N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. Gordon Berridge: What do you see as the greatest leadership strength? On with the interview.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2015

Along the way, I learned a great deal about team development and leadership. Our Inside ROPE teams were comprised of colleagues in our company’s marketing, accounting, finance, engineering, support, purchasing, and other functional units. As a sales leader, I was responsible for assembling both “Inside” and “Outside” ROPE teams.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2011

By parallel, managers themselves might similarly benefit from "reverse-engineering" the criticism of not only outsiders but of their own colleagues: considering both parties as their benefactors on the road to greater performance. Handle accusations of competitive externalities by coordinating with local companies.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Bob Lutz in his recent book Car Guys vs. Bean Counters makes the point that GM was doing fine until in the mid 1970s the MBA-trained finance guys took control of product development from the "car guys," who were engineers and designers. The result, he says, was inferior cars and a decline in the firm.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you are great at the finances, an early-stage Excel ninja partner probably isn't be the top priority. Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation. Different operational skills. If possible, it's best to work with someone you've known for a while or with whom you've collaborated before.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

“This was a couple of rogue software engineers who put this in for whatever reason.” Put aside for the moment what this testimony implies about the auto giant’s purported culture of engineering excellence. Always look to the leadership. ” Ach, du lieber! Oh those rogues! ” Ubersetzung!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation.

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