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2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician

Deming Institute

Such an attitude provides an easy escape for those executives that don’t want to change. Related: 2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl – Need Any Country be Poor? – 2012 ASA Deming Lecture by Dr. Jeff Wu on Quality Improvement from Autos to Nanotechnology – A Historical Look at Deming’s Career: Lecture by J.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll take a look at timing as key success metric… As the verse from the old Kenny Rogers song goes “you have to know when to hold em and know when to fold em.&#

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I love the way you have clearly differentiated between strategy and tactics – so many people get them confused and end up playing checkers instead of chess… Thanks, Landon Creasy [link] [link] Roger Martin Mike: This is an excellent tool. It is as comprehensive for leadership traits as I’ve seen in many other assessments.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. Especially in public sectors, where leadership turnovers occur every couple of years and results are quarterly based, many executives overlook game changers that take longer than 12 months to execute.

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The Value of a 3rd Opinion: Part 3 – working with a coach

Roundtable Talk

Personally, I find coaching to be the most effective when I’m feeling stuck or hitting a career plateau. More $$ isn’t always more impact… leadership or executive coaches can range from $375 a session to $3,000 a month (or more). I find different coaches are good for different stages of your career path. Happy leading!

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Steve Jobs and the Purpose of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In the torrent of commentary following Steve Jobs' death, few have noted that his career and his company say something profound in the endless debate about the purpose of the corporation. Apple existed to "delight customers" first — benefits to other stakeholders, including shareholders, followed. But this is at it should be.

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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.&# - General Colin Powell “Develop success from failures. I do however agree that delivering results is key, and I thought I covered that with certainty of execution – even so, I'm thanking you raised the level of focus on being results oriented.