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Board Governance Excellence: The Pinnacle of Organizational Success

N2Growth Blog

A proficient board is a guiding light, offering leadership and oversight to fuel the realization of organizational objectives. A formidable board delineates clear expectations and periodically reviews the performance of the CEO and other apex leaders. How can a board be high-performing?

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Build a ‘Quick and Nimble’ Culture

Harvard Business Review

Since 2009, Adam Bryant has interviewed hundreds of CEOs for the “Corner Office” feature in The New York Times. This month he’s publishing his second book based on the interviews: “Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation.” As one CEO put it to me, “Silos are what topple great companies.”

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Scaling Customer Service as Your Startup Grows

Harvard Business Review

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.” Customer success people are naturally process thinkers, and while process isn’t the enemy, too much will make people feel like cogs in an, unchangeable machine.

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Women's Leadership Exchange - Blog - Hope for Women Business.

Women's Leadership Exchange

And add to that all the great books by women that we feature on the Womens Leadership Exchange online bookstore and things are looking up in the land of Business Literature. For answers to FAQs about VBTs and how they work, you can check out www.virtualbooktourexpert.com. Thanks so much to the women in this leadership blog.

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