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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. This is the antithesis of true leadership.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. What's funny is that it really doesn't matter what the motivations are for doing so, the outcomes are rarely good. Thanks for sharing Todd.

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The Best Leaders Have Fun

Chris Brady

When we are doing what we are built to do, called to do, and deeply motivated to do, we will enjoy it. Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." We will have fun.

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. Few things in life are as motivating as being told you're not good enough. The game changer for me was the importance of setting an environment that people enjoyed and enhanced their spiritual experience. It was a game changer!

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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

His primary motivation, he says, is love. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. but you’ll not find that here. Started the school a few years ago to teach students who were too poor to attend regular school. First year, he had 8 children. Today his school has an enrollment of 922 students. link] [link].

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Why the Future Belongs to Tough-Minded Optimists

Harvard Business Review

Rather, “it is created by highly motivated people, by enthusiasts, by men and women who want something very much or believe very much.” Management guru Jim Collins puts it this way: “The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.”

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Building goodwill with key internal stakeholders was the least frequently cited motivation at 9%.

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