N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

Think of any top performing CEO and you’ll find that to the one, they possess an uncanny ability to focus on highest and best use activities. While most executives that have reached the C-suite level understand the importance of scaling via delegation, far too many CEOs struggle with the effective implementation of the concept.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. I am CEO between positions. Theres more than one way to skin a cat.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

Over the mark “A tell-tale sign of whether a CEO has gone over the line between valuable confidence and dangerous overconfidence is when they start to disregard the feedback they are getting and pay less attention to what’s happening elsewhere in their industry,” the researchers explain.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A CEO invited a group of people to a meeting who were at two different levels of the corporation. He asked a question and then went around the table in an orderly fashion getting input from the attendees. In this current culture The CEO got away with inviting people to listen, but not giving them a voice.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

The hotel is connected directly to the Fashion Centre, an upscale two-level mall. “Don’t ever hire someone you’d be reluctant to hug,” a highly successful CEO shared with a group of new managers. This CEO was not speaking of the workplace as a country club or fraternity house. Create a Huggable Culture.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 12, 2023

The first was immaculately dressed in typical Barbie fashion, matching shirt, skirt, shoes, and pearls. One of our favorite examples of these conversations in use was when we worked with a leadership team who addressed their CEO’s habit of swearing in frustration. The CEO picked a funny code word to use instead of using an F-bomb.

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, December 17, 2010 Do and Grow Rich First a holiday coupon for my readers. One of the major principles highlighted is that successful individuals perform planning regularly in an organized fashion. I call it CEO Blog - Time Leadership because of my keen interest in time. Happy holidays.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Maybe it is time to return to those old fashioned values, the ones that built this country in the first place – what harm could come from hard work, personal sacrifice and acceptance of responsibility? Formerlife: CEO of Jacobs Suchard (Nabob, Kraft), Strategy/Branding Consultant. Main menu Home.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I’m convinced “celebrity CEOs” have done the same thing to people’s perceptions of leadership. Instagram and many celebrity CEOs showcase style over substance. Bill George, a Harvard Business School professor and former Medtronic CEO, is often credited as being the creator of the authentic leadership approach to management.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For our exploration through the Santa Claus lens, I have chosen a renowned leader my example: Herb Kelleher, the founder and longtime CEO of Southwest Airlines. He served as CEO from its beginning in 1971 until he retired in 2008. Fortune Magazine named him the best CEO in America. In the end, they agreed to both use the slogan.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 4, 2012

If you think CEO means chief everything officer, your tenure in the C-suite won’t be long. Attempting to do everything yourself is nothing short of a recipe for disaster as a CEO, and in fact, is exactly the opposite of how top performing CEOs think. Overspending is a tactic for the lazy or the incompetent.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

For over 20 years, Kellerer worked in the European fashion industry as the founder and CEO of the German clothing line, Faro Fashion, which had the distribution rights for the brand CLOSED (the leading European fashion company for women’s and men’s sportswear) in Bavaria – south Germany.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Our primary goal is to ensure that our customers have a safe, enjoyable, comfortable, and hopefully life-changing experience while getting a permanent piece of body art, body piercing, or simply dabbling our lifestyle by purchasing unique fashion or jewelry that we offer as part of the Club Tattoo experience.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Recent uncertain economic conditions have many CEOs worrying about an economic slowdown (or worse), with one executive saying that his company is “highly concerned and humbled by the environment.” In the past, board recruitment typically might have been done primarily through a “word of mouth” fashion.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 9, 2020

Launched in November 2016 by fashion veteran/executive Coral Chung, Senreve started with a simple mission: craft a functional, stylish bag fit for the modern, multifaceted woman. Impeccable quality and innovative construction are the mark of the new “it”-brand in luxury handbags, Senreve.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 18, 2020

Whilst many pitches are refined by trial and error over time and serve their purpose well enough, in typical entrepreneurial fashion I have my own ideas about elevator pitches. […]. The goal is to deliver your pitch in the time taken for an average elevator ride being about thirty seconds.

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Perhaps he is just trying to make a fashion statement.' He already is trying to be punctual - a skill that will serve him well in life. I am not sure what is with the toque - he lives in Texas and they have no snow.

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Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Frances served girls and women through her work with the Girl Scouts, from the time she agreed to be an interim Scout leader in the late 1940s through her retirement after 14 years as CEO in 1990, and beyond. Frances thought about it for a minute, then, in dramatic fashion, leaned forward toward me, saying, “He cared for people first.”

