N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A COO’s role is integral to any enterprise’s success, serving as the right hand to the CEO and ensuring the seamless functioning of business operations. The COO is often tasked with translating strategy into action, leading critical functions ranging from operations and finance to sales and marketing. This multifaceted role requires rapid decision-making and strong leadership capabilities, enabling the COO to manage day-to-day activities while enhancing operational efficiency effecti

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Errol Doebler on being in the moment: “Emotions are simply a record of the past. We spend an inordinate amount of time on our negative emotions of the past, and, as such, we’ve become neurochemically addicted to them.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Episode 276: Do you ever feel like your attempts to manage up leave your manager more frustrated than satisfied? If you’ve answered their question without adding your perspective, you might miss a key opportunity to increase your influence and reduce their stress. As a leader, your ability to communicate effectively directly impacts your success and your team’s performance.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement. A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you learning?” He couldn’t name anything. You aren't learning if you don't know what you're learning. How to set learning goals.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Effective leadership development fosters adaptability, resilience, and long-term organizational success. At N2Growth, our leadership development approach leverages the Five Lens and Pi assessments to help leaders gain comprehensive insights into their behaviors, motivations, and potential blind spots, thereby fostering these essential qualities. While we acknowledge the contributions of models like Robert Quinn and Ichak Adizes as historical benchmarks in leadership development, our Five Lens as

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 23, 2024

By Linda Fisher Thornton Workplace issues are complex and opinions vary about the right thing to do in challenging situations. This complexity and uncertainty combine to create a “murky uncertainty” that may keep people from giving us their best, most ethical performance.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Sadness is easy. Happiness is about patterns. You don’t choose self-defeating negativity; it finds you. This post explains how to use future-facing emotions to eliminate self-defeating negativity.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Office politics can be a major source of stress and frustration. It can decrease productivity, lower morale, and increase turnover rates. As an executive leadership coach, I have seen the negative impact of office politics on company culture. Completely eliminating office politics may be impossible. However, I have found that strategies can help minimize its effects.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Crafting the Perfect Chaser: Powerful Phrases That Turn Conflict Cocktails into Care-Filled Collaboration If it feels like you’re experiencing more conflict at work over the last few years, you’re in good company. Our research shows that not only is conflict more frequent, but it’s also getting more challenging to navigate. Today’s examples of workplace conflict can best be described as a complex cocktail of challenges: tired workers in an uncertain economy; a pandemic ha

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Scaling Leaders Do Not Dodge Uncomfortable Realities. What if I told you the biggest threat to your company’s growth is not your competitors, but your refusal to confront the brutal facts? Leaders who hope to scale their business who dodge uncomfortable realities, seeking comfort and validation, are sabotaging their future and that of their stakeholders.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Disposition determines decisions. You want to believe you’re open-minded, but your disposition narrows your focus. Disposition shapes perception and predicts responses. Read this post to expand your opportunities to grow and lead.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Hiring the right person for the job is one of the most critical decisions a leader can make. It can mean the difference between a high-performing team and a struggling one. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders figure out how to hire the best candidate. By simply asking 6 great questions. The goal is to weed out the best candidate for the job: If you could have any superpower, what would it be and how would you use it in this role?

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 19, 2024

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau Whether you’re on the hunt for that dream job or hustling to level up in your current career, there’s one thing you absolutely can’t overlook: a kick-ass support network. I don’t care how talented or driven you think you are; without the right people in your corner, you’re leaving massive potential untapped.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While a few hours of laughter and small talk may be a welcome break from daily routines, the best team-building activities go far beyond fun. As a team leader or business owner, you don’t just want to entertain your team—you want to create a lasting impact. Truly meaningful experiences influence your team’s attitudes and actions, build deeper trust, and improve how well they collaborate long after the event is over.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A leader with a closed mind has a disengaged team. Disengagement begins in the mind. Leaders who close minds defeat themselves. A leader with a closed mind is working too hard. Read more.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Visionary leadership is the art of imagining a better future and inspiring others to help make it a reality. It requires a unique combination of creativity, strategic thinking, and the ability to rally people around a common goal. As an executive leadership coach, I have helped leaders cultivate the skills needed to think, create, and plan for the future.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

One Way to Turn Over-whelm into Practical Takeaways at Your Next Professional Development Conference You’re attending an industry conference or professional development event, and are fired up with ALL THE IDEAS. You want to do all the ideas right away. And you know that doing everything, everywhere, all at once isn’t realistic. So what should you do?

