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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

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Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) opened-up voting for The Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 yesterday , and the N2growth blog was one of 11 blogs nominated for the award. The winner will be the blog receiving the most votes (One vote per email address), and you can vote by clicking on the link above.

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Dinosaurs, Big Consulting Firms and Disruptive Innovation

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Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. ebooks disrupting the giant book publishing houses.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

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Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

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You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show. If you’re a CEO with clouded vision and desire to change the view from the top it is critical that you maintain open lines of communication through a variety of channels and feedback loops.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

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As a CEO, I would strongly suggest you conduct a gut check during your next executive meeting by counting the number of times you hear your CXOs say things like: “That will never work,&# &# We can’t do that,&# “That’s not my problem,&# “We’ve always done it that way.&#

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

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I have witnessed otherwise savvy executives place the need for emotional superiority ahead of achieving their mission (not that they always understood this at the time). This is such a common problem for executives that I coach. The methodology laid out in her book 'Fierce Conversations' is SUPERB!

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Help – It's not a dirty Word! | N2Growth Blog

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How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? Mostly attitude determines how far we can be bold to this subject. Just addition to what i said previously.

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