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The Seven Tests of A CEO

Leading Blog

Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. We debate like we’re right, listen like we’re wrong, and then decide, commit, and lead together. Listening is actually being alert to the whole ecosystem in which you operate.”

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

Commitment, passion, attention to detail, discipline, service above self, honor, integrity, perseverance, compassion, the ability to both lead and follow, to execute with precision, and the ability to adapt, improvise, and overcome are representative traits possessed by successful military leaders.

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Transforming Jet-Hot by Viewing the Organization as a System

Deming Institute

Gordon McGilton and Dennis Sergent share evidence from their experience that will help others transform their enterprises by focusing on their system and aim. Jet-Hot integrates Deming’s system view with their own management or operating system. Gordon: We don’t write job descriptions. Guest post by John Hunter.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence.

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Respect and trust are earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment or influence. link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Wow…thanks for the thoughtful comment Gordon. Thanks for sharing Gordon. link] Gordon R. Thanks for the clarification Gordon. Great post, Mike.

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Take the Bias Out of Strategy Decisions

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to specialist operations, experience is key, so he was going to visit each of them and then make a decision. However, when I spoke to him again, he had just decided where he was going to have the operation: in the hospital in his hometown in Spain. I was surprised; there was no specialist in that hospital.

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7 Principles to Lead with Imagination

Leading Blog

He cites a passage from General Gordon Sullivan’s book, Hope Is Not a Method , that is particularly instructive. It is how successful leaders in business, in all walks of life, in fact, operate: by keeping their eyes on today and on the vision— always moving forward. This is a powerful book. Honest, straightforward, and insightful.