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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My basic feeling on the topic of CEO Term Limits can be summed-up with this quote: “ There exists a season for all things, but decisive, prudent & principled leadership never goes out of season.&# ~Mike Myatt, 2003 With the average CEO tenure hovering at an all time low anyway, who needs CEO Term Limits?

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When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death

Harvard Business Review

Leaders need to be productively paranoid. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." Prior to the Oslo terrorist attack, we saw the exact opposite of productive paranoia — a leisurely attitude. As Bill Gates said, "Fear should guide you."

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Embargoes Work – Just Not the Way We’d Hope

Harvard Business Review

The Department of Defense, which had originally opposed the deal, reversed course when it finally occurred to government officials that if we did not sell the Rumanians this technology, others in Western Europe would. Universal Oil Products did ultimately build a $22.5 Crisis management Global business Government'

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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I had the privilege to be part of a group there in 2003. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. The bottom line for C1400 is to help young people from “tough realities&# to reflect on their personal leadership.