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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

The company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. During this time, we raised the quality systems and actual performance to allow exports of Australian-made Nissans to Japan.

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Common Purpose Leadership

Leading Blog

For example: Emphasize One Goal – Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines, recognized that his customers valued on-time performance. He set this as the measure of success for the company. In order to underscore this goal, Bethune decided to send every employee a check every time the company was first in on-time arrival.

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Washington's Lessons: It’s Never to Early to Choose to Lead

Leading Blog

G REAT LEADERSHIP doesn’t just happen. A person’s quality of leadership radiates from their character. Consequently, it’s never too early to begin your leadership development. By age sixteen, Washington had copied out by hand, 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.

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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

Eric Jacobson

Homkes’ book is a timely, comprehensive, and essential read for business leaders looking to take the next step toward ensuring high growth for their companies. The book brings together more than 15 years of Homkes working directly with high-growth companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

As a veteran and lifelong student of leadership I have always found Memorial Day weekend to be one of the most meaningful and significant of all holidays. While this coming weekend simply signifies a long awaited prelude to summer for some, it is much more than that for me.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. While optimism is generally a great quality for a CEO to possess, there is a point at which unbridled optimism can disconnect a person from reality.

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CMI Book club - Summer's Here - What's on your reading list?

Chartered Management Institute

Guest Editor – Judy Craske - Judy’s most influential reads are: Simplicity by Edward De Bono; The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey; Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson; Organisation culture by Naomi Stanford; and the rise and fall of management by Gordon Pearson.

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