N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

The real essence of equal opportunities isn’t simply in the letter of the law– but inherently lies within the spirit of inclusivity, empathy, and progressive foresight. This nurtures overall employee engagement and paves the way for innovation, creativity, and shared vision toward company goals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 3, 2013

This post was first published 1/1/2013 on SmartBlog on Leadership: Having trouble coming up with a good leadership New Year’s resolution? I’ll write a letter, or maybe even pay a visit, and let them know specifically what they did and why it was so important for me. Get feedback on my leadership skills. Mentor someone.

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Letter Long-term Goal Mentor 282

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2018

Welcome to the Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. It’s unlikely that you think of your leadership team in this way.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Simon 250

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It surveyed top professionals from more than 120 countries about the skills needed for effective leadership in the decade ahead. They feel motivated to work with others, to innovate, and to strive for extraordinary results. A recent MIT study underscores this. Employees are expressing this, too.

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Quality Decentralization Storytelling Micromanagement 386

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2020

But now that they are starting to retire, what will happen to their stable work approach and traditional top-down leadership practices? This has contributed to a leadership gap: what millennials expect vs. what they are getting from their leaders. Nine clear leadership traits emerged. So where do we start? That’s what I did.

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Leadership Human Resources Bottom-up Survey 205

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This means a monthly letter from our CEO to explain our monthly financial results (in broad terms as we are a private company), talk about the investments we are making, competitive threats, opportunities, and a review of all key metrics – a kind of monthly update on state of business. Happy Holidays. I Think Not. Our Freedom.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 18, 2012

Unfortunately, productivity and innovation take a toll when workers burn out from a lack of human connection. If you’re not familiar with Lewis, I highly recommend reading Lewis’s clever and highly entertaining book, The Screwtape Letters , about a senior devil mentoring a young devil.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 6, 2020

Here is a list of recommendations from people leadership practitioners. So he's translating a letter and making phone calls informing about the newest location for food pick up in our district. And innovate, innovate, innovate. If you lead people, you face additional challenges. None of us have all the answers.

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Crisis Tips Greenleaf Consultative 259

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. Historians have found more than 1,700 letters, notes and telegrams that Churchill wrote to his wife so that they would remain connected. What separates the best leaders from the rest when it comes to employee engagement? British Prime Minister Winston Churchill understood this.

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Advice Construction Report Guidelines 295

Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2020

Three of the most valuable assets in communicating are the following four-, five-, and six-letter words: data, trust, and intent. “Do Within many organizations, highly innovative, potentially game-changing ideas are born regularly. Talk About the Inconvenient (Tough) Truths. Do you have good data that supports your point of view?

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Trends Short-term Long-term Learning-by-Doing 407

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 17, 2023

To measure a CEO’s level of integrity, researchers assigned higher scores to those who used fewer causation words in their letters. In addition to measuring integrity, the researchers also analyzed shareholder letters for keywords that are highly correlated with innovation, proactiveness, and risk-taking.

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Innovation Letter Loyalty Ethics 98

Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2012

An innovative and creative environment and mindset that reinvents itself every day. He demonstrates how to take management platitudes beyond the letter of the law. It impacts how you view yourself and the way other people view you. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Management Intangible Assets Critical Success Factor Open-book 285

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

There has probably been more written over the ages about leadership than any other subject in the business arena. The fundamental aspects of leadership are critical for building a better world, which are the same principles necessary to build an enduring successful business. There are three broad types of leadership.

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Leadership Charisma Drucker Letter 124

Terry Starbucker

MAY 23, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Those Dreaded Meetings and Why You Should Learn to Love Them by Starbucker on May 23, 2010 It’s the office equivalent of a four letter word – “ meeting ”. Cosell note his passing.

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Letter Blog Follow-up Conference 268

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/26/13 – Team Building & Leadership Articles. 12/30/13 – Team Building & Leadership Photos. 12/31/13 – Team Building & Leadership Activities / Simulations. Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2013. Enabling Innovation.

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Team Building Team Guidelines Leadership 126

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/20/12 – Team Building & Leadership Photos. 12/27/12 – Team Building & Leadership activities (simulations). 12/28/12 – Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles. Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2012. 12/31/12 – NEW YEARS! Team Building Book.

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Team Building Team SWOT Leadership 136

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 13, 2010

The tour guide let me read a copy of the letter the Mendi Men presented to John Quincy Adams at the time they gave him the Bible. The letter expressed their gratitude to President Adams, how much the Bible meant to them during their time in prison and how they continue reading it now that they are free. why is everyone smiling?

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Letter McCarthy Godin Library 210

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Your cover letter could have been written by Shakespeare (well, except for the use of “thou” and “leadeth”). Work just as hard on that as you did your resume, LinkedIn profile and cover letter. Corporate Culture Culture Innovation Leadership Mark Babbitt Social Social Business Talent Ted Coine'

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Letter Workshop Advice Career 194

Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 18, 2010

However, being an effective coach is more than leadership – it is an important life skill as well. Since the title mentions the alphabet, you might be expecting me to start with the letter A. Well, a couple years ago I wrote about The ABC’s of Coaching Principles so today I write about letters D, E and F.

