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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

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In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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The Dos and Don’t of Managing Office Characters

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There are important Dos and Don’ts as the manager of a character that can have significant consequences for your organization. If you are the manager of a character whose failing performance and odd behavior is creating a “situation” what do you do? As a manager, your job is to keep the peace and protect the rights of your team.

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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

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The only thing that spinning a bunch of plates insures is that you expend lots of energy in an attempt to forestall the inevitable. Sound-off in the comments below… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] mikemyatt Your most welcome Sai…I'm glad the information was of benefit. link] Sai Bharadwaj Came at a right time for me.

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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog

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The three most critical items to focus on when conducting your planning are: Insure that personal accountability is present on any major benchmark, milestone or deliverable. My final suggestion is that you take the time to review all mission critical plans to insure that the proper contingency plans have been put into place.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

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Another simple rule of thumb that allows you to maximize the equation mentioned above is to leverage down to the lowest level of talent possible while still insuring an acceptable level of execution. As an up-and-coming preparing for management, I'm working to grasp these core concepts.

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Brand Exposure

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Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. If not, then this post is for you.

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

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Perhaps most importantly they have the ability to align interests and sell the vision unifying leadership, management, staff and external stakeholders as well. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. Section III: Strategy.

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