Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

Your finance team did a bit of quick math to calculate ROI for making the transition to remote teams permanent based on real-estate savings and reduced communite times. So how do you take a more comprehensive approach to measuring the ROI? So where do you start? How do you truly measure the ROI of remote vs. in-person work?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 29, 2014

I recently sat down with Sarah at a local coffee shop up the street from her boutique, to drink some locally roasted espresso and talk about SaySay Boutique, which she started 10 years ago, and the lessons she’s learned along the way. You can do it without outside financing. It’s part of who we are.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And do that with over 99.999999 percent reliability. And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. Recall how the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Finance is the backbone of any business. As such, ensuring that your business’s finance department is up to par is important. Here are the top ways to enhance your company’s finance department: Implement Financial Software. Financial software help streamline many of the tasks performed by your finance department.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 7, 2023

Managing personal finance can seem overwhelming, especially if you’re not sure where to start. But taking control of your finances is essential for a secure financial future and achieving your goals. Taking the time to manage your finances will help you take control of your spending habits and make smart financial decisions.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 24, 2019

After some lengthy interviews with each director and extensive desk research on the business finances, operations, and history, I introduced the notion to them last week that their business was grounded, barely standing still, and as far from a legacy company as they might get. Some family members can sell cars; others do not want to do that.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 2, 2014

Can they grasp real meaning in their work beyond the growing daily to do list. Leaders need to help everyone see the impact of what they do -Anil Saxena, LGL Tribe Member. It just seems that we’ve got this really long list of things to do and the work just keeps coming. You’re Relying On Someone Else To Do It.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You can work with someone where the basics are in place, but lacking certain fundamentals, there really isn’t much you can do. Hustle : I learned this lesson at an early age…I had a basketball coach take me aside after I finished far ahead of the pack after a long set of down-and-backs.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I need to learn to manage my time better. Yet ironically, none of us can learn to manage time. What you can do, however, is manage your energy. Energy is the amount of effort we expend into doing something. This means that you don’t have to wake up each morning wondering what to do, that’s already done.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

My question is this: have you taken the time to do the necessary planning? Instead of beating yourself up or giving in, it is critical that you develop the ability to learn from setbacks. So, do you have the skills and perspective to thrive under pressure and to succeed, or will you implode when faced with a challenge?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

It is important for executives to learn to apply focused leverage to a limited number of highest and best use activities rather than to continually shift gears between multiple initiatives. This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In today’ post I’ll share my thoughts on the value of learning to become a humble leader… It’s been said that life is a long lesson in humility. As a leader, the sooner you come to grips with your humility the better leader you’ll become.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Key technologies in this digital landscape include artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), among others. These technological advancements are changing how we connect, communicate, and do business.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. In the text that follows I’m going to ask you to do some soul searching – up for the challenge?

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

While there are several contractor financing options available, credit card limits are many times too low on limits for your needs (especially for larger commercial projects) and traditional lenders are known to require blanket liens on your business just to work together. How Does Contractor Material Financing Work?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Even non-profits have to carefully manage finances and raise funds using ethical practices. Learning high level ethical thinking will not only help them handle the challenges they are already facing, it will also improve their long term social impact. Planet How can we honor life and ecosystems? This post is by Linda Fisher Thornton.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

The challenge of learning new skills is that you think you already know how best to learn, as you did as a student, so you rerun old routines and old ways of solving problems. Transforming Legacy Organizations : Turn your Established Business into an Innovation Champion to Win the Future by Kris Østergaard. Everyone has insecurities.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

These relationships are critical if an organization needs to adapt to changes in the external environment, as many organizations and their supply chain leaders have had to do amidst recent global events. An effective CPO values diversity and inclusion, creating a culture of inclusivity that attracts and retains top talent.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We do more and produce less. Disengaged leaders do not want to abandon the status quo. What shifts must learning and development professionals make in order to create an environment of continuous learning that accelerates development and quickly and positively impacts the business in real and tangible ways?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Leaders who do not possess a bias toward action, or who cannot deliver on their obligations will not be successful. Not Forward Looking : No vision equals no leadership Leaders satisfied with the status quo, or who tend to be more concerned about survival than growth won’t do well over the long-run.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Do I have your attention yet? While there are certainly numerous ways to learn (observation, experience, classroom instruction, relational interactions, etc.), To be blunt, I have little patience for those leaders who are “too busy&# or “too smart&# or “too important&# to learn.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. If you mull this over for a moment you’ll find that almost universally the smartest person in the room is not the one doing all the talking – it’s the person doing all the listening. Talk less and listen more.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

In The Talent Masters , Bill Conaty and Ram Charan explain how to do it. Your talent assessment/development systems should have as much “rigor and repeatability as systems used for finance and operations.” Continuous learning and improvement. People deliver numbers. If you want the numbers, you need the people.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

What we do to invest in our potential is what will distinguish us from the lime light to were we are supposed to be as leaders. Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? " Thanks for sharing Sami… Dan Leaders take others to a destination (by definition).

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. What good can I do as a person, an organization, and a society?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Karin and David share: “ You’ve learned a lot about how you work and what makes you most productive over the last year. Bernd Geropp provided How I learned to delegate. In this post, I’ll talk about how I learned to delegate. Marcella Bremer of Positive Culture contributed The fearless, learning culture.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have great vision? Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Are you a master of strategy?

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2020

Looking back, I thought I’d reveal a few of the lessons I’ve learned running a successful coaching practice (top 5%) since 2006. Everything I do is directed by ME, brainstormed by ME, and the fruits of my efforts all go to ME. Learned this in my first few years of business — clients flood in and clients disappear.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Bernd shares: “ How do you introduce one-on-ones to your direct reports? How do you get started and what exactly should you say in such meetings? Learn the three keys that offer certainty and knowledge that the leader can be counted on. Mary writes: “ When do you turn on your selling style and turn it off at work?

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I asked him, “What are you doing to celebrate failures?” We then looked at some fun ways that corporate leaders have learned to take their failures and celebrate them. In doing so, they help their most creative people to develop exciting new ideas. This creates a culture of trying out new ideas and learning from the results.

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Career Advancement

JUNE 15, 2020

Many employees believe that if they continue doing what’s expected of them, they’ll always have a job. As AI, robotics, and machine learning take on increasingly central roles within organizations, employees will need to focus more on skills in the interpersonal and decision-making realms. Contact him to learn how to get started.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance? When people describe you do they talk about what you have achieved for yourself or what you’ve accomplished for the benefit of others?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

The ability to recognize conflict, understand the nature of conflict, and to be able to bring swift and fair resolution to conflict will serve you well as a leader – the inability to do so may well be your downfall. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For those of you not familiar with Kevin, he is a two-time best selling author and the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group , a learning consulting company that has been helping organizations, teams and individuals reach their potential since 1993. What do I mean? Do you say mistakes are important and necessary?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. Let me ask you a few simple questions: How do you feel when you’re told no? Moreover, when those conversations do occur they tend to be focused on admonishment rather than teachable moments.

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Women on Business

APRIL 4, 2012

Women empower other women in partnerships and collaborating, building their business faster than doing it alone. Women have a strength within their household as the decision makers in finances and big ticket purchases. Women desire to be in social gatherings, supporting one another and uplifting to each others mission or goals in life.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, 3D printing, and robotics are among the most important technologies of today’s rapidly changing world. Nonetheless, these changes are everything but easy to implement because they challenge traditional ways of thinking and doing business.

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