N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue? Let there be light!

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 392

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Zabeen Hirji, CHRO at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), grew up in retail banking and operations management roles before moving into HR. She says she applies a little self-test: “If I’m not presenting ideas that get turned down by the top team, I know I am playing it too safe. My job is to push the envelope.”

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Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

As soon as you step into a top position at a company that needs to significantly improve the way it operates, there’s pressure to get off to a quick start. Instead, he was told that the CEO would stay until the CFO developed the capabilities to succeed him, and Greg would be allowed to resign.

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Supply Chain CEO Kahneman Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2013

These real-world vignettes highlight social media''s underappreciated and undervalued impact within and between organizations: the power to self-organize. In other words, social media tools enable "gray markets" in enterprise self-organization unanticipated by the organizations that provide them. Why Can''t a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

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Media Power CIO Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

A self-aware and seasoned leader, he recognized that he needed to rethink his support system, as he was really feeling the pressures of continued bottom-line performance in the context of slowing revenue growth. The second leader is Jennifer, a leader in operations with a team that had recently doubled in size after an acquisition.

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Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

The tragedy is that these stages are largely avoidable, but the owners of family businesses have to be aware of them — and of the ways to extricate themselves when they get caught up in a spiral. And that’s the really hard part because each family member has many chances to keep the family and the business from self-destructing.

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CFO Positioning COO Rogers 8