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The Leadership Walk

N2Growth Blog

Do you say you believe that your people can develop, grow and have tremendous potential? link] Meredith Bell I had the opportunity to meet Kevin recently at a conference and had a follow-up phone conversation with him. How does your walk prove it? Do you say mistakes are important and necessary? How does your walk prove it?

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? How did the brick and mortar book stores let Amazon get the jump on them? Has anyone on your executive team attended a conference on strategy, innovation or disruption in the last year?

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Everyone sits in open cubicles which are all roughly the same size. Job requirement determines the size. Mine is actually one of the smallest. Like yourself, I have long been an advocate of being highly visible and engaged.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios, describes what he’s learned about leadership and corporate culture in his excellent new book, Creativity, Inc.: In 2006, Disney bought Pixar to boost its struggling Walt Disney Animation Studios unit.

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Friday High-Five: Posts I Loved Reading Last Week

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Bonus : I have been a great fan of TED , a conference which offers riveting talks by remarkable people and that too, completely free. The theme of this conference, to be organized on 02nd October 2010, is “Urban Rethinking”. We are so fortunate to be living in a world where such great learning is available for free.

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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Nurture your network by sending articles, books and emails to people to show you’re thinking about them. Have a point of view before you start a book or article and see if what you think is confirmed or refuted by the author. Try developing concepts later on. Network intensely. Read all the time. Get enough sleep.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the kind words Dan, and I hope you enjoy the book. One example from my latest book, Ruthless Focus, is Staples. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective.

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