N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was recently asked what I consider to be the most misunderstood aspect of great leadership; in other words, what makes great leaders great? If you want to become a better leader, I suggest you become comfortable with a leadership practice very few are… it’s called surrender. Control is about power – not leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Understanding the Criticality of Leadership Transition in 2025 CEO succession represents one of the most consequential inflection points in an organizations lifecycle. The boards dedicated stewardship ensures the proper identification and cultivation of individuals whose leadership styles harmonize with the organizations vision.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class).

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 27, 2017

Introduction When it comes to innovation, no two companies are likely to be pursuing innovation in the same way, and they are also likely to be at different stages of innovation maturity. Because of this, even if you found out what your competitor’s innovation strategy was, it would be of no use to you.

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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. His leadership is remarkable! I think the most important one, however, was his comment on 'Self Leadership' I agree 100%. Thanks so much for your comment Bridget.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 2, 2019

And while individual leaders are key to an organization’s success, collective leadership effectiveness carries the day. This means that companies are poised for even greater success when they scale their leadership, that is, when they grow leaders throughout the organization and align them into a collectively effective leadership system.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It is the story of Nadia bright and adventurous meerkat who is part of a mature clan with over 150 members. The story parallels the evolution of organizations of all types as they grow and mature. They begin to cope with their size by cementing in systems, structures and policies, that inadvertently kill speed, agility and innovation.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2021. For the first time, Dell reveals the highs and lows of the company's evolution amidst a rapidly changing industry—and his own, as he matured into the CEO it needed. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 28 titles.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2019

With 80% of executives considering their businesses to be at risk for being disrupted in the near future, they are under tremendous pressure to transform their organizations towards becoming more innovative. However, any organizational change, let alone a major transformation, is always very difficult to implement successfully.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 29, 2014

Guest post from Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell: In “ Leadership 2030: The six megatrends you need to understand to lead your company into the future ,” we outline the repercussions of the convergence of globalization 2.0, The meaning of leadership is changing, as are the skills it requires. the top should be a crowded place.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 9, 2017

When it comes to innovation, it is no different. Jeff DeGraff writes in The Innovation Code , “ Your dominant worldview is your biggest strength —the quality that makes you stand out from other people.” DeGraff describes four basic worldviews or approaches to innovation : the Artist, the Engineer, the Athlete, and the Sage.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

leadership style. But it’s the opposite of what’s needed to drive the things the financial industry needs right now – in particular, innovation. Only 53% of financial employees rate their firm’s ability to innovate: at top-performing companies, this figure is 70%. If one thing stifles innovation, it’s closed minds.

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Embarking on your own AI journey While your goal is to be innovative, relevant, competitive, and forward-looking, your approach should be to bend but not break your team and your operations. Learn more at solrashidi.com. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mike Myatt, leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and Boards and author of Hacking Leadership , offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy for leaders to create a roadmap for identifying, refining, developing, and achieving their leadership potential—and creating a more effective business that is financially solvent and professionally desirable.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Moreover, depending on how a business is positioned, where it is in its maturation lifecycle, or what its current financial condition looks like, will dictate which factors may be most important to measure. Complicating matters further is the reality that each industry, sector, vertical, and micro-vertical all have unique business drivers.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

by Braden Kelley Is our organization a productive place for creating innovation? How does our organization’s innovation capability compare to that of other organizations? The only way to get better at innovation, is to first define what innovation means. Your organization must have […].

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. employees who voluntarily leave, generally do so out of some type of perceived disconnect with leadership. They are built to change and innovate.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2025

Questions of where, how, and why we work loom large, and trust in traditional leadership models has plummeted. Now, theres essential evidence that proves humanity in leadership is needed to save our work. Weve dedicated our careers to empowering and enabling companies to thrive through a human-powered approach to leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I want to frame my thoughts on the topic of significance by beginning with an excerpt from my book “ Leadership Matters…The CEO Survival Manual “: “By the time you reach the CEO level you should be striving to move beyond success and towards significance. admin Hi Steve: Thanks for you thoughtful comment and observations.

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Leading Blog

JULY 24, 2014

He discusses these ideas in Startup Leadership and is based on his popular course at Princeton University. Startup Leadership has valuable ideas to help you rethink how you approach your business or even a business unit within a larger organization. Stage four should not require the founder. General Business'

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Engaging Leader

AUGUST 15, 2016

Most mature organizations have a built-in tendency to kill off anything agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial — which often is exactly what’s needed to stay ahead of today’s ever-increasing pace of change in the […]

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Realizing the path to innovation would require revolutionary new thinking; all three leaders grasped that it would also take a new way of coalescing and harnessing talent. Reading Collective Genius , The Innovators , Creativity, Inc. Sourcing Innovation Collaboratively. Leadership is vital to the effectiveness of a team.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Only the mature and those who have a measure of success truly learn the niche to proper branding. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Thanks Deborah.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 18, 2021

Guy Raz interviews innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists to create a narrative of their journey from spark to movement in a highly successful podcast on NPR and now a book entitled, How I Built This. It’s inspiring and helpful.). * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Rather asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. link] mikemyatt Great insights Una – I not only agree that business is personal, but leaders who don't personalize business will never establish the trust bonds necessary for effective leadership. So my question is this: Are you easy to help? Thanks for sharing Una.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 22, 2013

The only way that people grow into their potential is through; maturation (growing older). maturation of innate ability to handle complexity and make sense of longer time-spans of work. Have you seen your own maturation lead to greater knowledge in complexity of the work? avoiding underemployment. What to do?

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

By definition, good ideas mean an improvement over the present, a better way of doing things or even better lives.That’s why people who have good ideas expect their leaders to act on them, which creates an instant test of leadership: do you care enough for those around you to do something positive with the idea?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? link] Poul Andreassen It is an amazing articles on leadership, which actually takes the meaning of leadership to new aspect. Communicate more effectively. Thanks for stopping by. Today's post is no exception.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Having recently concluded my fourth leadership tenure as “The Innovation Guy” in a corporate setting, I thought I’d share some patterns that seem to emerge when introducing innovation systematically to organizations with low innovation maturity.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Many will argue about the importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership. Here we’re going to take a look at the established domains of emotional intelligence and how they affect the leadership style. What kind of a leadership traits do you exhibit? Self-awareness. What does self-awareness mean for you as the leader?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

It is a moniker that signals the pursuit of innovation and rapid change, not a cautious incremental improvement. But, the spirit that blows through the halls of innovative organizations is fanned by leaders with a thirst for learning coupled with a recognition that every great leader today must be a mentor. It as a mark of partnership.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 25, 2019

With all the emphasis on leadership development, I always find it interesting so many companies continue to struggle with being able to retain their best people. employees who voluntarily leave, generally do so out of some type of perceived disconnect with leadership. They are built to change and innovate.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 20, 2012

Guest post by Mark Mueller-Eberstein, co-author of “No Fear: Business Leadership in the Age of Digital Cowboys”. With deep understanding and an attitude to embrace the change, people can overcome the paralysis or hectic over-action driven by uncontrolled ”fear”, achieving “No Fear” leadership. How can leaders keep up? Are t hey afraid?

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Courage to innovate and grow. With a track record of emotional maturity, you will buy yourself a lot of goodwill. Choosing Courage will help us to achieve greater impact without regret. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Courage to see the right thing done.

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