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Shortly after that, the CEO of Danby resigned. He was an old fashioned fair mined business person. That meant we saw each other quarterly and I saw John more in action. He was a detailed person. He knew the numbers down to the penny. Shortly after I joined the board, John got sick and resigned the board. John had a great impact on me.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We were sitting in a large auditorium with the new CEO of our company at the front of the room. Our CEO got up to talk. It wasn’t a veiled threat; the CEO was direct about what would happen if things didn’t change. The CEO’s speech left us feeling less than enthusiastic.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 31, 2018

In uncharacteristic fashion, Lynne did not try to diagnose or fix a problem. Her previous career roles have included: clinical nurse specialist, sales manager, start-up entrepreneur, family-business owner, CEO, and president of a healthcare and library board. Instead of tapping her problem-solving prowess, she tapped into her empathy.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

However with the start of Bonnie Brooks in the role of CEO for the company things are looking up. Brooks isn’t simply a CEO though, she is a food connoisseur and globe trotter who has helped turn around other ailing brands in the past. In recent years they have had trouble with many things including their branding.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Lindquist, in his 30's, is the President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. Q&A with Rick Lindquist, President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a CEO in your early 30's? He joined Zane Benefits as its thirteenth employee in 2007. The same applies to business. I love my job.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese fashion chain Uniqlo has announced that it will be raising the pay of its full-time employees in Japan by up to 40%. Fast Retailing’s CEO, Tadashi Yanai, has been a trailblazer in the Japanese business community for some time now.

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

I didn’t think I was going to enjoy Kevin Murray’s new book on how top CEOs communicate to inspire, influence and achieve results. In an easy to read story-telling fashion, the author sticks to his main topic – but in very short order, he identifies the critical issues leaders should be communicating and why. I have to be honest.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2018

No serious strategic moves will be made without them being part of the decision-making; however, markets, customers, supply chains, manufacturing processes and everything else in the age of “digital connectivity” changes too fast for a traditional organization to react in a timely fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

While my personal practice is focused on providing leadership advice and counsel to Fortune 500 CEOs, as the senior operating executive at our firm I also have oversight responsibility for our talent management practice. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 14, 2020

Before he became mayor, Mike was CEO of Detroit Medical Center, tasked with identifying how to solve a multi-million dollar loss the year before. Mike arrived at the Wheelchair Repair shop – the first time anyone there had seen the CEO – and he heard a familiar story. The problem was not here, it was with someone else.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 29, 2020

The ability to take a client’s dream, an image in their heads, and fashion it into a completed product while solving problems along the way, makes my life work fulfilling! Tse is founder and CEO of United Yearbook Company and co-founder and CEO of TSE Worldwide Press. Those who doubt you now will one day respect and trust you.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

It means communicating gratitude in a fashion that makes associates feel leaders’ authenticity. At the annual Southwest Airlines Halloween party, CEO Gary Kelly showed up dressed as KISS. It is Zappo’s CEO Tony Hsieh working in the call center on the phone when call volume is especially high. Sprinkles Show You Care.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2021

No matter whether you are a man or a woman, an entry level junior or a CEO, you need to dress well for work. Although nowadays the rules on office attire are generally more relaxed than they used to be, these relaxed rules aren’t an invitation to slack off when it comes to your fashion choices!

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

Solitude is out of fashion by @susancain. DougSundheim: Dear CEO: Who Tells You When Your Baby Is Ugly? We are all going to hell in a shopping basket by @RBReich. 12 Reasons You Will Be a Better Leader this Year. NYT: The inhabitants of earlier eras might have been wracked by nerves, but none fixated like we do on the condition.

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CEO Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Although I rarely follow them to the letter, I no longer use old fashioned recipe books. I read more old fashioned books (I actually prefer these). 4 - lots of email ideas and follow ups. For these I had to keep a paper list. 5 - read a book (I read some kindle books on my computer). Hubspot wrote about checking email compulsively.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Les Hayman, former Global HR Head of SAP and former CEO/Chairman SAP Asia Pacific, EMEA. Toss out your old-fashioned assumptions of the “bell curve.” “It is critical that you build a pool of recognized, well developed and prepared talent for the organization, and that you identify and build future leadership.”. ~

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Over the years I’ve met more than a few CEOs who paid little or no attention to their board of directors, only to find themselves wondering what went wrong as they were being ushered out the door prior to the expiration of their employment agreement. As a CEO, your board can be one of your greatest allies.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 27, 2018

She loves fashion and high-end clothing. You’re the CEO of your company. He should be acting like the CEO of the company he was running. Plans have to be altered: Nick wanted to propose to Rachel in fantastic fashion. Take their advice. And see where their advice takes you. She also has a big heart.

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