Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. Leadership isn't easy. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Leadership isn't about you. Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

The Benefits of Executive Coaching for Start-Up Entrepreneurs Executive coaching has become increasingly popular among start-up entrepreneurs, and for good reason. By working with a seasoned coach, start-up entrepreneurs gain invaluable guidance and support that help them navigate the complexities of building a successful business.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Welcome to the November 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting shared 5 Leadership Lessons from Powerful Women.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Gallup's solution to the biggest leadership issue of our time. However, being a 10X entrepreneur is nothing like what most people think. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

If you’re willing to strip away all the excuses, explanations, rationalizations, and justifications for business failures, and be really honest in your analysis, you’ll find only one plausible reason - poor leadership. Poor Branding : A poor brand generally means leadership has failed.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class).

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 1, 2011

This past weekend I co-hosted our annual gathering of 150 business practitioners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Chicago, SOBCon (“SOB” stands for Successful Online Business). In this case, we went from “ Hit budget and greatly improve operating metrics ” (the goal) to “ serve our customers and support each other ” (the Cause).

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When I read Whitney’s new book, I was struck by how her model reflected my own journey of taking the leap from Verizon Wireless executive to entrepreneur. Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. Does it align with my values?

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

If our skills, competencies and judgment get us our leadership roles – it’s our Emotional Quotient (EQ), or Emotional Intelligence , that keeps us there and propels us forward into greater leadership scope, work footprint, scale and reach. The other day I had lunch with a now “many times over” successful entrepreneur.

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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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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

He writes, “Jeff Bezos and Amazon have a remarkably consistent way to approaching and meeting challenges, operating their business and technology, and thinking about new ideas, markets, and growth.” And one just for would-be entrepreneurs: What’s Your Just Walk Out Technology? All 50 ideas are a great look behind the scenes.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Taking the exact opposite tack, in a recent CNBC interview, Alan Patricof , founder of Greycroft Partners, an elite venture capital firm, said: “academic studies show that the success rate of entrepreneurs who start at the age of 60 are twice as successful as those that started in their thirties.” How should you do this? .

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. His new book is Can't Tame a Mongoose: Memoir of a Genomics Entrepreneur. Learn more at roseventures.net. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2014

Given the proper skills and insights, most entrepreneurs can become successful or what Derek Lidow calls entrepreneurial leaders. He discusses these ideas in Startup Leadership and is based on his popular course at Princeton University. He says that all entrepreneurs are selfish. Stage four should not require the founder.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2021

It’s very important to consider what kind of entrepreneur you hope to be once you decide to go it alone. Some people may misinterpret that fact as meaning that as an entrepreneur, you have to get everything right. Intrepid entrepreneurs know the value of risk. Learn From Your Mistakes With A Clinical Attitude.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

In business, leadership infrastructure is the sum total of all the management systems, processes, leadership teams, skill sets, and disciplines that enable companies to grow from small operations into midsized or large firms. Leadership infrastructure is every bit as real as roads and bridges, electrical grids, and the Internet.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I was recently asked to give a workshop for the National Speakers Association on SMART goals to help entrepreneurs launch their businesses. Sure I could talk SMART goals, almost every leadership development person can. A- Authenticity: Identify your values, operating principles and define your brand. The Start of START.

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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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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. Maxwell ( @johncmaxwell ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 6, 2012

Welcome to the May edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! A blog "Carnival" is typically a collection of recent blog posts organized around a common theme, in this case, leadership development. She's also been a consistent Twitter supporter of Great Leadership. Jennifer V.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

So why does maintaining practices that yield a high-performance state of mind matter so much for leadership? Indeed, executives often see themselves as industry or functional domain expertswhether in tech, health sciences, finance, or as an engineer, designer, or head of operations. In the U.S.,

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2011

Review any list of positive leadership traits and “ passion &# will undoubtedly rank near the top – rightly so. It is not at all uncommon for entrepreneurs and executives to be too close to the forest to see the trees. Are you operating in a vacuum? By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 1997 he was awarded an Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year. In 1997 he was awarded an Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year. I hear that’s a common flaw with entrepreneurs with a vision. Through trial and error and a whole lot of perseverance, he opened the first Texas Roadhouse in 1993.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

What if our next generation of researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and academics fail to challenge conventional thinking? The burden and privilege of leadership simply demands more. My thesis is a simple one: “The plausibility of impossibility only becomes a probability in the absence of leadership.”

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question. If the position is operational, hire an operations manager and a finance head. .

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. It might amaze many people to know that successful entrepreneurs are rarely building on new ideas or disrupting existing industries. Poor leadership and poor execution can sink even the greatest ideas.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 20, 2014

Leadership More Human Podcast' Then he started all over again, with a new “Profit first” formula. My ongoing thanks to Pagatim in Portland for their recording services, and here’s a link to the podcast if you can’t see or use the embed below.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2023

The decision to become an entrepreneur comes with many responsibilities, challenges, and positive or negative financial consequences, depending on how well your planning and execution did. However, the most important duty associated with entrepreneurship is leadership. This strategy can be implemented by storytelling.

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Leading Blog

JULY 10, 2023

A RTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR Larry D. Find your center and operate from it. Bear the winds and rains of the storms, then rest in the assurance that the impending blue skies and sunshine will take care of themselves. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 17, 2024

Today, he is redefining what it means to be an entrepreneur and business leader. In his book you will find the six business and leadership principles Zamani aligns with not only for himself and his employees in the business world, but also as conscientious adults and human beings. At 28, he secured a billion-dollar IPO.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Leadership lessons at their core are taught in Kindergarten and here’s what I mean. When asking for cooperation, which is a key part of every entrepreneur’s life, saying please and thank you should go without saying. In business we operate under the old adage of the loudest person is the one that gets heard.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Well actually, no it’s not. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Collins also makes it clear that a flywheel operates within a context —a framework of principles that great organizations adhere to. The flywheel principle operates at the pivot point from Disciplined Thought into Disciplined Action. The flywheel principle operates at the pivot point from Disciplined Thought into Disciplined Action.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] It is possible to have both speed and planning so long as planning doesn't turn into "analysis paralysis."

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