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Debbie Laskey On Social Media, Brand Audits And Leadership Books

Eric Jacobson

While a business would not trust its finances to an intern, it should only trust its social media to a full-time member of its marketing team. What book do you recommend business leaders read to help them navigate today''s world of marketing? Here are some comments from Jim Collins about the book. Question 3.

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Jim Collins, Meet Michael Porter

Harvard Business Review

I've just finished reading Jim Collins' latest book, Great By Choice (which he co-authored with Morten Hansen). Collins is a smart observer and a gifted writer. It's hard to put down a Collins book feeling anything but.well, inspired. Collins has a knack for asking good questions. You can do it, he says.

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Buzzwords Aren't All Bad | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so. Thanks for sharng Sami. The best argument in the world will always lose to a two by four.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Mission Share and Enjoy: View Comments Oarabile Thats a gud advice Mike and keep the good work up and empower you generation Mark Oakes Good post, Mike Ah… the 'Vision' Thing … the underpinning of great things to come.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. I've found that defining what something is without explaining what it is not often doesn't tell the whole story. By addressing both sides of an issue you help to remove the ambiguity surrounding said issue. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. Focus on driving-down the most complex tasks to the lowest levels of the organization, and then leverage with talent, capital and technology while avoiding the creation of margin eroding dependencies.