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Is Business a Combination of Sport and War?

In the CEO Afterlife

The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. The new economy doesn’t operate that way. Desperate times require desperate measures.

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The Five Obsessions of Winning Teams

N2Growth Blog

Basketball is a sport where the most talented teams don’t always win but those that create a culture of leadership almost always do. Those that win, create a culture of leadership where they perform better than their opponents at the point of decision and in the heat of the moment. Follow me on Twitter @brianlayer.

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Society Needs a Leadership Paradigm Shift

Leading Blog

In countless cases, leaders have missed opportunities to tap into the enormous potential associated with the development of character to create innovation and excellence. The conditions that we thought of as a strength are actually operating like a vice. Now consider what enables high performance in organizations.

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Four Essential Behaviors for Every Leader

Leading Blog

Throw in complex organizations operating in complex markets, and you’ve really got to marvel at how it all comes together every day. It’s that sense of meaning that inspires us to think of new, innovative ways to do the work. There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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4 Characteristics of Great Teams

Leading Blog

T HE AMERICA'S CUP is the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, first contested in 1851 when the schooner America crossed the Atlantic and beat 15 British yachts. Team New Zealand operates as a team. Great Teams Innovate. They made a habit of doing things differently; operating at the margins.

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