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6 Defining Values of a Leadership Culture

N2Growth Blog

Twelve years after launching culture change consulting services, I am finally sitting down to write about six defining values of a leadership culture. No surprise that all six values rise and fall on leadership. In 2006, one of my CEO clients in Sarasota, FL shared with me his annual employee engagement survey.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

What do you think when you experience poor design in your life? Are you likely to adopt a new software application that is poorly designed? In today’s blog post I’ll examine why design matters. When you are handed a business card that was printed at Kinko’s are you impressed?

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

Since 2006, I've written multiple blog posts , a few articles and self-published an e-book on governing investments in strategic software. Restated, software development is discretionary spend of balance sheet cash that could be directed to other investments or returned to investors.

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Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Book Review: Lead Well and Prosper by Nick McCormick Being a good manager (self-management and team management) is essential ingredient of success in today’s business environment. Looking at all the bad examples of poor management around, we all know what good management is not.

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Final Part: 7 Things Managers & Leaders Should Never Do

QAspire

When you don’t respect your team member’s time, you loose respect too. Yes, that may minimize the risk of failure, but your team members will not grow. Not reviewing the progress. When you don’t review the progress periodically, you loose momentum. Review early and often. Even if you do, keep them short.

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Hidden Costs 25

QAspire

Have you ever realized the costs of: having an inefficient leadership team? poor communications and expectations management? setting wrong examples? not treating people well? not aligning middle managers with vision at the top? long unnecessary meetings and deadlocked debates? Loved the theme!