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CO2

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The CEO of a large professional services firm called me the other day. Leadership challenges in economic uncertainty are on everyone’s minds. “I need to restructure my business,” he said. “I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team.” Like many of the CEOs I coach, he was anxious about the current economic uncertainty and had a hard time thinking beyond the pressing question of the moment: “How do I cut costs?

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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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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Measure the impact of your leadership by the energy you ignite in others. Skillful leaders multiply energy. Incompetent leaders exhaust people. How is people's energy after spending time with you?

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A troublesome and persistent issue facing organizations today is their inability to develop and promote women – and especially women from visible minority groups – to leadership positions where they can play a key role in the decision-making process. After all, we have years of research and application examples of.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Depression is a silent struggle that many leaders face, often behind closed doors. As an executive leadership coach, I witness the pressure to perform, the weight of responsibility, and the constant demands of leadership that can take a heavy toll on mental health. Many leaders worry that admitting to depression will be perceived as weakness, but in reality, acknowledging and addressing it is a sign of true strength and self-awareness.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Today’s guest post is by Kelly Gregorio of Advantage Capital Funds. As the leader of your team, it is your job to forge ahead. When the horizon feels miles away, your team will turn to you expecting enough support to keep them going. However, people (including you) can take for granted that the person in the management position is still human with their own doubts, stressors and anxiety.

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Employees across the globe have been pushing for a shift to a four-day workweek model while employers have continued to resist the change. In the latest update to the story, a smattering of German firms engaged in a four-day workweek trial to test whether the system was feasible for their business. The six-month study conducted across 45 organizations showed that Germany’s four-day week experiment was extremely successful, with many of the firms now open to shifting their work model more perman

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’re like most students, you probably feel the weight of the Dental Admission Test (DAT) looming over you. Juggling school, work, and the endless stream of study materials can make it seem like there’s just not enough time in the day. The pressure to perform well adds to the stress, making it easy to feel overwhelmed. But here’s the thing: mastering the DAT doesn’t have to mean endless hours of stressful cramming.

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Lead from Within

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Bias in Artificial Intelligence is a critical issue that demands the attention of leaders across industries. As organizations increasingly rely on AI algorithms to make high-stakes decisions. The potential for biases to perpetuate and amplify discrimination is a growing concern. Left unchecked, biased AI systems can lead to unfair treatment. They reinforce systemic inequalities and erode trust in both the technology and the organizations that use it.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It is easy to get caught up in grand vision – the big strategy. However, successful execution of any strategy requires two important things: clarity and attention to details. Strategic Clarity Things move in the right direction when everyone knows the goal and their part in getting there. Clarity enables your team’s next steps, promotes right decision making and helps people be adaptable.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize various industries, the role of CEOs, especially in midsize companies, is undergoing a profound transformation. This essay delves into the evolving responsibilities of CEOs in the age of AI, highlighting the critical leadership skills required to harness AI’s potential effectively and responsibly.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Having a strong online presence is absolutely huge for any business nowadays and Digital Public Relations (PR) plays a big role in improving your brand’s visibility, credibility, and engagement with your target audience. 5 of the Best PR Strategies For Online Performance Effective digital PR strategies for SEO can massively boost your business’s online performance.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Young graduates are having a hard time finding employment, but matters aren’t any easier for older workers either. Ageism in hiring has always been a problem, however, older workers are increasingly worried about the obstacles in their way to finding work. A recent study by CWI Labs found that 59% of workers aged 50 or older believe their age has created roadblocks in their job hunt.

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