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The Heart of a Warrior

N2Growth Blog

It is the mental agility, a fierce determination, and a never say die attitude that has carried us through the best of times and the worst of times. It is the ability to stay mentally focused on achieving the mission at hand, regardless of circumstances, that will help you take your organization to that next level.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

It is the mental agility, a fierce determination, a never say die attitude, and placing other’s interests above our own that has carried us through the best of times and the worst of times. A leader’s greatest responsibility is not for his/her own glory, but it is for the well being of those whose care has been entrusted to them.

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Leaders Travel Light

Chris Brady

The best leaders are the most agile, the most able to adjust and course-correct, the most rock-solid on commitment to a vision but the most flexible on the route. thanks Posted by: Golf Tips For Beginners | January 28, 2011 at 04:41 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Elllen Weber Wow – Mike, thanks for the way you weave the parts together with such agility. I am in complete concurrence that the sooner a person becomes a better decision maker, the sooner they'll see more things work for them as opposed to against them. Great insights Susan.

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It's Harder than Ever to Be a Senior Executive

Harvard Business Review

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. And for many people they're harder to learn.

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What Big Companies Can Learn from the Success of the Unicorns

Harvard Business Review

Snapchat, an idea conceived in 2011, is now valued around $16 billion, with more than 100 million active users who send an average of over 400 million snaps per day. Financed by VC firms. billion in a single round of equity financing, the largest private fundraising round for a VC-backed startup ever.

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Leadership & Perfectionism | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Agility, fluidity, decisiveness, commitment and focus all lead to the creation of speed which results in a certainty of execution. While there is little debate that speed can create an extreme competitive advantage, it is not well understood that the lack of speed can send a company (or a career) into a death spiral.

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