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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have consistently espoused the value of walking the floor, dropping in for meetings on an impromptu basis, proactively engaging key stakeholders, and any number of other items that focus on raising your awareness. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road. Let there be light!

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The Real Power of Enterprise Social Media Platforms

Harvard Business Review

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. That''s (potentially) revolutionary.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

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. “I was surprised by how much I personally enjoyed running the HR function versus taking on a CFO role,” said Reses. My job is to push the envelope.”

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How to Work with Someone You Hate

Harvard Business Review

If shared carefully, you may help her develop greater self-awareness and increase her effectiveness. Bruno West*, a senior executive in technology, was responsible for a post merger integration team that included members from both of the pre-merger companies. "It He believes it made him more self-aware. "I

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Case Study: A Short-Seller Crashes the Party

Harvard Business Review

Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. As CFO, A.J. was painfully aware of the consequences of the stock slide, which now amounted to 20% from the peak, with no bottom in sight. ExSolv claimed to have a technology for extracting oil from sand. Confident words.