N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

He inherited a company that had developed 20 years of cultural focus on fit and efficiency. Jack Welch's determination to get the right mix and then play only in games he could win created enormous wealth. His emphasis on ten new technological innovative streams has yet to prove as financially successful as Welch's legacy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

With all due respect to Jack Welch , the facts tell a different story: According to 20-First’s 3rd Annual Global Gender Scorecard , 90% of Executive Committee positions are still filled by men, with only 10% by women. Yet there is a real pay-off for companies that choose to close this gap. The right topics.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Five Ways to Change Negative Perceptions at Work. ” Find Jim on Twitter at @72keys.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 9, 2013

A handful of business leaders, including Jack Welch , whose drive, passion, belief system and commitment are not simply communicated in their rhetoric, but embodied in the tones of their voices, through their body language, in the very sinews of who they are. Related articles. How We Both Experience the World When We Communicate Genuinely.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“My job as a leader is to make sure that everybody in the company has great opportunities and they feel they are having meaningful impact to the good of society.” “You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good its people. ” –Jack Welch, General Electric.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 9, 2017

The higher one goes in a company, the more success is measured in winning hearts and minds rather than in the mastery of some technical skill. Bill Lane: Jacked Up: The Inside Story of How Jack Welch Talked GE into Becoming the Worlds Greatest Company. After all, who's going to tell them? But they're table stakes.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Michael Carty, XpertHR : Why It's Time for HR to 'Step to the Front' in 2011 Drew Tarvin, Humor's' Office : 5 Work Resolutions You Shouldn't Make (And One You Should) Kaihan Krippendorff, Fast Company : Five Innovative New Year's Resolutions Roberta Matuson, Fast Company : Will 2011 Be Your Best Year Ever ?

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 15, 2012

The higher one goes in a company, the more success is measured in winning hearts and minds rather than in the mastery of some technical skill. Bill Lane: Jacked Up: The Inside Story of How Jack Welch Talked GE into Becoming the Worlds Greatest Company. Afterall, who's going to tell them? But they're table stakes.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

 Much like my Rainmaker 'Fab Five' blog picks of the week that is published every Monday, 5 for Friday highlights five posts from the career and recruiting blogosphere that the folks at Monster Thinking found to be especially good reading over the past week.  One of the great things of blogging is that anyone can do it.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

 You will find links to resources on just about any topic tied to the human resources and talent management field from recruiting and employee selection to compensation to HRIS - just to name a few.    There is a wealth of great HR information and resources waiting to be found at HR-Guide.com.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 11, 2010

 Seth has you covered with a free 40 page ebook that shares his experiences working with numerous linchpins throughout his career.  Seth has you covered with a free 40 page ebook that shares his experiences working with numerous linchpins throughout his career.   Enjoy! Seth Godin's Blog : Insubordinate.

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

  Ann Bares, Compensation Force : Learning & Advancement: Employee Reward or Employer Obligation - With the resources available for training and career development becoming increasingly scarce in many organizations, these opportunities have come to be seen as a form of reward by employees and managers alike.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

  Center for Creative Leadership : Fundamental Four: Core Leadership Skills for Every Career Stage - It is safe to say that different levels of leadership require varying skill sets in order to be successful in that given position.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Reaching the apex of the career ladder by gradually getting promoted to the top is a thing of the past. From my experience as a career coach, career ladders in most organizations have not existed for at least fifteen years. Over time, the company began to bulge with managers. Look laterally for career moves.

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Your Voice of Encouragement

AUGUST 30, 2010

About "Your Voice of Encouragement" During my professional career of more than 35 years, Ive found myself in the role of coaching, encouraging, and helping others deal with their challenges. Our product, ProStar Coach , is a unique virtual coaching system that empowers people who want to take their performance to a higher level.

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 12, 2012

Delivering a need-surfacing opening question like, "How well is _ working for your company?," Bill Lane: Jacked Up: The Inside Story of How Jack Welch Talked GE into Becoming the Worlds Greatest Company. It's not unusual that 40 to 45% of leaders in new positions fail with the first 18 months of their promotion or hiring. .

