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Could Your Next CEO Come from Any Department?

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Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally? In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development.

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Buzzwords Aren't All Bad | N2Growth Blog

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link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so. Thanks for sharng Sami. The best argument in the world will always lose to a two by four.

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Leadership & Influence Summit | N2Growth Blog

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link] Dan Collins Mike, I would particularly like someone to address the popularity of "politically correct" leadership. Jonathan Heng Hi Mike- Consider these topics: - Legacies of Leadership – How the impact of effective leadership inspires the organization to a higher standard (ie. Let me expand.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

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If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Mission Share and Enjoy: View Comments Oarabile Thats a gud advice Mike and keep the good work up and empower you generation Mark Oakes Good post, Mike Ah… the 'Vision' Thing … the underpinning of great things to come.

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Leadership Interview – Michael Hyatt | N2Growth Blog

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link] Dan Collins Mike, Thanks for this. " I recently read Jim Collins' book "How the Mighty Fall" and recognized myself and some of my friends and colleagues in his research. Thanks for stopping by Linda. Thank You Sir.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

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link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. I've found that defining what something is without explaining what it is not often doesn't tell the whole story. By addressing both sides of an issue you help to remove the ambiguity surrounding said issue. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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