Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 12, 2021

This applies all the way from the CEO to the brand new intern. The trick is to identify which leadership responsibility is the right one to use in a given situation. Are you a leader? If you’re waiting until you’re “in charge” to accept the challenge, the organization won’t make it.

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Leadership Influence Brand CEO 163

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 7, 2013

In raising General Electric’s value by over 4000% in his twenty years as CEO, […]. Even though he was over a decade into retirement and in his upper 70s, Welch’s rich enthusiasm for business and leadership took the audience (and the moderator) by storm.

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Welch Seminar Leadership Audience 176

Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 6, 2020

To bridge the time gap, he took an interim CEO role to help turnaround a small company. I had a conversation with one of my entrepreneur friends this past week. Ryan had big plans for a new software release, but needed to put the project on pause to sort out some of the final details. Then COVID-19 hit and disrupted everything.

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Ryan Finance Crisis Guidelines 320

Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 17, 2015

In his book The Advantage , Patrick Lencioni talks about an interaction with a CEO of a hugely successful company where he asked why the competition didn’t emulate their best practices. The CEO responded that he honestly thought the competition felt it was beneath them. What a waste!

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eBook Project CEO Execution 120

Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Retired General Electric CEO Jack Welch observed that, “If you don’t like people, leadership stinks!” An unfortunate trap execution-focused leaders can fall into is believing (either consciously or unconsciously) that people are a means to an end. People aren’t the means to an end. People are the end.

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White Paper Mission Statement Welch Micromanagement 139

Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

Ultimately, you won’t be able to accomplish a servant leadership strategy on your own, even if you are the CEO. One of your formal targets could be average wait time. Embody the Values and Commitments as a Leadership Team. You’ll need a team that shares the same values and commitments.

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Strategy Development Leadership Covey 120

Nathan Magnuson

MAY 19, 2014

SAP CEO Bill McDermott commented on the importance of finding out what is important to any new team before implementing sweeping changes. One of the main these from Leadercast was the importance of trust as the basis for effective leadership. Listening is the key to building both individual and corporate trust.

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Seminar Simon Influence Budgeting 171