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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? After starting and selling 3 companies now I can look back and see I was definitely the seagull in the fist one, arguably all 3. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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“No idea” Means I Have One :: Women on Business

Women on Business

In other words, this is definitely a discussion to which you want to RSVP. The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. So how can you begin to draw out these ostensibly idea-free people?

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What Cincinnati Could Teach New York about Hurricane Readiness

Harvard Business Review

Coastal city" has a new definition. This new civic infrastructure requires for-profit companies to embrace a broad definition of shared value and bring all their assets to the table as Procter & Gamble did in Cincinnati. We can't continue to ignore harsh truths about extreme weather.

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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

Anyone who has operated inside a big corporate will tell you that for any project, you might have an executive mandate. No longer is the organization relying on gut instinct and a shared sense of purpose around delivering product value; instead, most large organizations rely on process controls to standardize operations.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Book of Acronyms

Strategy Driven

Clinging to obsolete definitions and viewpoints have a way of perpetuating companies into downward spirals. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving by Hank Moore Any company or organization is like a tree. Symbolic are these phrase definitions which I have created for familiar business words.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen.

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Culture Trumps Strategy – Not | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I would challenge that your initial thinking about a start-up can be driven by culture as said culture does not yet exist…I would submit that culture is a definite consideration driven by your values and by the vision your have for your start-up. I think not, and I’ll explain why.

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