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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The following list of suggestions is my gift to you in hope that it will allow you to outsmart those that feel they cannot be outsmarted… Define Acceptable Behavior : This first thing all CEOs need to do is to accept responsibility for any “corporate crazies&# who have taken residence in their organization.

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No Better Time

Persuasive Powerhouse

What shared interests can you learn about that you can combine to catalyze innovation for your organization? The CFO owns a couple. Learn more and understand more about others: What can you ask others that will provide you with a deeper understanding of individual motivations?

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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

CEOs are on the hunt to understand who has done what, and who has succeeded. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. But others know it is not going away and that they have no choice but to transform the company.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t.

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Employee Values = Stakeholder Value

Harvard Business Review

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. The recent ups and downs of the global financial markets have placed a lot of scrutiny on CEOs, corporate boards and executive teams to deliver stakeholder value that can withstand the fluctuations. As a CEO leading a global U.S.-based

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." Using my holistic insight and innovative Total Performance Scorecard principles, I promise to help my customers to realize their financial dreams." ​9. ​ ​1.

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