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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. It reminds me of Drucker’s first rule of decision making: one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement. Consensus isn’t the goal.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

In my work in competitive intelligence I have met many managers and executives who made major decisions involving billions of dollars of commitments with only scant attention to the likely reaction of competitors, the effect of potential disruptors, new approaches offered by startups and the impact of long-term industry trends.

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Become an Extraordinary Leader

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker was writing about it nearly 50 years ago, and over the last decade it has come back in vogue. To display greater honesty or integrity, for instance, is a matter of following through on commitments, leading by example, demonstrating ethical resolve in adverse circumstances. The importance of strengths is hardly a new idea.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

We hear similar ideas in Peter Drucker’s bestseller, The Age of Discontinuity , where he argues that all sectors of society are “affected with the public interest” but must operate in symbiosis, like an orchestra—each playing its own part in collaboration with other institutions.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. A leader serious about their duties, obligations and responsibilities should be a committed reader regardless of the size of their organization. Here's a link to a recent "re-reading" list. Thanks for stopping by Slava.

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