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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. FACT : Leaders who lack emotional control won’t remain in a position of leadership for long. There has been no shortage of information published on the topic of Emotional IQ or what’s referred to as EQ in recent years.

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. With Apple design and user experience as so inextricably linked they are one and the same. Apple isn't simply selling superior functionality, but also a certain style that is communicated through design.

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Doing Good Via Spam Protection: The Art of Leverage | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. The story is about how NY Times is using CAPTCHA technology to fix errors that crop up in their effort to digitize old issues. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME. You are a new visitor to this blog.

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Tackle Conflicts with Conversation

Harvard Business Review

Effective leadership, like a good marriage, hinges on how you deal with the tough stuff. Take Sarah, the head of IT at a global technology company. Her job was to develop new engagement technologies in her organization, but instead of embracing critical feedback on her ideas, she ignored it. And it hurts your image as a leader.

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Sometimes Cutting R&D Spending Can Yield More Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Take Cisco, for example. The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. The company’s R&D expenditures dropped by about $1.5

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation. For example, the company may have identified the perfect acquisition target, but be outbid by a rival. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%.

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Guidance is Good, Overpriced Shares a Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Investors have deserted equities in droves and pushed for costly anti-corporate legislation (say on pay, for example). BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. From the government? Ask Solyndra.