N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The selection committee is going to hire the most qualified person for the job, regardless, so why take the time at all? . More important than being a box, many hiring managers look to check; however, a note of thanks should be viewed as a critical opportunity to continue the conversation (and stay stop of mind). Does it really matter?

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The Practical Leader

JULY 9, 2012

The quest for personal excellence is what the father of our modern Olympics and founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pierre de Coubertin, envisioned over a hundred years ago: “The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

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Fraser Leadership Cooper Sports 66

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. Celine Schillinger sought to change the leadership landscape of Sanofi, a major pharmaceutical company. If you say we should, let’s do it. Initially there was no buy-in.

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Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

At the same time, a vision that’s too long in the making, and likely designed by committee, is a surefire way to end up with a lame compromise that doesn’t excite anybody. Tell the story as it unfolds through words, drawings, audio, photos, or film. Capture every single word that is spoken.

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Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Lead on Purpose

JULY 7, 2012

There may come times when you are placed in leadership roles. After auditioning multiple times for the film, Winfrey had not heard an answer on whether or not she had won the role of Sofia, and casting agents told her that “real actresses” were also auditioning for the role and that she should not get her hopes up.

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Leadership Follow-up Film Committee 193

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Madhav was in the MSx program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a program for mid-career managers. He had been director of product management at Dell Computer before coming to Stanford. Not all members of the Opera’s staff and management had embraced the design thinking “fail early, fail often” approach.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

One of the most courageous acts of leadership is to forgo the temptation to take revenge on those on the other side of an issue or those who opposed the leader's rise to power. Like the hit movie Lincoln, the movie Emperor dramatizes a turning point in history replete with leadership lessons.

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