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Unexpected Leadership Lessons that Mobsters Can Teach Lawful Leaders

Leading Blog

We discovered through a rigorous analysis applying 70 years of Nobel-prize winning economics that Mobsters have leadership teams and structures that enable their success despite continuous efforts to disrupt them. Relentless offers five transformative leadership lessons that leadership training programs must incorporate and promote.

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How External Board Evaluation Can Support Board of Director Recruitment

N2Growth Blog

The truth is that bringing on a new board director can be powerful and transformative because they will reshape the composition of the board, bring new skills to the boardroom, and has the potential to contribute diverse insights that pull the organization’s future forward.

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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

The use of underdog narratives is a popular leadership tactic that has been proven effective in motivating teams and organizations. Leaders in various industries, such as telecommunications and sports, often employ these narratives to create a compelling story of overcoming adversity and achieving success against the odds.

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How a Board Search Firm Can Support Organizations

N2Growth Blog

We know precisely how powerful board search firms are and how robust the board search process is because we have a lengthy track record of handling highly complex and critical Board placements. Here is a preview of what makes our board search experience so powerful: Step 1: Discovery and Synthesis. Enable seamless ratifications.

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The Optimal Margin of Illusion

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Robert Bruce Shaw : Research into the psychology of leadership highlights the benefit of being more confident than you should be. That is, it helps to believe you''re better than you are, and be more optimistic about your company and business, than an entirely objective analysis would warrant. Robert holds a Ph.D.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Ruth Todd, PhD

Strategy Driven

A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We nuclear power plants report operational performance and event related information that is then securely transmitted to the appropriate regulatory and industry oversight organizations.

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What They Didn’t Teach You at Business School about Negotiation

Great Leadership By Dan

The creative teams he developed laid the foundations for today’s music, movie, and telecommunications industries. But the better bulb by itself wasn’t the reason for Edison’s success.

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