Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

No fluff, no BS, just straight-up value. Bezos overhauled operations, aggressively slashing costs and renegotiating supplier contracts to ensure the strategy was sustainable. They'll follow suit when they know that you’re not just the visionary but the executor. I want you to dive in, rip it apart, love it, hate it—whatever.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

The same three guys take up all the air time. Another common complaint about Business Review Meetings is that nearly always the time gets hijacked with discussions on day-to-day operating or tactical issues, especially when we have a room full of engineers turned managers; they quickly dive down into trying to fix the problem right then.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. Follow Paul. Follow Jim. Follow Mary Jo. Follow Julie. Follow John. Follow Abby. Follow Dan. Follow Bruce. Follow Lisa. Read on… Follow Bob. .” – Michael Jordan.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

Follow me on Twitter @workcoach4you. Communications Leadership Operations & Strategy Productivity Success getting negative feedback how to give feedback to your boss joel garfinkle N2growth Providing feedback providing feedback to employees' Make it a two-way conversation. Reinforce positive behavior. Good or bad, please comment.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2014

It’s better to know what you’re up against so youcan prepare well. don’t look up their children’s little league stats), but a little preparation can go a long way in helping grease the skids to powerful connection. One of the reasons for a panel interview is to see how you operate in a group setting.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

There are some moments in your career that leave an indelible imprint – moments that end up defining WHO you are. ” And sometimes, you get to ask a brave follow up question, to those who have witnessed the moment. “Will you follow me??” This is where I’m going!!” We’ve won.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

T HE vast majority of today’s business leaders are either embarking on AI deployment to improve their operations or are considering it. Some 54 percent of organizations say AI has been cost-effective for their business operations. I learned this principle when helping clients brainstorm how best to leverage AI within their operations.

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

Consider the following: If EQ is to us, what an engine is to a car – then self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate. “…self-regulation is the drive train that powers how we operate…” Our capacity for self-regulation acts in the same way. Lose brand power. Lose situational power.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

For example, in a 2012 study of the Character Strength of Leaders by CCL it was found that integrity was the most important contributor to top-level executive performance followed closely by bravery. When you are not able to keep your word (or keep it on time), let everyone know immediately and clean up the mess this causes.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Chief Operating Officer is an organization’s powerhouse, ensuring every process and experience in your business runs like a well-oiled machine. This key executive monitors daily operations, ensuring efficient and effective methods. Tech Savviness: Leveraging technology to boost operational efficiency.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Steenkamp begins to shore up that deficiency, by looking at the lives of 16 men and women and the decisions they were faced with that changed the course of history. They are operation rather than strategic leaders.” (As Persuasive Leadership—Change the Minds of Your Followers. Servant Leadership—Put Followers First.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Narrowly defining leadership restricts innovation by excluding countless points of view and modes of operating. When leaders are pressured into leadership styles that go against their natural way of operating, they are set up for failure. They end up focusing on themselves instead of the people and organization they are leading.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

” Have you ever left a meeting only to realize there was an unresolved issue no one had the courage to bring up? As a leader, youll gain valuable insights into team sentiment and operational roadblocks that might otherwise go unnoticed. The key is follow-through. Again, follow-up is crucial. Youre not alone.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

Next month’s Frontline Festival follows up on this month’s with a theme all about growth and change. If you find yourself on a dysfunctional team, or just want to get a new team off to a great start, ask yourself the following three questions from Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership. Follow Susan.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Those who care most will show up. There is no assigned follow-up. The operational, process people chart the part of potential actions. Send out an open invitation. There are too many ideas generated and no criteria for culling out the ones that need further input. The stated problem is the wrong problem.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Or, maybe you’re leading a fast-growing start-up, and it’s no longer feasible to have the direct influence you once had with every employee and customer. I regularly held town-hall meetings and other motivational meetings to get the team fired up and connected to our bigger purpose. Here are a few tips that can help.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

A more accurate and useful way of putting it is that leadership decision-making has unintended consequences that show up as cultural issues. Take, for example, a recycling plant catastrophe in which three workers are killed following two explosions. Would you want your son or daughter to work there?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

