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

N2Growth Blog

In the previous three parts of this series, we realized the challenging factors around searching for and placing an ideal candidate to lead a private equity portfolio company. A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

Leading Blog

Roosevelt’s energy and his manner of speaking had a certain charisma that Hoover’s lacked. He gave the impression that he intended to match his words with actions. But he also conveyed the sense that he felt a personal responsibility, as president and leader, for how people were faring.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Soft Skills

N2Growth Blog

In the second part of this series, we will continue this theme on executive hiring for a private equity portfolio company by examining parallel soft skill essentials and core, soft credential constituents. This instance focuses on a handful of core demands specific to portfolio companies, aligned to soft skill talents. The Soft Skills.

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Charisma Confusion: It’s Often a Weakness and Humility a Strength

The Practical Leader

Numerous studies show that charisma isn’t a key quality of highly effective leaders. The post Charisma Confusion: It’s Often a Weakness and Humility a Strength appeared first on The Clemmer Group. ” Charismatic leaders often don’t listen.

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Character vs. Charisma in Leadership

Lead Change Blog

Your rank in the company or your title doesn’t create real leadership influence, but a substitute influence that manipulates others to do what you want done. Posted in Self Leadership Character-based leadership is leading from who you are, not your position or power. Your true influence [.].

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Is Charisma Innate, Or Can You Learn It?

Center for Creative Leadership

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. He told me she was smart, very hardworking, and had been with the company in various accounting roles for the past 4 years, most recently as comptroller.

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Inspired to Inspire with Lance Tanaka

Let's Grow Leaders

12:06 – Then we discuss the misconception that leaders must have charisma. Company Website. Company LinkedIn. It’s that sense that you’re doing what you were meant to be doing. 8:07 – Then we look at the trap leaders can fall into by comparing themselves to other leaders. Rather, they need authenticity.

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