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N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?
N2Growth Blog
MAY 16, 2010
The truth is that great companies are those which can thrive and prosper in the absence of sophistication. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable.
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Tanveer Naseer
JULY 12, 2016
In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.” Over his twenty-seven-year tenure, he subordinated his own personality to the rich heritage of the company.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
in the comments below… [link] Dan Collins Mike, I believe leadership is pretty simple – not easy, not common, but simple. I would nominate Miki Saxon's MAPping Company Success here though: [link] Posts are usually short, concise and speak much in few words. I'm honored to be in such tremendous company!
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
One of the very first articles in the very first issue of Fast Company , a magazine I started 20 years ago with Alan Webber, is a smart and entertaining list compiled by E.F. Borisch, product manager at a long-established outfit called Milwaukee Gear Company. My friend and Fast Company cofounder Alan Webber puts it well.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
The same can be said for established companies. When I started building WATTx , an innovation lab for smart climate solutions in the Internet of Things (IoT) space six months ago, I quickly came to this exact realization. Without great people, and continuously attracting new top talent, you’re sooner or later bound to fail.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse. This was the situation facing Collins Consulting , a Chicago area provider of contingent staffing services.
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