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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

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It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom.

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GM’s Stock Buyback Is Bad for America and the Company

Harvard Business Review

” But the only real wins are a victory for the hedge funds, and a Pyrrhic victory for GM in that it managed to keep Wilson off its board and reduced the size of the buyback from the $8 billion the investors had been demanding. During the bailout, financial firms, including hedge funds, were nowhere to be found. Instead, U.S.

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The Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, data centers represented 2% of all electricity use in the United States. Clean energy can provide a hedge against rising and more volatile electricity prices. The internet may seem to exist in the ether, but its plumbing includes a vast network of data centers, also known as server farms, which need power to function.

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An Activist Investor Lands in Your Boardroom — Now What?

Harvard Business Review

Founded in 1928, Motorola diversified over the decades from car radios into a host of communication technologies, ranging from equipment aboard Apollo 11 to the best-selling RAZR mobile phones. It also sought a seat on the board, primarily concerned that the firm’s intrinsic value had still not been fully appreciated by investors.