Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 19, 2014

Team leaders operate under constant pressure- up-down-and sideways- coupled with limited control. Career & Learning Energy & Engagement frontline leaders HBR leadership mistakes mistakes team leaders' If I had my life to live over again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner. Tallulah Bankhead. Who’s in?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2015

The organization gets a shot in the arm; an instant infusion of talent and energy. Improve the overall productivity of your operations. Effective onboarding accelerates productivity and generates energy. This period of welcome and orientation is an incredible opportunity to revive your team. Cement the existing team. This is it?

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The environmental impact of cryptomining has been well documented over the years, with the energy consumption of the activity likened to that of a small country. New research from Berkeley Haas explores what impact this has on the local energy markets of the places where miners carry out their activities.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

T HE vast majority of today’s business leaders are either embarking on AI deployment to improve their operations or are considering it. Some 54 percent of organizations say AI has been cost-effective for their business operations. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

” However, the landscapes by which leaders operate are anything but static as we enter 2024. The terrain is treacherous and ever-shifting, from the rise of right-wing politics to conflicts spanning continents and through the quicksand of global crises, including housing, migration, and energy.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2013

This leadership is particularly important in large organizations where managers waste so much energy protecting the status quo and avoiding failure that there is little left for progress. Like a coach who helps you visualize victory prior to tip off, great leaders have a way of describing what perfection looks like for their organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

But, tackling the topic head on will save a lot of wasted time and emotional energy, for you, and your team, while preparing your team members for larger roles in the process. You need every single brain cell operating on full cylinder at times like these, not censored with fear of making mistakes. It’s not easy.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

His energy toward great service serves as a charismatic contagious vortex that inspires daily action. Can diffuse the negative energy in a crises and channel it into productive action. Balances day-to-day operations with a longer term view. A Beacon of Calm in the Midst of Chaos. Is not easily rattled. A Legacy Mindset.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 13, 2023

So, you’ve decided that the company will be powered entirely by renewable energy. Renewable energy procurement is the answer. It’s the process of obtaining the renewable energy you need for your business. Let’s dive in and explore the ins and outs of renewable energy procurement. But where to begin?

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

I wanted to come up with something that could unify 1,100 people with a focus on common operating principles – a guiding light to overall success. In the end, I came up with the “ 5 Things You Need to Know ” – three of them were numbers (our key operational goals), and the other two were phrases: “Serve our customers”.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

When people misuse conflict energy, it becomes drama: they struggle against themselves or each other to feel justified about their negative behavior. Drama costs the US workforce over $350 billion per year in lost productivity, absenteeism, passive-aggressive behavior, and wasted energy. The cost is staggering.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 6, 2023

But we’re gonna start with a conversation about strategy and tactics, because leaders and managers can often struggle with the difference between strategy and tactics or vision and operations. The trail ahead, to the exclusion of the operational and management realities that you face today, that is the ground beneath your feet.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

The Role of Top Executives in Leading the Green Revolution The shift toward environmentally friendly operations cannot be handled solely by lower-level managers or specific departments. This involves integrating sustainable practices into daily operations, decision-making, and long-term planning.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 21, 2024

This presents significant challenges for our energy infrastructure, which must remain resilient to ensure continued service and safety. Recent years have illustrated the catastrophic impact of energy disruptions during extreme weather events.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

To navigate more demanding customer expectations , an acute distrust of business and so much remote working, leaders need to find new ways of operating. When we operate from a sense of our presence, we are in a state of absorbed relaxation. Other people are attracted by this expansive energy and want to draw closer.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Why Business Acumen Capacity Is Essential for Scaling Seeing Around Corners : Scaling businesses operate in a VUCA world ( V olatility, U ncertainty, C omplex, A mbiguity). For example, recognizing how a surge in customer demand might stress operational systems allows leaders to act preemptively, rather than reactively.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 19, 2014

When our brain performs tasks or makes decisions, it not only taps into the brain’s limited energy reserves, but in the process of using that energy, it creates waste by-products like beta-amyloid and other metabolites, which can reduce our brain’s ability to concentrate and efficiently perform tasks.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ironically, while we live in a time of unprecedented opportunity, we spend almost half—40%—of our time attention and energy on unimportant or irrelevant activities almost insuring that we miss the possibilities all around us. But you have to make a conscious choice to operate in this quadrant. Q1: The Quadrant of Necessity.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

