Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

While there will be a huge learning curve – and significant challenges – greater success and learning will come when the executive enters the assignment with a winning mindset, vs. a “good enough to get by” mindset. Functional programs (Finance, Marketing and Sales) can help fill in experience gaps.

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Development Advice Learning Curve Execution 120

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. But a long-term relationship can help you leapfrog the learning curve of the close collaboration, which can sometimes take years to develop. Different operational skills. Doing so presents its own risks.

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How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

As politicians and economists puzzle over America's jobless recovery, managers who have started to hire again face another problem: how to handle all the overqualified candidates coming through their doors. The assumption is that the person will be bored and not motivated, so they will underperform or leave."

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Finance Learning Curve Skills Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Keurig is another former client.).

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? They don’t know how to cope. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. High Costs, Learning Curves. Where will the pendulum swing next?

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 58