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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Confusing mission and vision in definition or in sequence of application will result in inconsistent leadership decisions, confusion among the ranks, and the inevitability of flawed outcomes. It’s important to understand that vision statements are design oriented, while mission statements are execution oriented.

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Success vs. Significance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? Taking from my own experience, I've been lucky to be successful (measured by quick progression up the career ladder, material comforts etc) and yet I'm still working on being professionally significant.

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QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management.

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. By Kapil, August 11, 2010 @ 9:30 am Tanmay, Great Points on achieving customer delight.

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Say what? 25 of the worst leadership lines ever.

Roundtable Talk

← Attention Seekers…just recognition hungry or bullies in disguise? Red flag mechanisms… got yours? → Say what? 25 of the worst leadership lines ever. We want to become the “leader&# in XXX by “following&# best practices…” “You aren’t here for the client.

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Top Leadership Bloggers’ Recent Best Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Welcome to the November 7, 2010, early bird edition of leadership development carnival! Moving Forward In An Uncertain World posted at Epic Living – Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author. Thanks to Dan McCarthy over at Great Leadership for organizing it.

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Drinking the Talent Kool-Aid | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even worse is when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements which embolden a corporate position that doesn’t really even exist to begin with. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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All Hail the Failure Sector

Harvard Business Review

FailCon 2010 took place on October 25th in San Francisco. How about the fact that policymakers from innovation-starved countries (where failure in a new venture still brings career ruin and even shame on your family) have spotted it, and are trying to duplicate the same conditions in their economies?