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Succession Planning: Not Just for Older Leaders

N2Growth Blog

According to The Conference Board, CEO tenure has decreased to an average of 8.4 CEO Profiles Crisis Management Operations & Strategy Success CEO Onboarding CEO Succession Planning Dell Computers Dell Computers CEO Micahel Dell Offboarding Succession Planning' years as of 2011 from 10 years in 2000.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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Possibility Maximizer: Management Improvement Carnival

Sales Wolf Blog

  I really like the carnival's focus on lean management techniques, which I feel is especially relevant in today's tenuous business environment as all of us can afford to seek out additional operational efficiencies via lean management processes. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Day one of the conference was headlined by a highly esteemed group of speakers who didn’t give me nearly what I had hoped for – While there were a few shining stars, and some great sound bites, I wasn’t challenged nearly as much as I hoped to be. Leaders make the news, they don’t report it.

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10 Communication Tips for Leaders

N2Growth Blog

Great communicators can tailor a message such that they can speak to 10 people in a conference room or 1,000 people in an auditorium and have them feel as if you were speaking directly to each one of them as an individual. Speak to groups as individuals : Leaders don’t always have the luxury of speaking to individuals in an intimate setting.

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Midsized Firms Can Survive a Cash Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Operational meltdowns can devour a midsized company’s cash. In 2006 and 2007, the partners earned big bonuses. The financial reports his CEO showed him looked rosy: Revenue had doubled to $200 million and profits were $20 million. Not growth, or even profits. But nonetheless, the company was low on cash.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

Directors in a range of industries have been stung by media reports that political intermediaries used corporate money to help fund causes or candidates adverse to a firm’s business interests or its espoused values and positions. million in the 2006 off-year cycle to more than $300 million in the 2012 presidential cycle.