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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great CEOs lead by example…they set the tone for others in the organization by demonstrating proactive, rational, logical and balanced thinking as opposed reactionary emotional thinking. by thecoachingconnection on July 15, 2010 This was reprinted below in its entirely by Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth, who originally [.]

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Susan Gunelius Guest post by Abby Marks Beale (learn more about Abby at the end of this post) As a solo entrepreneur, I have learned to spend my time on those things I major in (activities I am good at and like to do) while parceling out the things I minor in (tasks I am not good at or don’t enjoy) to those who have the expertise (and interest!).

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Make sure that everyone within your organization pays attention to design aspects relevant to their roles and responsibilities – make attention to design part of your culture. You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Can Leaders Take a Break? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

One of the concepts we discussed at Purdue was the fact that when stress hits the hot button we all tend to revert to patterns learned in our original organization, the family. 2 Comments 1 Jen Gresham December 13th, 2010 at 12:00 pm Interesting post. This is when the patterns generations old of being a pleaser or martyr show up.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

How has this work informed the way your organization works today after working with Phil Zimbardo? John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

Globally, 56 percent of people want a job that allows them to give back to society versus 44 percent who value personal achievement more…” Two of the authors, Laurie Bassi and Dan McMurrer, are organization effectiveness researchers, consultants, and run an investment fund based on the principles outlined in Good Company.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

When you find yourself thinking about old-fashioned, out-of-touch, hierarchical, siloed organizations, General Motors quickly comes to mind. Call it instinct, call it talent, it was Barra’s ability to encourage teaming that catapulted her to the top of an organization with 212,000 employees. They play well as a team.

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