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Tailored Executive Coaching for the Entrepreneur: Vision to Victory

N2Growth Blog

By working closely with an executive coach, entrepreneurs gain access to knowledge and experience that can prove instrumental in their growth and development. This absence of a pre-existing framework can lead to a sense of uncertainty and heightened pressure. Moreover, entrepreneurs often face a unique set of external pressures.

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5 Most Important Leadership Competencies for Function Leaders

Center for Creative Leadership

They carry titles such as vice president or senior director and have responsibilities for one or more functions — such as sales, marketing, finance, operations, engineering, technology, legal, and human resources. They run business units and geographic regions. We surveyed nearly 1,000 leaders to find out.

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Leading the Charge for Sustainable and Inclusive Supply Chains

HR Digest

Robinson recently received its World Finance Sustainability Awards 2022. We have taken an intentional approach to develop a vision and strategy that takes all our stakeholders’ perspectives into account – one that our customers, carriers and employees can stand behind. Angie Freeman , Chief Human Resources & ESG Officer, C.H.

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Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

Young firms face many existential threats related to managing internal financial and human resources and external relationships with customers, suppliers, investors and competitors. Firms applied for credit to finance recovery. Challenge risk financing conventions. Businesses likely need new forms of risk financing.

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How to Innovate When You're Not the Big Boss

Harvard Business Review

Fortunately, demonstrating your skills in this area doesn't demand that you singlehandedly develop a new breakthrough product or revise the company's overall business model. Senior-level decision makers aren't looking for someone at your level to make "roll the dice" bets that can have a significant negative impact on company performance.

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Eight Communication Traps That Foil Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The complexity and uncertainty of forging new ground makes it easy to get lost. For it to be successfully implemented, your development project needs to be accepted into the operations side of the business. Use skits, storyboards, and films to develop customer personas and scenarios. Don't lose sight of the horizon.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

After a year of uncertainty and tumult, Congress finally got around to making some crucial decisions in the last month of 2010. Extended many energy and business credits and incentives, such as the Research & Development credit. Extends unemployment insurance coverage through 2011. Stay tuned for more excitement!