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10 Things to Watch Out for When Acquiring A Business

Strategy Driven

The Realistic Costs of Operating the Business. The seller must present realistic costs of operating the business. The business must operate in the same manner as the buyer’s own business. If the owner’s morals and values do not line up with the investor’s own belief systems.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The diversity across markets results in a mixture of backgrounds of different belief systems, habits, and perceptions that govern the behavior of local team members. Understanding and embracing these differences and nuances has proven to be of utmost importance in creating a unified culture across all organizational levels.

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Never Enough … Excellence, Agility, and Meaning

Leading Blog

It begins by having a belief system in place. “When you push a teammate—when you challenge something they’ve done or try to initiate a hard conversation—you need to be thinking about how you’re trying to affect them in the moment (‘run’) and how you’re trying to shape their future (‘renovate’).”. Never Meaningful Enough.

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Being a Responsible Leader

Leading Blog

A clear and established values and belief system also helps to smooth out irrational swings of behavior.” Thinking and Operating Relationally. This is also demonstrated in consistent behavior. “A Modern leaders need to be wiser than simply being caught up in the moment.” Adaptability and Learning Orientation.

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How to Avoid the 5 Career Derailers

Leading Blog

We’re required to operate differently, getting work done through others, moving from athlete to coach. This can happen due to a simple fear of change or an inability to adjust to changes that have been made, or because they possess a rigid belief system. They communicate with others either verbally or nonverbally, “Step aside.

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Unlocking Creativity: Are These Creativity-Inhibiting Mindsets Holding You Back?

Leading Blog

Roberto looks at six organizational mindsets or belief systems that stifle creativity. Srini Pillay wrote in the Harvard Business Review, “The brain operates optimally when it toggles between focus and unfocus, allowing you to develop resilience, enhance creativity, and make better decisions too.” The Linear Mindset.

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10 Insights from the 100 Most Creative People in Business

In the CEO Afterlife

The former head of Apple’s retail operations believes the ability to change is the key to success. It’s usually where someone’s belief system goes off the rails. Van Dyck says this is a habit from her college days when she studied in Cairo and read three newspapers to get multiple perspectives. #4 4 Ron Johnson – CEO JCPenney.