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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

only to fail in miserable fashion. link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point?

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CEOs: Own the Crisis or It Will Own You

Harvard Business Review

The New York Times reported this week that GM lied to grieving families about the reasons for their loved ones’ deaths and even aggressively threatened families should they sue the company. Barra has wisely opted to “own” the crisis — even though she’s only been CEO a short while and had no apparent role in the scandal.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm hopeful that today's comments will help us all process things in a healthier fashion while not forgetting the sacrifices that have been made for us. I am grateful for the people who served in that crisis. I was driving to my office when I heard a sketchy report of a “small plane&# hitting the WTC.

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Hospitals Can’t Improve Without Better Management Systems

Harvard Business Review

In all of the loud and necessary debates over how to reform health care in the United States before it bankrupts the country, there is one element that has been continually overlooked: the management systems employed by hospitals. This 20 th century system essentially has leadership establishing objectives for managers to achieve.

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Patience in Japan

Harvard Business Review

This is one reason why Japanese companies tend to look out for the welfare of their employees in such an effective fashion. Consider the reports of my HBS colleague Hiro Takeuchi, a Japanese national who was working in Tokyo last week when tremors hit the city. He left his office to drive home.

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Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 1 of 4

Strategy Driven

Just as we gain wisdom from the business failures and corporate scandals, we can learn equally valuable lessons from crisis situations that were successfully handled. The insightful companies examine their own backyards… applying the discussions, uncoverings and applicabilities to how they will better manage in the future.

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