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Succession Letter Mentor Workshop 184

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

Wooden’s tolerance for others’ views was tested when Bill Walton wrote a protest letter about the Vietnam War on the UCLA basketball team stationery, had his teammates sign it, and asked Wooden if he would sign it too. Although the coach declined to sign, he allowed Walton to mail the letter to then President Richard Nixon. [At

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided 10 Ways to Kill Off Your Star Employees. Jesse Lyn Stoner of the Seapoint Center shared A Definition of Leadership for These Pressing Times. Jesse Lyn recaps, “What’s your definition of leadership?

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Follow-up 150

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each year, after reading and reviewing dozens of new leadership books, I select my pick for the year's best new leadership book. For 2023, after reading nearly 40 leadership books, my pick for this year’s best new leadership book is When Everyone Leads. Leadership is interactive, risky, and experimental.

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Books Leadership Learning-by-Doing Short-term 140

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

– Michael Lee Stallard helps leaders at organizations such as General Electric, Google, Johnson & Johnson, NASA and Yale-New Haven Hospital boost productivity, innovation and overall performance. He is the primary author of the book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity or Productivity.

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Customer Loyalty McCarthy Godin Self-aware 239

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Rules-based cultures seem to encourage behavior that meets the letter of the law but not its spirit. I’ve also noticed that the more a company stresses its ethical policies…the more ethical problems it seems to have. Michael Lee Stallard on October 13th, 2010 Good point David. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Ethics McCarthy Godin Middle Management 199

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 29, 2011

12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2011. Some were leaked super secret like to the Create-Learning Letter a mostly-monthly e-newsletter that has TeamBuilding, Leadership & experiential theory + activities CLICK HERE to sign-up.

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Team Building Team Leadership Letter 129

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. The Bezos Letters takes you through Jeff Bezos’ shareholder letters and distills them into growth principles you can apply in your company. After studying Jeff Bezos’ letters, what surprised you the most? Jeff Bezos.

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Letter Collins Long-term Parcell 92

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In a truly innovative move, the new management team rewrote the employee handbook giving the green light to profanity and dirty jokes “because a loose, fun, nonlinear atmosphere is important to the creative process.   Still, it’s really easy for leaders with titles to underestimate the impact of their leadership footprint.

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How To Handbook Executive Coaching Case Study 168

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Business Publications Small Business Review | Newsletter for Small Business Owners Small Business Review’s e-letter is published bi-weekly and provides small businesses with information on the necessary evils of running their businesses. ** N2′s Top Pick for being of real value to small businesses. Inc.com Inc.

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Directory Blog Brand Magazine 170

Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 23, 2018

Aside from the generic comments about passion, hard work, the ability to innovate and think creatively, and knowledge of their craft, there are a couple of other personal characteristics that tend to be behind their success. but received nothing but rejection letters. ho ends up being the most innovative and successful?

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Transportation Letter Innovation Entrepreneur 122

QAspire

MAY 13, 2021

The ideas they shared in the book as well as in the interview with me have served as a constant reminder to me that leadership in its best form is a gift of growth for others. Chip Bell and Marshall Goldsmith] The same way any leadership or coaching activity occurs…it comes down to priority. They mentor! Happy mentoring!

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Mentor Learning-by-Doing Open-book Books 172

HR Digest

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Cover letters are fading from importance with online recruitment taking priority today but knowing how to write the perfect cover letter is still a good skill to have locked in. What is a cover letter? What Is a Cover Letter? Coming from the source itself, this data might just be reliable.

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Letter Career How To Examples 52

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2011

In the opening of the 36-page PDF are the “Design Mindset” or “D.Mindset” (supposedly because everything looks cooler when you shorten a word to one letter and add a period). The D.Mindsets are as follows, with my leadership commentary below: Show, don’t tell. Create Clarity from Complexity. Leaders make sense. Be Mindful of Process.

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Short-term Letter Objective Executive Coaching 120

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 15, 2015

Well discuss that later, but for now, let’s go over the leadership lessons and quotes from Jurassic World. Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Jurassic World. In your leadership, what old tactics can you bring back out or refresh to help you lead better? Think about ways you could use nostalgia in your leadership.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Simon Team 120

QAspire

JUNE 10, 2013

Chip and Marshall] The same way any leadership or coaching activity occurs…it comes down to priority. Not accidentally, the first letters of these four competencies (and steps) spell the word “SAGE”—a helpful mnemonic as well as a symbolic representation of the goal, the power-free facilitation of learning.

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Mentor Open-book Learning-by-Doing Books 194

Lead Change Blog

JULY 19, 2017

He wore a baseball cap with “I love Jesus” on the side and the word “Converted” embroidered in large letters across the cap’s visor. “I Witness” leaders create an atmosphere of perpetual experimentation that compels employees to innovate. When we complimented our meal, he quickly said, “Thank you.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Fashion 233

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I have served in some toxic leadership cultures in the past. Even more, I have hired people out of them and helped dozens of other leaders recover after being in a toxic leadership culture. My personal experiences have caused me to strive to build healthy leadership cultures wherever I have been in my career.

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Leadership Edmondson Letter Review 75

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. They embody our humanity and innovative spirit, and are determined to tackle some of the most pressing health care challenges of our time.

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Ethics Pharmaceuticals Globalization Commitment 150