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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Sales and marketing positions appear to provide broader sector hunting grounds, but reality can be different, and there are still many constraints. A search partner with industry knowledge is critical.

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5 Leadership Development Practices to Kick to the Curb

Leading Blog

I N MY THIRTY YEARS as an executive coach, I have seen a lot of change — the complete digital transformation of the workplace, increased diversity of the labor market, the shifting role of employers. Effective leadership does not rely upon a standard set of characteristics like charisma or aggressiveness.

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Three Rules to Deliver the Best Possible Performance for as Long as Possible

Leading Blog

That''s why the rule is "better before cheaper:" being price competitive is far from irrelevant, but when it comes to position in a market, exceptional performance is caused more often by greater non-price value rather than by lower price. Change whatever you must about your business—your markets, your technologies, your people…anything.

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10 Steps to Creating a Talent Advantage

N2Growth Blog

You may have technology or a product that gives you an edge, but your people determine whether you develop the next winning technology or product.&#. It is precisely this type of thinking that will keep a company from being competitive in the market. Hiring is a blend of art and science.

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Leaders: Born or Made? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If we’re to be honest with ourselves, as opposed to defending a particular position to suit our needs, we’ve all known born leaders…They are those affable individuals that posses charisma and presence combined with the ability to make good decisions that people have flocked to since an early age.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It is the genuine nature of their subtle & quiet charisma/presence, and not the decibel level of their rhetoric that draws you in. Over the years I have come to believe that “ having class &# is synonymous with demonstrating a penchant for humility over bravado.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/13/13)

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I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR Editors and various contributors Weaving the Web: the Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Untapped […].