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If Your Business isn’t Agile, You Won’t Have a Future. It’s That Simple

Great Leadership By Dan

To compete effectively, speed, innovation and intense customer focus are of essence. So how do agile organizations square the circle – obtaining the speed, innovation and flexibility they want – while employees get the fair deal, at least in terms of development, flexibility and empowerment, they want?

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action. Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# I Think Not.

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