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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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

So many people go off half-cocked and attempt something grandiose or unattainable by any measure and then find themselves cashing in again on a failed project, initiative, or life goal. When are the Finance and Research steps complete? Initiate the finance process. Then they get frustrated and angry. What is the resale value?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 30, 2016

Regardless of the fundamental questions about the nature of leadership itself, here are some of the most valuable leadership skills you will need in your life. Although, organization itself represents a collection of various organizational skills, we must still view it as a critical leadership skill. Determination.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Or, more importantly, theyll notice what you arent doing the extra projects youre not taking on, the new training youre not jumping into, the fresh ideas youre not pitching. Even if youre producing results, new leadership might look for fresh talent to align with their new vision. Remember, your company is evolving rapidly.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

This 1954 movie brought the truly timeless and consequential components of leadership into focus for me. Emotion Is Integral to Quality Leadership. Regardless of the moniker, the fact is these great leaders were capable of projecting their vision in an emotional and convincing manner. They were masters of motivation.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study. Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

And as resources (finances, job opportunities, even physical supplies) dry up focus turns to self-preservation. I’ve always loved collaborating with others on projects and over the years have learnt what works and what doesn’t. New ideas flow which can result in projects way bigger than what you initially envisaged.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. Influencing executives helps a leader to build broad support for her projects and ideas and to gain financial backing when necessary. Finance departments. Finance departments are another group of stakeholders that leaders must influence in order to gain their trust as well.

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Leading Blog

JULY 14, 2017

Since the Camino, I am more thoughtful when I start a new project to look for lessons from the past. While I was walking the Camino, I thought a lot about my career and the leadership lessons I had learned. This week, my third book, The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain (AMACOM) comes out.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. is who they are going to put in charge?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Our firm specializes in identifying executive leaders who bring the right skills and resonate with a company’s ethos, fueling leadership effectiveness and sustainable growth in today’s competitive landscape. A good CSO empowers companies to thrive by making sustainability a key driver of innovation, agility, and business growth.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. What if the costs exceed projections, and the benefits fall short of projections? They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Anyone who has ever launched a new initiative understands the inevitability of running into numerous barriers over the life-cycle of any project. Rob [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] }*/.feedback_prompt link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] Thanks for the comment Joe.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In today’s post I’ll clearly explain the difference between vision and mission … As as a backdrop to answering today’s question, I want to share a simple organizational framework I developed several years ago to help executives gain a better understanding of leadership structure.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. started by asking: What do you want the people in sales and the project managers to do?

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Take turns eulogizing the idea or project you’re “burying,” sharing lessons learned. The finance website NerdWallet creates a “Fail Wall” where mistakes are posted, emphasizing that everyone fails and honoring outside-the-box thinking. Hold an Idea Funeral. Focus on its merits as well as the reasons it ultimately failed.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

To this day I’m amazed at how many CEOs still own tasks, roles, projects, and responsibilities that should be delegated to others. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2025

In leadership, the questions we ask often define the outcomes we achieve. By unpacking these styles, we can identify actionable ways to empower leadership, specifically through what we call Action Questions. By becoming context-specific, you amplify your leadership impact.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 15, 2012

The ad shows some of the projects that Citi helped finance including the transatlantic cable, the Marshall Plan to rebuild a post-World War II war-torn Europe, and the Space Shuttle Program. Finally, organizations that help improve the wellbeing of people, bring goodness into the world (e.g.

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Women on Business

APRIL 4, 2012

Women have a strength within their household as the decision makers in finances and big ticket purchases. Women take on new projects with a humility and understanding that beginning exactly where you are will provide greater growth and stability in her business.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 2, 2012

At my last company, where I was responsible for leadership development and succession planning, I once received a phone call on a Friday afternoon from one of my favorite managers. In my opinion, Scott’s book is one of the best on senior leadership transitions, and much of the program will be based on its principles.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now I am researching the first section of my new book “Dipping in the WELL: Women Executive Leadership Learning”. For me it was a first grade teacher who challenged me to take an art project some “annoying boy” in my class had scribbled on and find a way to make it work. Now think about the women close to you.

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Leading Blog

JULY 3, 2023

When leadership decides on a change — a new app, or a new process to help customers — everyone wants to get moving so that they can realize the anticipated results as soon as possible. For over twenty-five years, beginning with a twelve-year career at IBM, he has guided change projects by focusing on the people side of change.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. " Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell [link] Bob MacNeal Mike, Thanks for this helpful post. Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. Your work is specific and actionable.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

a 12 month project. I now own two small construction companies, I believe this industry could actually change to commission//Salary. As we grow, I will create this type of pay structure. Salary, with the abillity thru bonuses or commissions. Happy Holidays.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2020

Ask teams these three questions to fix your divots after a great shot: What resources (supplies, finances, etc.) need to be replenished before we hit the next hole (initiative, project, etc.)? But be prepared, it’s your leadership responsibility to deal with the natural consequences of you and your teams’ actions.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2019

And yet, what is crystal clear to me after 20 years in leadership roles is that those ingredients, while important to success, aren't enough if you've forgotten the fundamentals of being positive, learning from others, being honest and the kind of person people want to work with. Take care of your health and finances on a daily basis.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The finance person’s priority is budgets and profit/loss statements. But a leadership team’s members need to own responsibility for the whole business, not just their individual pieces of it. His leadership team identified customer service as the senior leadership team’s—and therefore the division’s—top priority.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

In today’s business environment, project managers are now recognized for their critical role in keeping essential business functions running smoothly. As such, there’s been a corresponding boom in demand for workers with project management skills. Change Management. Business Expertise.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Companies now understand the impact of diversifying their talent pool, especially in leadership roles. o Take on high profile projects. The recommendation from Harvard Business Review and Catalyst is for organizations to adopt formal sponsorship programs similar to IBM Europe. They need to advocate for an advocate or sponsor.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

My new book Ignite Your Leadership Expertise is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. You’re well past the point of no return when you finally come to the realization that the project has been a mistake all along. Or cut ties and incur the wrath of the executive sponsors and finance department.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 2, 2015

Stretch assignments and special projects are one of the best ways to build confidence and skills. If you only go to the finance guy for finance things, he’ll always act like a finance guy. Leadership Coaching Achieve Breakthrough Results Be More Confident confident humility'

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Example - Consulting a finance team from a mining company we had to figure out a way to get the budget reports to the finance team on-time so accurate profit and loss + budgets could be shared and allocated to operations. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 28, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Five Minutes – a Key to Successful Time Management by Kevin Eikenberry on January 28, 2011 in Decision Making , Leadership , Learning , Manage Projects , Personal Development Every leader I talk to tells me they are busy.

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