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Join Me at Catalyst Conference 2011

Ron Edmondson

Use Rate Code FOB and receive a ticket price of $199 (savings of $120 off regular prices). Watch some highlights from 2010 in this video: Catalyst Atlanta : Highlights from 2010 from Catalyst on Vimeo. This is one conference where every year I network with my Twitter and blogging friends. I’d love to shake your hand.

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Which Companies Are Worth Admiring?

Harvard Business Review

Who were the Top Five in 2010 ? Success today in every field is about so much more than price, performance, features — pure economic value. As Jim Collins, the great management guru, has argued, "The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. Who are the Top Five organization's on Fortune's list for 2011?

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

The innovation research identifies the tyranny of large numbers as a common (and vexing) problem for leaders as companies grow, well documented by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in The Innovators Solution , Jim Collins in How the Mighty Fall , and by Scott Anthony on this blog. Are you currently making small bets?

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. The price tag for accomplishing these global goals is estimated to be up to $3 trillion a year for 15 years.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? As you say, it is not about the coach. Our Freedom.

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Microsoft and the Case for the Insider CEO

Harvard Business Review

The company’s stock price barely budged, no doubt in part because Nadella had been the rumored frontrunner, but also perhaps because he was widely seen as the “safe” choice. Other researchers, including Jim Collins in Good to Great, have come to similar conclusions working from different data sets.

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Intellect…an Asset or Liability? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? Winning an argument isn’t particularly difficult, but it may come at a very expensive price. Our Freedom.

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