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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. On with the exam… Section I: Character.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I don’t know about you, but it’s almost as if we have raised a generation of leaders who feel they have a moral and ethical obligation to be politically correct – WRONG. How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct. Are these extreme statements?

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How to Fix Financial Capitalism? Focus on Ethics

Harvard Business Review

These were among the questions addressed at a luncheon in New York convened by CFA Institute President John Rogers with financial industry leaders that included representatives from private and not-for-profit asset managers, public pension funds, insurance companies, and diversified financial services firms. What Can Be Done?

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Why the Fed Is So Wimpy

Harvard Business Review

The regulators at the Fed and their counterparts at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision correctly see their main job as ensuring the safety and soundness of the banking system. Ethics Finance Government' This won’t be an easy thing to fix.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

This newfound optimism could be the usual bright-eyed resolve that comes with a new year, but it more likely resulted from something else: the passing of The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (“the tax bill”) in December. Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011.

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Reading for Lifetime Growth

Chris Brady

Allow me to recommend some categories: Leadership (of course), Success, Theology, History, Economics, the Classics, Politics and Freedom, Finances and Investing.  As Orrin insured you, you inspired me a few years ago. Read broadly across many genres. Be reading through several books at any given time.

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