A family-owned business for more than 60 years, the company has 13 operating entities throughout North America and is headquartered in Ashtabula, Ohio. Fortunately, on December 28, 2017 MFG of South Dakota was granted a reprieve, of sorts, as a new order was received that will sustain operations into the third quarter of 2018.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Modern ways of working require us to consistently tap into our cognitive powers, creative energy, and collective genius. Many workers now function like Apps on a smartphone, sitting pretty on top of a company’s operating system (OS). The trick is to be ruthless in managing our energy so that it can expand and become boundless.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2017

Business leaders need to know how to handle conflict in the workplace to keep operations running smoothly. Nathan Regier of Next Element Consulting – Next From Nate shares his viewpoint that when we mediate, manage, or reduce the conflict, we necessarily reduce the energy available for productive problem-solving.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2024

The transition towards renewable energy sources has become a global imperative. Renewable energy systems, such as solar, wind, and hydropower, are at the forefront of this movement. Once the infrastructure is in place, the operational expenses are considerably lower.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

You can’t waste your mental energy looking for a way out or an alternative plan. All of your energy needs to be directed toward your goal or you’ll never reach it.” Maybe you are the Visionary, and you need a good operator—a Catalyst type—to make it happen. There are behaviors and thinking that strongly influence our outcomes.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This is very important, especially where workers are doing physically demanding jobs or operating machinery. Simple errors when operating machinery can lead to wastage of raw materials or severe injuries. Comfortable Workers Have More Energy, Therefore Work Better. They also cannot come up with innovative ideas.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 24, 2017

When leaders and teams operate at their best, their innately healthy behaviors are enhanced, and organizations flourish. As a result, organizations waste time, energy, and money struggling to overcome personal and cultural dysfunctions rather than focusing on productivity, creativity, and growth. That is not surprising.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 22, 2013

One extremely successful leader who understands the importance of this best practice is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. As head of the U.S. Track Your Top Five.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

There, at an annual budget meeting with the entire operations management group in attendance, an important decision was made. This makes a huge difference in the overall attitude and energy of the entire group. ” And sometimes, you get to ask a brave follow up question, to those who have witnessed the moment. Leading vs.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For small business owners, reducing operational costs is essential for the success of the company. Fortunately, there are several strategies to use for reducing operational costs and ensuring that a small business remains profitable. Below are eight effective ways to reduce operational costs in your small business.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teams require trust, and that’s built only through time spent together, solving problems, making decisions, and learning how everyone operates, sees the world, and shares information. This type of confusion wastes tons of precious time and energy. Instead, before the discussion begins, state how the decision will be made. Be specific.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Once my client’s vision became more explicit and concrete, other things were able to flow from it – a new strategic plan, a new annual operational plan, and a change plan for the transition, all with the vision clearly and strongly identified within them and shared thoroughly with the workforce. Vision is something to serve.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Leading executive search firms operate in very specific ways to find top leaders who can take a company to its desired future state. While executive search firms have been around for decades, there’s been a recent, revolutionary shift in the ways executive search firms operate. How do executive search firms work?

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Similarly, if even small decisions require multiple layers of approval, your team will lose energy to try new things.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I’m speaking of those moments in which we find ourselves operating in the present without joy, face an uncertain future with little hope or are seemingly pursuing a path with no discernable purpose. If we are completely honest with ourselves, it’s likely each of us can think of times when the burden of weariness tugs at us.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

There is no one solution that fits everyone, but prioritizing your own well-being is paramount if you are to have the energy to inspire and motivate others. For many leaders, this means indulging in self-care—which could include meditation, exercise, and eating and sleeping well. Leaders understand that they need to engage others.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet it affects so much of a how a business operates, from the individual in the team to the company as a collection of teams to the entire market place. Oftentimes it is because the team is so busy they don’t have the time and energy to reflect on how things are going and what they could do better. Michael Jordan.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

AND then, I became a large team operations leader. You are starting to feel energy and engagement. Is it familiar, yet novel? One hundred percent. The first decade of my career (and all my formal education) was about leadership development and communication. I’ve lived want I yearned to teach. Sweet Spot. 10:24 The Sweet Spot.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

To help you develop confidence and grow as a leader, the authors present an operating system of leadership practices based on their time-tested Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. And this book is written for them – those people who can and should lead “without the benefit of hierarchical position and rank.”.

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