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Buzzwords Aren't All Bad | N2Growth Blog

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It’s as if it has become more acceptable to bash users of buzzwords than to actually listen to what’s being said – this in my opinion is not healthy, nor is it productive. link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. Thanks for sharng Sami.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

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The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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Vision and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce. Vision is often misunderstood. Thanks for sharing Mark.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

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Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. It was exactly the simplicity of their business model and their product that made them into the company that they are today. Even their advertising model is simplistically brilliant.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

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If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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Who's In Charge?

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Put simply; the most productive teams have the best leadership. To further my point, you can examine any organization and you’ll consistently find that the the best performing units have the best leadership, and the worst performing units have leadership challenges to overcome. 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

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If a manager finds a way to say yes to every request, idea, or action posted to them, it will also have a very negative affect on their staff who wonder what far flung idea or action is going to be required today. Trust, in turn, is the product of two components: Integrity and Ability. You ask how people feel when they get told no.

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