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Insightful Analysis: What Sets Our C-Suite Evaluation Process Apart

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Purpose: Defining the objectives and goals of our C-Suite evaluation process. Defining the objectives and goals of our C-Suite evaluation process is a crucial step in ensuring its effectiveness. As a consulting professional who works with top executives in the world’s largest companies, we understand that every organization has unique needs and challenges.

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LeadershipNow 140: October 2023 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here is a selection of Posts from October 2023 that you will want to check out: The One Trait Every Leader Should Eliminate by @LollyDaskal Toward a Better Model for Leader Development by @artpetty How The Right Values Help Increase Your Wellbeing by @LaRaeQuy The Art of Unlearning by @samchand People Skills: Responding to Disrespect With Dignity by @KateNasser Are High Performers More at Risk of Burnout?

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How to Carve Out a Great Team Culture in a Fast Growing, Changing Company?

Let's Grow Leaders

“Hi, Karin, our company is growing so fast, I’m not even sure what our CULTURE is. I’d like to have some semblance of unity on my team, but I’m not sure where to start. How do I CARVE OUT A TEAM CULTURE?” #askingforafriend How to Carve Out A Team Culture Even When Your Company Culture is Lacking Great question! You can (and should) work to build a culture for your focus on influence.

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Help Young People Center Themselves in Values

Leading in Context

By Linda Fisher Thornton How do we help young people become ethical leaders? This is an important question because our long-term future depends on how well we prepare young people to make positive ethical choices and honor multiple dimensions of ethical responsibility.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Professional Search: Strategies for Success

N2Growth Blog

Empowering Executive Excellence through Tailored Development The business environment is ever-evolving, with senior executives at the helm steering the organizational ship toward success. The ascent to the organizational pinnacle is not a one-size-fits-all journey but a tailored venture, morphing around each leader’s unique abilities and aspirations.

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Leading Thoughts for November 2, 2023

Leading Blog

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. Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou on wisdom: “Wisdom itself grounds us, helping us to shift from using our smartness for our own benefit—and often with a zero-sum mindset—to using it for creating new value for a higher purpose.

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4 Rules for Great Relationships at Work

Leadership Freak

Enemies don't help each other. People bring their best when they pull for each other. What do great relationships at work look like?

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Healthcare Leadership: An Inside Look at Executive Search Processes

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Healthcare Leadership in Executive Search Processes Effective leadership is imperative in the healthcare industry, where the well-being of individuals rests in capable hands. The role of healthcare leadership cannot be underestimated, as it shapes the direction and success of organizations, drives innovation, and ensures the delivery of high-quality care.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Ideal Relationships

Leading Blog

C OMMUNICATION is a two-way process. It is imperative that we understand how to transmit and receive in order to have the appropriate communication that builds stronger relationships. The Evolution of Communication From the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt to the tweets of today, communication has always been humanity’s compass. By the firesides of our ancestors, stories shaped cultures and defined communities.

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Fuel Your Career: 17 Critical Skills When You’re a Young Leader Hungry for Success

Let's Grow Leaders

To distinguish yourself as a young leader, build your knowledge, focus on results and relationships, and speak up. You’re a young leader with responsibility for a small team and you want more responsibility. And there’s nothing more frustrating than being told, “Not now. Give it time. You’re not ready yet.” (And if you manage a young leader, please don’t use those despair-inducing words.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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How To Create A Workplace Culture That Encourages Curiosity

Tanveer Naseer

Does your organization encourage a sense of curiosity? According to a survey in the Harvard Business Review, 83% of leaders say they do, but barely half of their employees would agree. Far from being something that’s ‘nice to have’, encouraging a sense of curiosity in your workplace is going to.

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Education Executive Search: Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow’s Institutions

N2Growth Blog

The Importance of Effective Leadership in Educational Institutions In the constantly evolving landscape of education, effective leadership plays a pivotal role in the success and growth of educational institutions. Educational leaders are not only responsible for the overall management of an institution but also for creating a vision, setting goals, and driving positive change.

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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in November 2023 curated just for you. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month. Same as Ever : A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel Every investment plan under the sun is, at best, an informed speculation of what may happen in the future, based on a systematic extrapolation from the known past.

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How to Win with Pattern Recognition

Next Level Blog

How often do you stop what you’re doing to step back, pull up and look at the patterns of what’s going on in your environment, and ask questions like what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next? The most effective senior leaders I work with take the time and make the effort to regularly engage in a practice of pattern recognition and analysis. Doing that puts them ahead of competitors who don’t by identifying new opportunities to leverage and avoiding being blindsided by emerging trends.

