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How to Reduce Operational Costs for Your Small Business 

Strategy Driven

For small business owners, reducing operational costs is essential for the success of the company. Fortunately, there are several strategies to use for reducing operational costs and ensuring that a small business remains profitable. Below are eight effective ways to reduce operational costs in your small business.

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What Is Different About Ethical Leadership?

Leading Blog

As founder and CEO of Chobani, a top-selling yogurt company, he “operates on a simple fundamental principle, that we do well by doing good.” Principled leaders must operate in a transparent and consistent manner in accordance with the values and beliefs of the organization. Hamdi Ulukaya – Ulukaya immigrated to the U.S.

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A breakdown of different types of consultants

Strategy Driven

There are many types of consultants to choose from. A lot of people think that consulting is all strategy-driven, where companies hand a few slips of paper to the CEO and then leave. Strategy consultants. Strategy consultants are the most obvious type of consultant. Technology consultants.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company. A consultative conversation with your search firm might underline that the role requires experience such as: A sales professional with strategic thought. The post Executive Hiring For a P.E.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Ideals and Compromise

N2Growth Blog

Topping the list of experiences is a thorough understanding of your marketplace; most often, your candidate will have previously operated as a senior leader within a relevant sector. A prominent divisional CEO at a billion-dollar MNC may have sat in on corporate board meetings and presented their region or division updates.

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The Worst CEOs of 2012: What did we Learn?

Great Leadership By Dan

This post first appeared 1/24/2013 on SmartBlog on Leadership : The year 2013 has begun, and with it a new year of scrutinizing CEO performance. The Bloomberg Businessweek Worst CEOs of 2012. Forbes the Worst CEO Screw-ups of 2012. Aubrey McClendon, CEO, Chesapeake Energy, made the top of the list, although it’s not ranked.

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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? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? What does a CEO really do anyway? Which hat, or hats do you wear?