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Leadership & The Expectation Gap

N2Growth Blog

Nothing engenders confidence and creates a trust bond like delivering on promises made, and likewise, few things erode confidence and credibility like commitments not kept. Treat promises like projects : Build a culture that breaks down all commitments into deliverables, benchmarks and deadlines.

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Mentoring and Lifelong Learning

Strategy Driven

This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. Achievement is a continuum, but it must be benchmarked and enjoyed along the way. The mentor requests pro-active changes of mentee, evaluates realism of goals and offers truths about path to success and shortcomings of mentee’s approaches. Know where you are going.

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The Big Picture of Business- Evergreen Business Strategies. Digest of Take-Aways From 36 Articles.

Strategy Driven

No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. Continuous quality improvement means that we benchmark accomplishments and set the next reach a little further. Let the buyer beware. It is not 'insurance' that can be bought overnight.

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Courtside Seats to the Best (And Worst) C-Suites

Harvard Business Review

In my experience, the CEOs who create great teams recognize the power of collaboration and ensure that the supporting operating model and processes reinforce it. Over my 32 years of consulting, I can't count the number of times that I have sat with an executive team as they're comparing functional benchmarks.

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The Importance of Setting Investment Goals

Strategy Driven

Make your investments while operating in autopilot mode with Wealth Simple and you can always keep track of your investments made versus profits earned. Parents may purchase stocks and bonds for their minor children, turning them over when they mature. Learning More as You Hit Your Investment Benchmarks.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That bonding role extends to other aspects of the business as well, such as delivering on products and services.

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