N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Are your strategic planning practices flat and uninspired? Have you reduced your planning process to a once per year, budgeting exercise? Do your senior people feel disengaged and removed from your strategic planning? Does the rank and file even understand what’s in your strategic plan?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2017

The need to prepare and always be your on your game is so obvious. It’s never too late to up your game. It’s hard to bring your A game 100% of the time. Ask, “What could I accomplish this year that would add real strategic value?” Invest in a leadership development program for you and your team.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

You could have been in the game for decades, or perhaps it’s your first time taking on a manager’s role. Either way, understanding that true leadership means leaving room for growth is crucial to becoming the best leader you can be. High Employee Turnover Employee retention is a focus for many employers or people in leadership roles.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If you’re leading a team within an organization, your strategic M.I.T.s often come straight from the organization’s strategic plan. Strategic M.I.T.s Initiatives Every strategic objective will have one more initiative or project that helps the organization achieve that strategic M.I.T.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2023

Their expertise can span various domains, including strategic planning, leadership development, marketing strategies, and overall business growth. Are you aiming to enhance leadership skills, develop a marketing strategy, or improve overall business operations?

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Here’s a game plan for you. What does this years’ strategic plan look like? When I facilitated a college class on leadership, I repeatedly encouraged my students to “think like a consultant.” Nathan Magnuson is a leadership consultant, coach, trainer and thought leader.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

7 Leadership Questions That Will Move The Needle in 2016. How do you know if your leadership ladder is against the right or wrong wall? Are your leadership and organizational goals primarily focused on moving up the ladder or do they also serve a greater good? Defining your leadership or company goals is the easy part.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 19, 2014

These are critically important to make sure your organizational leadership index is healthy, balanced and aligned with your strategic intent and vision to meet the organization’s objectives going forward. Crisis Leadership exams can help find problems early when your chances for treatment and cure are better. CHOLESTEROL.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2014

But today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world makes it incredibly difficult to plan and predict the future. So while thinking – and strategic thinking, in particular – is a key leadership responsibility, it often gets pushed aside in the midst of the day-to-day challenges of running the business.

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

To encourage an interest in STEM, Budapest employees taught girls how to code and build a computer game. In addition to mobilizing and engaging local employees, this also offered leadership opportunities and visibility with executive leadership for a strong group of highly engaged mid-level professionals. Make it engaging.

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

Strategic thinking is NOT the same thing as strategic planning. In fact, many strategic plans have little strategic thinking behind them. For most companies, strategic planning focuses on breaking down a goal into action steps and connecting those steps to resources, timelines and budgets.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

StrategyDriven Newsletter Signup StrategyDriven (Kindle Edition) StrategyDriven RSS Feed StrategyDriven Podcast iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation iTunes Feed StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective iTunes Feed StrategyDriven on Facebook StrategyDriven on Twitter StrategyDriven LinkedIn Users Group Recent Articles Worn out at Work?

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CO2 Business Leadership

APRIL 19, 2018

I expected to be able to learn a few new leadership skills. He helps you get over yourself and up your game. I didn’t realize Gary’s company did strategic planning, and that definitely exceeded my expectations. Stick to the game plan more often, the advice that Gary gives. You can’t fail. Gary’s the coach.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Advocating a point of view, stretching the boundaries and sharing a bigger “vision” are leadership traits that are subjective, individual and highly visible. By working closely with your in-house communications team and public relations advisors, you can develop a strategic plan that will establish and grow your personal brand.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

These clichés do not belong in business dialog, in strategic planning and in corporate strategy. Business planning requires insightful thinking and language which clearly delineates what the company mission is and how it will grow.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Generate select strategic options. There are many ways to succeed, and your game plan should have at least five viable options. When the Visioning program matures and gets to its second generation, you’ll find that winning formulas stem from a hybrid of the original strategic options.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 12, 2014

This means no individual who holds a leadership role is off the hook. If the tough situation is something like layoffs or cost cutting, and you aren’t even sure about the end game, the people who work for you still deserve to know as much as you are able to share. This means LISTEN deeply. Transparency – transparency – transparency!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 18, 2012

Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning. Teams enjoy and play games. People voluntarily play the sport because they want to and like the game. When members of teams fundamentally do not like the games or feel connected to the game the group is playing, there will be real performance issues for the group.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2012

Seven essential rules for effective strategic planning. Leadership and/or members are all screwed up. Stage 3 – Getting Behind the Game. Shared leadership. With humor, real-world examples, and step-by-step guides, the book explains: How to make mission, values, and BHAGS relevant to daily organizational life.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Front Runners – Lap Your Competition With 10 Game-Changing Strategies For Total Business Transformation by Mahesh Rao. In the language of today, they need to take on the mantle of ‘transformational leadership.’ ’ Assuming that you aspire to be a transformational leader, what traits will you exhibit?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 24, 2011

A pure fact of transformational leadership is that you can accomplish only a small portion of the requisite forward movement on your own. Front Runners – Lap Your Competition With 10 Game-Changing Strategies For Total Business Transformation by Mahesh Rao. The key is to establish true transformational leadership.

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PowerSchool

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Winning the long game with data. Winning the long game calls for a clear view of the data. PowerSchool Unified Insights Talent gives your school or district the ability to track current data and trends to craft long-term strategic plans and address big issues. Efficiency can be a real game-changer.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We’ve made huge strides in all aspects, from strategic planning, tactical implementations, recruitment, technology enablement and engagement with the business that it’s really hard to not be overambitious with our plans for the next year,” says Hobbs.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 14, 2011

Unlock The Game TM Unlock The Game is a radically honest sales and cold calling approach based on integrity and common sense. You don’t have to abandon the selling skills you already know – Unlock The Game gives you a new approach and new tools to help you let go of old behaviors that bring you negative results.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2012

It was he who encouraged your own leadership qualities, because your success ultimately honored him. Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. They make strategic decisions based upon cultural memories. He has advised two U.S.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

As an example, look to the Nintendo Wii, a gaming platform that sought to attract 90 percent of the population instead of the 5 percent targeted by the traditional gaming community – all at a lower cost. When done correctly, you move from a bloody red ocean of competition to a calm blue ocean of opportunity. Innovate quickly.

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PowerSchool

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They must possess many skills, from hiring, staffing, and records to compliance and reporting, strategic planning, professional development, and finance—it’s all handled by, or in collaboration with, HR. Dr. Don Fraynd, PowerSchool Strategic Education Advisor, knows the power of hiring the top K-12 talent.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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PowerSchool

AUGUST 1, 2019

Efficiency can be a real game-changer. Winning the long game with data. Winning the long game calls for a clear view of the data. PowerSchool Unified Insights Talent gives your school or district the ability to track current data and trends to craft long-term strategic plans and addressing big issues.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2011

Video is here to stay so get into the game by adhering to these 10 tips. Google reports an 80 percent click rate on videos that appear in the search results.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Achieve the right mindset for successful interviewing Specific research prior to the interview Leadership skills required for advancing a 2-way interview Specific questions you MUST ask on the interview Strategies for negotiation Most importantly, Selling Strategies designed for interviewing to get you HIRED! Is what they are saying truthful?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

While the object of the game is still to drive revenue, the methods have changed. Social Nation sets forth the foundations for this new way of doing business. Let’s face it: The business world is changing. Deep down, did most of us really buy the old ‘nothing personal – it’s just business’ line? Of course not!

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The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

What Is a Leadership Awakener? Leadership Awakeners are the Game Changers of the World. Leadership awakeners think differently. What if … with your next strategic plan, you instead take a bottoms up approach, using the holographic principle? Are ready to make that leap? I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

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The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yet, in my 30 years experience of working with leadership teams and companies, the terms “vision,” “mission” and “values” are THE most overused, misunderstood and abused words in the business community today. Your vision lacks the necessary leadership capacity and infrastructure to drive that vision into everyday activities.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Charitable involvement is not a game or contest. The more we do, the more we feel the “potlache” of giving to others. Realities of giving and charity: Ego charities benefit the organizers. Celebrities often get duped into promoting causes. Most companies give to communities. Cause-related marketing is a good thing.

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