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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. When I teach MBA leadership courses I require all papers – on any leadership issues – to address key problems from opposing views. Thanks for encouraging and challenging the leadership community. Love what you do Mike.

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The ROLE of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership Today

The Center For Leadership Studies

In this time of unrest and change, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in leadership has emerged as the critical skill set for leaders. Having watched the corporate leadership landscape for over 25 years now, I am relieved to see EI getting the attention it deserves! But you can use your leadership to begin the healing process.

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Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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Become an Extraordinary Leader

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker was writing about it nearly 50 years ago, and over the last decade it has come back in vogue. Creating any profound leadership strength requires a more thoughtful approach. One of my weaker areas of leadership has always been finance. It's a lack of attention to related leadership characteristics.

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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker famously said that the point of a business was to create a customer. As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” Innovation Leadership Strategy' No, it’s to maximize shareholder value. And short-term numbers at that.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

Leadership is happy to ask that proposals and presentations be backed by “data.” What Did Peter Drucker Really Say? Peter Drucker is often quoted as coming up with the managerial bromide, “What gets measured gets managed.” ” Yet this does not actually represent his thoughts on measurement.