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Everything you need to know about leadership, you learned in Kindergarten

Women on Business

Leadership lessons at their core are taught in Kindergarten and here’s what I mean. In business we operate under the old adage of the loudest person is the one that gets heard. In business information is power, so why would you let that advantage go? Say Please and Thank You. Don’t run inside.

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Leadership and Knowledge Management

N2Growth Blog

Let’s begin by defining knowledge management (KM)…While this alone may spur fierce debate, for simplicity sake I’ll define knowledge management as: “an organization’s ability to collect and convert data into information, turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into an operating advantage.&#

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Bookseller Leadership Mistakes

Coaching Tip

First Borders, then Barnes & Noble CEOs make the wrong leadership decisions. As the business grew, it was time for the Borders brothers to hire a professional CEO. Unfortunately, the Borders CEO didn''t recognize that the Internet was changing everything.including the book retail business. Leadership is Already Inside You.

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Leadership Lessons From the CEO of Scripps

Steve Farber

Meeting with frontline employees helped inspire the Scripps Leadership Academy, a year-long program for 25 managers at a time. It begins with a Q&A with Van Gorder, and promotes discussion and understanding throughout the leadership ranks. Leadership Tip: Hold open, no-holds-barred feedback sessions with your team.

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How To Hire Greatness

Eric Jacobson

They advise that it is far more important that a leadership candidate possess specific intangible core attributes, than just decades of industry experience. Leaders who can use their intellectual capacity to make quick, solid business decisions in tough competitive environments often without having all the details, so intuition is important.

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N2Growth Helps Businesses Combine Strategy & Innovation for a Consumer-First Approach to Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

Balance is the key to success; N2Growth , believes that innovation and strategy must come together for businesses to enjoy sustainable growth and maintain customer satisfaction. Digital transformation starts at a strategic level with leadership being committed to change. Transformation is the new normal. Jean-Louis said.

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How To Recruit Your Dream Team

Eric Jacobson

They advise that it is far more important that a leadership candidate possess specific intangible core attributes, than just decades of industry experience. Leaders who can use their intellectual capacity to make quick, solid business decisions in tough competitive environments often without having all the details, so intuition is important.