N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The problem is most people don’t know what to look for in a leader, and according to a recent study by Chief Executive magazine many CEOs don’t seem to know what to look for either. If you’ve ever wondered why some CEOs seem disconnected, it might be worth putting the leadership traits they value under closer scrutiny.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. They all share their methods, their successes and failures, and the lessons they learned. When we get our thinking right, the success comes almost automatically. Blog Post ).

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2020

There are endless leadership books, classes, websites and more. Everyone is searching for the essential qualities of a successful leader. What would you choose as most important to the success of a business leader? If you make the right bet, you still must do many other things right to be successful.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2021. Giants like Amazon and Alibaba are creating vast new market spaces through a deft combination of tools like machine learning and business savvy that reimagines customer experiences while generating immense shareholder value.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s about a wildly successful company that went off course. Its market cap is over $2 trillion. Even more alarming, almost every new business it launched failed: e-books, mobile phones, search engines, music; it was one dramatic dud after another. By 2023, its market cap reached $2.5 You know this company.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

C HALLENGER BRANDS know what it means to fight their way to success. Challenger brands can’t spend their way to success with big ad campaigns like the category leaders. That punch is what gives brands what they most want from their branding, marketing, and advertising — a response. An Underdog Nightmare for the Category Leaders.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. But once the CEO has been in place for a few years, this dynamic changes. As one anonymous Fortune 500 CEO shared: My CFO started well.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Episode 239: Antonella Pisani, the CEO and founder of Eyeful Media , a digital marketing and consulting firm, joins host David Dye, and discusses the importance of culture, values, and remote culture in leadership. She emphasizes hiring experienced talent and creating an intellectually stimulating environment.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. We fantasize about coming up with that invention or idea that solves a gargantuan problem for a lot of people and therefore is the main driver that propels businesses to be wildly successful.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 29, 2020

Bev Kaye and Julie Winkle-Giulioni, authors of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go , will be building on ideas from their book during this hour-long webinar. Join Weaving Influence CEO, Becky Robinson, August 4 at 1:00 PM (ET) to explore your marketing strategy.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 13, 2013

I recently read “ Think Like Zuck: The Five Business Secrets of Facebook’s Improbably Brilliant CEO Mark Zuckerberg ” by Ekaterina Walter (I received an advance copy). Facebook is a company where ideas turn into products whether you are an intern or the CEO himself. Facebook is one example of such a business.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2020

However, times have changed, and now and then, we see a female CEO or a leader leading the organization and taking it to high points of success. We bring to you books which every professional and career-minded woman should read once in their lifetime. This book is a great read for a person starting in their career.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 20, 2015

Guest post from Daniel Korschun: If your CEO got fired tomorrow, would anyone notice? Last year, the board of directors at one of New England’s largest supermarket chains fired CEO Arthur T. What was it that led to such fierce loyalty to a CEO? The crisis ended when Demoulas the board agreed to his offer to purchase the 50.5%

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2013

The list below represents my picks for the best leadership books of 2013. * * *. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty Phil Jackson offers 11 insights that transform ordinary leadership into great leadership. As many people become more and more successful, comfort becomes their objective.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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CEO Blog

JULY 21, 2012

And of course Josh (I have to include him on my blog posts so he does not feel left out) I read a great little book - The Transformative CEO - Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers by Jeffrey Fox and Robert Reiss. It is a 30 chapter book (short chapters). Each one is around one topic of CEO leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it? What does a CEO really do anyway? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 22, 2013

But in the context of taking charge and leading human beings during major or minor crises, every chief executive is blessed with the luxuries of time, subordinate counsel, years of related experience, and knowhow imparted by pundits in thousands of books, journals and case studies. years, down from 10.0 years in 2000.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the years that have passed, we’ve continued to expand and refine the list by looking for CHROs able to innovate and outperform their peers regardless of current market dynamics in play at the time. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2018

If you start with active listening as leader you can determine who understands the mission the best, who is most capable of success and what kind of support is required for a positive outcome. Effective listening skills, make it possible to select leadership and those responsible for success. One week later, LED lighting was installed.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 18, 2014

Aaron is a globally recognized social entrepreneur and the CEO of Imperative , a technology platform that enables people to discover, connect and act on what gives them purpose in their work. The leadership imperative that comes out of the book, and why leaders can’t fake purpose. Leadership More Human Podcast'

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

For the last 20 years, and all around the world, we CEOs have invested untold millions into the question: “What does it take to have an engaged workplace culture?” We’ve bought books, retained consultants, rolled out surveys, looked deep into the hearts and minds of the people who work for us. How to Be a Soul-Sucking CEO.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 2, 2013

Many years ago I read Theodore Levitt’s The Marketing Imagination. In the book, the renowned marketing professor said there was no such thing as a commodity, only people who think like commodities. This served me well as a branded coffee marketer. Differentiation is the name of the marketing game.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best new leadership book of 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Flashback to this post from early 2015 : After reading nearly 40 books about leadership released this year, my pick for the very best leadership book for 2014 is, The Front-Line Leader: Building a High-Performance Organization from the Ground Up , by Chris Van Gorder. You’ll find the 200-page book easy to read.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

I am struggling with how to take our established Succession Process to the next level. I picked this question because I just attended an event in Boston called “Secrets of Succession”, a moderated panel discussion with a CHRO, a succession planning consultant and executive coach, and a CEO and Board member.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Complicating matters further, I believe few successful people actually make the transition to significance, but every person of significance is successful. Complicating matters further, I believe few successful people actually make the transition to significance, but every person of significance is successful.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. I had feedback that my blog was turning into just a book review blog. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 22, 2010

» June 22, 2010 Video Book Club: The Discipline of Market Leaders One of the things that makes a strategy book really useful is when it introduces a model that you can use to organize your thinking for years to come. It’s The Discipline of Market Leaders. This week’s VBC feature did that for me. Click Here.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

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! The best way to find out what makes a company successful is to look at the top. The singular characteristic that they all share is their companys success.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s through differentiation that you or your business become successful. I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success. The title of your book is Be Different! The CEO is responsible for tone and culture.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

The day after Jeffrey Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he had an even bigger challenge to deal with—the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In his twenty years as CEO, GE’s value had risen 4,000 percent. That wasn’t how GE had traditionally defined success. I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Dream Big and Win , author Liz Elting shares the lessons she learned ― both the successes and failures ― while building a billion-dollar company from scratch. This fast-paced, honest and authentic and often humorous book is full of practical and inspiring tips you can implement immediately.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

W HAT ARE the defining characteristics of successful leadership? There is a lot contained in that last statement and is the subject of this book. Culture gets a lot of attention and is considered critical to success, but few organizations actually do much about it. You want customers happy they chose you—they feel successful.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

From Everybody Matters which helps us to look at those we lead as family to Becoming Steve Jobs that looks at the development of a leader as a life-long process, the following books help us to do just that. The Lean CEO : Leading the Way to World-Class Excellence by Jacob Stoller Lean is not just a manufacturing system. Blog Post ).

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. What are the market forces at work – are they playing fair or are they slowly (and possibly illegally) undermining your position.

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