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Managing Up? Use Caution.

N2Growth Blog

Managing Up &# is a great catch phrase and an interesting concept – it’s also a practice that can get you in deep trouble rather quickly if misunderstood or misapplied. Many people would say the purpose of managing-up is to have the by-product of your efforts enhance the work of those you report to.

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Recruiting vs Talent Management

N2Growth Blog

While my personal practice is focused on providing leadership advice and counsel to Fortune 500 CEOs, as the senior operating executive at our firm I also have oversight responsibility for our talent management practice. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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Managing Yourself First Checklist

Leading Blog

Make sure that the first person you are managing every day is yourself. Practice old-fashioned good manners. Adapted from It’s Okay to Manage Your Boss by Bruce Tulgan. Take good care of yourself outside of work so that you can bring your best self to work every day. Arrive a little early to work and stay a little late.

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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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The Strategic Advantage of Implementing a Junior Advisory Board in Your Organization

N2Growth Blog

By collaborating closely with senior management on strategic initiatives, such a board offers a unique viewpoint that can significantly influence the company’s direction.

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10 Commandments for Getting Along with Your Fellow Managers:

Great Leadership By Dan

Maybe it’s an old fashioned management concept, but there used to be something called “professional courtesy” when it comes to situations like this. Patrick Lencioni, consultant and author of the book “ Five Dysfunctions of a Team ”, writes and speaks about importance of manager peer relationships.

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You Don't Need a Change Management Plan

leaderCommunicator

Act in a more transformative fashion. And it’s the reason that the answer for many organizations is consistent: “we need a change management plan.”. While that plays out in the background – or more often, foreground – we’re also telling employees on a regular basis that they need to be bolder. Shift their mindset. Be more agile.