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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Soft Skills

N2Growth Blog

It is not simple to transcribe that the CEO ‘must be a leader.’ Flaum, surveyed and interviewed the managing partners of 32 private equity firms ( including Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, and Silver Lake ) about their CEO search process and how it has changed over time. Confidently Compromising on Ideals. Jeffrey Cohn , and J.P

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Great Leaders Are Dreamers

Lead Change Blog

Virgin Galactic founder and CEO Sir Richard Branson is not seeking to just build a faster passenger aircraft. He spoke of a day when sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners would sit down together at the table of brotherhood. His leadership style communicates that same upbeat, animated, idea-a-minute persona.

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How Decision Making Evolves as a Startup Grows

Harvard Business Review

As I approach the 10-year anniversary of HubSpot, the marketing and sales software firm of which I’m CEO, I’ve been reflecting back on the decisions I’ve made — both right and wrong. In the startup days of HubSpot, we argued for years about which target persona to pursue. vincent tsui FOR HBR.

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It Never Ends. Even More Leadership Lessons from the Washington.

Next Level Blog

That post, which mainly focused on team owner Dan Snyder, went a little viral.  I've found over the years that admitting you screwed up has an amazing impact on your team as they get the opportunity to see more of the person inside the persona. Your comment has not yet been posted.

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The Art of Strategy Is About Knowing When to Say No

Harvard Business Review

The single best tool I have found to help unlearn the yes-man ways of a startup CEO is a single-page document we call our MSPOT. That decision to “put every extra dollar on my P&L to into Marketing Mary” came after too many such compromises between chasing both Marketing Mary and Owner Ollie.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

According to Noah Kagan, the CEO of SUMO , Sujan is half-mad scientist and half content master. Greg Linnemanstons Commit to knowing your target personas. Business owners and digital agencies need to stop focusing on the number of words when writing content! Is the content cater to a specific persona? No answer) 10.

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