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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Both scalable and non-scalable businesses can achieve growth and sustainable success. If your business model requires implicit customer growth your business might grow for a time period certain, but it isn’t scalable. I've found that simplicity enables success, where complexity often times serves as a barrier.

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Don't Anesthetize Your Colleagues with Bad Writing

Harvard Business Review

And remember what George Washington said when questioned about the fallen cherry tree: not "It was accomplished by utilizing a small, sharp-edged implement," but "I used my little hatchet.". Don't overuse I (try not to begin paragraphs or successive sentences with it), but do lean heavily on we, our, you, and your. Small wonder, too.

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You see, the most important item to understand is that success as a leader has very little to do with your perception, but rather it has everything to do with the perception of others. Regardless, you are probably not destined for success in leadership. Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. I’ve simply lived too long to buy into the myth that success in the workplace will create happiness at home.

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