Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 1, 2019

A mature bonsai tree commands attention. With a single tree, a master evokes an entire landscape and tells a story of power, perseverance, struggle, or abundance. As I’ve studied bonsai, I realized there are many leadership secrets available for leaders who want […].

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General Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2014

Guest Posts ability Communication Indicator Intuition Lasica Maturity maxwell performance potential Thinking' Developing and selecting individuals for positions of authority is therefore one of the most important tasks that leaders are responsible for.… … Read the rest.

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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. This role is no longer confined to technical oversight or incremental operational improvements.

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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. Can you relate?

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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. Ask yourself the question, is what I’m doing in alignment with my soul so that we’re not sacrificing our humanity along the way. (10:03).

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 26, 2021

It’s perhaps no surprise, therefore, that a recent survey from SolarWinds found that just over half of organizations regard their cybersecurity functions as mature, with budget constraints and a lack of skills and capability to keep abreast of the ever-evolving threat landscape the key barriers to progression. You can’t buy maturity.

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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. B USINESS FABLES are not meant to provide great fiction, but to place lessons in a context that make them easier to relate to.

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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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CEO Insider

JULY 28, 2022

Read on to learn the five core focus areas that can help CEOs, CIOs, and others maximize value throughout their enterprises’ cloud journeys and accelerate their cloud maturity. The post Maturity Matters: Maximizing Business Value Throughout the Cloud Journey appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Enterprises around […].

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Plants, animals, humans, businesses, products – all have a time of birth, growth, maturity, and death. There is a time when a leader is “born,” a time when he or she grows, matures, and finally reaches legacy. It’s the whole “circle of life” thing. Leadership has a life cycle.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Maturity: It is not our nature to follow children. With the exception of entertainment and sports where youth is over served, we defer to age, experience, and maturity in most facets of our life. The leader who emerges will be one who has not sacrificed their “maturity cred” by acting like a child when things got difficult.

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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 Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow. The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds.”. Source: The Walking Drum.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 25, 2014

Having my kids spread so far apart, I’ve had the joy of my son, Ben, now a college freshman, really mature into an inspiring leader across many contexts at school, the community, at church, and even working with the United Nations. Our children surprise us when we stop looking for perfection and see the leaders that they are becoming.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2014

Should the other, older and theoretically more mature guy have been the one to succumb? When projects feel hard, they seldom blossom with creativity which is what we needed most. Plus the wasted energy was exhausting all of us. But he didn’t. Age isn’t necessarily a leadership competency.

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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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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This conversation also provides a safer feeling infrastructure to surface important dynamics a mature team needs to share without direct confrontation. I like to use this exercise early in a team’s formation to get folks talking about common experiences and appropriate remedies as early in the game as possible.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You may be mature in a few areas of leadership, but we’re all infants in many. Without exception, growth is a lifelong process for all successful leaders. Community: Growth requires community. We… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Navigating the tension between two contrasting qualities takes maturity. Leaders tend to be tenacious or kind, for example, but not both. Either/or is easier than both/and. The ability to be two things at the same time creates opportunity and extends influence. The Ten Tensions of Leadership: Tenacity and kindness. Vision and openness.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

One vaguely controversial, age-old discussion is around the numerical age and corresponding maturity of CEOs and how age, which translates to experience, can impact the trajectory and level of success of a company. . As the brain becomes more mature, it develops patterns and neural networks that are hard to erase or reprogram.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 14, 2017

Anyone can put their head down and power through life, however, it takes a mature person to understand that how you live is equally important as what you accomplish. The Five Be’s.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 15, 2011

Don’t be the “Teflon&# leader who worries about what might stick – be the mature leader who takes the hit, deals with the issue, and moves forward with character. If trust is the cornerstone of leadership, then blame can only be viewed as the corrosive behavior that eats away at the foundation.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 12, 2015

I just got home from a conversation about maturity with some really smart college students. This post is inspired by our conversation. 10 expressions of immaturity: Don’t realize or don’t care that their behaviors have negative consequences for teammates. Won’t make commitments.

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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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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2021

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. The qualities and attributes of leaders identified as 360 leaders include: Adaptability. Discernment. Perspective. Communication. Resourcefulness. Reliability.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Combined, mentorship and coaching expedite the maturation of high-potential leaders, ensuring they can effectively guide the organization from the very start of their tenure. These coaches act as independent sounding boards, enabling successors to test ideas, refine communication strategies, and strengthen their executive presence.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

When what you seek is to build into others more than glorifying self you have developed a level of leadership maturity that values surrender over control. I have found those who embrace control are simply attempting to consolidate power, while those who practice surrender are facilitating the distribution of authority.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The position is for a mature and professional leader who will move towards your aspirations and find that right fulcrum in the balance to meet achievable goals. It’s likely your organization has access to mature development and talent tools to support your new best friend.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

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. Most leaders are in over their heads, whether they know it or not. Today, escalating global complexity puts leadership effectiveness at a premium.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

” Now, I’m not sure if that was a bungled HR communication strategy or a rogue leader, but either way, that level of transparency does nothing but create pre-mature angst. But she likes to be authentic and transparent, so she wanted me to know.” Ask yourself if this is really your information to share?

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

HCL Digital & Analytics Customer Experience (CX) Strategy practice lead Danyel Lagow recently published a new white paper titled: 5 Practical Strategies to Boost Your CX Success “Driving a seamless customer experience alongside fundamental business decision-making is indispensable for business … Continue reading →

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Childish, mature. Fit, not in shape. Beautiful, plain, ugly. Cultured, not cultured. Groomed well, not so well. From a top school, from a lesser school. Rich, middle class, poor. Young, old. Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, Caucasian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, mixed, can’t tell. The list of distinctions is infinite.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 23, 2022

I assist the candidate in defining where they fall within these traits and coach them on their self-awareness of both positive and negative emotions as an executive affecting their professional maturity. This category has five sub-facets: perfectionism, organization, drive, concentration, and methodicalness.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2018

Maturity shows up thinking about others. Immaturity shows up thinking about itself. In my immature twenties, I used language in a presentation that offended some and got me in hot water. When it… Continue reading →

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 26, 2021

When people acquire new skills, master new capabilities, and become more mature, their personal and professional lives are enhanced. Being a lifelong learner is one of the secrets to happiness, success, and personal fulfillment. But what’s the best way for each of us to do that?

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Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

By starting small, a use case that suits your organizational maturity and recourse, you gain firsthand experience with the processes, learn valuable lessons, and set yourself up for success on a grander scale.

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