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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

This series’s final part will balance needs with compromises, float tangential opportunities to expand horizons, and extricate from myopia on that elusive ‘unicorn’ management candidate. Familiarity with your product with a finger on the competition. Let’s get back into the scene again, and the bar is still set high.

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Managing the Strong, Arrogant, Obnoxious Type

Let's Grow Leaders

Sometimes it’s talk dark and handsome, with an extra dose of charisma, and two expresso shots of attitude. And that the next leader who manages this guy will have more courage. “You’re smart, creative, and highly productive. They come in all shapes and forms. Show Concern. Start with. Show Her the Data.

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Executive Talent Trends: Navigating a Changing Landscape in 2024

N2Growth Blog

Today, intelligence, charisma, and instinct are no longer the sole hallmarks of effective leaders. Traditionally, their roles would include routine reporting, day-to-day customer/supplier management, and keeping pace with email correspondence (to name a few: input-intensive or data-intensive tasks).

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Charisma is NOT a replacement for Competence

Mike Cardus

Competence of the people on your team will lead to increased productivity and effectiveness of the organization and people. Just because he is caring or exudes great charisma for the work does not mean that he has the competence to handle the position. Managers who are nice and caring BUT incompetent are dangerous to the organization.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

Leading Blog

When there is peace and economic prosperity, leaders can do well, but their main role is one of management — making sure things stay stable. Roosevelt’s energy and his manner of speaking had a certain charisma that Hoover’s lacked. He gave the impression that he intended to match his words with actions.

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Unemotional Leadership—an Oxymoron

Lead on Purpose

The common thread connecting these names is passion, others might call it charisma. The Components of Charisma. Defining charisma is difficult. Defining charisma is difficult. Those with charisma understand who they are. Leadership Learning charisma emotion listening self-confidence' Approachable.

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How Charismatic and Incompetent Managerial-Leaders are Destructive

Mike Cardus

Working for a manager who is at the same or lower level of competence as you is anger producing, uninspiring, unproductive, frustrating, demoralizing and eventually leads to underemployment. Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. Mark was the General Manager of sales. Photo Credit.

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