N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

And I can assure you that any CEO who views him/herself as an army of one will fail. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability.

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There are a variety of places where corporations and boards look for potential CEOs, but the leagues of management consulting generally isn’t one of them. So why should a company consider hiring a management consultant to be their CEO? Did you find any characteristics that set effective consultants-to-CEOs apart?

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Consultative CEO Management Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The last official report on the April 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig was issued on September 16th. As one of the most serious industrial accidents in history, the Gulf explosion should be a great case study for corporate leaders across the globe who are trying to manage risk in hazardous activities involving complex technology.

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Report Policies Risk Management Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2014

Prior to joining American Express in 2010, Schulman was CEO of Virgin Mobile and Priceline. Schulman: The global head of human resources at American Express was on the board at Virgin Mobile, where I was CEO. After we sold Virgin Mobile to Sprint, he suggested I talk to Ken Chenault, the CEO of American Express.

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Execution Software Banking Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Savage is the author of The Flaw of Averages (Wiley, 2009) and of an HBR article with the same title , chairman of Vector Economics , Inc (VectorEconomics.com), an adjunct faculty member at Stanford and Cambridge, and a frequent lecturer on risk modeling. All rights reserved.

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Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

BP and other companies in the oil and gas industry (as well as any corporation with potentially catastrophic operations) need to understand these larger governance and risk management lessons in meaningful detail in order to address complicated risk across far-flung global firms more effectively.

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Analysis Report Operations Document 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Execution risk: A wrong execution model or poor execution can make a project run too long and cost too much, leading to a total loss of focus and a reduction in value creation. Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception.

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

This is driven by the successes of product-design leaders like Apple, and a macroeconomic environment that demands better risk management. They typically possess considerable experience in this area and can be a valuable asset to managers. Today, designers and business leaders are working together more closely than ever.

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Prahalad Budgeting Creativity Fashion 13