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

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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. It’s not enough just to handle a crisis effectively. The follow-through and crisis preparedness planning process helps to divert other crises from transpiring.

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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog

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Manage the Trickle-down : Remember that what happens in the board room rarely stays in the board room…VC, private equity, or other investor directors leave your board meeting only to make a report on their observations. Non-investor board members will usually discuss the goings on of your board meetings as well.

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Looking For Leadership

N2Growth Blog

only to fail in miserable fashion. They get the job done, they stand out from the crowd, they don’t need identifying – you know who they are. I’ve seen many an executive or consultant attempt to identify leaders with interviews, tests, evaluations, etc., I’ve never been a fan of what I refer to as “make-work” disciplines.

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The Big Picture of Business – Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

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This Annual Report issue celebrates the year, as basis for helping business people to prepare for the future. Some of the old ways really work better… and should not be dismissed just because they are old or some fashionable trend of the moment looks better. They’ve changed more than they wish to acknowledge.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

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I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashioned reading. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Thanks again for stopping by Dan.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

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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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The 2010 Execution Round-Up: Six Companies That Couldn't 'Get It.

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We found that 49 percent of the leaders surveyed in the study reported a gap between their organization’s ability to formulate and communicate a vision and strategy and its ability to deliver results. At J&J it may go back to 2005 when employees reported a lack of alignment between manager behavior and company values and policies.