N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Put another way, not all leaders are created equal.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2016

That’s not a word you hear CEOs using often enough—but it’s a term that great leaders don’t shy away from for a minute. In short, from adversity and authenticity (and the corresponding apology) came advancement. The term “spin” comes from the practice of spinning a yarn, telling a story, sharing fiction. Better late than never.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

And as women, we can learn a great deal about how we behave in the work world; not to imitate our male counterparts, to align with them in positive, productive ways. In the masculine model of success, power and prestige take precedence, compassion, and long term consequences are secondary. Think about our world at this time.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. You can find all the info here. Catch up here.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

We talked extensively in this book about how accounting profits or profit growth as a sole performance metric doesn’t lead to value creation. They don’t tell you how well the business is positioned for future growth and ROIC improvement. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While the emotional distress associated with gossip can be dealt with fairly easily, the political discord that can erupt in an organization can be nothing short of disastrous. If you want to be a long-term survivor in business I would suggest that you not participate in gossip and get rid of those that do.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Having gotten to the stage where the books are in the black and the profits are starting to roll in, how do you make sure that your hard-earned cash is put to best use? You should discuss the structure of your business with your accountant to make sure it is positioning you in the most advantageous place regarding tax and debt liabilities.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

One of the worst things a leader can do is to let their ego write checks their talent can’t cash… Humility is actually the trait that magnifies all other positive attributes. I have always been intrigued by the concept of the "servant leader" a term coined I think by Robert K. Mitch A very good article, thanks.

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Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

» February 18, 2010 Grown-ups Should Make Sure That They Have Children are wonderful, bright-eyed, positive, full of ideas, and as curious as can be imagined. These include selfishness, possessiveness, emotional immaturity, short-term focus, and a lack of taking responsibility for their actions. I could go on. 

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

There is a simple short-cut which allows you to quickly extrapolate an hourly rate from a total annual compensation figure that I find useful for quick comparative purposes. Kicking the bird out of the nest and saying go fly with the project is short sighted and very weak leadership.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 27, 2014

Text will be categorized so that executives can review books and articles aimed at their needs. While short “bytes” of information can be highly efficient in helping leaders solve specific problems, they may be dysfunctional for dealing with long-term issues requiring deeper analysis. This trend will continue.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 10, 2011

In organizations, for example, when we have researched workplace leadership styles, women tend to excel in listening, empathizing and sharing information, while men often stand out in short-term decision making, direct communication and curbing their emotions.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering. It was going to be, what Katie terms, ‘a revolving closet for every woman in America.’ Circumstances had forced us from our old positions but simultaneously provided an opportunity for us.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Disingenuous and insincere positioning may get your foot in the door, but when the door slams into your backside as your engagement or relationship blows-up, don’t say I didn’t warn you… Thoughts? I believe that first impressions do matter but just in the short time. Thanks again for stopping by Alvan.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2015

I started in the insurance business in 1993 as a fresh graduate from East Carolina with a finance degree. Little did I know that 20 years later some of the people that I met then would be my best friends and longest term clients. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. A lack of clarity, the presence of ambiguity, obviously flawed business logic, or constantly shifting priorities/positions are the death of many a venture. I work with a small group of leaders. That's consensus.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is also a function of managers to ensure that employees are happy and motivated so that they contribute positively on a long term basis to the organization. Accommodate Short-Term Needs: You may need to be flexible in order to make temporary accommodations to help the employee through a time of need.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

They could not be more wrong - I’m here to tell you that strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive terms. I strongly recommend to all business leaders that they learn to develop a command presence, and lead from a committed and passionate position of strength through service.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2013

We remained steadfastly committed to having all our staff from custodians, plumbers, and bus drivers to engineers, architects, and finance directors, trained in the culture we wanted to create and the culture we expected each of our people to honor. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The reason this is such a great question is that I’ve witnessed far too many executives confuse vision and mission in terms of both definition and application. Goal: Take that hill – Objectives: taking out the bunkers, machine gun nests, and other fortified positions that stand in your way of taking the hill.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Do you ever wonder how the term “Politically Correct&# evolved from an obscure catch-phrase that was once used to label those who would not take a controversial position to the dominant mind-set of the day in our society? It has become more important to “do things right&# rather than to “do the right things.&#

