Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

But on the other side of that equation is the influence of sound business practices, planning, due diligence, and adaptability on business success. Between my research and that experience, I’ve developed some insights into what makes a venture a success or a failure. Evaluative people can execute and sustain ventures.

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Management Due Diligence Open-book Competitive Advantage 288

Lead from Within

JULY 9, 2020

Carry out your due diligence and do your research. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists.

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Due Diligence How To Leadership Uncertainty 218

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. That being said, they also need to be actively engaged in catalyzing high impact sales, marketing, and business development activities with strategic and tactical partners outside the portfolio.

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Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

The growing reality in retrospect is that these same principles not only made me an effective leader, but they enabled me to develop something in the workplace that every organization strives for but often struggles to achieve: team cohesiveness. With consistency, trust will be developed. Developing this trust starts with loyalty.

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Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 60

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

According to bank executives, companies including Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Moelis have introduced programs to automate basic functions such as generating pitch books and valuation modeling. It has developed tools that automatically update charts in presentations with the latest data so bankers do not have to edit them manually.

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Lead from Within

MAY 2, 2017

Our intuition is the facts and data we collected: for years I am sure you have due diligence, you have collected data, and facts and you have created spread sheets and variations of what things could be and should be, all of that is important, all of it is vital because that knowledge when we need it- you will employ it.

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Due Diligence Creativity Innovation Learning-by-Doing 167

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] link] Donna Svei Great post Mike. Here are "9 Signs That Your Next Company Cares About Its Employees." offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from HBR.org.

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Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The reality is that great leaders all seem to possess an innate sense of timing such that most executives have a very clear understanding of the critical role timing plays as a survival skill at the C-suite level. There are a few times in the life of every professional where staggering opportunities will present themselves.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 14, 2011

Finding the First Rung -A study from Development Dimensions International (DDI) on the challenges facing today's frontline leader, surveyed 1,130 supervisors and first-level managers to understand how they're overcoming the challenges of their jobs and what is holding them back from being successful. Why do some talented executives fail?

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Waldroop Due Diligence Learning-by-Doing Survey 97

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. Most people and organizations fail due to never having control over certain ingredients, improper planning and the inability to change. Develop attitudes, behaviors and skills as the motivator to create bigger successes.

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Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 82

Leading Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

The Venture Mindset is a new mental model where failure is a must, due diligence is put on its head, dissent is encouraged, ideas are rejected in their myriads in search of a single winner, plugs are pulled, and time horizons are extended. Execution matters. So, what is the Venture Mindset? What is the way out of this idea?

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Consensus Venture Capitalist Long-term Due Diligence 344

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). I volunteered to be the “lucky&# laid off executive and have never looked back. Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

Here are 5 pitfalls to watch out for when using a marketing waterfall reporting model that influence how you make decisions, execute campaigns, and ultimately spend money. The waterfall methodology was a classic approach used for software development. 7 Keys to Executing a Successful Business Rebrand. What are you thinking?

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Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 51

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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Due Diligence Company Stakeholder Analysis Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

But recent technological developments like artificial intelligence (AI) are now helping companies overcome many of the challenges to contracting. It requires a lot of manpower to draft, execute, and improve not only the contracts themselves, but also the contracting processes and the transactions these contracts govern.

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Due Diligence Software Document Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. Next, you need to understand how digital M&A turns traditional due diligence on its head.

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Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

“Think about the offer in terms of your development, your quality of life, and the variety of the work you want to do.” You must also “do your due diligence,” on the organization and its people to make a sound judgment on whether you will enjoy working there, notes Weiss. Cultural fit. Heed red flags.

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Due Diligence How To Travel Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

Crowdfunding of charitable donations, artistic projects, or cool product development in exchange for samples or royalties, can work and has worked. The conduct of due diligence in the ventures raising money will render crowdfunding prohibitively expensive and thus impractical. Due diligence is too expensive.

