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Success vs. Significance | N2Growth Blog

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Complicating matters further, I believe few successful people actually make the transition to significance, but every person of significance is successful. Complicating matters further, I believe few successful people actually make the transition to significance, but every person of significance is successful.

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Managing the “Great Expectations” of the Next Sales Generation

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“The death of the traditional salesman has been greatly exaggerated,” heralded a recent column in The Economist (October 22, 2011). Yet there’s been nothing traditional in sales for the past 15 years thanks, in part, to women making it a successful career path. A few keys: Keep a career plan within their vision.

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

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The basic flaw in most arguments in support of CEO term limits stems from a belief that tenure is somehow a very relevant metric, and that there is some mystical optimum time to serve. And what if a company finds or is built by just that person…and loses them to a term limit?

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Brand Exposure

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While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. pastortom2022 Great post Mike and especially to many of us who have not experienced a great level of success or notoriety. will go into decline.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

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Even if you don’t find yourself having to frequently deal with extreme situations, it is often nothing more than normal dealings in the ordinary course of business that can place you at a nexus…Do you make your decision based upon the facts at hand and sound decisioning metrics, or do you let your emotions drive your decisions?

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

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They must be relevant, meaningful, in alignment with cultural values, and tied to the right set of metrics. My experience is that bonuses are absolutely effective given this caveat: they must be structured and implemented properly. It is not the bonus that is right or wrong, but the manner in which it is rolled-out.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

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In fact, gossip seriously undermines each one of the aforementioned success metrics by propagating inaccurate information. When you take part in gossip you do none of these things. At its core, gossip is the highest form of disloyalty, and it is far from innocent or idle.

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