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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Thanks for sharing Todd.

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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

He then proceeded to communicate in no uncertain terms that he wasn’t nearly as concerned about the faults he would find, as he was about how our leader (guess who?) No one remains a leader long without being competent. People will not long support someone who's going nowhere. 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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If a leader’s primary obligation is for the care and well being of those under their charge, then I would suggest that you cannot be an effective leader over the long-term without love, compassion and empathy. link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. I Think Not.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While there were clearly a few moments last week that I found instructionally valuable in terms of creating a game changer ( Nando Parrado ), there weren’t nearly enough of them. If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Focus on value creation.

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

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link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. Covey has garnered the loyalty and love of her students, something that she still evokes in my daughters even though they have long since left her classroom. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. For me, Ms. I Think Not.

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How Good Was Steve Jobs, Really?

Harvard Business Review

And Apple's share performance skyrocketed between the time we compiled the data and when he stepped down on August 24, 2011. That's almost 14 years as CEO — a long time, considering that the average CEO tenure for large U.S. There is a long build-up period, followed by a rapid increase. companies is around six years.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

In a 2011 paper , researchers from HBS, Columbia, and the University of Chicago looked at the success of 472 tech buyouts based on a novel measure: patents. Their aim was to determine if the companies in question became more or less innovative following the buyout. The Case of IBM. Yet the improved financial position came at a cost.

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