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Board Governance Excellence: The Pinnacle of Organizational Success

N2Growth Blog

A formidable board delineates clear expectations and periodically reviews the performance of the CEO and other apex leaders. By appraising and holding the executives to account, the board ascertains that the organization is on an unwavering course to meet its goals and objectives. What are the best practices for the board search process?

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We Appreciate Your Business. Please Stay on the Line.

Harvard Business Review

FAQs are great, but customers still need to talk to your people. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh instills this approach into the company culture , with the desired aim of "wowing" customers. Customers don''t enjoy hearing recorded pitches when they''re holding for your service reps. Don''t conceal important information.

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Scaling Customer Service as Your Startup Grows

Harvard Business Review

The patterns that you develop at this key stage will grow with you and will spell the difference between running or stumbling as you hit the growth stage. HubSpot’s CEO, Brian Halligan, defines a scale-up as “Pouring resources in fast and getting a big return on them without the wheels coming off the bus.” What to do.

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