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10 Steps to Creating a Talent Advantage

N2Growth Blog

While I rarely meet a CEO who is completely comfortable with turning the hiring process over to HR, most of them still seem to acquiesce and do exactly that…&# Who should do the hiring?&# is a question that more CEOs should spend time pondering. People, their traits, attitudes, and work ethic (or lack thereof) are contagions.

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

I was shown a wonderful video on Enron’s ethics and integrity. It was one of the most smoothly professional presentations on ethics and values that I have ever seen. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read. Enron is a great example.

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Partnership: A Crucible for Innovation

Lead Change Blog

which were solely aimed at creating a strong collaboration ethic and served as a chance for assembling people from all over the world who had deep histories of working separately or in the fashion of a linear fire brigade. Luca de Meo, as head of marketing at Volkswagen AG, created a series of two-day events called Marketing Works!

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First Impressions Define Your Success.

Rich Gee Group

Dress I’m not a fashion consultant — but I do know good choices of clothing and bad ones. So if someone is looking or approaching you — you might not realize that you are actually presenting yourself with a less than appealing demeanor. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. There is so much unethical behavior (what I refer to as situational ethics) at the executive level that continues to create an us versus them environment.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Parents are raising their children in the same fashion and we are breeding a world where people cant take rejection, and people or managers who do say no are bad or don't practice "intellegent leadership." This post is a great example of facing up to the expedient and popular trend of using no as a silver bullet.

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. Henrik Bunge is one such leader.

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