N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

When it comes to leadership, I can share the issue of expectations is no small matter. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership. Let me make this as simple as I can; managing expectations is gamesmanship – aligning them is leadership.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That mindset is “about the application of creative thinking and prudent risk-taking to build innovative, long-lasting organizations in any sector of the economy.” Simply put, I believe that entrepreneurial is a mindset—a way of thinking—and leadership is a way of acting. He focused on the personal characteristics of the leader.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2020. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. Think Outside the Building : How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2019

Morgan : A few decades ago, when time was still a gentle concept, companies just rocked along in their comfortable hierarchies, everything centralized, proposals moving up the chain of command and decisions moving down at approximately the speed of glue. Guest post from Charles D. But mission is key. His new book is Now What???

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner ( The Leadership Challenge ) maintain the first function of leadership is to “Model the Way.”. Creating innovative frames influences people to consider new ways of looking at what’s possible. Will you support my proposal? Then use these tactics. Set the Example. Frame the Issue.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students. Sander Flaum, M.B.A.,

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In fact, healthy disagreements can foster creativity and innovation by bringing diverse ideas to the table. By prioritizing the “Why,” you can measure the value of any proposed solution by how well it satisfies the intended outcome, rather than merely addressing the surface-level demand.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Developing Leadership Competencies: Entrepreneurs aren’t born leaders—they grow into the role. Coaching sharpens essential leadership skills such as decision-making, strategic thinking, and people management. We guide them through reframing challenges as opportunities, fostering an environment where innovation thrives.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2019

In this post I focus on one point: selecting the right change ambassadors using Rogers’ innovation theory. The early adopters first take a critical look at the proposal before deciding whether it’s a good idea or not. ” Innovators are typically poor ambassadors. To reiterate: the innovators will be on board as well.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2025

Analysts warn of a potential funding crisis that could jeopardize NASAs leadership in space exploration and research. Established in 2021, the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy was designed to provide evidence-based insights to NASAs leadership. The news of NASAs policy office closure hasnt been well-received either.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 2, 2013

[Editor's Note: This piece is adapted from Max's book The Truth About Innovation.]. He led by example by proposing off-the-wall ideas, and encouraging his team to give him the ideas that might embarrass them, to give ideas that went too far. It provided an audience for innovation. Radical innovation depends on leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As Machiavelli famously said, proposing change is a risky endeavor, as you’re only likely to garner lukewarm support from those who could benefit from your proposal, but strong opposition from those who might lose out. If there is any sign that proposing improvements might be punished or frowned upon and people rapidly clam up.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Have you ever had an employee come to you with an idea or proposal to address a particular situation to which you answered with one of the following replies? And yet, notice how the use of “but” in each reply serves to effectively stop any further discussion or deeper examination of the proposal beyond this initial encounter.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The real question is: are you willing to invest the effort and make the sacrifices necessary to take on the responsibility of a leadership position? The authors propose three questions you should ask to assess your own leadership potential: How far do you want to go?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 10, 2020

We’re asked to innovate and create new solutions instantaneously. It takes courage to have faith in your intuition and to stick to your decisions when what you’re proposing goes against all available evidence to the contrary. We lean into tried-and-true strategies hoping to replicate past successes.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In the example, Natalie reframed the proposal in a way that the caretaker archetype could appreciate. Whereas many people cannot stand the fuzziness of uncertainty, leaders of innovation and transformation frequently demonstrate negative capabilities. Navigating the Unknown. We need to be comfortable with uncertainty. “To

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development. . “Skipper” Pitts.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The following post is a preview excerpt from the Introduction of the New Leadership Literacies by Bob Johansen. This is a future that will be ripe for innovation of all kinds—for good and for evil. In this book, I will explore the external future forces most likely to disrupt leaders and leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Best, Leadership Freak, Dan Rockell pastortom2022 Hello Mike, another great post and this one, like others you write, makes us think. If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it? Focus on value creation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2019

The first item on the agenda was a proposal by ACME Consulting. So, in short, the leadership team at NIH needed to take the blinders off and look at savings impact, not savings dollars. The NIH leadership team also failed to consider the impact of an NIH engagement on culture and productivity across the organization.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 28, 2012

While the decision is certainly far from final – with Samsung already announcing that they will appeal the decision – several observers are astutely pointing out the potential fallout Apple’s victory will have on the innovation process for any organization. Of course, learning is only half of the process to successfully leading others.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 28, 2012

While the decision is certainly far from final – with Samsung already announcing that they will appeal the decision – several observers are astutely pointing out the potential fallout Apple’s victory will have on the innovation process for any organization. Of course, learning is only half of the process to successfully leading others.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Entertainment Today, most organizations are committed to becoming more innovative, recognizing that the ability to adapt and change is critical to not only remaining competitive but to revealing potential markets and opportunities.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

At that time, the company cited changes in market conditions and proposed revisions to tax policies impacting the wind energy industry in the United States as the reasons to shutter its South Dakota operation. It’s the leadership team’s hope that it can parlay its recent success into new opportunities to flourish.

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 11, 2024

That’s what Danelle Morrow is doing for proposal response teams of all shapes and sizes. Most large businesses have a department dedicated to developing responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs). Accordingly, the departments are often titled, “Proposal Management” or “Sales Response” teams.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

All of that data, cleverly applied, will extend your team''s ability to boost its operational and innovative performance. Until then, your proposed solutions are just hypotheses. For more information please visit [link]. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.'

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. For those who read less, one strong motivator is to apply more of the ideas into innovative action plans for that day. Thanks for encouraging and challenging the leadership community.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Local politicians and the corporate management team know there is a need to move on, invest in their primary resource—staff, improve policies, procedures and processes, innovate, celebrate, and learn, and create a culture of empowered people, who are dynamic and customer-focused. “We We haven’t got the money, so we’ve got to think.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. Gordon Berridge: What do you see as the greatest leadership strength? On with the interview.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 24, 2020

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. Most organizations want to enhance innovation; to achieve this goal they invest resources in new methodologies, technologies, training, physical spaces, and furniture.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

Neuroscientists such as Matthew Lieberman of the University of California at Los Angeles have also shown that when the neural circuits for being reactive drive behavior, some other neural circuits become less active—those associated with executive thinking, that is, controlling oneself, paying attention, innovating, planning, and problem solving.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But as a leadership expert, it also highlights a critical function leaders need to play both to drive organizational growth, as well as to boost employee productivity. But the opportunity remains for each of us to use our leadership to demonstrate that we don’t need to ignore our differences to be able to successfully work together.

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe The Most Valuable Question? In it he proposes that “what’s important to you&# is the most powerful question of all (read it, it is less than 300 words – and the comments are awesome too). Nicely done.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 24, 2014

Indeed, the ability to foster collaboration in your organization has become a critical leadership competency as technological, process-driven differentiators give way to people-centric ones in today’s knowledge-based global economy.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Newly armed activists can become the source of creativity, innovation and new ideas to take your company or governmental representatives forward. A Brewing Situation for Grassroots Leadership through Social Power. The world is becoming more democratic and reflective of the will of the people. Canada border crossing.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2018

When Proposing Change, Try Reducing the Threat Level First by @artpetty. The Critical Importance of Leadership During Boring Times by Mike Figliuolo @thoughtLEADERS. How to Avoid the Wreckage of Distracted Leadership by @WScottCochrane. Innovative Service is Inspired by Bold Leaders by Chip Bell via @leadchangegroup.

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