N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Priority number two is team building and talent management. Did you bestow the title upon yourself simply because you had the authority to do so, or are you the right person for the job? What does a CEO really do anyway?

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity? Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great. Isn’t that what productivity should be doing?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

At the end of each visit, I do ask myself whether or not this is an organization I "admire" in the sense that I went to tell other people — readers of my books , visitors to this blog — about what I saw and learned at the company. The companies that I admire aren't just efficient and productive, they are memorable to encounter.

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Company Collins Airlines Long-term 15

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

” I’ve just finished writing a book about companies in pretty ordinary settings (banks, hospitals, even a parking garage) that have won big by doing truly extraordinary things. It’s good to be efficient and professional; it’s essential to be memorable and meaningful.

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Collins Motivation Open-book Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We Because he and I have taught executive education classes together, I thought I should read his book. We provide the space, equipment and expertise. They provide the talent.".

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Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

” We don’t advocate decisions and actions that are overly spontaneous or impulsive, but we do value efficiency and speed in analyses and when acting on strategy. ” The best-performing CEOs “move boldly and swiftly to transform their companies.” They value substance and going straight to the core of the issue.

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CEO Retail Class Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

We manage numbers because it's easier. We focus on stuff that matters, surely, but we are doing the thing of managing the measurable, rather than the meaningful. Management experts, marketplace results, and thorough research all proves that people are central to what we produce today and how well we can produce results.

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