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Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Technology, manufacturing, research and development, or human know-how – whatever the capability, acquisitions are a way to acquire it. With asset prices at record levels, careful due diligence is more critical than ever. Let’s unpack some recent examples. Capability upgrades. Market breakthroughs.

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Due Diligence Company Horizontal Integration Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2018

This is especially true for the development of emotional intelligence because we can be blind to, not to mention biased about, how we express and read the emotional components of our interactions. Seeing the feedback in this light can help you position it as an opportunity for developing toward your goals, rather than a threat.

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Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 360-Degree Feedback Due Diligence 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

Big-company corporate development departments dream of acquisitions that substantially boost revenue or bring assets that turbo-charge growth. Most midsize companies lack the breadth and depth of skilled corporate development professionals whose jobs are to source, make, and integrate acquisitions. The second reason is more important.

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2012

This kind of disciplined approach works very well when companies have knowledge that lets them be precise in their analysis, and executives have the relevant domain experience to make informed decisions. It helps our team understand the areas to probe more deeply during further discussions or detailed due diligence.

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Stage-Gate Due Diligence Disruptive Innovation Document 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Martin describes how executive teams carefully explore the risk of different courses of action, but neglect to make a similar assessment of the risk of staying the course. If the customers haven’t changed much, point to changes in the competitive environment that make your strategy less sound today than it was when it was developed.

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Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Several years ago we came up with a great idea for a new leadership-development offering we thought would be valuable to everyone. We had research demonstrating that when people embarked on a self-development program, their success increased dramatically when they received follow-up encouragement. Indecisiveness.

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Due Diligence Software Analysis Leadership Development 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

Furious over desertion rates, Adams suggested to an aide that they execute in each regiment every tenth man as a lesson.) If you are clear about your objectives, and focused on precisely what you need to develop and execute the elements of your strategy, you can assemble an unbeatable organization. Do your due diligence.

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Due Diligence Resistance Storytelling Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

.” That’s why he urges startups to “get out of the building” and talk to potential customers before beginning product development in earnest. At a meeting with a large bank, one of the senior executives said, “You know we have a problem that’s really giving us trouble.

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Company Team Due Diligence Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

The fact that every company you work for can affect your career mobility in the future makes an even stronger argument for due diligence when selecting a company to work for. Develop strong external networks. An extensive network and other types of social capital can help mitigate the effects of organizational stigma.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy. Too many CEOs fall short of these skills.

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CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

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Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

His idea was to turn investor relations on its head by using regular meetings with top-class investors as something akin to due diligence. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Its corporate development group looked at upwards of 150 targets a year, and used a remarkably efficient screening process that rejected any potential acquisition that didn't make good sense strategically. If a target got through the initial screen, the group was able to perform the necessary due diligence in three or four weeks.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

In addition to executing well-defined tasks, technology is starting to address broader, more ambiguous problems. It’s not implausible to imagine that one day a “strategist in a box” could autonomously develop and execute a business strategy. It must be embedded in what we call the integrated strategy machine.

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Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

As one senior executive said to me, "Integrity is a threshold characteristic for our people — if they don't have it, they aren't here.". Do we reveal everything to a prospective buyer during due diligence? In other words, integrity should be a given , without the need to trumpet its existence.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

Geneva Global, a tiny but mighty philanthropic consulting firm that specializes in international development, is helping to change the world from its small suburban corner of Wayne, Pa. For example, does the client want to address a pressing global health issue like Ebola or tackle an educational problem like out-of-school children?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The research organization promised to invest in special research over several years to develop the technology needed to combine with that of the partner firm, which was to employ this technology in its own product line. Why the executive left is immaterial and unrelated to the project. Work started, investments were made.

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Due Diligence Analysis CEO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

An interview with the board of directors is standard for the CEO, CFO, and nonprofit Executive Director hiring processes, but the group interview approach is becoming more common for many other positions. To prepare: Do your own due diligence on the interviewers.

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