N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

News Flash – If you have to look for leadership it doesn’t exist…Today’s post is not going to sit well with many in the leadership profession, but then many of my posts seem to have that effect. In my opinion the practice of leadership identification is simply based upon flawed business logic, and it is make-work in the purest form.

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Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 417

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

On the other hand, sales is still sales – and it is all about gaining the trust of the buyer with a product or solution that will fulfill their needs. 2) Vendors could conduct live presentations of their products, or slick slide presentations, in front of their prospects. The products gained in functionality and became more expensive.

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Dunning Supply Chain CPA Compliance 95

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 15, 2016

This is a tricky juncture, when you transition from scrappy, creation mode into organizational development mode. The development of an organization that’s in the fast-growth stage slams you with many new challenges, some of which are extremely difficult for many founders. Delegating does not mean abdicating leadership responsibilities.

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IPO COO Dunning Delegation 120

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

You can see the final product, but you can’t see all of the steps required to get there. However, becoming a published author requires thinking about getting an agent and a publisher, writing a proposal, working with an editor, and developing a plan for promoting the book after it’s published. You and Your Team Series.

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Goal Dunning Project Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2015

And yet when feedback sessions are poorly delivered, they harm employee engagement and productivity levels. As the famous Dunning-Krueger effect demonstrates, the less competent people are, the less self-aware they are, so poor performers are particularly likely to benefit from a reality check. Feedback is key to improving performance.

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Self-aware Dunning Objective Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Leadership risk: Psychology has found that "for most people, the fear of losing $100 is more intense than the hope of gaining $150", and IT leaders are no exception. IT creates risk confusing leadership, governance, and managing. IT often fails to step up to its leadership role, identifying instead with "aligned with the business."

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Dunning Project CTO Innovation 8