Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

This might include an employee who is not pulling their weight, runaway projects, and so on. As a manager, you are responsible for making sure you are getting the most out of your team and for delivering a positive return on investment for your company. They can cause a lot of damage if left unchecked.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Interim executives have become indispensable in addressing immediate leadership needs, whether due to sudden departures, organizational restructuring, or transformational change management. This data highlights the growing recognition of soft skills as a cornerstone of effective leadership.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Richard Farson on contradictions: Contradictory impulses to both succeed and fail can be found in every project, every work team, even every individual. Every management choice, Job offer, or new applicant can appear both appealing and unappealing. Source: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership II.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today, organizations face multifaceted challenges that demand agile and decisive leadership. Interim executives have emerged as pivotal assets in steering companies through critical phases of transformation, growth, or crisis management. Industry insights support the critical role of interim executives.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Despite its perceived importance, for the most part, companies have a miserable track record when it comes to managing their people. Companies consistently get culture wrong because they go about assessing it, and attempting to manage it from the top-down, not the bottom-up. But what does this mean?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What’s your most valuable leadership practice? At the start of our work together, we’ll ask leaders and managers around the world for their most valuable leadership practice. But What’s the MOST Valuable Leadership Practice? What’s the most valuable leadership practice? It’s not flashy or charismatic.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Balancing leadership strategy and tactics is critical for leaders at every level of an organization. However, when you don’t pay attention to tactics and effective management, you create needless conflicts, frustrations and hurt feelings. But they are both vital to your success and don’t have to be complicated.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s the night before you’re supposed to wrap up your assignment and brief the leadership team on what you’ve done. The post How to Manage the Most Difficult Stakeholders appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Difficult stakeholders are a chance to grow your influence You look at the phone and your heart sinks.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

E LEVATING your leadership game is a mindset. In Peak Leadership Fitness , author Timothy Tobin writes, “A leadership mindset is essentially the belief in yourself and your abilities as a leader. A negative leadership mindset is rooted in self-doubt, uncertainty, and lack of inquiry. You are in control of your mindset.

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Leading Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Caught in the middle of all this were managers, the face of the organization to their teams. Over the past 15 months, managers spent a considerable amount of effort mediating and negotiating on behalf of their teams to their business and from their business to their teams. Virtual Presentation Skills.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Each year, after reading dozens of leadership books I select my pick for “best new leadership book” of the year. Even though this book came out in late 2023, it is better than any other leadership book I read during 2024, so that is why I choose it. It’s that good. That led us to develop a workbook to accompany Be The Unicorn.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A fter reading Gartner’s report on How to Build Leadership Bench Strength , these are my conclusions: HR already invests 23% of its Training and Development budget in Leadership and 27% on the high potential professionals. In addition, executives are investing more time in succession management activities.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

In the realm of leadership, EQ stands as a pivotal trait. EQ, in a nutshell, underpins effective leadership, shaping workplace dynamics and directly influencing productivity, morale, and overall success. Whether resolving conflicts, motivating team members, or managing stress, EQ drives the leader’s actions and reactions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 13, 2025

Its called Reflect to Connect, and its one of the most powerful tools you can add to your leadership toolkit to build stronger relationships at work. For example, if a colleague seems excited, you could reflect, “You seem really energized about this project. Is it exciting?”

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Many leaders focus on giving answers, yet the most profound leadership moments come from asking the right questions. Leadership transforms when you master the art of inquiry—pushing beyond surface conversations to uncover deeper truths. As a leadership coach, I’ve guided leaders through these five powerful questions.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 28, 2025

Traditional leadership approaches are destroying innovation potential at an alarming rate, with 76% of employees reporting their best ideas die in bureaucratic approval processes. The insights that follow reveal why conventional leadership approaches fail and what successful organizations do differently.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Welcome to the July 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. managing people. You may have a leadership dysfunction problem. Communication.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

Technology, therefore, is not merely a convenient tool but an essential commodity that requires strategic allocation and management in the modern business landscape. Engaging in risk management and scenario planning is also paramount. Corporations can navigate economic uncertainties and volatility through digital modeling.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This multifaceted role requires rapid decision-making and strong leadership capabilities, enabling the COO to manage day-to-day activities while enhancing operational efficiency effectively. This ensures a robust alignment between the candidate’s leadership style and the company’s strategic objectives.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

However, managing highly intelligent individuals comes with its own set of challenges. As an executive leadership coach, my role is to help leaders develop the skills and strategies needed to effectively manage and inspire their smartest team members.

