N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. And I agree 100% that leaders everywhere need to find ways to motivate people that go beyond money and benefits. Great interview Mike! link] mikemyatt Hi Bridget: Thanks for the insights.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2012

"Leadership is about managing energy, first in yourself and then in those around you.". Professor James Clawson , author of Level Three Leadership. So what can a manager do to create more penguins and less polar bears? As a manager, how are you showing up – as a penguin or polar bear? Start with yourself.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: Why Leaders Do What They Do. ” Find Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 13, 2012

Incentives have been with us for a long time. As industrial age work transitioned to knowledge work, many began to question whether or not incentives would stay effective. Despite this evidence, most companies aren’t looking to abandon their incentive programs – but maybe they could find a way to tweak them to work better.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Welcome to the August 2021 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. Practice these steps to improve your coaching, leadership, and parenting.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 2, 2014

I’ve done some crazy leadership things, and nearly all of them dovetailed with another love of mine – music. I’ve put on an Elvis costume and belted out “ Suspicious Minds ” at a management dinner (complete with the sideburns and cape). Leadership'

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

In the face of all this complexity, there are four basic behaviors that leaders can adopt that will drastically improve their leadership and, by extension, the experience of those they lead. Ken Rubin, an agile leadership visionary, has a fantastic analogy that I refer to often to explain the concept.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 16, 2011

Daniel is the IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practices at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the director of the Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship. Such misconceptions can lead to severe management mistakes in a crisis situation. The following is a guest post by Daniel Diermeier.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In the end, leadership that adopts politically correct behavior and thinking places themselves and their organizations at great peril. Leadership is about telling the truth with courage, candor, honesty… and empathy. It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 30, 2013

Guest post by Ken Kuzia: How do you get managers to buy into the fact that they need development? I posed this question to a group of professionals who mentor managers. It’s difficult to get managers to accept that they need development, let alone continuous development. So how do you get their managers to develop?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

This trend is evident in the increasing use of performance-based incentives in executive compensation packages, which tie a significant portion of executive pay to specific, measurable goals. The Case Against Long CEO Tenures In the corporate world, longevity in a leadership role is often seen as a sign of stability and success.

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Drowning in Oil Finally we have a touch of winter. Another book " Safe by Accident - Take the Luck out of Safety - Leadership Practices that buil a Sustainable Safety Culture " elaborates on some of the foibles of BP safety practice. I am CEO between positions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 26, 2017

Ever since I met Alli online, I’ve considered her a kindred spirit in the leadership space. Also a former executive, a mom , and a leadership writer and consultant, we’ve shared so many common challenges and values. I’m grateful for our friendship and continued support on our leadership journeys. .

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This is leadership thinking in a business setting. We often frustrate that effort and create cultures of entitlement because, in the words of Judith Bardwick author of Danger in the Comfort Zone, “managers are unwilling to do the work of requiring work.” Simply put, your employees need to know what’s going on.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2023

You incentivize, and when that doesn’t work, you add more carrots (rewards, incentives, bribes). Former NASA engineer-project manager and launch director at SpaceX John Muratore on the importance of purpose: “Tom Holloway, a very famous Program Manager, and head of Flight Directors for a long time, told me something very interesting.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Too often, managers put their heads down and focus only on their own departments. They may have significant incentive to do so — they may be close to breaking a personal record or they may believe that their chance to increase their scoring statistics will make them more marketable as a player. Doing so creates agility.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

JUNE 14, 2023

The better you’re able to clearly communicate your team’s accountabilities and the corresponding incentives, the more likely you are to drive the behaviors that you want. Incentives are a very powerful way for doing so. Leaders can create incentives for people who over-deliver on their accountabilities.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Sure, leaders may perform the occasional miracle, but for most of you, most of the time, leadership is accomplished by doing a lot of little “ings&# thoughtfully and consistently over time. Truly, at its core, the best leadership is about giving. Sometimes a nice compliment can go a lot further than a reward or an incentive.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 27, 2016

They took something they knew I liked, such as eating dessert, and used it as incentive for me to do something I didn’t: eating vegetables. A department manager named Gary Lorgan knew that his employees enjoyed working on special work-related projects as teams. The sooner the payoff, the stronger the incentive. Click To Tweet.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Bonus or no bonus? There is a tremendous amount of conflicting data as to whether or not incentive compensation in any form is an effective motivation tool. That is the question.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I specialize in helping organizations and their leaders develop the skills and strategies needed to create and maintain a positive work environment. Rewards can range from verbal praise and certificates to bonuses and other incentives. But how can organizations achieve this?

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! All it takes is making the most out of your leadership kick in the ass!” Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: Why Leaders Do What They Do. ” Find Bill on Twitter at @btreasurer.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 5, 2019

This is a clear financial incentive for leaders to take Employee Engagement and empowerment seriously. In addition, talented Managers are critical players in implementing a performance orientated, engagement-based and strength-focused culture and aligning the leadership and employee values.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2016

It is hard to let go of the thinking behind some of the management tools we still use today. David Burkus reports on a number of seemingly radical management ideas in Under New Management. As an artifact of the industrial age when managers needed to ensure that all shifts were covered, strict vacation policies were a necessity.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

W HAT ARE the defining characteristics of successful leadership? He offers the following chart to illuminate the effect of clarity and intentionality on our leadership effectiveness. The quadrant of No Leadership is negligent leadership—no direction and no way to get there. Intentional leadership is effective leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 16, 2018

Humble Leadership at all levels will be needed to link workgroups and teams. Professional distance”, the way we were taught to relate to each other in formal hierarchies with tightly-defined roles and individual incentives to “climb the corporate ladder” may be as antiquated as typing pools and mimeograph machines.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

In When , Stuart Albert says that using the right tools we can become better at managing and deciding issues of timing. For example, we question whether or not the incentives we have chosen are the right ones, but we don’t consider what those incentives became important at that particular time. Management'

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I receive monthly incentives to share my views on content I find noteworthy and relevant for my audience. Disclaimer: My blog is a part of an online influencer network for Business on Main.

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Chart Your Course

MARCH 1, 2013

Here is a good article on the importance of employee appreciation by Deanna Hartley that appeared in Talent Management. a company that delivers comprehensive incentive management services, and member of The IRF Research Committee. Appreciating Employees Can Do Wonders for Engagement, ROI. Deanna Hartley.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

For 150 years, corporations, governments and militaries were built for up-and-down leadership, with incentives and rewards that discouraged cross-organization thinking and, in many cases, actually created or encouraged internal competition. Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. As a manager “on loan” to Abbott from the University of Michigan, I quickly found similarities between the two organizations. They can pose major challenges for today’s managers, especially if those managers are part of a different generation.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As serious students of leadership, we try to remember this simple idea as we manage our operations and our people. . We intentionally vary our programs for employee motivation, provide options for incentives and rewards, and generally try to play to the individual. Team Dynamics Corporate Culture Leadership reflection'

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Moreover, COOs are the gatekeepers of risk management, ensuring that all operations adhere to legal and regulatory standards. Here’s what sets an exceptional COO apart: Leadership Ability: Inspiring and guiding teams towards a shared vision. Project Management: Mastering the art of overseeing projects from start to finish.

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Lead on Purpose

JUNE 9, 2012

While the pay grade doesn’t significantly increase along your leadership promotion, there are a lot of benefits entailed from being a leader, which exceeds that of mere financial merits. One tip to perform your leadership roles correctly is to be a positive leader.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Consequently, servant leadership quickly is becoming the preferred practice for some of the biggest and best companies in the world. Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, wrote a book called Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others , in which she tells the story of her leadership journey.

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