N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

If you think leadership is about you, your ego has led you astray. Leadership has little to do with you and everything to do with those you lead. If you think leadership is about the bottom line, think again; it’s about the people. Without the people there is no bottom line. Closely examine the core characteristics of great leadership, and you’ll find it’s not power, title, authority or even technical competency that distinguishes truly great leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 29, 2016

The only problem with the concept, “The customer is always right,” is that sometimes they’re wrong. If you’ve been in any kind of customer-facing position, I know you’re with me. Sure, there are many, many circumstances where the only choice is to bite your tongue and concede, for the good of the customer experience. But some wrong is just, well…wrong.

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General Leadership

JUNE 20, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation. Simon Sinek. The class of 2016 at my high school nominated me to give the commencement address. This was a great honor. As I thought about what to say, it was not as easy as I thought.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 21, 2016

It’s a question that has perplexed me for many years: With the wealth of leadership wisdom available, why do we continue to struggle to lead well? Why do employee engagement rates continue to hover around 30% despite the obvious advantages for leaders who choose to lead well? The more time I spend with managers and leaders, the more I see three reasons aspiring leaders struggle: They don’t know how.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 22, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton This is the third installment in a series "5 Insights Into Leadership Development Future" Each post in this series will address a trend in leadership development and offer tangible actions for helping leaders.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 19, 2016

Humility. Trust. Values. Teaching. Accountability. Metrics. Positivity. And… Love. Behind the 8 Principles of More Human Leadership ( click HERE to see them on a separate PDF ) are simple truths, and the secrets to the success trifecta – a profitable company, a happy team, and a fulfilled YOU. That is why I believe in them so strongly, and you should too.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 27, 2016

I’m sitting next to Rick, a retired railroad engineer, on a delayed Southwest flight from Tampa to Baltimore. It’s been a LONG week of serial cancelled flights, and other travel frustrations. I’m wearing the same suit I wore in Detroit on Tuesday because I never did make it home between gigs. Rick doesn’t seem to notice the wrinkles, as we begin swapping travel nightmare stories.

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General Leadership

JUNE 24, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower. The word “AND” is one of the most frequently used in the English language.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 13, 2016

Connection is a bond based on shared identity, empathy and understanding that moves individuals toward group-centered membership. It’s an essential attribute of successful teams, departments and organizations. Groups with a high degree of connection have an assertive communication and leadership style. Being assertive means you speak and act in ways that reflect honesty and integrity, i.e. you say and do what you mean and don’t try to manipulate others by moving against them or moving away from

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Leading in Context

JUNE 29, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post is Part 4 in the series "5 Insights Into Leadership Development Future.". The previous posts in the series in case you missed them: Part 1 on Global Trends Part 2 on Wholeness. Part 3 on Growth and Human Development In Part 4, we take a look at positive ethical values and the search for meaning.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 5, 2016

“It can’t be done”. “You can’t do that”. How many times have you heard these words? Plenty of times, I bet. And, how many times have you said those words? Stop and think about that for a second, and then consider this: “Can’t” is a big, fat, stop sign designed to sabotage a dream. Perhaps a better question we should ask ourselves is this – why are we hearing and saying that word in the first place?

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 14, 2016

One of the common themes I’ve written about over the past few years is the importance of building and nurturing relationships with your employees in order to bring out the best in those under your care. While we can appreciate what this means in abstract terms, I’d like to share the recent experiences of two leaders that helps to illustrate the benefit in bringing this approach to your leadership.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 1, 2016

You can’t win well if you’re not optimistic. And one of the most important parts of being a Winning Well leader is inspiring confidence that the scene and results can and will improve– and identifying the vital behaviors to make it so. Today, I share a video interview with my friend and kindred spirit on the Winning Well journey, Shawn Murphy.