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Leading in Context

APRIL 8, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton This post is the first in a Series exploring 5 Ethical Dimensions of IoT Leadership as we approach IoT Day on April 14th. Unlike the software design projects of the past, working in the IoT takes us into completely uncharted ethical territory.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

After everyone has selected their habit, have them share why they chose that habit and how they see it impacting the project. Once you have your two habits, commit to them and get ready to build your leadership blueprint. This is where you’ll start to see patterns emerge: Are there common habits or themes? And that momentum?

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2023

AskingForaFriend This fantastic question came in during one of our recent leadership development programs. Not modeling the way I can’t tell you how often someone in our leadership programs raises their hand and says, “This is fantastic! Three Mistakes that Will Sabotage Growing Leaders 1. Have you taught my boss?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 3, 2019

To be more productive, embrace the secret of every time management system. You want to be a productive leader, but your to-do list has more tasks, projects, and goals than you can possibly achieve. Leadership means […]. The never-ending list can feel overwhelming.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Welcome to the June 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. Robyn McLeod provided The Do’s and Dont’s of Inclusive Leadership.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in January 2024 curated just for you. 1:1s are arguably one of the most critical meeting types for the success of team members, managers, coaches, teams, and organizations. The best managers recognize that 1:1s are not an add-on to their role as a manager.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Gain advanced techniques to strengthen your leadership communication at all levels. Now, discover the communication skills that will transform your leadership and improve team cohesion! 15:23] Managing Negative Emotions in Communication Dealing with negative emotions is tough, but avoiding them makes communication worse.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 19, 2024

When Managing Up, Don’t Bring Data Without a Point of View When your manager asks you for information, don’t just answer their question. To get better at managing up, ask yourself three questions that will turn information into influence. Now your manager wonders why you don’t care about the obvious issue.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JANUARY 6, 2025

They demonstrate a clear ability and willingness to work through setbacks to keep the project moving forward. Leaders who communicate their vision for a project early on give their teams a chance to embrace it as their own. With the freedom to openly and honestly communicate comes the opportunity to inspire.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 3, 2023

It’s unusual for projects to come in on target, on time, and on budget. 12 reasons good projects go bad: One… Continue reading → Ask one simple question that gets teams solving problems before they happen.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In this heartfelt episode, Tim Lupinacci, CEO and Chair of Baker Donaldson Law Firm shares his leadership journey and how you can invest in continuous learning and personal growth. You’ll get practical tools for a leadership journey of continuous growth, resilience, and empathy. And can further your leadership journey.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Genuine gratitude transforms your leadership. An Inexhaustible Source of Leadership Gratitude. Even your direct reports don’t have to follow your leadership. Gratitude is missing when….

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 13, 2023

Stop that Credit Stealer and Get the Recognition You Deserve “I was in a meeting the other day, and one of the executives thanked my boss for the success of a project I’ve been working on all year. The really infuriating thing is that she had NOTHING to do with that project. And you know what she said next? Thank you.

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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. How will you and your managers communicate at least five times, through five different channels? Continual Reflection and Adjustment Culture change isn’t a one-time project; it’s an ongoing commitment.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

How Big Things Get Done : The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner (Currency, 2023) Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new reality. These are wonderful stories.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 14, 2025

Artificial Intelligence is methodically eliminating leadership positionsand your role could be next. While 68% of executives dismiss AI’s impact, artificial intelligence already executes core management functions with unprecedented efficiency. This deliberate capability building creates irreplaceable leadership value.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s a common leadership frustration that we’ve experienced and hear from leaders regularly: “My people lack a sense of urgency. As with so much of leadership, the first step is to examine yourself. Then there are occasional delegated, assigned tasks, or projects. Delegated assignments, project work, or multi-part tasks.

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