nothing actually documented. The details can be included in supporting documents. A replacement chart, or template.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Nurturing a Culture of Ethical Leadership on the Board Ethical leadership is the foundation of organizational integrity, starting with the board of directors. Invest in Ethical Leadership Training: Ongoing education ensures that directors have the tools to lead with integrity.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Use collaborative tools that make meetings efficient—shared documents, real-time polls, and video conferencing features that enhance participation. Set a time limit, stick to it, and watch as your team becomes more engaged, knowing their time is being respected. Use Technology to Your Advantage It’s 2024, not 1995.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

When leaders look at needed change from a Western-thinking viewpoint – “this is broken, we need to fix it” – they miss a critical factor in effective change leadership. Change Management Change Culture Culture Change leaders Leadership organizations' Leaders miss the opportunity to describe where and why.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 24, 2019

How long does it take for our managers and staff to implement this process? Does management use performance appraisals to judge, blame, and rate individuals on their performance when instead, they need to be focused on how the system performs? Most managers procrastinate getting their performance appraisals done and turned into HR.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2014

An organizational constitution is a formal document that states the company’s guiding principles and behaviors.” You can manage attitudes but you can manage behaviors. Edmonds then explains how to manage, measure, and coach others to embrace the organizational constitution. Management'

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Leading Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

T OO MANY grantors feel that just preparing the documents for the passing on of the wealth — such as setting up a trust — is the end of the process. Grantors need to share what they’ve learned about managing wealth. The way I like to describe wealth management and transfer is that it’s like running a relay race.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Management guru and prolific author, Patrick Lencioni, wrote about the three characteristics of an ideal team player – hungry, smart, and humble. Kahnweiler , PhD, is an author, Certified Speaking Professional, and one of the top global leadership speakers on introverts. She helps organizations harness the power of introverts.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It also helps organizations excel during the executive transition, adjust to their new executive leadership, and support their new executive. Data compiled by McKinsey shows that nearly half of all leadership transitions fail, and just two years after executive transitions, up to 46% of them “are regarded as failures or disappointments.”

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 4, 2012

They are staffers, not line managers. Internal Strategic Planning managers do the same thing. Take a peak; their well-crafted documents are posted as “Service Plans” on-line, and they differ little from prior versions. Strategic Planners are the architects of these documents. Consultants earn a living by the clock.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Because value chains are independent of existing organizational structures, staff and work locations, they are less intimidating to the management and staff that have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. To close, once the value chains are defined for a business, each core business activity should be thoroughly documented.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Managing people is easier when we know what we are doing and we are doing it in a certain way. It’s much easier and less frustrating to manage by reducing errors than to try to boost insights. Document all sources. In short, we like the status quo. Insights can change how we relate to each other and that creates the unexpected.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2022

In these cases, it can be helpful to have a system where you and your team document progress made, next steps, and lessons learned. Leading through changing priorities requires preparation and nimble leadership to maintain your team’s focus and morale. Leadership Skills: 6 Competencies You Can’t Lead Without.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Here are a few that people in jobs ranging from nursing home administrator to mechanical engineer are working on this week: For a client who’s finding their voice – participate in every meeting you attend for one month; for one who finds it hard to focus – document and prioritize a task list, then share it with your boss to become more aligned.

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