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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# While the aforementioned qualities are certainly admirable, they are only valuable if they influence or create action.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. When they’re punished, you instill a fear of risk-taking in your employees, and with that you stifle creativity and innovation.

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Parting Ways with Public Trading

Harvard Business Review

The pressure on the company by the investing community (among others) was so severe that it eventually split into two, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions in January of 2011. As Dell''s public statements have pronounced, these changes will reduce near-term profitability, raise operating and capital expenditures and involve a lot of risk.