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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” Are you competing on the basis of on-going product or technological innovation? Through low-cost sourcing and manufacturing?

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire.

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Leadership Basics | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

" This point really came home to me while reading, "The Leadership Code," By Ulrich and Smallwood. Or, as you say, "leadership is a process of becoming." " I think Maxwell said, "Leaders are learners." One of the chapters is titled, "Invest in yourself."

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