N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

The importance of this role in high-performing organizations cannot be overstated: research from various organizational studies shows that effective operations leadership is one of the most reliable predictors of sustained performance and competitive advantage in business.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Traditional leadership capabilities are undergoing a profound transformation. McKinsey research indicates that 85% of the skills considered crucial for leadership success in the future don’t yet exist in most executive portfolios. These competencies form the foundation of future leadership success.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It requires intentional, visible leadership and a clear, consistent message that speaks louder than words. One of our favorite things is to work with senior teams to build your leadership blueprint. The post How to Lead Sustainable Business Culture Change: A 3-Step Framework for Success appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

I dont necessarily think that VUCA and BANI are mutually exclusive; rather I think they complement each other and can provide a lot of guidance for executive leaders pondering how to navigate uncharted waters. (If How are you equipping your team for the unexpected? Take care of yourself and your team. Focus on human connection.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 4, 2025

Its why so many marketing initiatives fall flat, why sales teams resist new processes, and why companies struggle to implement real change. If your leadership team makes decisions behind closed doors and then announces them as mandates, dont be surprised when your employees push backor worse, disengage entirely.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Let’s be brutally honest: if you’re a CMO still clinging to outdated hiring practices and marketing strategies, it’s time to wake up or step aside. The marketing world is moving at warp speed, and those who don’t know how to actually harness AI are getting left in the dust. The real players aren’t where you think they are.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Alex Vorobieff, author of Transform Your Company , shares how to discover the hidden force pulling companies into dysfunction and creating frustration. Listen in as Alex discusses how to implement straightforward tools to identify and remove the real source of your pain. Watch below! Register for this FREE webinar here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2022

During difficult times, what leadership values matter most? In fact, in our recent LinkedIn poll, 61% said “compassion” was most the most critical leadership value this year. In fact, in our recent LinkedIn poll, 61% said “compassion” was most the most critical leadership value this year. Compassion.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

However independent minded you are, others influence your leadership approach. Choose your leadership influences carefully. The most important influence on your leadership is the people all around you. Use the final section of this article to find one new person to provide positive leadership influence.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” How to Say No at Work. In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. . For example, “Yes, it sounds like this project would benefit our marketing strategy. I can certainly prioritize this new marketing project if we can shift the product deadline.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 6, 2020

When so much seems to be out of your control, what can you do to stay marketable and maintain your job? Listen in as Bonnie shares actionable tips for how to stay marketable in a virtual world, and how to align yourself for the best possible outcome within your career during this crisis. Learn more and register here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 12, 2021

What you do next will reinforce your leadership and influence—or erode your credibility. Depending on the circumstance, it may be an opportunity for them to grow, for you to improve your leadership, or a moment to connect and build a stronger team. How to Address Team Conflict Productively. 6 Ways to Deal with Team Conflict.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

How to Develop Entrepreneurial Thinking on Your Team. “Errr, well, no, but …” The conversation after that “but” is at the heart of teaching your team how to think and act like an entrepreneur. This could be a project, a market, and group of customers, or even a group of emerging leaders to develop.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Are you interested in self-development as a tool for leadership? Do you want to learn how to position yourself as an authentic leader in a crowded field? Listen in as Bonnie offers specific tools for how individuals can develop a strong connection with themselves, and utilize their knowledge of self to become more effective leaders.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

To this end, Rebecca Homkes offers Survive, Reset, Thrive as a playbook to help lead successful strategies through an unprecedented range of market conditions. How do you update and change your strategy for the changing market conditions? We may not be able to plan for uncertainty, but we can prepare for it. Reset means change.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I have spent decades advising CEOs, executives, and senior leadership teams globally in both Fortune 500 companies and emerging market enterprises. Through my work with global organizations, diplomatic corps, and government institutions, I have witnessed how the most influential leaders inspire excellence without demanding it.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2024

On Leadership : Lessons for the 21st Century by Tony Blair - (September 2024) The leadership manual Tony Blair wishes he had when he became prime minister, with personal insights and global examples that show aspiring leaders how to go from talking about change to making change. And that change starts with you.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