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Everyone seems to have some sort of attachment to it, some philosophy about it, and some amount of understanding of the term. ' This is not a value judgment, as comparing something to 'bad,' but rather a term meant to describe the means to satisfy man's wants. ' But just what is this word all about?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I have actually come to cringe every time I hear a so called expert use the phrase in an authoritarian manner as a justification for the position they happen to be evangelizing. Even though I will from time-to-time slip and refer to something as “Best Practices&# I am attempting to extricate that phrase from my vocabulary.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. Have they delivered positive environmental results? increase in long-term value, measured by the ratio of the firm’s market value to the book value of its assets. percentage points.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

It was hard not think about that analogy while reading the latest Michael Lewis book, Flash Boys. Lewis’s book, and HFTs in general, have attracted a lot of attention of late. Because HFT firms are holding stocks for milliseconds, they’re not ever in a position where they’re voting on corporate governance issues.

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Chris Brady

JULY 19, 2010

In short, from a world-view that disdains accomplishment and merit (whatone accomplishes and earns) and instead focuses upon position and power andprestige (who one is and who one knows), heroes are made out of those who seemto succeed despite the rules of effort, contribution, and earning it.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. you put yourself in the right position), you are ready. The bigger the playing field, the more trust, familiarity, and rapport count. Don’t be timid.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some are short-term, meant for immediate action and achievement. Others are long-term and involve multiple stepping stones to get there. Looking at their experiences, achievements, certifications, and past roles is an effective way to understand how they made it to their current positions. Capitalize on the resource.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 12, 2021

If you are even a casual reader of this site, you know that I am passionate about reading and books. Though we usually feature non-fiction on this site, I am often found lost in a book of fiction and most often thrillers. It’s one of those books that pulls you in and somehow sticks to your fingers, refusing to let you put it down.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In my latest book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism can Learn from the NFL , I wrote about the negative impact of executive stock-based compensation on corporate short-termism. Eliminating stock-based compensation would help reduce the incentive for executive leadership to focus on the short term.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And while it’s true, as they write, that “large bonuses and stock options have been held responsible for overly risky behavior and short-term strategies,” I know of no peer-reviewed evidence that the crisis was actually due to poor incentives, and their article cites none. Thus, while poorly designed incentives (e.g.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Finance puts the systems in place to track the money coming in. With seemingly unbounded opportunity, salespeople work hard to build relationships and create a book of business that drives their future financial success and creates fast market penetration for the company. Your R&D group develops a unique new product.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

We still believe the executives at Tejon Ranch made some mistakes, as did we, but our biggest collective mistake was thinking in terms of threats rather than opportunities. As the tension built, the chance of working together positively and constructively to add value for the benefit of all shareholders slipped away.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

In short, he became the unintended victim trapped by what the Financial Times called “byzantine organizational politics.” For example, it may be the case that a manager needs to exert a large amount of pressure on a team to get something done by using the power of their position over others.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2011, the company dropped its requirement to exit investment positions when losses exceeded $20 million. On April 4 of this year, Dimon read a short article in the Wall Street Journal about a JPMorgan trader in London, Bruno Iksil, who was making massive bets that exposed the bank to high levels of risk.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Even worse is when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements which embolden a corporate position that doesn’t really even exist to begin with. He was constantly cautioning about short-term hires, and believed that you shouldn’t hire anyone whom you couldn’t keep and develop over the long haul.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

In an age in which corporations and public organizations are increasingly under attack for short-term thinking , a dearth of vision , and perfunctory reactions to quick stimuli , it’s worth posing the question: Can mindfulness help organizations — not just individual leaders — behave more intentionally?

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