Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. However my question to you is this: What is leadership without action? Sound harsh?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 10, 2016

It drives large efforts from spearheading a movement to bringing a game-changing product or technology to market. As technology rapidly brings us into the broader world – and the world into our living rooms – for many it brings with it a sense of loss of control and a corresponding disruption in our sense of identity and place.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

He is one of my favorite leadership bloggers, and hopefully we’ll still be on speaking terms after this post. It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Extrapolating from past trends is useful but limiting in a world of accelerating technological change. Rising sea levels flood Manhattan in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 , prompting hedge fund managers and real estate investors to create a new intertidal market index. Science fiction can help.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even senior executives who want to stay in their corporate jobs should strongly consider developing at least one side income stream, whether it’s consulting, speaking, coaching, or creating some other product or service. Hedge against uncertainty. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

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