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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

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If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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How to Pick a Co-Founder

Harvard Business Review

If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. Different operational skills.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business Review

In 2006 Geisinger embarked on a broad care delivery reengineering initiative around cardiac surgery called ProvenCare. Business development, contracting, and finance personnel are also required. Why was cardiac surgery ready and spinal surgery not?

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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Culture Trumps Strategy – Not | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I work at the nexus of culture and strategy – proactive and reactive solutions – as I tie personal development and business development to brand – and brand to the DNA (or perhaps culture of an organization.) Maybe this is what you are saying – they are collaborative in some nature?

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