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General Leadership

JUNE 13, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing” Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 22, 2016

This is the 5th anniversary of my blog! With over a half million views last year and near the top of almost every list of best leadership blogs, it has been successful beyond anything I had imagined. And so, I’ve decided to pass along some of the lessons I’ve learned about how to write a blog […]. The post How to Write a Blog People Want to Read appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 8, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton This is the first in a series I'm calling 5 Leadership Development Trends + 5 Action Steps To Take Now. Each post in this series will address a different trend in leadership development and offer 5 tangible actions that help leaders keep up with the trend.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 9, 2016

I just completed a wonderful new guide for managers and leaders titled Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results — Without Losing Your Soul by two friends from Lead Change, Karin Hurt and David Dye. Karin and David are accomplished leaders, speakers and authors and were before already accomplished having written the book. They organized their advice into a comprehensive, well-written guide to overcoming sticky issues with practical, relevant, action steps.

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Women on Business

JUNE 27, 2016

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Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 13, 2016

My phone rang. Colin was exasperated. “Karin, I thought I NAILED the interview. The owner seemed pleased with all my answers, and I had great stories for all his behavior-based interview questions. But I just got an email from him saying that although I was qualified, he was worried about my passion for training!!! You KNOW how passionate I am about training– it’s my life!

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General Leadership

JUNE 22, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.”. James Thurber.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 28, 2016

Most leaders have the best intentions to get better at how they lead others. The problem comes in when they actually lose track of the fact that intention isn’t enough – there are actions that need to be taken in order for them to realize their goals. Think of New Year’s resolutions: the percentage of people who make and actually achieve their goals is only 8%.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 15, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton Reflections on Truth We've heard the expressions "truth is in the eye of the beholder" and "the truth shall set you free." What is this truth that so many have spoken of? How do we find it? How does it relate to ethics? Ponder those questions as you explore this collection of quotes about truth.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2016

Assertiveness and empowerment can cause real problems when overused or applied out of context. They become maladaptive responses — just like anything taken to its extreme. Does this influence the effectiveness and maturity of your leadership? An epidemic of entitlement, irresponsibility and self-absorption. Can you relate? Coworkers can’t make decisions.

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Women on Business

JUNE 30, 2016

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 6, 2016

You know that asking the right questions will make you a stronger leader. But it’s hard. Not all questions have the same impact. And it’s risky, you never know what the response will be– which means you need to stay fully present to be helpful. “When you ask a question you’re giving up some of your power. It means you’re willing to sit in that discomfort for the good of another person’s growth.” -Michael Bungay Stanier.

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General Leadership

JUNE 8, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “ Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” Marcus Aurelius. If you are anything like me, there are certain movies that resonate deeply with you.

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Speaker: Rusty Lindquist, VP Strategic HR Insights at Bamboo HR

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 22, 2016

I’m often asked what advice I’d give to my younger self. Trouble is, my younger self wouldn’t listen. “What would I say to my future self?” is a more interesting question.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 20, 2016

O ver 13 years ago, a little orange fish swam into our lives. His charm was instantaneous. That fish was Nemo of Finding Nemo. And we’ve been wanting a sequel to Finding Nemo for just as long. This weekend saw this wish come true. Finding Dory, a quasi-sequel of Finding Nemo, released to praise from critics. My opinion? Finding Dory deserves those accolades.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2016

We’ve all been there – when you are there but you’re not really there. You may be physically present but your mind and energy are elsewhere. Believe me, people all around you notice. And it happens far too often. A Harvard study showed that our minds are not focused on what’s in front of us a whopping 47% of the time, and in these times, our happiness level is at its lowest – a wandering mind is not a happy mind.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 21, 2016

There is an awareness and desire by good leaders to do more asking than telling. That strategy of asking more questions should be part of every leader’s communication toolkit as a way to get information, be more collaborative, and to obtain important feedback. Maybe you are working more questions into your leadership communication too.Now it’s time to go a step further and ask different types of questions – the kind that go a step deeper, and may be tougher to ask and to answer.

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