Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2023 curated just for you. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog : Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by Admiral William H. Admiral McRaven was honored to receive this honor in 2011 when he took charge of the United States Special Operations Command.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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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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Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

At least three things seem to be critical for executive leaders and their leadership teams in a BANI operating environment: agility, seamless, no drama collaboration, setting the early warning radar system to high. The post How to Navigate a BANI World: A Leadership Playbook for Turbulent Times first appeared on The Eblin Group.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 24, 2020

Leadership is always challenging. Recognizing my own stress levels rising, I’ve been asking the groups in my sessions to use the chat function to describe how they’re feeling. 2020 has been a year of unprecedented stress for all of us and it’s only June. No screens in bed.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Why Business Acumen Capacity Is Essential for Scaling Seeing Around Corners : Scaling businesses operate in a VUCA world ( V olatility, U ncertainty, C omplex, A mbiguity). For example, recognizing how a surge in customer demand might stress operational systems allows leaders to act preemptively, rather than reactively.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

ego is often seen positively, associated with bold leadership, confidence, and risk-taking, as demonstrated by entrepreneurial icons. The Leadership Challenge of Scaling One of the most significant transitions founders face is moving from hands-on leadership to delegating responsibilities. In countries like the U.S.,

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And we find that the leadership approaches and the language used aligned itself with that goal. It is this need that David Marquet thoroughly discusses in Leadership Is Language. This is the subject of Leadership Is Language. Doing something doesn’t mean you aren’t thinking, but the brain operates much more automatically.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world. The idea that leaders are trustworthy, honest, and can be relied on to operate in the best interest of the public, the employee, the student, the parishioner, or even the shareholder has been shattered.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

There, at an annual budget meeting with the entire operations management group in attendance, an important decision was made. I wanted to talk about leadership. I framed it that day as group of 10 leadership battles that leaders will constantly face, in any quest to be great. That school is now closed. Featured Articles'

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In our research for Courageous Cultures , 67 percent of respondents said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” When your team is under stress, particularly if some knucklehead told them to “do more with less,” you can’t say “thank you” and “I see you” too much.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Welcome to the May Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. John Spence contributed What Is Your Definition Of Leadership? Communication. Development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The world goes nuts when someone finds a simple name for that universal feeling that makes you think more deeply about your leadership: Who Moved My Cheese , Flow , fill in your favorite blank __. Leadership vision, challenge and hard work all become simplified in the naming process. 5 Ways to Use Naming in Your Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If this premise and the figures above are accepted it would suggest that only 10% of team leaders are high performing, enabling their teams, whilst 40% of leaders are failing in their leadership tasks, whilst the remaining 50% are barely holding in there! Sounds complicated? Not really. Are you leading your team with the appropriate style?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller : This month marks the 61st anniversary of Silly Putty being patented. So what do Silly Putty and Leadership have in common? Beth Armknecht Miller’s is CEO of Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2024 curated just for you. These stars perform across a wide variety of fields, but they all have something in common: when they are at work they know how to think clearly, stay focused, and shrug off setbacks under very high levels of stress.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Welcome to the October 2020 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. Communication. Diana Peterson-More shared Covid Communication: Spread a Little Kindness.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

John Mattone on getting it right: “Leaders generally derail not because of a character flaw but rather because they respond immaturely to mounting stress and change.” Source: Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential II.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Steve Digioia of Steve Digioia provided Leadership Series: Ron Kaufman. Communication. shared Work is Broken.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2023 curated just for you. In The Unlocked Leader veteran executive leadership coach Hortense le Gentil combines real life stories, rigorous research, and practical tools to explain how superhero leaders can become effective human leaders.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

Fortunately, you don’t have to experience every leadership mistake personally in order to grow your skills. Switching from individual contributor role to a leadership role is stressful. With the right planning and attitude, you can avoid all of these leadership failures. Rookie leaders face a different challenge.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The diagram below highlights the steps involved in the leadership process. Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. Change is stressful, messy, and full of surprises. In the middle of The Leadership Process diagram are the words “Involve Others/build Relationships.” Leadership is a process!

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2021

To navigate more demanding customer expectations , an acute distrust of business and so much remote working, leaders need to find new ways of operating. Cultivating leadership presence is foundational for this to happen. When we operate from a sense of our presence, we are in a state of absorbed relaxation.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The titles listed below—published in 2022—reflect a need to get realigned with solid leadership practices and thinking. Rumelt (PublicAffairs, 2022) What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Blog Post ).

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

During times of stress and change, when you most need a resourceful team, it’s easy to clampdown, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow your team down. In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.”

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Welcome to the October Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, engagement, team building, and more. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership provided 4 Ounces of Prevention. Team Building.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 24, 2022

We often include these DIY 360s in our leadership development programs. If “It ain’t broke, don’t fix it” feels comfortable, experimenting with a well-run pilot can go a long way in upping your managerial courage while managing your stress. What’s one small act of managerial courage that has made a difference in your leadership?

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Stress is increasing today as the world economy becomes more competitive and the explosion of information overwhelms individuals. Human connection in the form of conversation and relational support provides psychological resources to cope with stress. The master chiefs weren’t used to meeting with the Chief of Naval Operations.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

They call it the CEO test because the intensity and consequences of these challenges grow as you move into higher levels of leadership. They believe that “to succeed in a leadership role, you have to achieve a certain threshold level of proficiency in each of the skills” highlighted in these seven tests.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to the September edition of the Leadership Development Carnival ! For this month’s edition, I asked an all-star cadre of leadership development bloggers, authors, and consultants to submit an answer to the following question: “We all know that individual development plans (IDPs) need to be tailored for each leader.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 12, 2017

We’ve gotten to know Tanveer through his fantastic leadership writing and thought leadership over the years. Leadership today has certainly become a complex endeavor. This is where relationship-building becomes critical to our ability to succeed at leadership. Relationships For Complex Times.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 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. Communication. ” Follow Sean on Twitter at @LeadYourTeam.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

My leadership capabilities would be pushed to the brink. With the pressures of the job mounting and the digital stress of computers, phones, and blackberries; it’s just getting worse. Work stress cost businesses $300 billion per year in absenteeism, loss of talented employees, health costs, and programs to reduce stress.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2024

Concerning interim leadership, N2Growth’s approach is exceptional in identifying and deploying such leadership talent. These industry veterans are equipped to bring stability, navigate crises, proficiently fill leadership voids, and execute transformative strategies to propel businesses forward.

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