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Leadership Through a Transparent Lens

Strategy Driven

An authentic broker-investor relationship is a microcosm of transparent leadership because a fiduciary duty epitomizes the highest of standards. At the risk of sounding negative, I do not think most people in leadership positions are transparent. I believe that transparent leadership embraces this truth.

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Advisory Services Focused on Leadership Training & Organization.

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How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time

Harvard Business Review

Our research involved a detailed cross-case analysis of five major corporations operating in Australia over 10 years, from 2005 to 2015. Today, businesses often operate on short-term objectives of profit maximization and shareholder return. We get back to core stuff.”

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Why Is Capital Afraid of Cities?

Harvard Business Review

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The banks have retreated from that business — pursuing economies of scale, rather than helping scale up small companies.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Senior leadership teams that embrace agile do a few things differently. This takes time. Systematic Inc.,

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. And wages are stagnant.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. But these forms of external turbulence tend to be the trigger of free fall, not the cause.