RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It was a simple foot race, but what I witnessed in the final minutes taught me a life-lesson about leadership and culture. Actually, I think it’s in their culture and in their leadership. Those sorts of things are good to help bond you together. It’s something we can all learn from. A Little Friendly Competition.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space. I think it''s safe to say that it''s the latter.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. Years of economic mismanagement.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond. He is active in a number of outside finance groups and similarly devotes time at their conferences to seek out and get to know finance talent outside the company.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. 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.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Or at least the market''s. Then there''s JC Penney, where Ackman''s push to remake the retailer under the leadership of former Apple Stores chief Ron Johnson has ended in red ink and recriminations. Which is more than be said of a lot of other financial-market endeavors. Boards Competition Finance' Some are, some aren''t.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

In finance, that’s a pretty hard case to make. Bogle pushed through the creation of the all-stock Windsor Fund (the Wellington Fund’s big selling point had been that it conservatively mixed stocks and bonds), then a merger with an aggressive upstart money management firm. Finance Leadership Motivation'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But how you respond to your business's troubles is what shapes your leadership. Introspection about losses can lead to greater bonding between you and your team — a distinctly advantageous effect. Losses do not make you a loser but how you handle them might. I have to be careful here. Loss does bring some advantages.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. A lot of businesses have pursued social responsibility more out of their marketing departments or as some sort of charitable donation. Impact investing is in part reconciling what markets may not be serving well.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Become a part of them as opposed to a vendor to them …This is a difficult concept for old-school marketers to get their arms around, but a critical one nonetheless. Don’t breach trust - you work far too hard to create a trust bond with your followers, so don’t blow it by not following through on your commitments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

link] mikemyatt Great insights Una – I not only agree that business is personal, but leaders who don't personalize business will never establish the trust bonds necessary for effective leadership. Thanks for sharing Una. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the comment and the link Sami – I'll be sure and read it later.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It takes a certain kind of leadership and a certain type of thinking to knit together the pieces of a large, diverse, complex organization. Finance is different from sales, R&D is different from quality, and so on. Everyone wants to build a common bond with others, do meaningful work, and feel valued and respected.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Those who are at work on Thanksgiving — even if it is virtual work online — can make special bonds with each other. Those who are at work on Thanksgiving — even if it is virtual work online — can make special bonds with each other. Second, reach out to the people youre with.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But I have tried to make all the choices directly relevant to young businesspeople interested in leadership. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But I have tried to make all the choices directly relevant to young businesspeople interested in leadership. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In this letter, I’d like to explain more fully why I view the $51 billion already spent by Apple on open market (including accelerated) share repurchases under your leadership as a major misallocation of resources for both the company and the U.S. Apple is a case in point, and it represents the rule, not the exception.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The smaller ones could keep their own names, leadership teams, practices, and policies for the first five years. The lack of control meant that the leadership team had little say in how the Contect brand was being managed at a local level. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.” Now Vera was getting worked up.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Thanks again for stopping by… sage9 I suppose I am in agreement with you – In fact that is probably what I do when strategically building culture through brand leadership – again –Thanks for this post! However, Cultural marketing simply makes sense. Of course this is rhetorical.

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