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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

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Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Which hat, or hats do you wear? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? Priority number two is team building and talent management.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll bust a few myths, reveal an evil secret or two, and share with you what you need to know in order to be successful with social media… Understanding the Context Let me cut right to the chase - business is fluid. Thanks for the great insights Rob. Thanks for sharing! Nicely done Mike!

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Author Chris Brady's Leadership Blog: Tell Me If Anything Was Ever.

Chris Brady

I am reminded of the Stephen King quote concerning the authorof Gone With the Wind: “Why didn’t she ever write another book?”   Success is the product of many components, of which one of themost prominent is focus. Posted by: Tim Welch | August 03, 2010 at 12:46 AM Excellent points! My question is.

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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”. Innovation Leadership Strategy' No, it’s to maximize shareholder value.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

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Some of the nuggets that Jim did disseminate were as follows: Success that translates in hubris leads to failure. Never confuse power with leadership. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. Don’t waste time trying to be successful, spend time being useful. Double your ratio of questions to statements.

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Should Older CEOs Be Forced to Retire?

Harvard Business Review

In October 2000, Jack Welch announced the biggest deal of his 20-year tenure as head of GE: a $45 billion merger with Honeywell. Yes, but with some caveats, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Empirical Finance. Harman Wardani. Their aim is to drive out executives who are past their prime.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. If you’re a well oiled machine at work, but your family is falling apart at the seams – who cares?

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