N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

“Agile organizations treat disruption and adversity as opportunities.” Today’s organizations face the unknown on a weekly basis. and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. The combination of business and military leadership experience added insight and perspective to their book. . Northern Command.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. So, what creates conflict in the workplace?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

One of the first things you need to understand as a CEO is what your time is worth relative to others in the organization. The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Popular business axioms and management theories are thrown around in such cavalier fashion these days that they can actually result in flawed decisioning. Let’s look at this from another angle…Why would you want to do business in the same fashion as your competitors?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Then, look for venues in which you can expand your circle with connections that complement your professional life in the same fashion. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa. The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Series Part I Why do organizations offer flexibility? Governor’s Conference for Women.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I said no, not an organized one. Hopefully their example will raise the standards of leadership in our national life. Here's link to a post of mine a couple of years ago: Dan Nigro, Rick Rescorla and the Leadership Lessons of 9/11 [link]. They asked if we have a National day of mourning for September 11th. Best wishes Erin.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? Leadership DNA aside, I recently crafted my definition of leadership.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JUNE 8, 2009

Even if we have never been placed in a formal leadership position, we influence those around us simply by being there. And, being human, we are not always going to act in exemplary fashion. But if you cheat it makes people cynical not just about you but the organization as a whole. At the time it was a shock.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

” We would do well to begin fashioning our own blueprint aimed at this end, starting with common sense steps focused on the development of multigenerational ties. The initiative aims, among other priorities, “to build a cohesive society with inter-generational harmony.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In fact, it is most often the organizations that demonstrate a “heard mentality&# when rushing to adopt the latest ideas that are the farthest thing away from being innovative. Simple : Whether the new idea is intended for your organization, vendors, suppliers, partners or customers it must easy to use.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashioned reading. How can you possibly be expected to grow an organization if you’re not growing yourself? If you are anything less then you are not only cheating yourself, but you’re also cheating your organization.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Modern design schools increasingly encourage this, demanding that graduates be familiar not just with a traditional creative skillset, but with ethnography, finance, coding, and a host of other competencies. Establishing this role also announces clearly, to the entire organization, that mastery is respected as its own form of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Campbell, the food company best known for its soups, is investing $125 million in a venture fund to help finance food startups, according to the Wall Street Journal. SPINs is a retail measurement company that covers the natural and organic grocers. Steve has personal experience around building a new brand in a mission-oriented fashion.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

But when you look more deeply into whether those organizations are truly redefining what they are and what they do, stories of successful change efforts are exceptionally rare. That knowledge helped them understand how to make change happen inside an organization. ” Make no mistake, they have substantial relevant experience.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the past three years, I conducted a research project on men, masculinity, and fashion. It’s more common in the arts and fashion industries, but men also choose to dress fabulously in professional organizations. The closet in Mark’s bedroom offers a glimpse into his three-decade career in finance.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

During the past decade, business analytics platforms have evolved from supporting IT and finance functions to enabling business users across the enterprise. On the other hand, analysts who are too deeply embedded in business functions tend to be biased toward the status quo or leadership’s thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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