Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Act in a calm, focused, efficient, and timely manner. works with early-stage companies developing innovative, high-impact life science products and services. His new book is Can't Tame a Mongoose: Memoir of a Genomics Entrepreneur. Assemble diverse teams with complementary skills and a shared vision.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Leadership is about hope. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. Good collaborators are distinguished by the efficiency and intentionality of their collaboration—not the size of their network or the length of their workday.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 31, 2020

The answer is probably ‘yes’, and the most successful entrepreneurs know that. If you can continually pinpoint the weaknesses of your company and your leadership skills, then you’ll be able to continually develop solutions which improve your business. Could you be a better entrepreneur? Do your research. Talk to consumers.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A S A PROFESSOR, an entrepreneur, the president of Stanford University, and now the Chairman of the Board of Alphabet (Google’s Parent company) and Director of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, John Hennessy has had a lot of leadership experience. Leadership as Service. Innovation. Leading Matters is about the journey.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Innovation doesn’t happen by one person having an aha moment. Leadership should shift from hierarchy to hustle. The CEO needs to take up the leadership challenge to help others respond to that. Leadership is a distributed capability throughout the organization. Andrew Keen, Entrepreneur and Author. ?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even though Musk’s approach doesn’t necessarily provide a blueprint to be copied any more than Steve Jobs’ approach did (even though both individuals got results), it does offer lessons to be learned and applied in our own leadership. This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

I’ve coached literally thousands of entrepreneurs in my twenty years in higher education and the business world, and have owned multiple businesses during that time. One of the assessment tools we use a great deal is the Basadur Innovation Profile. This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Johnson shares this insightful S-curve derived from research on innovation. People, projects and organizations could be in one of three phases on this learning-innovation curve. A comfort to know for all those entrepreneurs and learners out there! They know they have to be agile, more responsive to change, innovative.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional development has emerged as a vital tool for business owners and engineers alike to enhance their skills, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success. From attending workshops and conferences to pursuing advanced certifications, the quest for knowledge opens doors to fresh perspectives and innovative solutions.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 1, 2014

State of the art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I had an interaction about entrepreneurship on Instagram with David Schaub of WNY Entrepreneur. We seem to view entrepreneurship similarly and, at the same time, perceive change in an entrepreneur’s life differently. Entrepreneur drives innovation and growth. Produce, Administer, Entrepreneur, Integrate.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The discrepancies in venture capital funding to female entrepreneurs are well known, but society also tends to view men as more creative and innovative than women, even when the reality is quite the opposite. Even in leadership settings, women are still expected to be more communal than their male counterparts.”

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HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

LEADERSHIP Leadership skills aren’t just about being a boss or a manager. And when leadership skills are valued and encouraged in the performance evaluation process, employees are more likely to take ownership of their work, seek out new challenges, and contribute to the overall success of the organization.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2021

The Patrick James Trico Group is well aware that startups in the area of medical innovation and data processing are where the biggest and most beneficial progress will be. Creative Innovation. Entrepreneurs are creative innovators willing to think outside the box and attack a problem from a completely new point of view.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. Still, it has taken many different forms, and today, not all executive or leadership coaching is created equal.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I’m a big believer in leadership development. Then, as a newly-minted entrepreneur, I joined peer-to-peer counseling groups such as Young Entrepreneur’s Organization (YEO) and my local tech council’s Executive Roundtable to help me continue to develop my skills. There’s no room for complacency.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 4, 2024

Even entrepreneurs shouldn’t be afraid of healthy structure. When I was in city leadership there was a time we needed to slow the pace of growth so we could catch up with infrastructure in the city. Structure should make things more efficient — not less efficient. Leadership is never about making people happy.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

By definition, good ideas mean an improvement over the present, a better way of doing things or even better lives.That’s why people who have good ideas expect their leaders to act on them, which creates an instant test of leadership: do you care enough for those around you to do something positive with the idea?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

