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The Biggest Mistake NEW Leaders Make

Let's Grow Leaders

Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. According to Jim Collins, author of “Good To Great,” truly great leaders are ambitious for their organizations, rather than seeking personal celebrity. Career & Learning big mistakes leadership mistakes mistakes'

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Our Stewardship Responsibility

Leading Blog

In his mind, if you were going to be a part of Chick-fil-A, there was no reason for you to ever go anywhere else in your career.”. When Truitt “selected people to work at Chick-fil-A or to become restaurant Operators, he sought people he knew could do the job, and then he trusted them to do it. Providing Hospitality.

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Loosening the Reins: Why It’s Important To Pass the Leadership Torch

Terry Starbucker

We had worked hard to get our operations in order and build a great team. The fact was, I was getting more comfortable with being more detached from the day-to-day operating decisions. Going ‘Jim Collins’ By the time my travels took me back to Billings, a couple of months later, I knew what I had to do.

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SERVANT Leaders are Needful – Acronym Model

Modern Servant Leader

Operating environments change rapidly. For the drill press operator (who should be voting on the kind of tool to use) to vote on whether to declare a stock split would be equally foolish. ” John Letts : You may not know John, but he was a senior leader at my employer, early in my career. The only constant is change.

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Buzzwords Aren't All Bad | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so. Thanks for sharng Sami. The best argument in the world will always lose to a two by four.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic.

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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The moral of the story is this…A lack of delegation creates operational bottlenecks, delegation confused with abdication creates organization chaos, and effective delegation of authority vs. tasks creates personal and operational excellence. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value.

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