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

 Together they serve up tips for maximizing the value of the human resources function in an organization with blog posts and news articles on topics such as organizational development, change management, talent management, employee training, career development, and other areas of interest for today's human resources professional.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

posted at Job Interview & Career Guide , saying that as it can be hard to motivate yourself, motivating others can be even harder. posted at Job Interview & Career Guide , saying that as it can be hard to motivate yourself, motivating others can be even harder. But don't despair.  But don't despair. 

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Or clogged, as most successor candidates do not perceive the significant opportunity for career progression at their companies. Design leadership career paths around a few diversified, not targeted, experience requirements. As Jack Welch said Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 23, 2010

  Now you'll be able to browse an extensive collection of business book reviews, search for careers in HR and post your own job openings in front of a targeted audience, download educational whitepapers and research reports,  watch instructional videos, and even upload your own content for others to view and enjoy. 

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2008

Guest post from Brad Smart , Author of Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching, and Keeping the Best People : I don’t know about you, but early in my career I was very disappointed with my hiring track record. Our research in over 50 companies shows the average cost of a mis-hire of a manager earning $100,000 is $1.5

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

If you’re among the group of active users who no longer find it confusing, but still haven’t hit your stride, you’re also in good company. link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth. Thanks for the great insights Rob.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 8, 2012

The Start-Up of YOU: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha Crown Business (2012) How and why start-up mind-sets and skill-sets are essential to achieving and then sustaining success…however defined The basic premise in Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha’s book is that the same mind-sets and [.]. (..)

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

This executive was widely considered among the best and brightest in his company, but it was evident that this issue needed immediate attention if he ever hoped to advance to the top spot. Earlier in his career, as a business unit manager, he recognized that he must cut costs. He wasn't alone in that regard. Prime the Pump.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

While at GE, Jack Welch popularized the notion that it was good to fire the "bottom 10" of his managers every year. This creates an issue of not understanding who holds real potential to move up the talent curve with the right nurturing, versus those who have limited upward mobility, versus those who should not be at the company.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

The CEO — the public face of the company — is bombarded with requests. Says Elizabeth, "If they have a book, read it, because no one writes these people and says ''I read your book.''" (It''s an understatement to say most CEOs'' tomes don''t get the same reception as Jack Welch''s.) Career planning Managing yourself'

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. Whereas Gerstner famously declared "the last thing IBM needs is a vision," Palmisano had a clear vision for the company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

You need to help them achieve their individual and collective targets and feel good about the company — but you can’t do their jobs for them. Applying these principles means that you have to be, in the words of Jack Welch, hardheaded and softhearted. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

Compared with my colleague, I had accomplished so little over such a long career; my two measly books were more like an embarrassment, given his output. When I passed his office and he wasn't there, I was sure that he was meeting with Jack Welch or someone famous.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Jack Welch. The National Football League is an example… I once tried to teach the ‘no a **e rule’ to a group of folks from NFL teams, and in that context, many of the behaviors that might be shocking in a school, company, or hospital were normal. Steve Jobs. Jeff Bezos. Martha Stewart. Bill Gates. Larry Ellison. Successful.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

The Resource:    LinkUp Monthly Jobs Report What It Is:   LinkUp is a job search engine that finds and displays employment openings directly from the career section of employer websites for companies of all sizes.  Currently LinkUp is keeping tabs on job postings from over 21,000 organizations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. The highlight of the day for me was when Jack Welch took center stage, and center stage he took. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Women in the LEAD

MARCH 7, 2010

Debbe Debbe Kennedy, founder, president and CEO Women in the Lead   at the Global Dialogue Center Leadership Solutions Companies Berrett-Koehler author, Putting Our Differences to Work The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance It's a New DAY! I am a recently retired from my own company as a sales agent.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire.

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