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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. It is widely known that among the top determinants in a start-up’s success or failure is the executive team. This, of course, starts with the CEO, and young companies have a broad set of founders and CEOs with different backgrounds, competencies, and demographics at the helm.

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Women CEOs and the State of Female Executives [Infographic]

Women on Business

What’s really happening to women executives in the business world? According to Catalyst, women held just 2% of Fortune 500 CEO positions in 2011. Jump ahead to 2012 and women held a record 20 Fortune 500 CEO positions. That means only 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs are currently women. The data is very interesting.

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Appointing Female CEOs Can Cause White Men To Try Less

The Horizons Tracker

The study found that when female or racial minority CEOs were appointed, it seemed to make white male executives associate with their company less than before. Also, white males’ biases may make them feel that racial minority and female CEOs give them less respect in strategic decision-making processes,” the researchers explain.

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10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011.

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011. As my holiday gift to you, here are my TEN most read & requested posts from 2010: Set Your 2011 Goals In Two Steps.

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Are You On Track For 2011?

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Are You On Track For 2011? You’ve had 20 days to kick off 2011 the right way. Today is January 20th. You know, MAKE A DIFFERENCE. How’s it working for you?

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive?

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LeadershipNow 140: October 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from October 2011 that you might have missed: @mikemyatt: The biggest leadership blind-spot and what to do about it: Leadership & The Expectation Gap. Interview with Joseph Jimenez , chief executive of Novartis. CEOs need to discern what is good and what may not be good for the business.

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