Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2020

Looking back, I thought I’d reveal a few of the lessons I’ve learned running a successful coaching practice (top 5%) since 2006. Suggested reading: Small Business Finance for the Busy Entrepreneur: Blueprint for Building a Solid, Profitable Business Fail often, fail forward. Buckle your seatbelts. OMG — how often I’ve failed.

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Wilde Brainstorming Licensing Learning-by-Doing 284

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric. Warning: this post isn’t going to coddle you and leave you feeling warm and fuzzy – it is rather blunt and to the point. Want to become a better leader? Talk less and listen more.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

Being a leader should not be viewed as a license to increase the volume of rhetoric. Read between the lines : Take a moment and reflect back on any great leader that comes to mind…you’ll find that they are very adept at reading between the lines. They have the uncanny ability to understand what is not said, witnessed, or heard.

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Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 398

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

AgilOne, a company that provides cloud-based predictive customer analytics, was founded by Omer Artun in 2006. Andy’s research was financed by DARPA at the university. The technology allows automated cleaning up of large code-bases, and was licensed back to the company by Stanford. Let’s look at a few examples.

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Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Benchmarking 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!

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Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

I worked with him for three years (2006-2008) during my work with Rick Wagoner and his senior team on the attempt to turnaround the fortunes of GM. Bob is right: the car guys indeed need to be given license to hone in laser-like on customer delight. I like Bob Lutz. Bob and I tended to be on the same side on most issues.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

By 2006 nearly one-quarter did. Psychologists find broad evidence for a “moral licensing” effect — for instance, when people are told that their employer guarantees equal opportunity, they become less likely to self-monitor for bias. In 2000 fewer than 1% of big banks had a CRO.

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Banking Risk Management Crisis Real Estate 8