However, when the traits associated with integrity — being authentic, candid, transparent, principled, and consistent — are overweighted without being counterbalanced by the under-weighted dimensions — self-awareness, vulnerability, empathy, compassion, patience, and calm, a person can end up being a bully, abrasive, dogmatic, and toxic.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 8, 2021

After conducting a few million DILOs (Day in the Life of) across 30,000 organizational operations assessments, we found one thing in common. Those who get out on the floor where the work gets done, who spend time with their teams, who listen and learn about the people and ecosystems that make up their workplace, make better decisions.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

For as George Washington said, “ We must consult our means rather than our wishes” Set them too conservatively, and a false sense of security, stagnation, and a culture of mediocracy are sure to follow. I can sum that up in three ways: 1) Dream big qualitatively, always. See what I mean? our means).

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Leading Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s nimble like a start-up. he responded, “Day Two is stasis, followed by irrelevance, followed by excruciating, painful decline, followed by death.”. The real story is Zuckerberg set up a feedback culture. Apple has operated like Day One but struggles today under a refiner’s mindset. Always Day One.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Sectors like construction, real estate, automotive manufacturing, financial services, and health care have been thought of as distinct categories, each operating in its own spheres. The borders between sectors are dissolving. Will you participate in someone else’s ecosystem? Or a little of both?

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. Recall how the U.S.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 11, 2020

People who can step up and show others the way. People who take charge, not in an overbearing way, but in a way that inspires others to follow. After all, you can’t be a leader unless others will follow you. Being positive and encouraging inspires your team to want to follow up. Solution Focused.

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HR Digest

MARCH 17, 2025

If whispers from late 2024 hold true, were staring down the barrel of a massive managerial purge, up to 14,000 job cuts by the end of March 2025. This move would help the e-tailer save up to $3.5 If Amazon lets go of 14,000 people in managerial roles it ends up saving in piles. Amazon is no stranger to job cuts in recent years.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

We chose to address the following traits in this article: . With all of this in mind, we constructed the following table to compare archetypal young founders and experienced CEOs across the aforementioned Forbes traits that define successful CEOs. Some founders will bounce right back up. Grit and courage . Curiosity .

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Leading Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

People listen to what you have to say, and follow you, because they want to, not because they have to. In my new book, Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The Most , written with George Bradt, we provide the tools every leader needs to grow and develop into the leader that others want to follow.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Accountable Leaders : Inspire a Culture Where Everyone Steps Up, Takes Ownership, and Delivers Results by Vince Molinaro.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

Other leaders operated machines. Well, they were made up of interchangeable parts. Leaders aren’t super-powerful beings that design and operate organizations. They’re made up of unique human beings, not interchangeable parts. Give up control. Children may pull up plants for fun. “Well-oiled machine.”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Following is the methodology used in selecting this year’s winners: Peer recommendations and interviews. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. Impact, growth, and performance of the organizations they lead.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Let me be clear, I’m not encouraging giving in or giving up – I am suggesting you learn the ever so subtle art of letting go. A leader simply operates at their best when they understand their ability to influence is much more fruitful than their ability to control. Surrender – control freaks need not apply.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

To some degree, trust is built up over time, but your ability to build trust multiplies in a crisis. Designating only one priority means your team will be able to follow through. And the more trust increases, the more smoothly and quickly your operation can run. In fact, your quickest opportunity to build trust is in a crisis.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

As a follow-up to our discussion about the Biggest Mistakes Team Leaders make, Bruce Harpham offers his insights on the biggest mistakes NEW leaders make. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. When we made errors in judgement, it’s important to learn from that experience.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

The hotel opened in 705 AD and is still operating. Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity. Picture the playground teeter-totter with one side up and the other down. Impressive. His findings?

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Metrics Succession Hotels Long-term 370

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Who would you rather follow, Leader A or Leader B? But here is what is interesting, through a personal assessment I have done with over two thousand leaders and individuals, only 5% consistently operate like Leader B. Who would you rather follow, a leader whose mindsets are: Fixed, closed, prevention, and inward, or.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

To illustrate the potential impacts, in 2007, Nokia had a little over half the mobile phone market with an operating profit of about $7.8 Nokia just couldn’t keep up. These transformations typically involve a profound change in how a business operates, encompassing people, process, and technology.

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