What does it take to find the sweet spot in leadership? Finding your leadership sweet spot in each situation is challenging. Use the content you already have to make a larger impact with your book launch and marketing efforts. The post Leadership: Finding Your Sweet Spot appeared first on Lead Change.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in March 2020. The Catalyst : How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger. Marketers want to change their customers’ minds and leaders want to change organizations. The Blueprint : 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights by Doug Conant.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. All leaders face their own version of these tests, and the authors draw on the distilled wisdom, stories, and lessons from hundreds of chief executives to show how every aspiring leader can master these challenges and lead like a CEO. And that feeds our approach in society at large. That’s not the way to lead.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2021

T O LEAD people from one place to another in good times and in challenging ones requires a framework like the one presented in Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison’s concise book, Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve. The framework is called, The Six Degrees of Leadership. Degree #1: Anticipate.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2021. An inspiring and practical look inside the mind of Bill Novelli, one of the founders of social marketing, Good Business challenges all of us to change the world for the better and is a blueprint for tackling today's critical issues.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 29, 2023

But with so many digital distractions and competing priorities, how can you ensure that your team is paying attention to what matters most? In our leadership development programs, we help managers get better at remote team communication by tapping into four key principles of memory: recency, repetition, recall, and emotion.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 2, 2020

Among other things, you are given a heads-up about what to do with oxygen masks and life vests and how to find the nearest exit. The post How to Prepare for Rising Stress Ahead appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard. All just in case. Stress is in the air. Second, the upcoming U.S. Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in June 2020. Leadership isn't easy. They argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: build others up. Leadership isn't about you. Don't miss out on other great new and future releases.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I N MY THIRTY YEARS as an executive coach, I have seen a lot of change — the complete digital transformation of the workplace, increased diversity of the labor market, the shifting role of employers. But one thing that has largely remained unchanged has been the approach to leadership development. There is no one way to be a leader.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Navigating the complexities of leadership and management styles requires more than conventional wisdom; it requires a deep understanding of how different management styles impact an organization. Ichak Adizes provides a valuable framework that categorizes leadership into four distinct styles, each with unique strengths.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Value of Executive Leadership Team Coaching in Today’s Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the value of executive leadership team coaching cannot be understated. Strong leadership has never been more crucial as organizations face an increasingly complex and volatile environment.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Use this how-to guide and get 3 free tools & templates to help you along the way.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 6, 2020

Something I’m often asked is how you can spot someone with leadership potential. In my decades of leadership coaching, where I’ve worked with people from top corporate leaders to those just beginning to aspire to leadership, I’ve found there are certain qualities that get people noticed and attract others to their point of view.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We reach out to highly-qualified passive candidates who are not actively looking for positions and are not part of an application process and market our clients’ opportunities to them. How to Choose a Leading Executive Search Firm for You. Executive Search Consultants Who Understand the Market .

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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 Subsequently, its market share plummeted by 90 percent. The loss of translation from leadership to implementation teams and across groups that have to collaborate can lead to costly implications.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market. Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 20, 2023

As an executive leadership coach, I have firsthand seen the price that companies pay when their leaders become overwhelmed in the details or preoccupied with the specifics that they fail to see the bigger picture. This stagnation not only affects the leader’s own leadership, but also the teams they lead and the entire organization.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It’s interesting to me how trends come in waves when I coach executives. Lately, the trend has been leaders asking, “How do I get my team to think like me?” The question has come from members of senior leadership teams, individual senior executives, and mid-level leaders. You scale your leadership. What’s the longer game?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive edge, the need for effective leadership at the executive level becomes paramount. With the help of a skilled coach, executives can identify and address their blind spots, develop critical leadership skills, and navigate complex organizational challenges confidently.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For example, success might look like achieving quota, gaining market share, or completing a major project. Some prompts: What are your most important strategic priorities for the fourth quarter (or, if they’ve been through our leadership programs, you can ask “What’s your MIT?”).

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