Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Impactful authentic leadership requires careful judgment and context. Authentic leadership matters even more during times of stress, uncertainty, and change. And yet, authenticity, like any other leadership competency can wreak havoc at the extremes. What is authentic leadership? They learn to do that well.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2011

In the world of leadership where the traits of accountability and personal responsibility are so highly regarded, I have one question? Leadership isn’t about blaming others, but realizing any blame levied should rest solely upon the leader. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

You’ll rarely encounter the words leadership and surrender used together in complementary fashion. Society has labeled surrender as a sign of leadership weakness, when in fact, it can be among the greatest of leadership strengths. Control is about power – not leadership. ” Thoughts?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 24, 2011

They don’t want to be right, they want the right outcome – they want to learn, grow, develop, and mature. A leader’s ability to change their mind demonstrates humility, confidence, and maturity. The smartest people I know are the most willing to change their mind. It makes them approachable, and it makes them human.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Posted in Leadership Development Everything has a life cycle. Plants, animals, humans, businesses, products – all have a time of birth, growth, maturity, and death. Leadership has a life cycle. There is a time when a leader is “born,” a time when he or she grows, matures, and finally reaches legacy.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2014

Leadership matters! Most people at least implicitly understand this concept and people that have studied and practiced leadership understand this concept at a deeper level. The post Performance or Potential appeared first on General Leadership. Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As enterprises at every stage of maturity strengthen their digital capabilities, the Chief Digital Officer has emerged as a strategic force within the executive suite. Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 27, 2014

Whether you think of more mature companies like Google, Whole Foods, or Unilever, or early stage marvels like Warby Parker, Vendini, or RevZilla, the hottest companies on the planet understand it’s not what they do or how they do it, but why they do what they do that defines who they are as an organization. By Mike Myatt.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

Leadership and mentoring go hand-in-hand. If you accept this premise as correct, then why is it that so many in positions of leadership fall woefully short in successfully transferring the benefits of their wisdom and experience to others? Leadership is not about the leader, but rather about those being led.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 27, 2021

Part of the problem in leadership is we don’t give ourselves a chance to emotionally mature because we want to be right. Emotional maturity in our leadership is responsibility. Next, an important aspect of leadership, listening with curiosity. (30:52). What does courage look like?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

Leadership encompasses all of these components. John Maxwell’s book 360 Leadership is a great book. Then Jon Lockhorst’s new book, Mission-Critical Leadership , reconfirms the importance of leadership at every level with the ability to support others at different levels. Action Steps for leadership 360.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Posted in Leadership Development [link] Today’s post on the SmartBlog for Leadership is by Mike Myatt, writer, speaker and author, offering advice on the topics of leadership, strategy and innovation. “Leaders and their ability to change their mind demonstrates humility, confidence and maturity.

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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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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

What Is A Leadership Wake? . Kip Tindell, cofounder, chairman, and former CEO for The Container Store, notes that: “Someone who’s very mindful of their wake and has the mature and sobering understanding of how powerful [his or her] wake is. Your leadership wake creates a chain reaction that is felt throughout your team.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Is your leadership a competitive advantage—or is it costing you? Today, escalating global complexity puts leadership effectiveness at a premium. Leadership mastery shows a well-honed outer game arising from a highly mature inner game, while the inner game matures through sequential structures, like operating systems.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Guest post By Brian Gast : What’s your leadership capacity? It took getting fired to wake up and realize that I was not going to sustain effective leadership by relying on an MBA and my natural talent. Such conditions test your leadership capacity. Each quadrant has a mature or healthy state and each has “shadow” sides.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2012

The pivotal point in leadership maturity is when you remove yourself from the spotlight and focus on building into others. This has nothing to do with leadership or legacy – it’s little more than a contrived attempt to rewrite history and preserve the myth their ego has fabricated. What say you?

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills. Within a couple of months, her boss had remarked about her growing leadership competencies and suggested she might be a prime candidate for a directorial position one day. Here are the most essential traits that great leaders have. Great leaders have Integrity.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In Leadership in Turbulent Times , she brings them together to study the development of their leadership potential and the mark they left on history. By the time these men were 30 they had developed the stuff of leadership. These events became crucibles in their lives that deepened and redefined their leadership approaches.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2012

While there have been thousands of books written about leadership, there are a handful of leadership models that have served me well as a leader and leadership development practitioner. These are the tried and true models that have shifted my thinking about leadership and help create teachable leadership moments for others.

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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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N2Growth Blog

JULY 13, 2011

There are simply no words that can do justice to the example of servant leadership epitomized by Command Chief Master Sergeant James Hotaling. Jim’s answers to my questions are nothing short of a leadership manifesto. Mike Myatt: Has your leadership style changed over the years, and if so, how?

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 8, 2016

Does this influence the effectiveness and maturity of your leadership? Maturity is underrated, i.e. we need more adulting. In looking for definitions of the word mature I am attracted to these: Based on slow careful consideration [= thoughtfulness]. What mature leaders don’t do. Is leadership taught or caught?

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 29, 2022

For this month, I am focusing on the best leadership and personal development books to develop yourself. They will have you growing, maturing, and becoming better. They will have you growing, maturing, and becoming better. 5 Leadership Books To Read In January 2023 To Develop Yourself. The Go-Giver is a book for the ages.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 11, 2013

For the Cherokee Nation and most organizations and governments, the greatest adversity is lack of leadership and the greatest opportunity, of course, is to develop leadership, in other words, to get some “horses and fishes.” Leadership defined The dictionary defines “lead” as “to take or conduct on the way”.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 10, 2011

Here’s the thing – leadership begins and ends with trust. People who display the clarity and confidence to consistently do the right thing regardless of the current situation have reached a level of leadership maturity to be applauded not mocked. The real trick is to focus on issues larger than ourselves.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Still, our stalemate provides an important leadership lesson. Leadership is difficult in a representative government. The President and Congressional leaders have power and authority but not enough to direct a solution so they have to exercise persuasive leadership–peer leadership—to get things done.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

They provide a unique window on the impact overly controlling, self-centered leadership styles can have on others: “Regarding the letter you sent, the heart of your servant is ill, when my lord said: Don’t you know how to read a letter? What are the enduring qualities of great leadership?

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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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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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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leadership Schizophrenia: The Fine Line Between Hubris and Humility by Starbucker on September 19, 2010 Leadership is a balancing act. Were there times that your hubris actually got in the way of progress? I am not sure!

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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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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

(Terry’s Note: Hi all – Today I’m introducing a new series of posts, written by guest writer Adam Tenenbaum , called Front Line Leadership. Adam is currently right in the middle of his leadership journey, overseeing a large staff at a very successful retail operation.

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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. Accelerate (XLR8). * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Leading Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Peter Drucker on personal responsibility: “It is the mark of a mature person to ask: ‘What do I want to get out of life?’—and Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.”.

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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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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2018

Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival! Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided a guest post by Eight Ways Leaders Inspire Us. Chris Edmonds of the Purposeful Culture Group contributed Culture Leadership Charge: A Fresh Start. Leadership. The themes for this month are… Let’s get started!

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