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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base. You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. I Think Not.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

Zimbardo and colleagues are interested especially in temporal biases in which these learned cognitive categories are not “balanced&# according to situations, contexts and demands, but one or another are utilized excessively or underutilized.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I believe that with a loss of your temper you can lose your credibility, your influence, and your ultimately your ability to lead. Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. Emotional outbursts, rants, and rages will rarely do anything but cause you to make poor decisions and to lose credibility.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. Consider, for instance, the talent development program at Ascom, a global telecommunications company. While delivering millions of dollars in profits, these projects have helped develop a cadre of leaders who can inspire teams to achieve big goals.

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Why You Should Question Your Culture

Harvard Business Review

Organizational culture powerfully influences a company's performance — or at least we say so. The truth is that most leaders don't know how to develop a useful picture of their organization's culture, which is why they resort to platitudes. To what extent do we share information broadly or parcel it out narrowly?

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Why Young Bankers, Lawyers, and Consultants Need Emotional Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

Developing EQ is just as pertinent for the recent graduate who is starting out, as it is for the seasoned veteran. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Read influential books that can help you hone your self-awareness, such as How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki.

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14 Principles that Made Amazon

Skip Prichard

Failure comes part and parcel with invention” (Bezos 2013 letter). The S-Team (senior leadership team) developed Amazon’s flywheel. Given Amazon success, wouldn’t you want to understand and develop the flywheel that runs your business? There are a couple of principles which seem to stand out. What’s dangerous is not to evolve.”

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