N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

Leadership 419

Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Young scientists will invent energy-saving or health-promoting products, incubate new ventures while still in college, and sell them to markets eager for ways to control energy or health care costs. Already the idea of encore careers is taking hold.

Health Care 15

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

To get this broad exposure, managers were given a variety of functional roles, eventually assuming leadership for a small business unit. However starting in the 1980's, many companies evolved to "functional" structures to cut costs and reduce duplication. As one of my clients advises his mentees, " Declare a major and stay with it."

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They do not decrease the cost to the entrepreneur if his venture fails. Reduce the upfront costs of starting a high-potential business. Instead of manipulating the tax code to encourage startups once they are profitable, we should do everything we can to remove these early costs in the system. Lower the cost of failure.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Licensing Telecommunications Incubator 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Young scientists will invent energy-saving or health-promoting products, incubate new ventures while still in college, and sell them to markets eager for ways to control energy or health care costs. Already the idea of encore careers is taking hold.

Health Care 8

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

It’s not generally a technology problem; it’s a leadership problem. What we say is, long before Netflix showed up, long before any of these disruptives showed up, the leadership of these companies knows full well that there are technology disruptors that are on the horizon. DAVID: Yeah. What did they come up with?

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Today more than ever, the entrepreneur is celebrated, failure is accepted as a cost of doing business, and starting your own company is seen as a path to achieving the American Dream. For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8