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A 5 Step Action Plan to Require of Colleges.

Rich Gee Group

So, to begin with, college goals are not in alignment with student-family goals. They have invested mightily in fabulous sports facilities, luxurious dorms, gourmet cafeterias, and overall campus beauty. Unfortunately, this includes canceling all college sport team activities, such as games, practices, and group meetings.

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The Power of an Enemy

In the CEO Afterlife

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. Closing gaps becomes much easier when you can position differences as non-adversarial and operate within a framework of trust. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Social Media Responsibility | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. " My goal is to use the tools to help people engage their world, not disengage. I want to help us check in, and be more productive when we do.

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Who's In Charge?

N2Growth Blog

The most important decision a leader can make with regard to any implementation, initiative, project, objective, goal, task, etc. And many young leaders lose focus on the team goal and focus on either being popular with their team or following the rules. is who they are going to put in charge? Great reminder Mike.

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How are the OTHERS Doing?

Chris Brady

To that point, I had been thinking I was a leader when actually I was operating only at the lower level of "performer." " It was all about me, my goals, my performance, my motivation, my accomplishments. " Ouch. I thought that if I drove myself hard enough, learned enough, and tried enough, I would be a good leader.

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