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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. This, of course, starts with the CEO, and young companies have a broad set of founders and CEOs with different backgrounds, competencies, and demographics at the helm. Rather than argue for older or younger CEOs, we look at the tradeoff from a neurological point of view.

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LeadershipNow 140: September 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2011 that you might have missed: @stevefarber: Want to solve the leadership crisis? From @wallybock: A Legendary CEO for the Rest of Us. DougSundheim: Managing Modesty > Embracing criticism to adapt leadership style to a company’s changing needs.

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! But when you look more closely and study their leadership styles, you tend to notice more differences than similarities.

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Q&A With Millennial CEO And Book Author Rick Lindquist

Eric Jacobson

Lindquist, in his 30's, is the President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace. Q&A with Rick Lindquist, President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc.

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Do You Work for a Know-It-All?

Marshall Goldsmith

Prior to that he was recognized as the Best CEO in America by CEO magazine. After an incredibly successful career at Boeing, where he rose to the role of CEO of Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Alan became the CEO of Ford and helped the company achieve one of the most positive turnarounds in the history of corporate America.

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

One Size Fits All Leadership Style : Great leaders are fluid and flexible in their approach. They understand the power of, and necessity for contextual leadership. Long story short; if a leader receives a vote of non-confidence from their subordinates…game over. You must get your employees to engage.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work.

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