An MBA holder can become a Financial Analyst, Business Consultant, Leadership Trainer, or Corporate Strategist. Entrepreneurship Every entrepreneur needs a firm business foundation to succeed, and a business degree can be the perfect way to get it. After completing an MBA degree, you can embark on many exciting and lucrative careers.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 13, 2016

Today’s business leaders put too much emphasis on efficiency rather than innovation. . Because of an unwavering focus on efficiency, all too many firms have stripped away excess resources, reducing or eliminating their capacity to innovate, and have weeded out entrepreneurial skills,” author Jim Dewald warns.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

Strategy is important, innovation is important. If you’re going to accomplish anything big or important—and that’s what leadership is all about—you’ll need systems. Find the most efficient and productive people on your team and gather their ideas first. Unfortunately not many leaders have strong “get it done” skills.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2023

Even entrepreneurs shouldn’t be afraid of healthy structure. When I was in city leadership there was a time we needed to slow the pace of growth in development so we could catch up with infrastructure in the city. Structure should make things more efficient — not less efficient. We must add structure strategically.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston. New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day. The White House is looking for a few good entrepreneurs to lead the nation out of economic slump.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 26, 2011

Leadership is an elusive quality and few people ever really get it, but as the figurehead of a company you are supposed to know what it means to be a leader and a motivator even if it wasn’t taught to you. Leadership is an elusive quality but interestingly enough the people who want it usually aren’t leaders. Lead by Example.

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ExactHire - Leadership

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Today, I would like to discuss how leaders of an organization can do the same by adapting their leadership style. Style, Not Substance It’s easy for business leaders to become defensive when we begin to talk about “adapting leadership style”. 80’s (The Entrepreneur) This leader was pioneering and often preferred the unconventional.

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LDRLB

JULY 1, 2013

Now, she leads a specialized, unique program for Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Presidents from mid sized companies all over the world that ultimately helps them develop a competitive strategy for their own companies. With purpose comes innovation, efficiency, and ultimately, a more lucrative bottom line. “

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

How do organizations achieve longevity, the kind of longevity that survives long past the founder or any particular leader or leadership team? Customers are firmly in the “prove it to me” camp, and often it is best to seek new customers when pursuing entrepreneurial initiatives and innovative products and services.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2019

Bart is a sales leader, entrepreneur, executive advisor, and platform developer who specializes in team building, sales execution, sales leadership methodologies, and global operational efficiency. He has deep experience in building, leading, and scaling technology teams committed to rapid growth.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A simplified pattern might include five phases; Initial Structuring, Formal Organization, Maximum Efficiency, Institutionalization, and Disintegration. Innovation and creativity thrive in new organizations. Maximum Efficiency. The problem lies in the organization itself, its culture, leadership, and the organizational structure.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. To do this effectively, I sought to understand two things: Elucidate the emerging leadership traits and competencies that are most relevant today.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 16, 2013

Today, I have learned to properly apply strategy and force, making me a better manager of the creative process and a stronger entrepreneur. This is a positive application of force and the most efficient way to turn. In terms of canoe speed and momentum, this is the least efficient way to turn. Innovation Leadership'

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? Well we could start by coming up with some new ideas to drive revenue growth. Serve the best pasta in the city?

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Wyatt won Oberlin College's Creativity & Leadership Fellowship of $30,000 to start the business after graduation. Wyatt Hayman : After winning $30,000 from the Oberlin College Creativity and Leadership Fellowship our startup team set up in Lake Tahoe, California to build a business. Optimism for this generation rules! __.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. It’s really this simple…if it’s not a priority for you to efficiently and effectively engage with your stakeholders, then you need to reevaluate your priorities. Best wishes Sir.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Any entrepreneur will relate to the journey, and any would-be entrepreneur will find it enlightening. And creating an innovative culture: Real innovation comes not from top-down pronouncements and narrowly defined tasks. So the trick is to take your idea and set it on a collision course with reality as soon as possible.

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