leadership development
The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails
In today’s column I’ll share the #1 reason leadership development programs fail.
Extreme Makeover – Leadership Edition
The fastest transition from inept to adept occurs when leaders turn the topic of change on themselves.
Leadership Is About Breaking Things
There’s often a very subtle difference between those who lead and those who lead well.
Training Isn’t Dead – But it Should Be
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth In the text that follows I’m going to poke holes in a process generally accepted as productive, when it rarely is. I’ll likely take some heat over this, and while this post works off some broad generalizations, in my experience having worked with literally thousands of leaders, they are largely ...
Leadership – What’s Next?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth There is no shortage of debate surrounding leadership when it comes to philosophy, style, definitional distinctions, nuances, complex theory, etc. That said, I believe most reasonable people would agree leadership is nothing if not personal. Leadership can represent a pursuit, discipline, practice, passion, calling, skill, competency, obligation, duty, compulsion, or even an obsession. I’ve ...
Looking For Leadership
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point? News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. My premise is a simple ...
Who’s In Charge?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the **** is in charge around here?” This question left an absolutely indelible impression on my mind since I first heard it more than 30 years ago. Our unit was experiencing its first inspection by a Sargeant Major whose reputation definitely preceded him…It took him all of about 3 seconds ask “who the **** is in charge around here?” He ...
Leaders: Born or Made?
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? While there is a very simple answer to this question, most people are so entrenched in their beliefs no amount of reason or logic will alter their opinions. But that’s never stopped me before… For my part, I would actually like to make an attempt at putting this useless ...