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5 Ways to Improve DE&I in the Workplace

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical for an organization’s success. And companies that take bold action to help ensure an inclusive workplace will win every time. Discover how your company can create a culture that celebrates DE&I while achieving higher revenue and growth.

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5 Simple Rules for the Day

Leadership Freak

Treat yourself with more respect than a squirrel. Stop chasing the next nut. Choose how you show up. 5 simple rules.

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Busy, Busy, Busy: How Fake Urgency Overwhelms You.

Rich Gee Group

"I'm too busy to tell people how busy I am." In Kevin Kline’s rendition of “Busy, Busy, Busy” from the musical Philadelphia Chickens, the character encapsulates a cultural epidemic that has bled into every crevice of modern work life. The catchy tune (really listen to the lyrics ) is an anthem for the faux hustle – a misleading badge of honor worn by those who mistake constant commotion for actual productivity.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

I F YOU’VE HAD to be on a plane in the last year or so, especially within the U.S., you’d likely agree with the NBC News proclamation that “the days of fun flying are long gone.” Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. In the U.S., airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has

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When Leadership Is Essential: Knowing When to Lead the Way

Lead from Within

Leadership is an essential aspect of any organization, as it sets the tone and direction for the team. A good leader not only ensures efficient use of resources, but also inspires, encourages, builds trust, and boosts morale. They act as mentors and empower their employees to reach their full potential. Here are some key times when leaders are especially needed: Creating a purpose : Leaders play a vital role in setting the purpose and goals for their teams.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

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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3 Conditional Statements Smart People Never Say

Leadership Freak

Words have trajectory. Here are three conditional statements that stand between you and the life you hope to enjoy.

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Take the Leap: From Daydreaming to Doing—Why You Need to Act Today for a Better Tomorrow.

Rich Gee Group

"To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, and do what you can." – Arthur Ashe So, you're passionate about creating a better future for yourself—a year from now, you want to be happier, wealthier, healthier, or just plain different than your current self. You have these vivid mental images of what life could be like 365 days down the road.

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How To Coach Rather Than Supervise Employees

Eric Jacobson

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. More importantly, they say that it is better for you as a leader to coach employees rather than supervise them.

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The One Trait Every Leader Should Eliminate

Lead from Within

Leadership is all about making decisions, but sometimes the best leaders can fall victim to indecision. Indecisiveness is a weakness that can sneak up on the most respected leaders, and it can have a detrimental effect on the organization. Here are a few reasons why this one trait of leadership should be eliminated, it causes the following: Disengaged employees: Indecisiveness can disengage employees by creating a sense of uncertainty and lack of direction within the organization.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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How to Seek Feedback Like a Leader

Leadership Freak

Don’t ask something stupid like, “How am I doing,” when seeking feedback. Here are three practical questions to wak when seeking feedback.

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6 Business Ideas for College Students to Consider and Pursue

Women on Business

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How To Grow Your Company Into Unicorn Status

Eric Jacobson

Why do some young companies become unicorns ( a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion) , while others don’t? The book, What a Unicorn Knows , offers a field-tested approach to delivering superior customer value and reaching unicorn status by removing the potential inhibitors to organizational scale and speed. Those inhibitors include these four primary forces: Drag Inertia Friction Waste Drawing on a mastery of lean-based methods for achieving maximum effect with minimum

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Why Leaders Must Stay Positive Even When the Future Looks Bleak

Lead from Within

Leadership is not just about having the necessary skills and abilities, but also about having the right attitude. The best leaders understand that having the right attitude is a crucial aspect of their leadership that shapes their impact on others. As Charles Swindoll said, “ Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ” A positive attitude is a superpower that leaders can harness to react to any situation in a positive and productive way.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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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Albert Einstein’s Advice Before He Died

Leadership Freak

Just months before his death, Albert Einstein gave some life advice to Pat Miller. Here it is.

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Writing Your Own Book Will Put You in the Spotlight

Women on Business

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My Favorite Leadership Quotes From The 5 Levels Of Leadership Book

Eric Jacobson

Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Maxwell 's book, The 5 Levels of Leadership that I believe should become a must-read book by any workplace/organizational leader: Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

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How Different Leadership Styles Can Best Drive AI Adoption

Lead from Within

In the ever-evolving landscape of business leadership, the question that arises is how to navigate the importance of Artificial Intelligence adoption. As a leadership executive coach, I understand the significance of finding the right leadership style to guide leaders and their organizations toward embracing AI intelligently. Here are four distinct leadership styles, each offering a unique approach to driving AI adoption.

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The First 90 Days: Onboarding Checklist

While onboarding, don’t let yourself get caught up in administrative details. Automate paperwork & training so new hires can focus on the business at hand from day one. Get Paycor’s checklist to see where your company can make HR process improvements.